Former Davis Cup player Permjit Lall dies

Former Davis Cup player Premjit Lall on Wednesday passed away at his residence in Kolkata after a prolonged illness.

Lall, who played some memorable Grand Slam and Davis cup matches for India, had suffered a brain stroke about 10 years back and was on wheel chair since then.

He breathed his last at 6:30 pm this evening according to family sources. He was 68.

He along with Jaideep Mukherjee, S P Misra and Ramanathan Krishnan made a formidable Indian quartet in the 1960s.

He was also four-time national champion.