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What is Obituary
• It is a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person.
Origin of the Word “Obituary”
• The word “Obituary” is borrowed from the Latin word obituārium.
• The word “obituārium” is a noun form of the Medieval Latin word ” obituārius”
• In Latin “obituārius” means “a record or announcement of a death.
• The Latin word “obitu” means “death”.
List of Obituaries 2022
Check out the month-wise list of famous personalities who died in 2022 in India.
Obituaries Current Affairs December 2022
Name of the Personality | Field | Key Points |
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Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) | Footballer | He is the only player to lift the FIFA World Cup thrice – in 1958, 1962, and 1970. |
George Cohen | Footballer | He was England’s vice-captain when the team defeated West Germany in the 1966 World Cup. |
Kaikala Satyanarayana | Telugu actor | He was the recipient of the 2011 Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for Lifetime Achievement in Telugu Cinema and the 2017 Filmfare Award. |
Priya Mohan Sinha | Former chief executive of PepsiCo India | He headed PepsiCo’s India business for a decade, between 1993-2003. |
Lance Naik Bhairon Singh Rathore | BSF | He served in the 14th BSF unit during the 1971 India-Pakistan War. |
Mirosław Hermaszewski | Cosmonaut | Poland’s only cosmonaut. |
Sulochana Chavan | Singer | She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2012 and Padma Shri in 2022. |
Yoginder K Alagh | Economist | Alagh was vice-chancellor of the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) from 1992 to 1996 |
Obituaries Current Affairs November 2022
Name of the Personality | Field | Key Points |
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Vikram Gokhale | Bollywood Actor | Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded him the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2011 |
Daljeet Kaur Khangura | Veteran Punjabi actress | Daljit was one of the most popular actors in the Punjabi film industry in the 1970s and 1980s. |
RL Kashyap | Renowned mathematician | RL Kashyap received the Padma Shri award in 2021. He translated about twenty five thousand Sanskrit mantras into English. |
Shyam Saran Negi | India’s first voter | He voted for the 34th time in the Himachal Assembly elections. |
Gandhian Elaben Bhatt | human rights and peace | Founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) |
Gulam Abbas Moontasir | Basketball Player | Muntasir was selected in the Asian All-Star team and received the Arjuna Award, the first basketball player to receive the honour. |
Jamshed J Irani | Industrialist | Jamshed J Irani, also known as the Steel Man of India. |
Obituaries Current Affairs October 2022
Name of the Personality | Field | Key Points |
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Neel Pawan Baruah | Artist | Famous artist of Assam who founded the Assam Fine Arts and Craft Society in Guwahati in 1971 to revive the art of Brindabanivastra. |
Nipon Goswami | Assamese actor | Popular Assamese films of Nippon: Mukuta, Sandhya Raag |
Mulayam Singh Yadav | Politician | Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and founder of Samajwadi Party |
Tulsi Tanti | Suzlon Energy chairman | Founder and chairman of wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy Ltd |
Arun Bali | Actor | Best remembered for playing Kunwar Singh in Swabhimaan |
Dr Temsula Ao | Professor of English | Former chairperson of Nagaland State Commission for Women |
Robbie Coltrane | Actor | Famous for his portrayal of Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series. |
Dietrich Mateschitz | Businessman | Co-founder of energy drink company Red Bull and founder and owner of the Red Bull Formula One racing team |
Pinaki Chaudhuri | Film Director | He made his debut in the world of films in 1983, directing ‘Chena Achena’. |
Amou Haji | …… | Dirtiest man in the world (From Iran) |
Obituaries Current Affairs September 2022
Name of the Personality | Field | Key Points |
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Mikhail Gorbachev | Politician | He won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating historic nuclear arms deal with US leader Ronald Reagan. |
B. Sheik Ali | Historian | General president of the Indian History Congress at its 47th Session in 1986 |
Cyrus Mistry | Industrialist | Former Tata Sons chairman. |
Ram Chandra Manjhi | Artist | Honored with the Sangeet Nataka Academy Award (2017), Majhi was also a recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri (2021) award in the field of arts. |
KN Singh | Former Chief Justice of India | Justice KN Singh was appointed as the 22nd CJI on 25 November 1991. |
Naresh Kumar | Former Davis Cup (tennis) captain of India | First tennis coach to receive Dronacharya Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. |
Asad Rauf | Former Pakistan umpire | Served 7 years at the helm before being dropped from the elite panel of umpires in 2013 following an annual performance review. |
