Persons and Their Related Event in India and International During July to December Mid-2016

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Today we, Arun Academy providing most important Persons and their related event in India and International during July to December Mid-2016. Important Persons related questions are frequently asked in most of the competitive exams. This will be very useful for upcoming Bank Clerk Mains exam, Railways and TNPSC Group exams too. PERSONS

 18yearold Indian American girl Sruthi Palaniappan became youngest delegate at Democratic National Convention which nominated Hillary Clinton as the party's presidential candidate.  Amal Dutta, noted former India footballer passed away.  American author James Alan McPherson has passed away. He was first black author to receive Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1978.  BJP MP Anurag Thakur will be commissioned into Territorial Army (TA) as a regular officer. He will be the first serving BJP MP to join Army.  Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament 2016  Men's Singles B. Sai Praneeth (India)  Women's Singles Michelle Li (Canada)  Men's Doubles Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy (India) They are also first Indian mens doubles pair to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games.  Women's Doubles Setyana Mapasa and Gronya Somerville (Australia)  Mixed Doubles Do Tuan Duc and Pham Nhu Thao (Vietnam)  Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of Malaysia visited India.  Fourth Home Minister level talks held between India and Bangladesh on oaccasion of Asaduzzaman Khan (Home Minister of Bangladesh) visiting India.  Indian Hockey Olympian Player Joe Antic passed away.  Linda Burney become first Indigenous woman elected to House of Representatives (lower house) of Parliament of Australia.  Malaysian Navy chief Ahmad Kamarulzaman bin Haji Ahmad Badaruddin visited India.  Malik Samarawickrama, Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade of Sri Lanka visited India.  Michelle Kakade from Pune became first person to complete Indian Golden Quadrilateral on foot. It took her 193 days, 1 hour & 9 minutes to cover 5968.4 kms of the Golden Quadrilateral that connects the 4 major metros of India.  National Memorial Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of former President APJ Abdul Kalam held at Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu), on the occasion of his death anniversary (July 27).  Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned as a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP).  Nepal's Prime Minister, Khadga Prasad Oli resigned.  Agricultural scientist Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao passed away. He is famously known as Father of Hybrid Sorghum.  Canadian American Historian William H McNeill passed away.  Indian hockey player Mohammed Shahid passed away.  Iranian Film director Abbas Kiarostami Passed Away. His 1997 film "Taste of Cherry" won Palmed'Or at Cannes Film Festival.  Tabla maestro Pandit Lachu Maharaj passed away.  USA Film Director Michael Cimino Passed Away.He is director of Vietnam War classic The Deer Hunter.  Communist leader and former World Peace Council president Romesh Chandra passed away.  Music director Om Prakash Sonik passed away.  Painter S.H. Raza passed away.  Playback singer Mubarak Begum passed away.  Social Activist and Writer Mahasweta Devi passed Away.

