People from India
107 people remembered here.
Mahatma Gandhi1869 – 1948 · Leader of the Indian independence movementBe the change you wish to see in the world.
146 candles · 10 tributes
Kuku Kohli1949 – 2026 · Film directorThe director who put Ajay Devgn on two bikes and launched a Hindi film star.
99 candles · 6 tributes
Sudivya Kumar1970 – 2026 · PoliticianJMM strategist and Giridih MLA who rose from contractor to cabinet as Hemant's Sonu Bhaiya.
98 candles · 4 tributes
Pranab Patnaik1938 – 2026 · Playback singerGolden Voice of Odia song, forever on the airwaves.
90 candles · 6 tributes
Surendra Koli† 2026 · Domestic workerAcquitted after years on death row in the Nithari case; found dead in Haridwar.
75 candles · 3 tributes
K. Achuthan1950 – 2026 · Politician (Indian National Congress)Chittur's Congress face for twenty years, built first in the cooperative bank and the municipality.
71 candles · 9 tributes
Ratnakar Mahajan1946 – 2026 · PoliticianMaharashtra socialist, Congress spokesperson and planning-board chair who spoke politics without firebrand heat.
68 candles · 9 tributes
Solomon Pappaiah1936 – 2026 · Tamil scholarHe made Tamil laugh, think, and gather around the debate stage.
68 candles · 3 tributes
Sowcar Janaki1931 – 2026 · ActressSeven decades, four languages, nearly 400 films: the actress who kept South Indian screens honest.
66 candles · 4 tributes
PK Kerala Varma1936 – 2026 · Traditional ruler (Zamorin / Samoothiri of Kozhikode)Zamorin of Kozhikode who made medicines, shared family rule, and chose a public cremation.
63 candles · 6 tributes
Krishna AchutaRao† 2026 · Climate scientistClimate attribution scientist who linked ocean warming and India's extremes to human influence.
61 candles · 6 tributes
Siddeque Ahmed1962 – 2026 · PoliticianFour-term Karimganj South MLA and Assam minister who shaped Barak Valley politics for a generation.
56 candles · 9 tributes
Abdul Jalil Mastan1958 – 2026 · PoliticianSeemanchal Congress stalwart who held Bihar's prohibition portfolio when the state went dry.
53 candles · 6 tributes
Nisar Wayanad† 2026 · Stage singerKerala stage singer whose Udit-like voice filled Gulf halls, taken hours before the next show.
50 candles · 6 tributes
S. R. Janakiraman1928 – 2026 · Carnatic vocalistLast student of Tiger Varadachariar; Carnatic musicology's December-season voice.
39 candles · 9 tributes
Alla Nani1969 – 2026 · PoliticianEluru MLA and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister who steered health policy through the pandemic years.
36 candles · 9 tributes
E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan1947 – 2026 · PoliticianCongress lawyer-minister who carried Sivaganga from panchayat halls to Parliament and the UN.
32 candles · 7 tributes
Madan Bafna† 2026 · PoliticianMaval MLA and Maharashtra minister of state who rose from Vadgaon gram panchayat to cabinet and NCP organising.
32 candles · 10 tributes
R. Sarath† 2026 · Film directorNational Award Malayalam director who put conscience, mural heritage, and social drama on screen.
32 candles · 7 tributes
Harjit Singh† 2026 · Punjab Police Assistant Sub-InspectorPunjab Police ASI killed on duty near Bhagtawala Grain Market, Amritsar.
30 candles · 4 tributes
Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat1925 – 2026 · Sattriya artistMajuli's Burabhakat who kept Sattriya alive for a century.
19 candles · 7 tributes
Sachidananda Mohanty1953 – 2026 · Literary scholarScholar of Sri Aurobindo who brought Odisha's forgotten women writers back into the light. Teacher, translator, university leader.
