JANUARY TO APRIL PERSON PASSED AWAY IN 2026

JANUARY - 

*  Gyan Ranjan Das, Former National Football PLAYER From Odisha Passed Away.

* Shri Skylance G Momin, The First GARO MPS Officer Of Nagaland Passed Away. 

* Two Times MLA From Nilgiri, Odisha Shri Akshay Acharya Passed Away.

* Siddhartha Bhaiya, Managing Director Of Aequitas Passed Away.

* Dr Shyam Bihari Lal, MLA From Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh PASSED AWAY.

* Professor Ashok Gajanan Modak, FORMER National President Of The Akhila BHARATIYA Vidyarthi Parishad Has Passed Away.

* Senior Journalist Punam Thakur Passed Away.

*  Senior DMK Leader L Ganesan Passed Away.

* Eminent Historian And King Of Khariar, Nuapada District, Odisha Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo Passed Away.

* Malayalam ACTOR Kannan Pattambi Passed Away.

* Tatiana Schlossberg, The Environmental Journalist And Grand Daughter Of Former US President John F Kennedy 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 

* * Former World Billiards Champion Manoj Kothari Passed Away At The Age Of 67 in Tamilnadu.

* IN 1990 HE BECAME THE BILLIARD CHAMPION 

* 16 TIMES NATIONAL CHAMPION IN BILIARDS 

AWARDS - 

* 2005 - DHYAN CHAND AWARD 

* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER ASSOCIATION OF INDIA 

*  V K Ebrahim Kunju, Senior Leader Of Indian Union Muslim League ( IUML) & Former Kerala Minister For Public Works Passed Away. 

* Artist Syed Asif Ali Passed Away. 

* Michael Reagan, Son Of Former US President Ronald Reagan Passed Away.

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16) Former MP And Union Minister Shri Kabindra Purkayastha Passed Away.

* * INDIAN ECOLOGIST MADHAB DHANANJAY GADGIL PASSED AWAY ON 7TH JANUARY 2026 

* HE WAS AN ACADEMIC, ECOLOGIST, WRITER, COLUMNIST 

* HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF The CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES.

* BORN IN - 24TH MAY 1942 ( PUNE) 

* HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL TO PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA (1986) 

* HE WAS HEAD OF THE WESTERN GHAT ECOLOGY EXPERT PANEL ( WGEEP) IN 2010

* A GODGIL COMMISSION (2010) 

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WORKED AS - 

* 1971 - SCIENTIFIC OFFICER AT AGARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

* 1973 - JOINED IISC BENGALURU 

* HE  ESTABLISHED TWO RESEARCH INSTITUTE 

- CENTRE OF THE THEORETICAL STUDIES 

- CENTRE OF ECOLOGICAL STUDIES 

* 1991 - WORKED AS VISITING PROFESSOR OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY 

* & UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY (1995) 

* DURING 1986 ( AS JOINED AS SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY OF PM) ESTABLISHED A BIOSPHERE ( FIRST) BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN NILGIRI in 1986 

* 1998 - APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY PANEL OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY ( UNDER UN (

* MEMBER OF THE NCERT 

* MEMBER OF NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL 

* MEMBER OF NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY 

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AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* 1984 - FELLOW OF NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY 

* HONORARY FELLOW OF ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ( ATBC) 

* NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FELLOWSHIP OF THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST ( FOR WESTERN GHATS) 

* 1981 - PADMA SHRI 

* 2006 - PADMA.   BHUSHAN 

* 1986 - SHANTI SWAROOP BHATNAGAR AWARD 

* 1983 - RAJYOSTOV PRASHASTHI ( KARNATAKA) 

* 2002 - HARVARD CENTENNIAL MEDAL 

* 2003 - VOLVO ENVIRONMENT PRIZE 

* 2007 - H K FIRODIA AWARD 

* 2013 - DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE ( ODISHA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY )

* 2014 - GEORGESCU - ROGEN AWARD 

* 2015 - JOHN & ALICE TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

* Vikram SARABHAI AWARD 

* ISHWAR CHANDRA VIDYA SAGAR AWARD 

* 2019 - FERGUSON GAURAV PURSAKAR 

* 2024 - CHAMPION OF EARTH AWARD 

* EPONYMY - 

* ELAEOCARPUS GADGILII, a Tree Species In Kerala named After Him.

