6TH CHIEF MINISTER (FORMER) OF MEGHALAYA PASSED AWAY

* FORMER Chief Minister Salseng C Marak ( Meghalaya) Passed Away 

* Served As The 6th Chief Minister Of Meghalaya ( 1993-1998) 

* First Meghalaya CM To Complete 5 Years Term 

* Popularly Known As Mr Clean ( For Corruption Free Administration) 

* Served As The President Of Meghalaya Congress Committee 

PERSON PASSED AWAY IN SEPTEMBER 2026

*  Noted Music Composer, Singer And Master Tablist Kozhikode Aboobacker ( Known As Avukkakka) Passed Away 

*  Author & Environmentalist Wendell Berry Passed Away 

* Shri Gaurang Vyas, EMINENT Musician In Gujarati Music Passed Away 

* Journalist, Activist And Author Gloria Steinem Passed Away 

*  Former Indian Kabaddi Team Captain Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee Taarak Paul Passed Away.

* Krishna Achuta Rao, a Leading Voice In The Climate And Atmospheric Science And Professor At The Centre Of Atmospheric Science, IIT DELHI Passed Away 

*  Jharkhand Urban Development Minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu Passed Away 

*  Professor S R Janakiraman, The Doyen Of The Carnatic Musicology Passed Away.

* Manipuri Musician Chongtham Vikram Died 

* Laura Claridge, AUTHOR of Norman Rockwell, Emily Post, Has Passed Away.

* Tung Chee Hwa, Hong King's First Chief Executive Passed Away 

* Emma Bonino, Italian Politician Who Fought For Abortion Access Passed Away At The Age Of 78.

* Tamil Scholar, And Debate Moderator Solomon Pappaiah Passed Away 

* Norway's Princess Astrid Passed Away 

* Padmashree Awardee, Educationist Writer And Konkani Language Advocate N Purusottam Mallya Passed Away ( 

* Robert Lehman, Foundational Biochemist At Stanford Medicine Passed Away 

*  Noted Konkani Translator And Sahitya Academy Winner Snehalata Bhatikar Passed Away 

* Noted Theatre Personality Chidambara Rao Jambe Passed Away 

* FORMER Assam Minister Siddeque Ahmed Passed Away 

* Veteran Congress Leader Abdul Jalil Mastan Passed Away 

* Hollywood Designer Bob Mackie Passed Away.

* Pa Llewellyn R Marak, Writer, Cultural Guardian Passed Away 

*  Shri Gopiram Borgayan, Eminent Exponents Of Assam's Traditional Music And Recipient Of Sangeet Natak Academy Passed Away ( Exponents Of Sattriya) 

* RECIEVED PADMASHRI IN 2021 

* Former Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Alla Nani Passed Away 

* Writer Zarren Khan Passed Away 

* Air Forces Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke Passed Away 

* He Was Part Of 1965 Indo -Pak War 

* He Was Awarded VIR CHAKRA In 7th September 1965 

* Cooke Was Commissioned On 19th December 1961 With 80th Pilot Courses 

* Joe Harkness, Author Of BIRD Therapy passed away ( Other Book - Neuro Divergent By Nature) 

* Veteran Political Journalist Payal Mehta Passed Away 

* G Vijayaraghavan, Eminent Cardiologist And Founding Director And Vice Chairperson Of KIMS Health Passed Away 

* Veteran Bengali Actress Mithu Mukherjee Passed Away 

* Shiekh Ahmed Bin Rashid AI Maktoum Passed Away 

* A N Nagaraj, Plant Scientist Passed Away At The Age Of 97. 

* He Was The Son Of Eminent Kannada Writer A N MURTHYRAO

* Mr NAGRAJ Worked As The Scientist In The US 

* HE Worked In Food And Agriculture Organization ( FAO) In Philiphines 

* AUTOBIOGRAPHY - ANANNDADA HUDUKATADALLI ( In Search Of Happiness ) 

* 

* Annie Dillard, The Pulitzer Prize Winning AUTHOR Passed Away 

* Malayalam Actress Savithri Sreedharan Passed Away 

* Cultural Connoisseur Soorya Krishnamoorthy Passed Away 

* Bollywood Actor Mustaq Khan Passed Away 

* P Jayapala  Menon, Film Director Passed Away 

AIR FORCE FLIGHT LIEUTENANT ALFRED TYRONE PASSED AWAY

 * Air Forces Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke Passed Away 

* He Was Part Of 1965 Indo -Pak War 

* He Was Awarded VIR CHAKRA In 7th September 1965 

* Cooke Was Commissioned On 19th December 1961 With 80th Pilot Courses 

PERSON PASSED AWAY IN AUGUST 2026

* Former Indian Army Chief (14th ) General V N Sharma ( Retired) Passed Away 

* Franco Baresi, The Former Ac milan Defender And World Cup Winner For Italy Passed Away 

* ) Veteran Playback Singer Jamuna Rani Passed Away 

*  Noted Literature And Poet Padmashree Kailash Chandra Pant Passed Away 

* Heritage Conservationist And Konark Sun Temple Researchers Anil Dey Passed Away.

