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Category: Obituaries

Former Union Home Secretary Ram Pradhan passes away

August 6, 2020
Ram Pradhan
  • The former Union Home Secretary Ram Pradhan has passed away due to bad health at the age of 92. He served as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh during the Rajiv Gandhi government.

Former Maharashtra CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passes away

August 6, 2020
Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
  • Former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar passed away. He served as the Maharashtra CM between June 1985 and March 1986.

Architect of the Modern Indian Theatre, Ebrahim Alkazi, passes away at 94

August 5, 2020
Ebrahim Alkazi
  • Indian theatre director and drama teacher, Ebrahim Alkazi, has passed away. He was 94.
  • Ebrahim was considered as the father of modern Indian theatre and has mentored generations of actors, including Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Rohini Hattangadi, Surekha Sikri and Pankaj Kapoor.

The co-inventor of the computer mouse, William English passed away

August 5, 2020
William English
  • The American computer engineer who co-invented the world’s first computer mouse, William Kirk English, has passed away at the age of 91 years old. He was the first person to co-develop the mouse along with Douglas Engelbart, at the Stanford Research Institute and demonstrated it in 1968.

P Manikyala Rao, former AP minister passes away

August 4, 2020
P Manikyala Rao
  • Former Andhra Pradesh Minister, Pydikondala Manikyala Rao passed away due to COVID-19. He was born on November 1, 1961.

‘Chayavanam’ Kandasamy, a Tamil writer passes away

August 4, 2020
Chayavanam
  • Tamil writer, critic and documentary filmmaker Sa. Kandasamy, who won the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Visaranai Commission — the death of an innocent bus conductor in police custody, has passed away. He was 81.
  • His documentary film on terracotta art — Kaaval Theivangal — won the first prize at the Angino Film Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Amar Singh, Rajya Sabha MP passes away

August 3, 2020
amar singh
  • Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh passed away due to bad health.

Former Union Home Secretary Ram Pradhan passes away

August 1, 2020
Ram Pradhan
  • Former Union Home Secretary Ram Pradhan passed away due to age-related ailments. He played a major role in the signing of the Assam Accord and Mizoram Peace Accord.

Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui passes away

August 1, 2020
Lee Teng-hui
  • Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui passed away. He served as president of Taiwan from 1988 to 2000. He was also considered as the “father of Taiwan’s democracy”.

Senco Gold CMD Shaankar Sen passes away

August 1, 2020
Shaankar Sen
  • CMD of Senco Gold Ltd. Shaankar Sen passed away in Kolkata at the age of 60.
  • He was running a chain of Senco Gold and diamond jewelry stores.