FORMER UNION MINISTER SURESH KALMADI PASSED AWAY

* FORMER UNION MINISTER SURESH KALMADI PASSED AWAY ON 6TH JANUARY 2026. 

* BORN ON - 1ST MAY 1944 ( MADRAS) 

WORKED AS - 

* 9TH PRESIDENT OF INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION ( 1996-2011) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT ( 1996-1998) PUNE CONSTITUENCY ( 11TH LOK SABHA) 

* MINISTER OF STATE FOR RAILWAY ( 1995-1996) 

* MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, RAJYA SABHA ( 1982-2004) 

* IN 1977 HE BECAME THE PPRESIDENT OF YOUTH CONGRESS, PUNE 

* 1989 - CHAIRMAN OF THE MAHARASHTRA TOURISM DEPARTMENT 

* 2000- 2013 - PRESIDENT OF ASIAN ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION 

* IN 2015 WAS NAMED ITS LIFE PRESIDENT