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 PM Narendra Modi released a book and souvenir on the life of Banda Bahadur on the occasion of 300th Martyrdom Anniversary of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur.  Pakistani philanthropist, social activist and humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away. He was known as Pakistans ‘Father Teresa, and was Pakistans most respected figure for his humanitarian work.  Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari visited USA.  Skydiver Luke Aikins from USA became first person to jump from 25,000 feet (mid tropospheric altitude) without a parachute and landing safely in a net. He fell safely into 100x100ft net in Simi Valley, southern California after twominute free fall.  Liam Fox, UK's Secretary of State for International Trade visited India.  A.R. Kidwai, former Governor of Bihar, West Bengal, Haryana and Rajasthan passed Away.  Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu visited India. India and Bangladesh agreed to jointly produce documentary on 1971 war of Independence of Bangladesh and All India Radio will launch Akashvani Maitree.  Bill Maris, chief of Google Ventures resigned.  Bimalendra Nidhi, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of Nepal visited India.  Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of Defense Manohar Parrikar visited USA.  Committee under Madhukar Gupta submitted its report about, Retd. Home Secretary in April, 2016, for strengthening border protection and addressing the issue of gaps and vulnerability in border fencing along Indo-Pakistan Border.  Delcy Rodriguez, Minister of External Affairs, and Eulogio del Pino, Minister of Petroleum of Venezuela visited India.  Deputy Minister of Industry & Trade of Russia, Alexander Potapov visited India for 5th meeting of India- Russia Working Group on Modernization and Industrial Cooperation.  Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, Bimalendra Nidhi visited India.  Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia visited India.  Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister (Congress) Kalikho Pul passed away.  Former FIFA President Joao Havelange passes away.  Former Governor of Madhya Pradesh Mohammad Shafi Qureshi passed away.  Francis Gurry, Director General of World Intellectual Property organisation visited India. He launched WIPO Innovation Index report 2016.  Independence day Defence Service Medals -  Ashok Chakra - Havildar Hangpan Dada of Assam Regiment /35th Battalion of Rashtriya Rifles. Havildar Hangpan Dada killed 3 terrorists in J & K before attaining martyrdom.  Shaurya Chakra - Gursevek Singh Indian Air Force (Security). He was inducted for special operations at Air Force Station Pathankot. During Intrusion by Pakistani Terrorists on 02 January 2016, he engaged terrorists in a fierce exchange of fire for 25 minutes until forces arrived. He attained martyrdom but successfully prevented terrorists from entering technical area of Air Force Station, ensuring safety of all aircrafts.  Vayu Sena Medal - Squadron Leader Bhavesh Kumar Dubey and Abhishek Singh Tanwar.  India will deploy High tech Brahmos missiles in Arunachal pradesh along border with China, aid security Concerns,.  India’s 100-year-old athlete Man Kaur won Gold at American Masters Games in 100-meter dash by taking approx 90 seconds to cross finish line.  Irom Chanu Sharmila (Also known as Iron Lady of Manipur or Mengoubi) ended up her 16-year-long hunger strike for repealing of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) of 1958 from Manipur.  Leocadia I. Zak, Director os U.S. Trade and Development Agency visited India.  American Children's Books author Joyce Carol Thomas passed away.  American journalist George E. Curry passed away. He is considered dean of black press columnists.  Assamese Writer Mahim Bora passed away. He received Sahitya Akademi award for his Edhani Mahir Hanhi in 2001.

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 Australian surfer Bernard Farrelly passed away.  Egyptian Nobel-winning Chemistry scientist Ahmed Zewail passed away.  Malayalam script writer T A Razzaq (58) passed away.  Odia actor and director Gobind Tej passed away.  Pakistani Cricketer Hanif Mohammad passed away, Also known as Pakistani Little Master.  South Indian film director and scriptwriter Vietnam Veedu Sundaram passed away.  Tamil actress Jyothi Lakshmi passed away.  Tamil poet and lyricist Na Muthukumar passed away.  Yoga Guru TKV Desikachar passed away.  Former international cricket umpire, Subrata Banerjee passed away.  Painter, writer and art historian Dinanath Pathy passed away.  Spiritual guru and head of Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sansthan of Swaminarayan sect, HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj passed away.  Penny Pritzker, USA's Secretary of Commerce visited India.  Priti Patel, UK Secretary of State for International Development visited India.  Sellapan Ramanathan, Former President of Singapore passed away. He was of Tamil Indian descent.  Six year old boy Om Swaroop Gowda from Karnataka set world record for covering longest distance by limbo skating under cars. He traveled 65.283 metres distance while holding his body just above ground and maintaining a splits position throughout.  Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore visited India.  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited India.  Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh Visited Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).  United Nations General Assembly president Peter Thomson visited India.  105yearold Kunwar Bai has been chosen as the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ mascot, after she felicitated by PM Shri Narendra Modi for building toilet by selling off her goats.  Alexander Tsybulsky, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russian visited India for 4thMeeting of the India Russia Working group on Priority Investment Projects.  Australia's oldest Test cricketer, Len Maddocks passed away.  Bangladesh Government executed Jamaat e Islami leader and media tycoon Mir Quasem Ali for war crimes committed during country's 1971 Liberation War.  Bangladesh noted writer Syed Shamsul Haq passed away.  Crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be chief guest for 68th Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2017.  First President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov passed away.  Former Australian cricketer and Australian rules football player, Max Walker passed away.  Former union minister and senior BJP leader Arif Beg passed away.  India Post released a commemorative stamp to honour Mother Teresa’s canonization.  James Gordon Carr, Minister of Natural Resources of Canada visited India for participating in 3rd India Canada Energy Dialogue.  Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (I/C) for Culture & Tourism visited Australia and attended Confluence Festival of India in Australia. He also received three ancient artefacts stolen and smuggled out of India and acquired by National Gallery of Australia Seated Buddha, Goddess Pratyangira and Worshippers of Buddha.  Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, RadhaMohan Singh visited Israel.  Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan visited India.  Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic religious sister and missionary has been proclaimed a Saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican.  Nepalese Home Secretary Lok Darshan Regmi visited India.  Assamese poet and author Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya passed away.  Golf Player Arnold Palmer (USA) passed away. He was known as the king of golf and was part of “The Big Three” in golf during 1960s, along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.

