The Milestones

Kalpana Chawla, Harivanshrai Bachchan, Bhisham Sahni were some of those who passed on, but there were awards, recognition and retirements for many too.

Ranee Sahaney

Updated on: 5 February 2022 10:13 pm

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The Milestones

LOOKBACK: THE MILESTONES

REST IN PEACE

Bhisham Sahni, writer, 88;

Hemu Adhikari, cricketer, 85; Gianni Agnelli, industrialist, 81; Idi Amin, Uganda dictator, 78; Pandurang Shastri Athavale, social activist, 84; Harivanshrai Bachchan, poet, 93; Pandari Bai, actress, 74; Rajendra Singh, RSS leader, 81;

Dolly the sheep, 6; Anil Biswas, music composer, 89; Louise Brown, test tube baby, 25; Janaki Das, actor, 93; Balwant Gargi, playwright, 87; Althea Gibson, black tennis pioneer, 76;

Concorde , supersonic plane, 27; Bob Hope, comedian, 100; Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Carnatic vocalist, 95; Wilson Jones, billiards champion, 81; Madame Chiang Kai-shek, 106;

Gregory peck, actor, 87; A.M. Khusro, economist, 79; Henning Holck-Larsen, entrepreneur, 95; Herbie Mann, jazz flutist, 73; Mark MacCormack, sports agent, 72; Daniel P. Moynihan,
ex-ambassador, 76; C.V. Narasimhan, UN diplomat, 88; Haren Pandya, politician, 43; Mahant Ramachandra Das Paramhans, 90;

Katherine Hepburn, actress, 96; G.S. Ramchand, cricketer, 76; Edward Said, scholar, 68; Bhabendranath Saikia, filmmaker, 71; Shunu Sen, marketing guru, 63;

B.C. Sanyal, artist, 102; Walter

Sisulu, apartheid veteran, 91; K. Suryanarayana, presidential press secretary, 71;
R.K. Swamy,
ad guru, 80; Leon Uris,
author, 78; Johnny Walker, Bollywood comedian, 79

Kalpana Chawla The Karnal-born aerospace engineer was among seven astronauts who died in the Columbia space shuttle accident in February. A space ‘veteran’, she’s the only South Asian to take part in US missions. PS: Rock legends Deep Purple, of whom she was a massive fan, have a tribute song for her, Lost Contact, in their new album Bananas.

The Magsaysay Goes To...

CEC James Michael Lyngdoh “for his convincing validation of free and fair elections as the foundation and best hope of secular democracy.” To get there, he’s had many run-ins with the ruling ‘elite’.

Uncle Sam, Please To Note
Fidel Castro, 76, is re-elected for a sixth consecutive term as Cuban head of state. In his 44th year in power, he’s survived communism’s collapse, US sanctions, assassination attempts...

AND THE PEACE NOBEL
GOES TO...

Rights activist and lawyer Shirin Ebadi, one of Iran’s first female judges before the ’79 revolution.
She has since defended many of its victims.

Rarefied Air
2003 was the 100th anniversary
of the first flight by the Wright brothers. It was also the 50th anniversary of the ascent of
Mount Everest. And the 75th
of All India Radio.

Goodbye and Godspeed

Pace aces Javagal Srinath, Wasim Akram, Alan Donald bid goodbye. Behind the stumps, Alec Stewa

Less Than The Arjunas
Shooter Anjali Bhagwat and runner K.M. Beenamol bagged the nation’s top sports prize Khel Ratna and shared a Rs 5 lakh prize. The Arjuna awardees each got Rs 3 lakh.

The First Hundred