From Lata Mangeshkar to Mulayam Singh Yadav, notable deaths in 2022
Synopsis: In the year 2022, India has lost several notable personalities including Lata Mangeshkar and Rahul Bajaj.
New Delhi, Dec 15: India has lost several dignitaries from across the fields in 2022. From legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar to Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, many notable personalities passed away this year.
Here, we bring you the list of notable deaths in 2022:
Sindhutai
Sapkal
Social
worker
and
Padma
Shri
awardee
Sindhutai
Sapkal
passed
away
on
4
January.
She
was
credited
with
setting
up
of
numerous
institutes
for
the
welfare
of
orphans,
and
raising
over
1,050
orphan
children.
She
had
received
the
Padma
Shri
Award
in
2021
for
her
work.
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Birju
Maharaj
Legendary
Kathak
dancer
Birju
Maharaj
died
at
the
age
of
84
on
January
17.
The
Kathak
exponent,
one
of
India's
best
known
artistes,
was
a
recipient
of
the
Padma
Vibhushan.
Lata
Mangeshkar
Legendary
singer
Lata
Mangeshkar
passed
away
February
6.
Known
as
the
Queen
of
melody,
Mangeshkar
started
training
in
singing
at
the
age
of
five.
She
began
her
career
as
a
singer
in
1942
and
has
been
credited
to
have
sung
25,000
songs
in
as
many
as
36
Indian
languages
including
Hindi,
Marathi,
Tamil,
Kannada,
Bengali
and
others
over
a
period
of
seven
decades.
Bappi
Lahiri
Singer-composer
Bappi
Lahiri,
who
popularised
disco
music
in
Indian
cinema
in
the
80s
and
90s,
died
following
multiple
health
issues
on
February
15.
The
singer-composer,
a
familiar
figure
for
many
with
his
trademark
gold
chains
that
he
wore
for
luck
and
his
sunglasses,
was
known
for
his
songs
in
several
films
of
the
late
70s-80s.
These
included
"Chalte
Chalte",
"Disco
Dancer",
and
"Sharaabi".
Rahul
Bajaj
Former
chairman
of
the
Bajaj
Group
Rahul
Bajaj
died
in
Pune
on
Saturday.
He
was
the
chairman
emeritus
of
the
Indian
conglomerate
Bajaj
Group
and
was
awarded
the
third-highest
civilian
award
in
India,
the
Padma
Bhushan,
in
2001.
Sidhu
Moose
Wala
Shubhdeep
Singh
Sidhu,
Indian
rapper,
singer,
songwriter
and
actor
from
Punjab,
was
shot
dead
on
29
May
by
a
Canada-based
gangster,
active
in
Punjab.
KK
Krishnakumar
Kunnath,
regarded
as
one
of
the
best
and
most
versatile
singers
in
India,
passed
away
at
the
age
of
53
in
Kolkata
after
suffering
a
heart
attack.
He
recorded
songs
in
Hindi,
Tamil,
Telugu,
Kannada,
Malayalam,
Marathi,
Odia,
Bengali,
Assamese
and
Gujarati.
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Pallonji
Mistry
Billionaire
Pallonji
Mistry
of
the
USD
5-billion
Shapoorji
Pallonji
(SP)
Group
having
its
roots
in
the
construction
business
died
at
the
age
of
93
on
June
28.
Rakesh
Jhunjhunwala
Veteran
stock
market
investor
Rakesh
Jhunjhunwala,
often
referred
to
as
India's
Warren
Buffett
and
whose
net
worth
was
USD
5.8
billion,
died
at
the
age
of
82
on
August
12.
Starting
off
his
journey
in
stock
markets
while
still
in
college
with
a
capital
of
just
Rs
5,000,
he
had
teamed
up
with
ex-Jet
Airways
CEO
Vinay
Dube
and
former
IndiGo
head
Aditya
Ghosh
to
launch
Akasa
Air
-
India's
newest
budget
carrier.
Cyrus
Mistry
Cyrus
Pallonji
Mistry,
who
was
a
former
chairman
of
the
Tata
Group,
died
in
a
car
accident
on
September
4.
Raju
Srivastav
Comedian
Raju
Srivastav
has
died
a
month
after
battling
for
life.
He
had
suffered
a
heart
attack
while
working
out
in
a
gym.
He
was
58.
A
familiar
face
in
the
entertainment
industry
since
the
1980s,
Srivastav
catapulted
to
fame
in
the
first
season
of
the
reality
stand-up
comedy
show,
"The
Great
Indian
Laughter
Challenge"
in
2005.
Mulayam
Singh
Yadav
Samajwadi
Party
founder
Mulayam
Singh
Yadav
died
at
a
hospital
in
Gurugram
after
prolonged
illness.
Born
on
November
22,
1939
into
a
farming
family
in
Saifai
near
Etawah
in
Uttar
Pradesh,
Yadav
spawned
the
UP's
most
prominent
political
clan.
He
was
elected
an
MLA
10
times
and
an
MP,
mostly
from
Mainpuri
and
Azamgarh,
seven
times.