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BJP leader Gopinath Munde was killed in a road accident in Delhi on June. His body was brought to his native village Parli in Maharashtra's Beed district for cremation with full state honours.

Gopinath Munde: BJP leader was killed in a road accident in Delhi on June. His body was brought to his native village Parli in Maharashtra's Beed district for cremation with full state honours. (Read More »)

Murli Deora: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Murli Deora died in Mumbai in the last week of November. The 77-year-old was suffering from cancer. (Read More »)
AR Antulay: Former Union minister and Maharashtra's first Muslim chief minister, AR Antulay, died on December 2 after a prolonged illness. He was 85. (Read More »)
VR Krishna Iyer: Vaidyanathapura Rama Krishna Iyer, a legend in Indian judiciary, died on December 4 at a Kochi hospital of multiple organ failure. He was 100. A visionary, many of his judgements on issues like human rights and environment protection were later turned into law by Parliament. (Read More »)

Cartoonist Pran: Cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, who created the popular comic book character Chacha Chaudhary, died in August of cancer. He was 75. Born on August 15, in Kasur near Lahore, now in Pakistan, Pran began his career as a cartoonist in 1960. Nine years later, he created Chacha Chaudhary, a superhero-like, avuncular character loved by children through decades. (Read More »)
BKS Iyenger: World-renowned yoga guru and founder of the Iyenger School of Yoga, BKS Iyengar, died in August at a hospital in Pune. He was 95. Mr Iyengar was honoured with Padma Vibhushan. (Read More »)
Khushwant Singh, the grand old man of Indian literature, died in March this year at the age of 99. One of India's best known raconteurs, Mr Singh enthralled millions of readers with classics like "Train to Pakistan", "I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale" and "Delhi - A Novel". (Read More »)