Bhubaneswar: Former Indian ambassador Abasar Beuria passed away in Odisha’s capital late on Thursday. He was 80 and survived by his wife and two daughters.
According to sources, Beuria suffered a cardiac arrest around 1 am while undergoing treatment at a private hospital. The last rites will be performed after his two daughters arrive at his Saheed Nagar residence in Bhubaneswar from the US. Till then, his remains will be kept at the hospital mortuary, informed his wife Trupti Beuria.
“He was not able to sleep till late last night as he was unable to breathe and thought that it was an asthma attack. I contacted my daughter, who is a doctor in the US, and informed her about her father’s condition. She advised me to immediately take him to a hospital and let the doctors conduct an ECG test,” Trupti told the media.
She further said that the deceased was unable to talk to his daughter over the phone due to shortness of breath. ” While putting on his clothes, he told to me that he would not survive and closed his eyes. I thought he had fainted and rushed him to the hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead,” she added.
Recently, he attended the inaugural function of engineering books in Odia language at Jaydev Bhawan during President Droupadi Murmu’s two-day visit to Odisha. Mourning his death, the President tweeted: “Saddened to learn about the demise of Shri Abasar Beuria, former diplomat, author and Chairman, Institute of Odia Studies & Research. He played a key role in translation of engineering books in Odia which I released during my visit to Odisha. Condolences to his family & friends.”
Beuria completed his Bachelor of Arts (B.A) degree from Ravenshaw College in Cuttack and Master of Arts (M.A) degree in Political Science from Utkal University in Bhubaneswar.
He began his career as a lecturer and then as a bank officer before joining the Indian Foreign Service (IFS).
Beuria was critically involved as a member of the Indian delegation in bilateral and multilateral international talks including the Non-Alignment Summit, Commonwealth Heads of Governments Conference, and G-77 Conventions, and served in important Indian diplomatic missions in Japan, the former Soviet Union presently Russia, United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar.
Apart from writing five books, he also contributed regularly to leading Odia and English dailies.
