2004 in India - Deaths

Deaths

• 9 January - Nissim Ezekiel, poet, playwright and art critic (b.1924).
• 31 January - Suraiya, actress and singer (b.1929).
• 23 February - Vijay Anand, filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor and actor (b.1934).
• 23 February - Sikander Bakht, politician (b.1918).
• 26 February - Shankarrao Chavan, politician and twice Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b.1920).
• 5 March - Kongara Jaggayya, actor (b.1928).
• 7 April - Kelucharan Mohapatra, Odissi dancer and guru (b.1926).
• 17 April - Soundarya, actress (b.1971).
• 27 April - J. V. Somayajulu, actor (b.1928).
• 1 May - Ram Prakash Gupta, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and governor of Madhya Pradesh (b.1923).
• 16 May - Kamala Markandaya, novelist and journalist (b.1924).
• 19 May - E. K. Nayanar, politician and three times Chief Minister of Kerala (b.1919).
• 2 June - Dom Moraes, poet, writer and columnist (b.1938).
• 2 June - Shrikant Jichkar, politician (b.1954).
• 26 June - Yash Johar, film producer (b.1929).
• 23 July - Mehmood, actor, director and producer (b.1932).
• 29 July - Nafisa Joseph, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997 (b.1979).
• 31 July - Allu Rama Lingaiah, actor (b.1922).
• 2 August - V. Balakrishnan, writer and translator (b.1932).
• 15 August - Amarsinh Chaudhary, politician and Chief Minister of Gujarat (b.1941).
• 23 September - Raja Ramanna, nuclear scientist (b.1925).
• 28 September - Mulk Raj Anand, novelist in English (b.1905).
• 29 September - Balamani Amma, poet (b.1909).
• 11 October - Gulshan Rai, film producer and distributor (b.1924).
• 13 October - Nirupa Roy, actress (b.1931).
• 18 October - Veerappan, bandit (b.1952).
• 11 December - M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic singer (b.1916).
• 16 December - Laxmikant Berde, comic actor (b.1954).
• 18 December - Vijay Hazare, cricketer (b.1915).
• 23 December - P. V. Narasimha Rao, politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b.1921).