10 candles · 1 tributes
KM Abbas† 2026 · Farmers' leader and writerCumbum farmers' leader who fought for three decades for Mullaperiyar water.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Krishnaraj† 2026 · Tamil film playback singerThe voice of Thanjavooru Mannu Eduthu, carrying Tamil cinema songs into every home.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Vijai Singh Mankotia† 2026 · PoliticianFive time Shahpur MLA, army Major and outspoken Himachal minister.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Dr Anand Pandurangi† 2026 · PsychiatristHe took psychiatric care from the clinic to the villages of north Karnataka.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Anis Uz Zaman1947 – 2026 · PoetAssamese poet and National Poet whose verse travelled far beyond Assam.
10 candles · 1 tributes
Bibhuti Pati† 2026 · JournalistOdia investigative and environmental reporter who served the state's newsrooms for decades.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Raj Vikash Verma† 2026 · Banker and regulatorHousing finance pioneer who led India's National Housing Bank and brought mortgage guarantees to India.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Mahesh Tinaikar1964 – 2026 · Rock guitaristFounding guitarist of Rock Machine and Indus Creed, who showed Indian rock could fill stadiums.
9 candles · 1 tributes
Neeraj Yadav1984 – 2026 · Para-athlete (F55 javelinThree-time Asian Para Games champion who rose from childhood paralysis to the top of Asian para throwing.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Vummidi Ethiraj1926 – 2026 · Jeweller and craftsmanHe helped craft the Sengol that marked the dawn of India's independence.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Madhu Kambikar1953 – 2026 · Marathi actressLavani Queen of Maharashtra whose ghungroos kept folk theatre alive for four decades.
8 candles · 1 tributes
N. K. Ramachandran Menon† 2026 · EducationistBanker-turned educationist who built Bhavans schools across the Gulf.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Kalki Bhagawan1949 – 2026 · Spiritual teacherFounder of the Oneness movement who taught that awakening ends the sense of a separate self.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Ram Govind Chaudhary1953 – 2026 · PoliticianVeteran socialist leader and voice of Ballia in the Uttar Pradesh assembly for eight terms.
8 candles · 1 tributes
D. Y. Patil1935 – 2026 · EducationistPadma Shri educationist who took professional learning to ordinary India and served as governor of three states.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Salim Kumar1969 – 2026 · ActorHe made Kerala laugh for a generation, then made it think. National Award-winning star of Malayalam cinema.
8 candles · 1 tributes
Chef Damu1954 – 2026 · Chef and television personalityThe beloved Damu Appa who taught Tamil Nadu to cook and earned the Padma Shri for it.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Karthik Sabesh† 2026 · Film actorTamil actor of Pattathu Yaanai and Vallavan, son of Sabesh and nephew of Deva.
7 candles · 1 tributes
B. Madhusoodana Kurup1954 – 2026 · Fisheries scientist and founding Vice-Chancellor of the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean StudiesFisheries scientist and teacher who built Kerala's fisheries university and gave a vanishing mahseer its name.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Buchi Maheswara Rao1951 – 2026 · PoliticianKonaseema's Buchi Babu, Amalapuram MP and twice Allavaram MLA, who stayed close to his people.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Parvinder Singh Jhota† 2026 · ActivistAnti-drug activist from Mansa, killed while confronting an alleged drug dealer on live video.
7 candles · 1 tributes
AVS Raju1937 – 2026 · IndustrialistHe left his village at 18 and built one of India's great construction companies.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Kamal Mitra Chenoy1950 – 2026 · Political scientistA teacher who carried his arguments from the lecture hall to the street.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Deepak Babaria† 2026 · Politician (Indian National Congress organiser)A quiet Congress organiser who championed workers and helped bring his party back to power in Madhya Pradesh.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Laila Rasheed1950 – 2026 · MemoiristPrem Nazir's eldest daughter and keeper of Laila Cottage's story.
7 candles · 1 tributes
Mithu Mukherjee1955 – 2026 · Actress (Bengali and Hindi cinema)Bengali and Hindi star of Mouchak and Marjina Abdulla, remembered with warmth.
7 candles · 1 tributes