South African anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu, known for his role during the struggle to abolish apartheid in South Africa, has died.

The Archbishop was awarded the Nobel prize in 1984 for his role in the struggle to end the apartheid system. Apartheid system was the policy of racial segregation and discrimination enforced by the white minority government against the black majority in South Africa from 1948 until 1991.

Desmond Tutu was a contemporary of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

South Africa's last apartheid-era president, FW de Klerk, also recently died at the age of 85.

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the demise of Anglican priest Desmond Tutu.

Desmond Tutu is credited with coining the term Rainbow Nation to describe post-apartheid South Africa.