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BOOKS - 

* THE FISSURED LAND (WITH RAMCHANDRA GUHA) 

* A WALK UP THE HILL 

* ECOLOGY & EQUITY 

* THE USE AND ABUSE OF NATURE 

* ECOLOGICAL JOURNEY 

* NURTURING BIODIVERSITY :

* BUTTERFLIES: OF PENINSULAR INDIA 

* DRAGONFLIES OF INDIA, A FIELD GUIDE 

* Former Indian Forward (Footballer) Sadatullah Khan Passed Away.

( He Debuted In Merdeka Cup in 1968) 

*  INDIAN Idol Winner And Actor Prasant Tamang Passed Away.

* Swiss Author Erich Von Daeniken Passed Away.

* Veteran Bangladeshi Singer & Awami League Leader Prolay Chaki Passed Away.

* Former Indian Hockey Star Davinder Singh Passed Away. 

*  Noted SINGER Samar Hazarika ( ASSAM) Passed Away. ( YOUNGER BROTHER OF BHUPEN HAZARIKA) 

*  Senior Kerala. Congress Leader Thomas Kuthiravattam Passed Away.

* Former ASSAM MLA And Retired IAS OFFICER Bir Bhadra Hagjer Passed Away.

* Civil Right Pioneer Claudette Colvin Of US Passed Away.

* World War 2 Veteran MWO Ganesh Chandra Roy Passed Away 

* Pradip Baruah, Veteran Editor Of PRANTIK, ( Assamese Literary Magazine) Passed Away.

* Eminent Literature Rajkumari Indira Devi Dhanrajgir Of Hyderabad PASSED AWAY.

*  Former Indian First Class Cricketer Ajay Verma PASSED AWAY.

* G Rajkumar, An Eminent ENVIRONMENTALIST Of Kerala Passed Away.

( KNOWN AS KURINJI RAJKUMAR) 

* WHO Led The Role In The Estsblishment Of Kurinjimala Sanctuary 2006) 

( to protect The Rare Neelakurinji Flower In Western Ghat) 

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*  Shri Mohan Lal Mittal An Industrialist Passed Away.

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* Assam's First Radio Jockey Fawzia Rahman Passed Away.

*  FREEDOM FIGHTER And Congress Leader Bheemanna Khandre Passed Away.

* Chief Secretary Of FINANCE Odisha Mr Suresh Tripathi Passed Away.

* Former Bjp Minister Of Maharashtra Raj Purohit Passed Away.

* * NOTED VIOLINIST OF ASSAM MINOTI KHAUND PASSED AWAY ON 19th JANUARY 2026 

* SHE HAS BEEN PART OF THIS INDUSTRY FOR 50 YEARS.

* BORN IN 1940.

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AWARDS - 

- SANGEET JYOTI AWARD 

- SILPI AWARD 

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* Noted Italian Fashion Designer Valentino Garvani Passed Away.

* Former DGP Of Meghalaya W R Marbaniang Passed Away.

* Malayalam Actor Kamal Roy Passed Away.

*  Veteran Journalist Dasu Krishnamoorthy Passed Away.

* Odia Music Composer, Singer Abhijit Mazumder Passed Away.

* Dr Gladys West, Mathematician ( Who Works IN GPS) Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist Ravi Kanungo Of Odisha Passed Away.

* Former BCCI President Mr I S  Bindra Passed Away.

* Thiru D Gnanasundaram Passed Away 

* Samir Kumar Patra, Odisha Veteran Sound Recordist Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist And Broadcaster Mark Tully Passed Away.

* Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar Killed In Air Crash Near Baramati, Maharashtra.

* Veteran Trade Union Leader Anantha Subbarao Passed Away.

*  Former Australian Hockey Player Michael Nobbs Passed Away ( Bronze Medal At 1981 FIH) 

* Eminent Literature Shri Arjun Charan Panda Of Odisha Passed Away 

* Thiru Srinivasan, Husband Of P T Usha Passed Away.

FEBRUARY - 

*  Catherine O' Hara Hollywood Actress Passed Away.

* Senior Odisha Congress Leader Sushila Tiriya Passed Away. 

*  NOTABLE Music Director Jeeten Kumar Naorem Passed Away.

*  Sociologist Andre Beteille Passed Away 

*  FORMER Byndoor MLA B Appana Hegde Passed Away.

* Veteran Actor Sunil Thapa Passed Away

* Congress Leader And FORMER MLA M Murali Passed Away 

* Former Bangladesh Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen Passed Away.

