Death
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat succumbed to cancer and age-related health problems, dying on 15 May 2010 at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur. He was cremated the next day, at a plot of land provided by the government of Rajasthan, where his memorial will now be built. His funeral procession was attended by hundreds of thousands of people and was termed as "Historic Farewell" by the local news papers. His elder grandson Vikramaditya Singh Rajvi lit his funeral pyre along with his younger brother Abhimanyu Singh Rajvi.
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