NOTABLE PERSONALITIES WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2025

POLITICS & PUBLIC LIFE

• Shibu Soren

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  🔹 Introduction

  • Former Jharkhand Chief Minister
  • Co-founder of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
  • Key figure in the creation of Jharkhand
  • Founder of JMM | Three-time Chief Minister | Tribal Mass Leader

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  🔹 Basic Information

  • Birthplace: Nemra village (now in Ramgarh district, Jharkhand)
  • Popular Title: Dishom Guru (means “Great Leader” in Santhali)

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  🔹 Political Career

  • Served 3 times as Chief Minister of Jharkhand
  • Elected multiple times to Lok Sabha from Dumka
  • Served as Union Coal Minister (2004) in UPA Government

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  🔹 Award

  • Posthumously awarded Padma Bhushan (2026) in the field of Public Affairs

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  🔹 Party Formation

  • Co-founded Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in 1973
  • Co-founders: A.K. Roy and Binod Bihari Mahto
    
    
• Satya Pal Malik – Former Governor of J&K; also served in Meghalaya, Goa, Odisha, Bihar.
• L. Ganesan – Governor of Nagaland; senior BJP leader.
• V. S. Achuthanandan – Former Kerala CM; veteran communist leader.
• Vijay Rupani – Former Gujarat CM.
• Debendra Pradhan – Former Union Minister (Vajpayee government).
• Navin Chawla – Former Chief Election Commissioner of India.
• Shivraj Patil – Former Union Minister; former Speaker, Lok Sabha.
• Khaleda Zia – Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
• Aga Khan – Spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims.
• Pope Francis – Head of the Roman Catholic Church; first Latin American Pope.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Jayant Vishnu Narlikar – Astrophysicist; Padma Vibhushan awardee; cosmology pioneer.
• K. Kasturirangan – Former ISRO Chairman; Padma Shri, Bhushan & Vibhushan awardee.
• M. R. Srinivasan – Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission; key architect of India’s nuclear programme.
• Saroj Ghose – Founder Director General, National Council of Science Museums.
• Jane Goodall – Renowned primatologist and environmental activist.

ARTS, CINEMA & CULTURE

• Dharmendra – Legendary Hindi film actor (“He-Man”).
• Manoj Kumar – Actor-director known as “Bharat Kumar.”
• Kumudini Lakhia – Eminent Kathak exponent; Padma Vibhushan awardee.
• Pandit Chhannulal Mishra – Padma Vibhushan; Banaras gharana exponent.
• Piyush Pandey – Father of Indian advertising; Ogilvy India leader.
• S. L. Bhyrappa – Saraswati Samman awardee; noted Kannada writer.
• Zubeen Garg – Assamese singer; cultural icon of Northeast.
• Sreenivasan – Malayalam actor, screenwriter, filmmaker.
• S. Krishnaswamy – Internationally acclaimed documentary filmmaker.
• Ram Vanji Sutar – Sculptor; designer of Statue of Unity.
• Govardhan Asrani – Veteran Hindi film actor.
• Satish Shah – Popular TV & film actor.
• Achyut Potdar – Character actor in films and television.
• Jaswinder Bhalla – Punjabi actor & comedian.
• Kota Srinivasa Rao – Veteran Telugu film actor.
• Giorgio Armani – Italian fashion icon.
• Diane Keaton – Academy Award-winning actress.
• Gene Hackman – Two-time Oscar winner.
• David Lynch – Acclaimed filmmaker; Oscar nominee.

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

• Gopichand P. Hinduja – Chairman, Hinduja Group.
• A. Vellayan – Chairman Emeritus, Murugappa Group.
• T. T. Jagannathan – Chairman Emeritus, TTK Prestige.

MEDICINE

• Mathew Samuel Kalarickal – Father of Angioplasty in India.

🏅 Padma Award Winners – With Year

• Shibu Soren
  • Padma Bhushan – 2026 (Posthumous, Public Affairs)
• Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
  • Padma Bhushan – 1965
  • Padma Vibhushan – 2004
• K. Kasturirangan
  • Padma Shri – 1982
  • Padma Bhushan – 1992
  • Padma Vibhushan – 2000
• Kumudini Lakhia
  • Padma Shri – 1987
  • Padma Bhushan – 2010
  • Padma Vibhushan – 2020
• Pandit Chhannulal Mishra
  • Padma Shri – 2000
  • Padma Bhushan – 2010
  • Padma Vibhushan – 2020

✅ Directly Related to Bihar

1. Shibu Soren
   • Born in undivided Bihar (present-day Jharkhand)
   • Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar in 2000
2. Satya Pal Malik
   • Served as Governor of Bihar
3. Navin Chawla
   • Served as Election Commissioner during Bihar elections (administrative relevance, not domicile-based)
4. Shivraj Patil
   • Indirect connection via Union politics (not domicile-based)

✅ RELATED WITH MADHYA PRADESH (MP)

1. Shivraj Patil
   • Born in Madhya Pradesh (present-day Maharashtra region earlier part of Central Provinces; political career linked to central India)
2. Kumudini Lakhia
   • Born in Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
3. Ram Vanji Sutar
   • Born in present-day Maharashtra but major national-level works (not domicile MP but central India linkage sometimes cited)

👉 Strong MP connection:

✔ Kumudini Lakhia

✅ RELATED WITH UTTAR PRADESH (UP)

1. Pandit Chhannulal Mishra
   • Associated with Banaras (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh
2. Shibu Soren
   • No direct UP link (only national politics)
3. Satya Pal Malik
   • Born in Uttar Pradesh (Baghpat region)
4. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
   • Born in Kolhapur (Maharashtra) – Not UP

👉 Strong UP connection:

✔ Satya Pal Malik

✔ Pandit Chhannulal Mishra