kolkata former india captain sourav gangulys father chandidas ganguly passed away after a prolonged illness he was 73 and is survived by wife nirupa and two sons firstclass cricketer snehasish and sourav ganguly senior was seriously ill with high blood sugar and was given insulins regularly while being treated at home his condition deteriorated in the evening and was rushed to the mp birla heart research centre he passed away around 630 pm while being on the way cab joint secretary sujan mukherjee said his body will be brought to cab for final homage before the funeral ganguly senior had played a significant role in shaping the career of both his sons snehasish and sourav as a kid sourav would accompany his elder brother snehasish to eden gardens as their father put them under the tutelage of current saurashtra coach debu mitra i dont have words to express its really a very sad moment for me i really dont know what to say an upset debu mitra said after hearing the news ganguly senior also sent sourav to play minor county under the watchful eyes of mitra in england during the late 1980s as his cricketing career got off after getting into the triumphant ranji trophy side in 198990 under sambaran banerjee he had served cricket association of bengal in various capacities starting as assistant secretary in 197475 he went on to become treasurer secretary vicepresident and member of trustee board but he stopped going to cab after ganguly was dropped from the test side in 2005