* Presidential Award Winning Textile ARTIST Opila Rabha Passed Away At The Age Of 62.

* Veteran News Co - Anchor Of Doordarshan Saarla Maheswari Passed Away.

* James Van Der Beek, Passed Away.

*  Former Union Minister Kahnu Charan Lenka Passed Away in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. (4 Time MLA) 

* Former Lok SABHA Member Dr Bhagwan Dass Passed Away 

* Anand Ramanand Sagar, Son Of Veteran Ramanand Sagar Passed Away 

* Kannada Filmmaker Joe Simon Passed Away 

* Former Bodo Sahitya Sabha President And Eminent Literature Taren Baro Passed Away.

* David J Farber, Grand Father Of Internet Passed Away 

*  Veteran Odia Singer Geeta Pattnaik Passed Away 

* Prominent Backward Class Leader And FORMER MLC Iiapuram Venkaiah Passed Away 

* Shri Ramesh Shukla, Legendary Photographer Passed Away 

*  Ex Sambalpur MLA Raseswari Panigrahi Passed Away 

* Hollywood Actor Robert Duvall Passed Away

* Veteran Actress Pravina Despande Passed Away.

* US CIVIL Right Leader Jesse Jackson Passed Away.

* Lok Sabha MP From Shillong Dr Ricky AJ Syngkon Passed Away.

* Veteran Film Maker M M Baig Passed Away.

* Hollywood Actor Eric Dane Passed Away.

* Noted Bengali Author And Sahitya Academy Award Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay Passed Away.

*  MLA OF Manipur , Vungzagin Valte Passed Away.

* US Salsa Legend Willie Colon Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist Dhirendra Nath Chakroborty From Assam Passed Away 

* Dr Seshagiri Rao Mallam pati, The Telugu Anaesthesiologist Passed Away.

* Shri Prakash Chandra Vohra, Former Director General Of Geological Survey Of India (GSI ( PASSED AWAY.

*  Former Union Minister (Railway Minister) And Senior TMC LEADER Mukul Roy Passed Away 

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* V K Jhanji, Former Acting Chief Justice Of Jammu And Kashmir High Court Passed Away.

* Former Commissioner Of Archaeology Dr Raja de Silva Passed Away.

* Veteran CPI Leader R Nallakannu Passed Away.

* Steel Industry Veteran Jatinder Mehra Passed Away.

* Odisha NOTED Ghodanacha Artist Dr. Uchhaba Charan Das Passed Away.

*  Former Times Now Consulting Editor And Defence Expert Maroof Raza Passed Away.

* Eminent Sociologist Professor T K oommen Passed Away.

MARCH  - 

*  The Supreme Leader Of Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Killed 

* Former Iranian President Ahamdinejad Died 

* Noted Urdu Writer Jeelani Bano Passed Away 

* Ex Parliamentarian And Academician Janardan Waghmare Passed Away 

* David Oddsson, Iceland Longest Serving Prime Minister Has Passed Away.

*  Former Union Minister And Senior Congress Leader K P Unnikrishnan Passed Away.

* Former Director Of Indian Institute Of Mass Communication ( IIMC) Professor J S Jadav Passed Away.

* Raja Singh, The Founder Of Electronics Brand Texla Passed Away.

* Veteran Actor Vijay Crishna Passed Away.

*  Mosiuoa Lekota, Founder Of Congress Of People in South Africa Passed Away.

* Padma Bhushan Awardee H K Dua, Former Members of Parliament ( Rajya Sabha) Veteran Journalist Editor, Advisor To Former Prime Minister H D Devegowda Passed Away.

*  V R Muthu, The Man Behind Idhayam Oil In Tamilnadu Passed Away.

* Nadaswaram, Exponent Sheik Mahaboob Subhani, Padmashree Awardee Passed Away.

* Kenya's Father Of Electricity Hindpal Jabbal Passed Away.

* Veer Chakra Awardee Havildar K G George Passed Away ( War 1965) 

*  Former Indian Forward Footballer Syed Habibul Hasan Hameed Passed Away At Hyderabad.

* Veteran Odisha Journalist Asutosh Mishra Passed Away 

*  Eminent Historian Shri K N Pannikkar Passed Away.

