Yearender 2020: Notable Indian personalities who died this year
New Delhi, Dec 07: The year 2020 witnessed the deaths of several renowned personalities, especially in the world of politics. Here's the list of renowned personalities whose demise left an irreplaceable vacuum in their respective fields.
Crucial bills passed by the Parliament in 2020
January:
Daitari
Behera,
politician
D.
P.
Tripathi,
politician
M.
Sakthivel
Murugan,
politician
Sunanda
Patnaik,
Gwalior
gharana
classical
singer
Sher
Bahadur
Singh,
87,
politician
Man
Sood,
cricketer
(b.
1939)
Maharaj
Kishan
Bhan,
virologist
and
paediatrician
30
January
-
Vidya
Bal,
Marathi
writer
February:
P.
Parameswaran,
Politician
and
philosopher.
(b.
1927).
13
February
-
Rajendra
K.
Pachauri,
Scientist
and
Civil
servant.
(b.
1940).
18
February
-
Tapas
Paul,
Actor
and
Politician.
(b.
1958).
22
February
-
Krishna
Bose,
Politician,
Educator
and
Social
Worker.
(b.
1930)
28
February
-
Baidyanath
Prasad
Mahto,
72,
Politician
(b.
1947)
March
2
March
-
Virendra
Singh
Sirohi,
73,
politician
(b.
1946)
8
March
-
H.
R.
Bhardwaj,
politician
(b.
1937)
20
March
-
P.
K.
Banerjee,
football
player
22
March
-
Visu,
74,
Indian
film
director,
writer
and
actor
(b.
1945).
25
March
-
Nimmi,
88,
actress
27
March
-
Beni
Prasad
Verma,
79,
politician
(b.
1941)
April
30
April
-
Rishi
Kapoor,
Film
actor
(b.
1952)
30
April
-
Chuni
Goswami,
footballer
(b.
1938)
May
6
May
-
Riyaz
Naikoo,
35,
Wanted
terrorist
killed
in
Army
clash
(b.
1985)
17
May
-
Ratnakar
Matkari,
Marathi
Play
writer
(b.
1938)
19
May
-
Saeed
Ahmad
Palanpuri,
Principal
Darul
Uloom
Deoband
25
May
-
Balbir
Singh
Sr.,
96,
Hockey
player
(b.
1923)
27
May
-
Mujtaba
Hussain,
writer
28
May
-
M.
P.
Veerendra
Kumar,
83,
Politician
(b.
1936)
29
May
-
Ajit
Jogi,
Politician
(b.
1946)
29
May
-
Bhanwar
Lal
Sharma
(politician),
Politician
29
May
-
Bejan
Daruwalla,
Astrologer
(b.
1931)
29
May
-
Yogesh,
lyricist,
writer
(b.
1943)
31
May
-
Wajid
Khan,
musician
June
4
June
-
Basu
Chatterjee,
Filmmaker
(b.
1930)
5
June
-
Ved
Marwah,
Civil
Servant
(b.
1934)
7
June
-
Chiranjeevi
Sarja,
39,
Film
actor
(b.
1980)
12
June
-
Parasnath
Yadav,
71,
Politician
(b.
1949)
13
June
-
Vasant
Raiji,
100,
Cricketer
(b.
1920)
14
June
-
Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
34,
Film
and
television
actor
(b.
1986)
15
June
-
Col.
Santosh
Babu,
38,
Indian
Army
Soldier
martyred
in
2020
China-India
skirmishes
near
Ladakh
(b.
1982)
16
June
-
Haribhau
Jawale,
Politician
(b.
1953)
18
June
-
K.R.
Sachidanandan,
48,
Indian
screenwriter,
director,
and
film
producer
(b.
1972)
21
June
-
Rajinder
Goel,
77,
Cricketer
(b.
1942)
July
3
July
-
Saroj
Khan,
71,
Dance
Choreographer
(b.
1948)
8
July
-
Jagdeep,
81,
Film
Actor
(b.
1939)
10
July
-
Vikas
Dubey,
56,
Gangster
(b.
1964)
11
July
-
Jyotsna
Bhatt,
79-80,
Ceramist
(b.
1940)
13
July
-
Debendra
Nath
Roy,
61,
Politician
(b.
1955)
16
July
-
Neela
Satyanarayanan,
71,
Civil
servant
(b.
1949)
21
July
-
Lalji
Tandon,
85,
Politician
(b.
1935)
28
July
-
Kumkum,
86,
actress
(b.
1934)
August
1
August
-
Amar
Singh,
64,
politician
(b.
1956)
1
August
-
Pydikondala
Manikyala
Rao,
58,
politician
(b.
1961)[32]
2
August
-
Kamal
Rani
Varun,
politician,
62,
(b.
1958).[33]
5
August
-
Shivajirao
Nilangekar
Patil,
Politician,
Ex-CM
of
Maharashtra,
88,
(b.
1931)
5
August
-
Samir
Sharma,
Television
Actor,
44,
(b.
1976)
5
August
-
Anil
Rathod,
Politician,
70,
(b.
1950)
11
August
-
Rahat
Indori,
Poet
and
lyricist,
70,
(b.
1950)
16
August
Chetan
Chauhan,
Cricketer
and
Politician,
73
(b.
1947)
B
Ahmed
Hajee
Mohiudeen,
conglomerate
executive
and
philanthropist
(b.
1933).[34]
Vijay
Mude,
77,
Politician,
(b.
1943)
17
August
Nishikant
Kamat,
Filmmaker
&
Actor,
(b.
1970)
Pandit
Jasraj,
Classical
singer,
(b.
1930)
19
August
-
Gopalaswamy
Kasturirangan,
cricketer
(b.
1930).[35]
20
August
A.
Rahman
Khan,
politician
(born
1942-1943)
Janmejay
Singh,
politician
(b.
1945)
23
August
-
A.
B.
Raj,
film
director
(b.
1925)
31
August
-
Pranab
Mukherjee,
Former
President.
(b.1935)
September
2
September
-
Shekhar
Gawli,
cricketer
(b.
1975)
M.
J.
Appaji
Gowda,
politician,
(b.
1949
or
1950)
Ramkrishna
Baba
Patil,
politician
(b.
1936)
5
September
-
Johny
Bakshi,
film
producer,
director
and
actor
(b.
1932)
6
September
-
Kesavananda
Bharati,
Hindu
monk
and
civil
rights
activist
(b.
1940)
Paul
Chittilapilly,
Syro-Malabar
Catholic
hierarch,
Bishop
of
Kalyan
and
Thamarassery
(b.
1934)
Nirvendra
Kumar
Mishra,
politician
(b.
1944/1945)
S.
Mohinder,
composer
and
music
director
(b.
1925)
8
September
-
Jaya
Prakash
Reddy,
actor.
(b.
1946)
10
September
-
Vadivel
Balaji,
actor
and
television
personality
(b.
1975)
12
September
-
Sudhangan,
journalist,
television
presenter,
editor
and
novelist
(b.
1957)
25
September
-
S.
P.
Balasubrahmanyam,
playback
singer
(b.
1946)
27
September
-
Jaswant
Singh,
former
union
cabinet
minister
(b.
1938)
October
12
October
-
C.M.Chang
Ret.IAS,
politician,
Cabinet
Minister
ex.
MP(Lok
Sabha)
from
Nagaland
(b.
1940)
25
October
-
Mahesh
Kanodia,
singer
and
politician(b.
1937)
27
October
-
Naresh
Kanodia,
film
actor
and
musician(b.
1943)
November
15 November - Soumitra Chatterjee, film actor, director, playwright, writer, and poet(b. 1935)