“Heartfelt condolences on sad demise of Cuba’s revolutionary leader, former President and friend of India, Fidel Castro,” he said in a tweet.
The communist idol, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 US presidents during his half century rule, died at age 90.
With a shaking voice, Cuban President Raul Castro said on state television that his older brother died at 10:29 PM on Friday.
Cuba’s government has announced that Fidel’s ashes would be interred on December 4 in the eastern city of Santiago, the birthplace of his revolution.
PTI