Raju Srivastava | Popular comedian | Part of popular comedy shows like Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Comedy Circus, The Kapil Sharma Show, Shaktiman and others. |
Louise Fletcher | Actress | She won an Oscar in 1976 for her role as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975). |
Aryadan Muhammed | Veteran Congress leader | He won the Nilambur seat (Malappuram district) in the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1977 |
T. V. Sankaranarayanan | Carnatic musician | He won the Madras Music Academy’s Sangeeta Kalanidhi Award in 2003 and was honored with the Padma Bhushan in 2003. |
Obituaries Current Affairs August 2022
Name of the Personality | Field | Key Points |
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Pradeep Patwardhan | Veteran Marathi actor | Some of his notable films are “Chashme Bahaddar”, “Ek Shodh” and “Mee Shivajiraje Bhosale Boltoy” |
Anshu Jain | Banking | Deutsche Bank’s former India-born co-CEO |
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala | Stock market | Veteran stock market investor, known as “India’s Warren Buffett” or the “Big Bull of India”. |
David McCullough | Author | He won Pulitzer Prizes for his biographies of presidents John Adams and Harry Truman |
Amitabh Choudhary | Indian Police Service | Former BCCI acting secretary and president of Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) |
Narayan | Author | Kerala’s first tribal novelist and short story writer. Author of the novel ‘Kocharethi’ |
Abdul Gaffar Nadiadwala | Flim producer | Produce popular films like “Mahabharata” and hit comedies “Hera Pheri” and “Welcome”. |
Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee | footballer | Former India football team captain |
Syed Sibtey Razi | Politician | Former Governor of Jharkhand |
Abhijit Sen | Economist | Renowned economist and former Planning Commission member. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan for public service in 2010. |
Obituaries Current Affairs July 2022
Name of the Personality | Field | Key Points |
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Peter Brook | Theatre directors | He brought a stunning nine-hour adaptation of the Sanskrit epic “The Mahabharata” from France to New York in 1987. |
Tarun Majumdar | Veteran Bengali filmmaker |
◘ Popular Bengali films of Tarun Majumdar • Smriti Tuku Thak • Shriman Prithviraj • Kuheli, Balika Badhu • Dadar Kirti • Chander Bari • He was the recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri Award in 1990. • He’s the recipient of four National Awards, 7 BFJA Awards, 5 Filmfare Awards, and an Anandalok Award. |
Gandhian P Gopinath Nair | Freedom fighter | • Gopinathan Nair participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942 and worked with Vinoba Bhava in promoting the Bhudan and Gramdan movements. |
Shinzo Abe | Politics |
• Shinzo Abe was the former Prime Minister of Japan. • He was conferred the Padma Vibhushan — India’s second-highest civilian award, in 2021. |
Mohammad Barkindo | Secretary General | • Mohammad Barkindo was the Secretary General of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) |
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos | Politics | • Former President of Angolan. |
Brijendra Kumar Syngal | Telecommunications |
• Former chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) • Father of the Indian Internet. • Unofficially known as the ‘bulldozer’ |
Enamul Haque | Archaeologist |
• He was conferred with___ • Padma Shri in 2020. • Ekushey Padak in 2016. • Bangladesh Swadhinta Padak (highest civilian award) in 2020. |
Monty Norman | British composer | • He compose a theme for the first James Bond film, ‘Dr. No’ released in 1962. |
Barry Sinclair | Cricket |
• Former New Zealand cricket captain. • Biography : In Pursuit of Excellence- The Barry Sinclair Story |
Nirmal Singh Kahlon | Politics |
• Shirommani Akali Dal Leader • Former Punjab Speaker |
Bhupinder Singh | Singer | • He has sung many songs like Hoke Majboor Mujhe, Usne Bulaya Hoga’, with Mohammed Rafi, Talat Mehmood, and Manna Dey, ‘Dil Dhoondhta Hai’ and ‘Duki Pe Duki Ho Ya Satte Pe Satta. |
Dr Ajay Kumar Parida | Scientist | • Director of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar • He was awarded the Padma Shri Award in 2014 |
Anant Yashwant Khare | Writer |
• Marathi writer Anant Yashwant Khare, also known as Nanda Khare. • In 2010, he received Bhai Madhavrao Bagal Award for his book ‘Kahani Manav Pranyachi. • Most noted books ‘Antajichi Bakhar’ & ‘Udya. |
Bob Rafelson | Film Industry | • Bob Rafelson, co-creator of ‘The Monkees’ and Director of the film ‘Five Easy Pieces’. |
Sushovan Bandyopadhyay | Doctor | • Sushovan Bandyopadhyay famous as Bengal’s ‘Ek Takar Daktar’ (one rupee doctor). • He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020. |
Balwinder Safri | Punjabi singer | • Popular tracks of Balwinder Safri ‘O chan mere makhna’, ‘Pao Bhangra’, ‘Gal Sun Kuriye’, ‘Nachdinu’. |
Atulananda Goswami | Assamese writer | • He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award for his novel ‘Seneh Jorir Ganthi’ in 2006. • Other notable works : ‘Namgharia’, ‘Rajpaat’, ‘Polatok’ and ‘Ashray! |