CM Vijay Rupani was given a 21-gun salute. Home Minister Amit Shah also attended the funeral, which was held at Rajkot, Gujarat on Monday.Vijay Rupani was one of the 242 people on board the ill-fated Air India AI171 aircraft,

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, tragically lost his life in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad. His cremation will occur in Rajkot with full state honors. The London-bound flight crashed shortly after takeoff,

The Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12 was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. As per a report, Air India had 34 Boeing 787 airframes in its fleet before the crash.

The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.

Rupani was among the 242 people aboard the doomed Flight AI171 that took off from the Ahmedabad airport on June 12 and was en route to London's Gatwick airport. The BJP leader was on his way to meet his daughter in the British capital.

Gujarat has declared a one-day state mourning on June 16 for former Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who passed away in the deadly plane crash in Ahmedabad