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January 2025
In Memory of the Departed
Artists, scholars and other important Indians/South Asians who passed away in 2024
Although the passing away of every person is important, and we lost thousands of innocent victims of war, violence, accidents and natural calamities, here are some Indian (as well as some international) writers, artists, scholars and media personalities who we lost in 2024.
Badruddin Alhafiz, Arabic scholar, Delhi, 3 January
JPS Uberoi, Sociologist, Delhi, 3 Jan
Suresh Chandvarkar, Music records archivist, 5 Jan
Rashid Khan, Hindustani vocalist, 9 Jan
Pandit Hariram, Hindi and Bhojpuri poet, 9 Jan
Dr. Prabha Atre, Hindustani Vocalist, 13 Jan
Munawwar Rana, Urdu poet, 14 Jan
Gogi Saroj Pal, Artist, 27 Jan
R. Champakalakshmi, Historian of Pre-Colonial South India, 29 Jan
A. Ramachandran, Artist, 10 February
Imtizay Qureshi, Well-known chef, 16 Feb
Suhani Bhatnagar, Actress (Dangal Movie), 16 Feb
Ameen Sayani, Radio artist, 20 Feb
Rituraj Singh, TV actor, 20 Feb
Kumar Shahani, film director, 24 Feb
Pankaj Udhas, Ghazal singer, 26 Feb
Aziz Qureshi, Ex-Governor (UP, Uttarakhand & Mizoram), 1 March
Chauthi Ram, Hindi professor, Varanasi, 13 May
Malti Joshi, Hindi Writer, 15 May
Ramoji Rao, Founder of Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, 8 June
Pandit Rajeev Taranath, Sarod Player, 11 Jun
Smriti Biswas, Actress, 3 July
Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian Cricketer, 31 Jul
Yamini Krishnamurthy, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dancer, 3 August
K. Natwar Singh, Former Foreign Minister, 10 Aug
Aruna Vasudev, Film scholar, 5 September
Vikas Sethi, Actor, 8 Sep
K. Chellapan, English Scholar and Sahitya Akademi Awardee, 9 Sep
Sitaram Yechury, Politician, CPI, 12 Sep
Maggie Smith, Actress, Britain, 27 Sep
Mohan Raj, Malayalam actor, 3 October
Ratan Tata, Head of Tata Sons, 9 Oct
Kanaka Raju, Padmashri, Gusadi dancer, 25 Oct
Bibek Debroy, Economist and advisor to Indian PM, 1 November
Rohit Bal, Fashion designer, 1 Nov
Quincy Jones, Music producer, USA, 3 Nov
Sharda Sinha, Folk singer, 5 Nov
Ganesh, Tamil actor, 9 Nov
Ram Narayan, Sarangi maestro, 9 Nov
Ustad Ashish Khan, Sarod maestro, 14 Nov
Khalid Ahmed, Journalist/intellectual, Pakistan, 17 Nov
Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury, Historian, 14 December
Zakir Hussain, Tabla maestro, 15 Dec
Shah Mohammad Waseem, Commerce professor, Aligarh, 17 Dec
Amin Khan Manganiar, Musician, Rajasthan, 18 Dec
Siddhartha Tagore, Art gallerist, 20 Dec
H.N.'Atom' Golibar, Gujarati novelist and pulp fiction writer, 20 Dec
Abdal Bela, Urdu author, Pakistan, 23 Dec
Shyam Benegal, Indian Film director, 23 Dec
Bapsi Sidhwa, Pakistani author, 25 Dec
Ustad Sher Ali, Pakistani qawwal, 25 Dec
M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Film author, 25 Dec
Manmohan Singh, India's ex-PM, 26 Dec
Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat, French scholar of Sanskrit, 28 Dec
Ravi Kiran Jain, Human rights advocate, 29 Dec
Jimmy Carter, Ex-President, USA, 29 Dec
See a list of important persons who left us in the years 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020.
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