Obituary Events in 2000

Jan • Feb • Mar • Apr • May • Jun • Jul • Aug • Sep • Oct • Nov • Dec

Jan. 13:

The former Tamil Nadu Finance Minister and AIADMK chairman, Mr.V.R. Nedunchezhiyan, (79), in Chennai after a heart attack.

Jan. 19:

M.A. Chidambaram (81), leading industrialist and chairman of the MAC Group, in Chennai.

The former Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Bettino Craxi (65) in self-imposed exile in Hammamet, Tunisia.

Feb. 12:

Mr. Charles Schultz (77), the creator of the immensely popular ``Peanuts'' comic strip featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy dies of cancer of colon at his home in San Francisco.

Feb. 14:

Mr. B. Rachaiah (78), former Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Goa, in a hospital in Bangalore.

Feb. 25:

Mr. Justice M. Srinivasan (63), Supreme Court Judge, at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi after prolonged illness.

Mar. 4:

Veteran Communist leader, Ms. Geeta Mukherjee (76), of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as `Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.

Mar. 13:

The former Chief of the Army Staff, General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam (87), at the Air Force command hospital in Bangalore. He was the Army Chief for three years from 1966. He shot into prominence during World War II when he commanded a company in West Asia.

Mar. 16:

Mr. Thomas Wilson Ferebee (81), the bombarder who dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, after brief illness in his home at Florida.

Mar. 28:

Anthony Powell (94), the English novelist, at his home in Somerset.

Apr. 6:

The former Tunisian President, Mr. Habib Bourguiba (97), in his native city of Monastir.

Apr. 22:

The former Judge of the Bombay High Court, Mr. Bhaktavar Lentin (72), after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai.

Apr. 23:

Al Purdy (82) one of Canada's literary giants, after a battle with lung cancer.

Apr. 29:

The former Manipur Governor, Mr. Chintamani Panigrahi (78), of cardiac arrest at the Kalinga Hospital in Bhubaneswar.

May 1:

The veteran CPI(M) leader and West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr. Bidyut Ganguly (64), of severe burns, in Calcutta.

May 6:

Veteran freedom fighter and prominent CPI(M) leader, Mr. Benoy Krishna Chowdhury (89), at a Government Hospital in Calcutta.

May 14:

Former Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Keizo Obuchi (62).

May 21:

Romance novelist, Dame Barbara Cartland (98), in her sleep after a short illness.

May 21:

Sir John Gielgud (96), actor, at his home near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire.

May 26:

Prabhakar G. Surur (93), in Mumbai.

Jun. 10:

The Syrian President, Mr. Hafez al-Assad, after protracted illness.

Jun. 11:

The Congress(I) leader and former Union Minister, Mr. Rajesh Pilot, in a road accident, in his home constituency, Dausa.

Jun. 17:

Well known jurist and senior Supreme Court advocate, Mr. Danial Latifi (83), of cancer in New Delhi.

Jun. 19:

The former Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Noburu Takeshita (76), at the Kitasato Institute Hospital, Tokyo.

Jun. 21:

Archbishop Alan De Lastic (71), head of India's catholic church in a car accident on his way from Krakow to Warsaw, the Polish capital.

Jul. 24:

Sri Lanka's Minister for Tourism and Aviation, Mr. Dharmasiri Senanayake (67), of a heart attack.

Aug. 1:

Veteran DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Revenue Minister, Mr. Nanjil K. Manoharan (71), of a cardiac arrest in Chennai.

The British actor Sir Alec Guinness (86), at the King Edward VII Hospital at West Sussex, Southern England.

Aug. 8:

The former Karnataka Chief Minister Mr.S.Nijalingappa (97), at his residence in Chitradurga.

Aug. 21:

Mrs. Nirmala Gandhi (91), daughter-in-law of Mahatma Gandhi, in Wardha.

Aug. 23:

The Union Power Minister, Mr. Pronindranath Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, of a massive heart attack at the AIIMS, New Delhi.

Aug. 24:

Noted Hindi music director Kalyanji (70) of Kalyanji-Anandji fame, at the Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai.

Sep. 9:

The former Mauritian President, Mr.Veerasamy Ringadoo (80), in Port Louis.

Sep. 29:

The former Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Pierre Elliott Trudeau (80), at his Montreal home.

Oct. 10:

The World's first elected woman Prime Minister, Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, of heart attack in Colombo.

Oct. 24:

The former Congress President, Mr. Sitaram Kesri (81), at the AIIMS, New Delhi.

Nov. 7:

Elder statesman and a key architect of India's `Green Revolution', Mr. C. Subramaniam (90), in Chennai.

Nov. 8:

Denmark's Swedish born queen mother, Queen Ingrid (90) and a great-grand daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, in Copenhagen.

Nov. 27:

British novelist, Sir Malcolm Bradbury (68), after a brief illness in a hospice near his home in Norwich.

Dec. 12:

Senior Janata Dal (U) leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr. J.H. Patel (71), in Bangalore.

Events 2000