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Jyoti Basu
(96): National
CPM leader and the longest serving chief minister of West Bengal
(1977-2000).
S.S. Ray (90):
Former Governor
of Punjab , chief minister of
West Bengal (1972-77) and
Ambassador to the US.
Nanaji
Deshmukh (94):
Veteran RSS leader who quit mainstream politics at the age of
60, set up a rural university at Chitrakoot.
Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat (87):
Former Vice President and Rajasthan Chief Minister
Surendra
Mohan (90):
Veteran socialist thinker and
parliamentarian.
C.K.
Prahalad (69):
Recognised as one of the top 10 management gurus.
K.N. Raj
(85):
Economist, advisor to several PMs, set up CDS, Thiruanathapuram.
Arjun
Sengupta (73):
Economist, helped formulate poverty alleviation programmes,
declared that 77 per cent of Indians lived on less than
Rs 20 a day.
Laxmi Chand
Jain (85):
Gandhian and Economist, helped transform the handicrafts and
cooperative
sectors.
Billy Arjan Singh
(94):
Hunter-turned conservationist of big cats, prime mover behind
Dudhwa National Park, known for 'Tara tales'.
Homi Sethna
(87): Former
chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, supervised India's
first Nuclear test in 1974.
Prof K.E. Eapen
(88): Known as the
father of journalism schools
in India.
Kottakkal
Sivaraman (74):
Versatile exponent of Kathakali and known for his scintillating
essaying of female roles in the predominantly male dance form.
Dashrath
Patel (83):
Leading light from the National Institute of Design, prime mover
of India
International fairs.
Cherukuri
Lenin (27):
Former archery champion and coach, in a road accident.
Leo Pinto (96):
Former hockey international, played with the
gold-medal winning Indian team in 1948 Olympic Games.
Ravi Vaswani
(64): Actor
known for his comic roles.
Macmohan
(71): Actor who
played 'Samba' to Amjad Khan's Gabbar Singh in 'Sholay'.
Sujit Kumar (75) :
Actor who played the role of villain or did comic roles, was
Rajesh Khanna's
side-kick in the film 'Aradhana'.
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