Rohit Bal, one of India’s best-known fashion designers, died late Friday after a prolonged illness, the fashion designers association in the country announced. He was 63.

Legendary fashion designer Rohit Bal is no more. He breathed his last on November 1. Bal was 63. The Fashion Design Council of India immediately said,”We mourn the passing of Legendary designer Rohit Bal.

Gudda, as Rohit Bal was called by those who met him even twice, was always up for a good time. A good time was Gudda and Gudda was a good time

Famous fashion designer and a founding member of FDCI, Rohit Bal, passed away just a day after Diwali, and the entire nation is in shock.

Sunil Sethi, president of the Fashion Design Council of India, expressed his condolences, stating, “Rohit Bal was one of India’s most talented and popular fashion designers. He was everyone’s favorite. We will miss him a lot. He was a national treasure, and we have lost someone very important.”

Bal was a founding member of the Fashion Design Council of India and was considered one of the country's top designers.

One of his favourite motifs was the lotus, and Indian fashion certainly bloomed under Rohit Bal. The celebrated designer, who died in Delhi on Friday at the age of 63 after a long illness, was a trailblazer who inspired generations of young designers to pursue a career in fashion design at a time when it was far from sexy.

India’s fashion industry is in mourning following the death of iconic fashion designer Rohit Bal, who passed away on Friday after a prolonged illness.Bal was pronounced dead on Friday after cardiac complications.