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Category: Obituaries

Retired cricketer Rajinder Goel passes away

June 22, 2020
Rajinder Goel
  • Former left-arm spin legend Rajinder Goel, whose benchmark Ranji Trophy wicket haul of 637 scalps still there, passed away in Rohtak because of age-related sickness on 21st June. He was 77.

1971 War Hero Lt General Raj Mohan Vohra passed away due to COVID-19

June 18, 2020
Lt General Raj Mohan Vohra
  • Lieutenant General (retd) Raj Mohan Vohra, who was a 1971 war hero and a Maha Vir Chakra awardee, has passed away because of COVID-19.

Dronacharya of Kerala’s hockey Sreedhar Shenoy passes away

June 15, 2020
Sreedhar Shenoy
  • Shenoy is a hockey coach from Kerala who got the nickname ‘Dronacharya of Kerala hockey’. The 72-year-old passed away on 14th June due to stomach sicknesses but has left a lasting legacy on many generations of hockey players from the state.

Vasant Raiji, world’s oldest first-class cricketer, passes away at age of 100

June 15, 2020
Vasant Raiji
  • It’s a gloomy day for the cricketing world as it lost its oldest living first-class cricketer, Vasant Raiji. Raiji made a century in his real life as he passed away at the age of 100.

Sushant Singh Rajput commits suicide

June 14, 2020
Sushant Singh Rajput
  • Actor Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, was found dead at his Bandra apartment in Mumbai on 14th June. Sushant was grieving from depression. The police have told that the actor was getting treatment from Hinduja hospital for the last six months.

Expert poet Gulzar Dehlvi passes away

June 12, 2020
Gulzar Dehlvi
  • Expert Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi passed away 12th June, less than a week after healing from the novel COVID-19. He was 93.

Previous Planning Commission member Dr. Vaidyanathan passes away in Coimbatore

June 12, 2020
Dr. Vaidyanathan
  • Dr. A Vaidyanathan, a previous member of the Government of India’s Planning Commission, passed away late night on 10th June in Coimbatore.

Actor Chirranjeevi Sarja passes away at 39

June 7, 2020
Chirranjeevi Sarja
  • Kannada actor Chirranjeevi Sarja passed away on Sunday in Bengaluru due to heart attack. He was 39.

Famous filmmaker Basu Chatterjee passes away at 90

June 4, 2020
Basu Chatterjee
  • Famous film director and screenwriter Basu Chatterjee, popular for his pragmatic and groundbreaking movies such as Rajnigandha, Chitchor, Baton Baton Mein, and Ek Ruka Hua Faisla, passed away on 4th June in Mumbai, because of age-related ailments. He was 90 years old.

Expert Lyricist Anwar Sagar passes away

June 3, 2020
Anwar Sagar
  • Ace lyricist Anwar Sagar passed away on 3rd June. Anwar wrote many famous songs in the 80s and 90s. He wrote the lyrics of the song “Waada Raha Sanam” for the 1992 film Khiladi, starring Akshay Kumar and Ayesha Jhulka.