India, Aug. 16 -- The Nagaland government has declared seven days of state mourning as a mark of respect for Governor La Ganesan, who passed away on August 15 at Apollo Hospital in Tamil Nadu's Chennai.

"As a mark of respect to the departed dignitary, seven days of state mourning will be observed from August 16 to 22, 2025 throughout the state and the national flag will be flown at half mast on all buildings where the national flag is regularly flown. During this period, there shall be no official entertainment by the state government departments," an official government notification said.

Ganesan, who served as the governor of Manipur from 2021 before being shifted to the Nagaland Raj Bhavan in February 2023, had been undergoing treatm...