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PERSONS IN NEWS - November 2021

Nov 2021

Feb 21, 2023

Former Gujarat Governor O. P. Kohli Passes Away

Former Gujarat governor and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Om Prakash Kohli passed away. He was 87.
Kohli was the 19th governor of Gujarat from 2014 to 2019. While presiding as Gujarat governor, he also served as the governor of Madya Pradesh and Goa.
A former Rajya Sabha member and ex-president of BJP in Delhi, he was also a leading academician.
Kohli, who was also leading academician, taught at Hansraj Colleges and Deshbandhu College in Delhi for many years before retiring as a reader in 1994. He was also a prominent student leader and all-India president of Akhil Bharatiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP).

Feb 20, 2023

UNICEF India Appoints Ayushmann Khurrana as National Ambassador

UNICEF India appointed Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana as its National Ambassador. The film star who bagged a National Award shared the stage with seven children who are representatives of the Butterfly NGO and are doing exceptional work at the grassroots level to further access to education, and awareness on child rights and various social issues such as gender equality and menstruation.
The actor has been UNICEF's celebrity advocate over the last two years and had used his "powerful voice to stand with children and challenging harmful social norms and gender stereotypes", said UNICEF India Representative Cynthia McCaffrey.

Balipa Narayana Bhagavatha Passes Away

Famous Yakshagana singer and screenwriter Balipa Narayan Bhagwat passed away at the age of 85. He had mastered a unique style of singing, due to which fans gave him the name of 'Balipa Style'. Rich in voice, Bhagwat has written more than 30 Yakshagana 'Prasanga' (scripts). He was well versed in over 100 Yakshagana episodes, which he composed by heart. He had served in the field of Yakshagana for about 60 years. He was the chief Bhagwat of Kateel Durgaparameshwari PrasaditaYakshaganaMandali (KateelMela).
Born on April 13, 1938 in Padre village of Kasargod district (Kerala), Bhagavata wrote several Yakshagana episodes. Bhagwat entered the Yakshagana field at the age of 13. He composed the five-day 'Devi Mahatme' episode, which was an important milestone in the history of Yakshagana literature. He was honoured with several other awards including the 'Karnataka Sri' award in 2002 for All India Kannada literature.

Feb 16, 2023

Veteran Actor Javed Khan Amrohi Passes Away

Veteran actor Javed Khan Amrohi passed away. He was in his early 70s.
Veteran theatre and film actor Javed Khan Amrohi, is best known for his roles in the popular DD serial Nukkad and films such as Lagaan and Chak De! India.
After graduating from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Amrohi appeared in smaller yet pivotal roles in over 150 films and close to a dozen TV shows. He is best known for playing the barber Karim in the late 1980s TV show Nukkad; Anand Akela, one of the suitors of Raveena Tandon's character in Andaz Apna Apna; the cricket commentator in Lagaan, and a support staff of the Indian Women's Hockey team in Chak De! India.

7UP Gets Rashmika Mandanna as Brand Ambassador

7UP, the clear refreshing drink, roped in Rashmika Mandanna as its brand ambassador. The collaboration was announced with a fun and light-hearted video that featured Mandanna sealing the deal.
This partnership will further strengthen 7UP's bond with the youth across the country.

Feb 15, 2023

Eminent Indian Painter Lalitha Lajmi Passes Away

Acclaimed Indian painter and printmaker Lalitha Lajmi passed away. She was 90.
Lajmi was born to a poet father and a poly-linguist writer-mother in Kolkata on October 17 in 1932. She is the sister of film director, producer, and actor, the late Guru Dutt.
Lajmi started her serious artistic journey as an artist in an exhibition of the Progressive Artists Group in 1960 at the Artist's Centre Bombay. A year later, she did her first solo show under the guidance of her mentor KH Ara.
Over the decades, Lajmi held several exhibitions at international art galleries in Paris, London and Holland. Her works are held in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, the British Museum and CSMVS Museum Bombay.

Hyundai Motors India Signs Two more Women Cricketers as Ambassadors

Hyundai Motor India Ltd signed on two more women cricketers named Yastika Bhatia and Renuka Singh Thakur, to its roster of brand ambassadors. Bhatia and Thakur joined Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma and Jemimah Rodrigues. The company recognises these women as rising sport stars and that they will be a catalyst in this women's cricket calendar of 2023.
For this, it has announced the next edition of its 'The Drive Within' campaign with the five women cricketers. It celebrates world-renowned women cricketers and is a testament to years of gruelling training and hardships. The five individual stories will demonstrate their motivation and serve as a platform for encouraging budding sports talent in the country to win more accolades for India.

Feb 10, 2023

World Cup Skiing Medallist Elena Fanchini Dies

Italian skier Elena Fanchini passed at the age of 37. Elena Fanchini competed at three Winter Olympics and six World Championships for Italy, and she won a silver medal in the download at the 2005 World Championships. Her last race was in December 2017 after that she stepped away from the game due to her diagnosis.
Elena Fanchina was an Italian Alpine Ski Racer, she was born in Val Camonica and focused on the speed events of downhill and Super-G. Fanchini won two World Cup races downhill 9 years apart and won a silver medal at the 2005 world championships. She represented Italy at three Winter Olympics and four World Championships.

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