India's first Environment Minister Digvijaysinh Zala passes away at 88

Former Union Environment Minister and MLA from Gujarat's Wankaner Digvijaysinh Zala has passed away at the age of 88. The head of the erstwhile princely state of Wankaner in Saurashtra expired following a brief period of illness, ANI reported. Establishing the Environment Ministry under former PM Indira Gandhi, he became the first Environment Minister of India from 1982 to 1984.