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Events 2008   Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec 
Events in February 2008

Feb. 1 Russi K. Karanjia (95), veteran journalist and former editor of Blitz at his residence in Mumbai. Full Story
Feb. 5 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (91) the guru to the Beatles who introduced Transcendental Meditation to the West at his home in the Netherlands.
Feb. 7 J. Hemachandran (76) CPI(M) leader and four-time MLA from Thiruvattar, Tamil Nadu, at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. Full Story
Feb. 8 K. Rajaram (82), former Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, in Chennai. Full Story
P. B. Ranganekar (95) veteran CPI(M) leader and freedom fighter, in Mumbai. Full Story
Feb. 9 Baba Amte (93), great social worker and reformer, at his ‘commune’ for leprosy patients, ‘Anandvan’ at Warora village in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra of cancer. Full Story
Feb. 11 Tom Lantos (80), U. S. Congressman instrumental in getting the Hyde Act passed in 2006, battling cancer in Bethesda, Maryland. He is the only Nazi holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress. Full Story
Feb. 13 Rajendra Nath (76) popular Hindi film comedian of yesteryear at his residence in Khar, Mumbai, after prolonged illness. Full Story
Feb. 19 Basavarajeshwari (86), former Union Minister who won the Bellary Lok Sabha seat three times in a row after a prolonged illness in Bellary. Full Story
Feb. 20 D.G.S. Dhinakaran (72), evangelist and founder-chancellor of Karunya University at a Chennai hospital after a brief illness. Full Story
Feb. 25 Justice Hans Raj Khanna (95) former judge of the Supreme Court known for his dissenting judgment in the 1976 habeas corpus case in New Delhi. Full Story
Feb. 27 S. Rangarajan (73) better known as Sujatha, one of the most prolific writers of contemporary Tamil literature at a private hospital in Chennai after a brief illness. Full Story
Sulochana Pattabhiraman (76), Carnatic musician and eminent musicologist in Chennai after a brief illness. Full Story

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