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PERSONS IN NEWS - June 2019

Jun 2019

May 17, 2022

Surgeon Couple from Gujarat Becomes India's First Doctor Couple to Scale Mt. Everest

A surgeon couple from Gujarat scripted history by becoming the first Indian doctor couple to climb Mount Everest. Dr. Hemant Lalitchandra Leuva and his wife Dr. Surbhiben Hemant Leuva stood atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit, becoming the first Indian doctor couple to climb the world's highest peak.
Hemant is a professor of surgery at NHL Municipal Medical College and his wife works as chief medical officer with Gujarat Vidyapith. The couple, serving at different health facilities in Ahmedabad, made it to the top of Mt Everest with the message of saving the environment.

Veteran Architect JK Lall Dies

Veteran architect and INTACH Patna convener JK Lall, who was spearheading the legal fight to save the historic Patna Collectorate from demolition, died of a heart attack. He was 86.
Lall died on the day the Supreme Court gave its final word in the case related to the proposed demolition of the Dutch-era Patna Collectorate by the Bihar Government, bringing to an end a nearly three-year-old litigation. INTACH lost the legal battle.
The Bihar government in early 2016 had planned a new collectorate complex by dismantling the old structures, triggering protests from various quarters.

May 16, 2022

Former Australia Cricketer Andrew Symonds Dies In Car Accident

Former Australia cricketer and two-time World Cup winner Andrew Symonds died in a car crash. The 46-year-old was the sole passenger in the crash just outside of Townsville in his home state of Queensland.
- Symonds averaged 40.61 with the bat from 26 Tests for his country but was perhaps more well known for his exploits in white-ball cricket. He featured in 198 ODIs — scoring six centuries and 30 half-centuries — while also contributing 133 wickets with his more than handy off-spin and medium pace.
- It was at the 2003 World Cup where Symonds burst onto the stage with perhaps his greatest innings as he torched Pakistan with an unbeaten 143 in Johannesburg early in the tournament and helped Australia remain unbeaten and defeat India in a one-sided final. The swashbuckling right-hander was also part of the victorious World Cup side at the 2007 World Cup in West Indies as Australia claimed their fourth 50-over World Cup title. Symonds also played 14 T20I for Australia, managing 337 runs and eight wickets.

Eminent Sanskrit And Hindi Scholar, Padma Shri Dr Rama Kant Shukla Passes Away

Padma Shri Dr Rama Kant Shukla, a profound Sanskrit and Hindi Scholar, passed away in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh(UP). He was born in Khurja city in Bulandshahr district, UP. Dr Rama Kant Shukla is the founder and general secretary of Devavani Parishad in Delhi, and the founding chairman and editor of "Arvacinasamskrtam", a quarterly journal in Sanskrit. He was conferred the titles of Sanskrit Rashtrakavi, Kaviratna, and Kavi Siromani by literary and Sanskrit organizations.
- The Government of India(GoI) honoured him with Padma Shri in 2013 for literature and education. In 2009, He was honoured with the President's Award under the Sanskrit category. He has also received the Sahitya Academy Award in 2018 under Sanskrit Category for poetry "Mama Janani".
- He was also honoured with the UP Government's State Award; Sanskrit Rashtrakavi; Kalidas Samman; Delhi Sanskrit Academy's Akhil Bharatiya Maulika Sanskrit Rachana Puraskara, the Sanskrit Samaradhaka Puraskara, and others.

May 15, 2022

UAE President, HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, passed away

UAE President and ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passed away. Sheikh Khalifa served as the President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi since November 3, 2004.
- The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced 40 days of mourning for the passing of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi. Flags will be flown at half-mast and ministries, departments, federal and local institutions will suspend work.

May 14, 2022

Shiv Sena MLA from Mumbai Dies in Dubai

Shiv Sena MLA from Mumbai, Ramesh Latke, died of a cardiac arrest in Dubai. Latke was a two-time Sena legislator from Andheri East assembly constituency in Mumbai city. Prior to his becoming an MLA, Latke was also a corporator in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Expressing grief over Latke's death, party spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi remembered him for his work during the pandemic and his connect with the people from his constituency. The Shiv Sena currently shares power in Maharashtra with the NCP and Congress.

May 13, 2022

World Oldest Chess Grandmaster Yuri Averbakh Dies

Yuri Averbakh, a Russian chess grandmaster who was among the world's best players for a decade, trained world champions and was the last surviving participant in one of the greatest competitions in history, died in Moscow. He was 100 — the first grandmaster to reach that age. Yuri Lvovich Averbakh was born on Feb. 8, 1922, in Kaluga, a small town about 100 miles southwest of Moscow. His father worked for the forestry service, and his mother was a teacher. When Averbakh was 3, the family moved to Moscow, where they shared an apartment with two other families.
He learned to play chess at the age of 7 but was not particularly interested in the game at first; growing to 6 feet, 2 inches tall, he preferred volleyball, hockey, skiing and boxing. Everything changed one day when he was 13: He heard a lecture on chess by Nikolay Grigoriev, a master who won the Moscow Championship four times in the 1920s. The lecture, in which Grigoriev showed some chess problems he had composed, had a huge effect on Averbakh's thinking about the game.

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