* * NOTED HISTORIAN K N PANNIKAR PASSED AWAY ON 9TH MARCH 2026 

* BORN ON - 26TH APRIL 1936 ( MADRAS) 

AS AUTHOR - 

* A Concerned India's Guide To Communalism 

* 1940: A Documentary History Of The Freedom Struggle 

* Against Lord And State: Religion And Peasant Uprising In Malabar 

* Culture And Consciousness In Modern India 

WORK AS - 

* Chairman Of An Expert Committee By government of Kerala 

* Eminent Historian Hermann Kulke Passed Away.

* Veteran Leader From Karbi Anglong Shri Biren Singh Engti Passed Away 

* Former Union Minister Kavuru SambaSiva Rao Passed Away.

*  Senior Journalist Satpal Sharma PASSED AWAY 

* INDIAN Footballer Ravinder Singh PASSED AWAY.

* Former AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das Passed Away 

* Dutch Chess Icon Jan Timman Passed Away 

* Jurgen Habermas, World's Most Influential Philosopher Of Germany Has Passed Away 

( Best Known For His Theory Of Political Consensus Building Shaped The Discourses Post War GERMANY)

* Eminent Nephrologist Dr K V Johny Passed Away in Kochi.

*  Veteran Indian Actor Navnindra Behl Passed Away.

* Hollywood Actor Matt Clark Passed Away 

* Margareta Magnusson, Author Who Introduced Swedish Death Cleaning To The World Passed Away 

* Paul Ehrlich, Biologist From Stanford University Passed Away.

 * Nobel Laureate Christopher A Sims Passed Away.

* Novelist J M Coetzee (2003 Nobel prize Winner in Literature) Passed Away 

* Novelist And Historian Len Deighton Passed Away

*  Senior BJP Leader Shri Narsing Das Rajwal Passed Away.

* Veteran Doraemon Director Tsutomu Shibayama Passed Away.

* Nicholas Haysom, Representative Of Secretary General At UN Passed Away.

* Indonesian Billionaire Michael Bambang Hartono Passed Away.

*  Rajagopal Partha Sarthi Passed Away on 7th March 2026 

* Hollywood Actor Chuck Norris Passed Away 

* Hollywood Filmmaker Jamie Blanks Passed Away.

* Arunachal Pradesh 's First Female Rapper Takam Dado Renyo Passed Away.

 * Senior Yakshagana Artist Surikumeri K Govinda Bhat Passed Away..

* Former FBI AGENT Robert Mueller Passed Away.

* Hari Singh, Legend Of Indian Motorsport Passed Away.

* Eminent Educationist And Former MP Datta Meghe Passed Away.

* Former FRENCH Prime Minister Lionel Jospin Passed Away.

* Veteran Sports Journalist S Thaygarajan Has Passed Away.

*  Italian Singer - Song Writer Gino Paoli Passed Away 

*  India's First Diplomat Eric Goncalves Passed Away 

*  Malayalam Actor Director - E A Rajendran Passed Away 

* Dr Birute Galdikas Primatologist Passed Away 

* Former MP Of Odisha Narayan Sahu Passed Away.

*  Former Olympics Long Jump Champion Mary Rand, The First British Woman To Win Three Medals At A Single Olympics Games Has Passed Away.

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* Veteran Srilankan Journalist Author, Editor K V S Mohan Passed Away.

* Vijayapat Singhania, Former Raymond Group Chief Passed Away.

APRIL - 

* Former President Of Suriname Mr Chandrikapersad Santhoki Passed Away.

*  Dr Brenda Gael McSweeney, Who Served UN Resident Coordinator In India Passed Away.

* Former Mumbai Cricketer Anil Gaurav Passed Away.

*  Patrick A Rogers, Advocate For Meghalaya Living Root Bridges Passed Away.

* Odia Sahitya Academy Awardee Story Writer Shri Sadananda Tripathy Passed Away.

* Legendary Footballer Gilbertson Sangma Passed Away.

* Actress Dee Freeman Passed Away.

* Former Manipur Minister And Tangkhul Naga Leader K Envy Mashangva Passed Away.

* Russian Missile Designer ( Who Developed BRAHMOS Missile) Alexander Leonov Passed Away.

* Padmashree Awardee Noted Cardiologist Dr Mani Chetri Passed Away.

 * The Intelligence Chief Of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Seyed Majid Khademi Was Killed 

*  Noted Odia Film Producer And Industrialist Rabi Swain Passed Away.

* Former President And Honorary Life Vice  President Sir Craig Reedie Of BWF Passed Away 

*  Legendary Football Coach Mircea Lucescu Passed Away.

