Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in 1940, Pele died on Thursday. He was 82.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were among the host of leaders from the ruling party and others who mourned the death.
Two terrorists carried out a ’fidayeen’ attack on an army camp in the early hours of Thursday, killing three soldiers. Both attackers were gunned down in the four-hour firefight that followed.