Famous Dead People from India

Over 4,000 obituaries for famous people from India who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.

Yogesh Patel dead at age 79

Yogesh Patel, an Indian politician and Gujarat MLA since 2012, died on June 2, 2026, at the age of 79. Known in the assembly as Yogeshbhai Narayandas Patel, he represented…

B. S. Dhaliwal dead at age 78

B. S. Dhaliwal, an Indian Army general, died on May 31, 2026, after a heart attack was announced as the cause. Lieutenant General Dhaliwal served as Engineer-in-Chief at Army Headquarters…

Probal Dasgupta, Substantivism; Bangla syntax; Esperanto studies, died on May 31, 2026

Probal Dasgupta passed away at age 72

Probal Dasgupta, an Indian linguist, Esperantist and former president of the Universal Esperanto Association, died on May 31, 2026. He was 72. Born in Kolkata on September 19, 1953, Dasgupta…

S. Sathyendra death at age 64

S. Sathyendra, an Indian actor and film director, died on May 28, 2026. He was 64. Known also as an actor in Tamil and Kannada cinema, he began his screen…

Randhir Singh, Indian political scientist, died on January 31, 2016

Death of Randhir Singh at age 79

Randhir Singh, the Indian five-time Olympic shooter and sports administrator who served as secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association from 1987 to 2012 and president of the Olympic Council…

Anik Dutta, Film director, died on May 27, 2026

Death of Anik Dutta at age 66

Anik Dutta, the Indian film director behind Bhooter Bhabishyat, Ashchorjyo Prodeep and Meghnad Badh Rahasya, died on May 27, 2026, after a fall. He was a Bengali filmmaker whose directorial…

Shereen Ratnagar dead at age 82

Shereen Ratnagar, an Indian archaeologist, died on May 25, 2026. She was 82. Ratnagar’s work focused on the Indus Valley civilization, and she wrote several books and academic textbooks. She…

B. C. Khanduri, chief minister of Uttarakhand, minister of road transport and highways, and three-time MP, died on May 19, 2026

B. C. Khanduri, died aged 91

B. C. Khanduri, an Indian politician and former chief minister of Uttarakhand, died on May 19, 2026. He served as chief minister from 2007 to 2009 and again from 2011…

B.C. Khanduri, chief minister of Uttarakhand, minister of road transport and highways, and three-time MP, died on May 19, 2026

B.C. Khanduri, died aged 91

B.C. Khanduri, the Indian politician who served as chief minister of Uttarakhand and as minister of road transport and highways, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 91.…

K. Rajan dies at 85

K. Rajan, an Indian film producer and director, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 85 after suicide by jumping. He worked on Tamil films and began his…

Sudhangshu Seal death at age 81

Sudhangshu Seal, an Indian politician and former MP and West Bengal MLA, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 81. He represented the Kolkata North West constituency in…

Jorge Urquía dies at age 79

Jorge Urquía, a Honduran footballer who played for Mallorca, Alavés and the national team, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 79. Jorge Alberto Urquía Elvir, nicknamed Indio,…

Bagi Kumar Verma died at age 77

Bagi Kumar Verma, an Indian politician and Bihar legislator, died on May 11, 2026, at age 77. He served in the Bihar Legislative Assembly for three terms, representing Makhdumpur twice…

Ravi Pandit, Indian technology executive, died on May 8, 2026

Ravi Pandit dead at age 75

Ravi Pandit, Indian technology executive and co-founder of KPIT Technologies, died on May 8, 2026. He was 75. Pandit was the co-founder and chairman of KPIT Technologies and served as…

Rick Kreuger dies at 76

Rick Kreuger, the American baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, died on May 7, 2026. Born Richard Allen Kreuger on November 3, 1948, he appeared in Major…

Sudesh Kumar dies at 95

Sudesh Kumar died on May 1, 2026. He was an Indian actor known for Saranga, Bharosa and Gopi, and also worked as a film producer. His death was reported at…

Balbir Punj dies at age 76

Balbir Punj, an Indian journalist and politician who served as a member of Parliament from 2000 to 2006 and again from 2008 to 2014, died on April 18, 2026, aged…

Mohsina Kidwai, twice MP, minister of health and urban development, died on April 8, 2026

Mohsina Kidwai dies at age 94

Mohsina Kidwai, an Indian politician and twice-elected member of Parliament who served as minister of health from 1984 to 1986 and minister of urban development from 1986 to 1989, died…

Gilbertson Sangma dead at age 70

Gilbertson Sangma, an Indian footballer who played as a forward, died on April 2, 2026. He received his early football lessons at the Assam Police Reserve in Dergaon. Sangma began…

Lal Singh died at age 83

Lal Singh, an Indian politician and six-time Punjab MLA, died on March 28, 2026. He was 83. Singh served as Punjab’s finance minister from 2002 to 2007 during the Amarinder…

Vijaypat Singhania, Businessman and aviator, died on March 28, 2026

Vijaypat Singhania died at age 87

Vijaypat Singhania, an Indian textile industry executive and aviator, died on March 28, 2026. He was chairman and managing director of the Raymond Group from 1980 to 2000 and later…

Datta Meghe, MP and four-time Maharashtra MLC, died on March 22, 2026

Datta Meghe has died at age 89

Datta Meghe, an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament, died on March 22, 2026. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a former senior member of…

Death of Melli Irani at age 93

Melli Irani, an Indian cinematographer, died on March 19, 2026, in Chennai at the age of 93. He worked predominantly in the Malayalam film industry and was known for films…

Navnindra Behl, Indian actress, died on March 16, 2026

Navnindra Behl, died aged 76

Navnindra Behl, an Indian theatre and television director, writer and actor, died on March 16, 2026, at age 76. Born in Delhi on October 30, 1949, she began stage acting…

Death of Monroe Price at age 87

Monroe Price, an American academic and director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Global Communication Studies, died on March 15, 2026. He also served as director of the Stanhope…

Harimurali passed away at age 27

Harimurali, an Indian Malayalam actor, died on March 12, 2026. Born in 1998 in Annoor, Payyannur, in Kerala’s Kannur district, he began acting as a child and appeared in Rasikan…

Mahendra Pal dies at 85

Mahendra Pal Singh, an Indian legal scholar and jurist, died on March 7, 2026. He was a scholar of constitutional law, administrative law and comparative law, and professor emeritus at…

Govind Parmar death at age 72

Govind Parmar, an Indian politician, died on March 6, 2026. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and served in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1990 to…

Narayan Bareth died at age 68

Narayan Bareth, an Indian journalist, died on March 6, 2026. He was 68. Bareth worked in journalism for around three decades and served as State Information Commissioner of Rajasthan. He…

Sheik Mahaboob Subhani dies at 71

Sheik Mahaboob Subhani, an Indian classical nadaswaram artist, died on March 4, 2026. He was born in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, in 1954 or 1955. Subhani performed with his wife,…

Mahendra Bohra died at age -1

Mahendra Bohra, an Indian Bollywood producer, died on March 4, 2026. He was born in Jodhpur, then in Rajputana and now Rajasthan, on July 2, 1946, into a Marwari family.…