* Senior Bjp LEADER And Madhya Pradesh Minister Paras Chandra Jain Passed Away 

*  FORMER West Bengal Governor , And Senior Leader Padmashree Dr D Y Patil Passed Away 

* Justice M S Liberhan, Who Headed Babri Masjid inquiry Commission Has Passed Away 

* Veteran Congress Leader Karuthodi Radhakrishnan Passed Away 

*  Sumant Rao Pendharkar, Director Of Vico Laboratories Passed Away 

* Indian Veteran Actor Pradeep Rawat Passed Away.

* Senior Literature And Doh Poet Shri Srinivas Vinayak Kulkarni Passed Away 

* * EMINENT INDIAN NUCLEAR ENGINEER AND EDUCATIONIST M P PARAMESWARAN PASSED AWAY ON 11TH AUGUST 2026 

* BORN ON - 18TH JANUARY 1935 

* KNOWN FOR - OPERATION SMILING BUDDHA 

* M P RADHAKRISHNAN BORN IN KIRALUR 

* FROM (1969-1973) HE WORKED AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE STATE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES IN KERALA.

* HE GOT PhD In NUCLEAR ENGINEERING FROM THE MOSCOW POWER ENGINEERING INSTITUTE IN 1965.

* IN 1975 HE JOINED THE KERALA SASTHRA SAHITYA PARISAD 

* 

BOOKS - 

* JANAKEEYA SASTHRA PRASTHANAM (2008) 

* BOOKS FOR NEOLITERATES (1962) 

* BASIC AND CULTURAL LITERATURE (1964) 

AWARDS - 

* BOOKS FOR NEOLITERATES AWARD 

* BASIC AND CULTURAL LITERATURE AWARD 

* CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AWARD 

* KERALA SREE AWARD (2022) 

* Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji Passed Away 

* Veteran Artist, Dharmapad Awardee & Former PRESIDENT OF ODISHA Lalit Kala Academy Shri Jagdish Chandra Kanungo Passed Away 

* Eminent Marxist Historian And Scholar Of Modern Indian History Sumit Sarkar Passed Away 

* EMINENT HISTORIAN SUMIT SARKAR PASSED AWAY ON 13TH AUGUST 2026.

* BORN ON 1939

* HIS CONTRIBUTION IN SWADESHI MOVEMENT 

AWARDS - 

* RAVINDRA PURASKAR (2004) 

* He RETURNED THE AWARD IN 2007 IN PROTEST AGAINST THE EXPULSION OF FARMERS IN WEST BENGAL.

BOOKS - 

* WRITING SOCIAL HISTORY (1998) 

* MODERN INDIA ( 1885-1947( 

* THE SWADESHI MOVEMENT IN BENGAL 1903- 1908 

* ESSAY OF A LIFETIME 

* WOMAN AND SOCIAL REFORM IN MODERN INDIA 

* BEYOND NATIONALIST FRAMES 

* A CRITIQUE OF COLONIAL INDIA ( 2000)

* TOWARDS FREEDOM ( 2007) 

*  Jimmy Rimmer, Goal Keeper Of Manchester United Passed Away 

*  Veteran Sculptor And Craftsman National Award Winning Chandrasekhar Y Shilpi Passed Away 

* Former Deputy Speaker And TMC Former MLA From Rampurhat, Asish Banerjee Passed Away 

* Raja Sen, National Award Winning Bengali Filmmaker Passed Away 

* Hollywood Actress Hayden Panettiere Passed Away

* Former Chief Secretary Of Meghalaya Kong Rebecca V Suchiang Passed Away 

( First Indigenous Woman chief Secretary) 

* Veteran Naga Peace Builder & Advocate Niketu Iralu Passed Away.

* ESPN's Founder Bill Rasmussen Passed Away At 93 

* Former Lanjigard MLA ( ODISHA) Sibaji Majhi Passed Away 

* 1984 Anti Sikh Riots Case Convict Ex - Congress MP Sajjan Kumar Passed Away 

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* * BORN ON 20th JANUARY 1938

* PASSED AWAY ON - 21ST AUGUST 2026 

* VETERAN ODIA PLAYBACK SINGER PRANAB PATTNAIK PASSED AWAY ON 21ST AUGUST 2026 

*HIS FATHER - LATE LAL MOHAN PATTNAIK ( FORMER SPEAKER ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY )

* HE STARTED HIS CARRER IN 1958 ( WITH THE FILM MAA)

* HE GAVE HIS VOICE MORE THAN 200 FILMS.