* Noted Indian Politician And Former Union Minister Mohsina Kidwai Passed Away.

* Former Union Minister Abu Hasem Khan Passed Away In Kolkata 

* Former Indian Cricketer C D Gopinath ( Who Was The Last Surviving Member Of India's First Test Winning GROUP) Passed Away 

* Jim Whittaker, First American To Summit Mount Everest Passed Away.

* Former Iranian FM Kharrazi Died From US - Israel Attack 

* Game Of Thrones Actor Michael Patrick Passed Away 

* Former President Of Rashtrotthana Parishat, Dr S R Ramaswamy Passed Away 

* A DISTINGUISHED MARITIME Leader Captain J C Anand Passed Away 

* Kargil War Hero Col Sonam Wangchuk Passed Away 

* * LENGENDARY SINGER ASHA BHOSLE PASSED AWAY ON 12TH APRIL 2026 

* BORN ON - 8TH SEPTEMBER 1933 

HONOURS - 

* 2000 - DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD 

* 2008 - PADMA BIBHUSHAN 

* 2018 - BANGA BIBHUSHAN 

* 2021 - MAHARASHTRA BHUSAN 

* 2001 - FILMFARE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 

* SHE WON NATIONAL FILM AWARD TWICE IN HER CAREER 

* 1981 ( FOR UMARAO JAN)

* 1986 ( FOR IJAZAAT ( 

* SHE NOMINATED FOR 39th GRAMMY AWARDS 1997 

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* IN 2013 SHE MADE ACTING DEBUT IN FILM MAI 

* OVER 12,000 SONGS RECORDED 

* 48TH GRAMMY AWARDS IN 2006 

* 2002 - BBC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT BY UK GOVERNMENT ( TONY BLAIR) 

* 2000 - SINGER OF THE MILLENIUM (DUBAI) 

* 1999 - LATA MANGESHKAR AWARD ( BY MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT) 

* 1989 - LATA MANGESHKAR AWARD ( BY MADHYA PRADESH GOVERNMENT) 

* 1987 - NIFHTANGLE OF ASIA AWARD (FROM UK) INDO -PAK 

*  Hollywood Actor John Nolan Passed Away.

* Former French Federation PRESIDENT Escalates Passed Away 

* Veteran Investor Mark Mobius Passed Away.

* Malayalam Actor Siddharth Venugopal Has Passed Away.

*  French Film Star Nathalie Baye, Passed Away 

* Brazil Basketball Legend Oscar Schimdt Passed Away.

* Former Member Of Parliament, Author, Journalist Bjp Member Shri Balbir Punj Passed Away 

* French Actress Nadia Fares Passed Away.

*  Darshan Kumar, T-Series Founder Brother Passed Away 

* Former Ladakhi Scholar And Ambassador Phunchok Stobdan Passed Away 

* Historian And Economist Robert Skidelsky, Winner Of 1993 Wolfson History Prize Passed Away 

* Former Assam Movement LEADER Aravinda Hazarika Passed Away 

*  Former Rajya Sabha Member Dr Gopal Rao Patil Passed Away 

* Former Assam Cricketer Badal Thakur Passed Away.

* Mohan Krishna Urath, A Profound Personality Behind The India's Rugby Passed Away.

*  Ex - Chief Minister Of Undivided Andhra Pradesh Nadendla Bhaskar Rao Passed Away.

* Shiv Ratan Agarwal, Founder And Chairman Of Bikaji Passed Away.

* Veteran Telugu Director And Producer Tripuraneni Chittibabu Passed Away.

*  Maharaj Krishna Raina, Editor, Writer And Translator And Contribution In Kashmiri Language Passed Away.

* Spiritual Leader Muni Narayana Prasad Passed Away.

*  Olympic Hockey Medalist Gurbax Singh PASSED AWAY. ( Bronze Medal At 1968 Mexico City Olympics) 

* ) Veteran Actor Biplab Dasgupta Passed Away.

*  Eminent Photographer, Padmashree Awardee Shri Raghu Rai Passed Away.

* Bachani Devi, The Leader Of Chipko Movement Has Passed Away 

* Veteran Indian Business Man Vasu Shroff Passed Away.

* Veteran Film And Television Actor Bharat Kapoor Passed Away.

 

* Former Southern Command Head And IPKF Chief Lt General Dipender Singh Passed Away.

* Former INDIAN Golf Legend And Indian Open Challenge Winner Vijay Kumar Passed Away 

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