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* HE WON 7 STATE FILM AWARDS ( ONLY ODIAN TO WIN) 

* SINDURA BINDU (1976) 

* ASTARANGA (1982) 

* JHIA TI SITA PARI ( 1983) 

* KANYADANA (1988) 

* PRATISHODHA APARADHA NUHEN (1989) 

* ASHA (1993) 

* ODISHA SANGEET NATAKA ACADEMY AWARD (1997/98) 

* 2011 - PRAFULLA KAR SAMMAN 

* 2016 - JAYADEV SAMMAN 

* 2017 - GANGADHAR RATHA MEMORIAL AWARD 

* 2023 - BALAKRISHNA DAS MEMORIAL AWARD 

*  Nanda Malini, Srilanka's Eminent Singer Passed Away 

* Veteran South Actor Sankaramanchi Janaki Passed Away 

* Michael Wright Passed Away 

* Nancy Kassebaum Baker, First WOMAN ELECTED To The USA Senate Passed Away 

* Actress Shelley fabares Passed Away 

* Veteran Actress Asha Singh Jaiswal Passed Away 

* Veteran Literature And Historian Giri Dandsena Passed Away 

* Bollywood Director Kuku Kohli passed away.

* US Music Legend Dolly Parton Passed Away.

* Women's Right Activist Sonya Gill Passed Away ( Co - Founder & Trustee Of PARI - ) 

* Former Akashvani News Reader Panchdev Pandey Passed Away.

*  Tim Curry, Hollywood Actor Passed Away.

* Eminent Marathi Linguist Yasmin Shaikh Passed Away 

*  Japanese Artist Yayoi Kusuma Passed Away.

*  Mananeeya A Balakrishna, President Of Vivekananda Rock Memorial & Vivekananda Kendra Passed Away.

* Bijit Gwra Narzary, The Deputy Speaker Of Assam Bodoland Territorial Council Passed Away 

 * Former Doordarshan News Reader Saarala Maheswari Passed Away 

* Shri P H Kurian Passed Away ( P H Kurian, The India's First To Compulsory The Licence in March 2012 To Allow Generic Manufacturer Of Cancer Drug  Passed Away (1986 Batch IAS OFFICER ) 

* Peter Cullen, Voice Over Artist Passed Away 

*  King Herald V Of Norway Passed Away 

* Veteran Actor Producer G V Narayana Rao Passed Away 

* World's Youngest Monarch King Oyo Of Uganda Passed Away At The Age Of 34

* Former Odisha Minister Dambaru Majhi Passed Away 

FIRST NSG DIRECTOR GENERAL IPS SHRI R T NAGRANI PASSED AWAY

* 1951 Batch Andhra Pradesh Based IPS OFFICER Shri  R T Nagrani Passed Away On 26th July 2026 In Delhi 

* First Director General Of National Security Guard (17/8/1984- 25/9/1986) 

* He Commanded The 1986 Operation Black Thunder -1 ( At The Golden Temple, Amritsar 

PANDAVANI SINGER TEEJAN BAI PASSED AWAY

* EMINENT PANDAVANI SINGER TEEJAN BAI PASSED AWAY ON 5TH JULY 2026 

* BORN ON 8TH AUGUST 1956 

* 

* AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* 1988 - PADMASHRI 

* 1995 - SANGEETA NATAK ACADEMY 

* 2003 - PADMA BHUSAN 

* 2018 - FUKUOKA PRIZE 

* 2019 - PADMA VIBHUSHAN 

* 2016 - M S SUBALAKSHMI CENTENARY AWARD 

EMINENT POET IAS OFFICER OF ODISHA JAGANNATH PRASAD DAS PASSED AWAY

* NOTED POET, AUTHOR, RETIRED IAS OFFICER SHRI JAGANATH PRASAD DAS PASSED AWAY ON 4TH JUNE 2026 

* A NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT,POET, IAS OFFICER 

* BORN IN 1936 ( PURI, ODISHA) 

* HE GRADUATED FROM REVENSHAW UNIVERSITY, CUTTACK.

* HE JOINED THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE IN 1958.

* HIS FIRST POETRY COLLECTION  

PRATHAM PURUSH (1971) 

* SABA SESHA LOKA ( THE LAST MAN)

* NOVEL LIKE 

* DESA 

* KALA 

* PATRA 

AWARDS - 

* 1991 - SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD ( FOR AHINIK ( 

* 1963- SERVED IAS OFFICER IN KALAHANDI DISTRICT 

MANIPURI EMINENT CLASSICAL DANCER THOURANISABI DEVI PASSED AWAY

* PADMASHRI AWARDEE KSHETRIMAYUM ONGBI THOURANISABI DEVI PASSED AWAY .

* SHE IS AN EMINENT CLASICAL DANCER & AUTHOR 

* BORN IN - 3RD NOVEMBER 1946 

* PASSED AWAY ON 12TH MAY 2026 

AWARDS - 

* PADMA SHRI (2003) 

* SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD 

* MANIPURI STATE KALA AKADEMI AWARD 

* NRITYA RATNA AWARD 

* ROYAL ROBE FROM GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR 

AS AUTHOR - 

* DIVA RAS ( 2 VOLUMES 1993) 

* RAS MAKHA AMSUNG NUNGI MASHAK ( 2006) ( BASED ON MANIPURI DANCE) 

PERSON PASSED AWAY IN APRIL 2026

* 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 

* 

* 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 

* 

EMINENT HISTORIAN K N PANNIKAR 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 

*