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 Oscar winning USA director Curtis Hanson Passed away.  USA playwright Edward Albee passed away.  Urdu poet, novelist and short story writer Kashmiri Lal Zakir passed away.  Shimon Peres, Former President of Israel passed away.  Steel Minister Birender Singh visited United Kingdom and Luxembourg.  Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited Bahrain.  A new frog species that resembles Graceful tree frog (Litoria Gracilenta), discovered in Australia’s Queensland.  Arnab Goswami resigned as Editor-in-Chief of Times Now, Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd-run news channel.  Bangladesh's Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Nasrul Hamid visited India.  Bengaluru's Kieren Dsouza became first Indian to complete Spartathlon, described as the world’s toughest race. She completed 246.6 km distance in 33 hours, one minute and 38 seconds. Spartathlon is an annual run between Athens and Sparta in Greece, with a reported success rate of 50%.  Brazilian noted Footballer Carlos Alberto passed away.  British Olymic Champion Jessica Ennis-Hill retired from athletics.  Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Oslo (Norway) for mini Ministerial gathering of Trade Ministers.  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley visited USA and Canada.  First Woman Chief Minister of Goa, Shashikala Kakodkar passed away.  Germany's Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Alexander Dobrindt visited India.  Government will commemorate birth centenary of social activist and former RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh from October 11, 2016 to October 11, 2017.  India reacted sharply to technical hold on banning Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar by United Nations 1267 Sanctions Committee.  Indian Air Force Chief Arup Raha Visited Russia.  Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari visited Hungary (CentralEurope) and Algeria (North Africa) -  India and Hungary signed two MoUs, including one on water management.  India and Algeria will form a multi-billion dollar joint venture for establishing a fertilizer plant in Algeria.  Indian mountaineer Arjun Vajpai scaled world’s 6th highest mountain Cho Oyu (8188 metres), at China Tibet border. Arjun has climbed five of the 14 highest mountains in the world that tower over 8000 metres.  India’s largest conglomerate Tata Sons removed Cyrus Pallonji Mistry as Chairman. Board replaced him with his predecessor Ratan Tata as interim chairman for four months. Mistry had shortest tenure as Chairman so far at the group.  Japanese Prince Mikasa (uncle of Emperor Akihito) passed away. He was oldest imperial family member in world.  Kigeli V Ndahindurwa (80), Last king of Rwanda passed away.  King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away after 70 years reign.  Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan visited USA for White House Arctic Science Ministerial meeting.  Mizoram government declared 90 year old Lalbiakthanga Pachuau as oldest working journalist in India.  Nigerian Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu visited India.  Nobel prizewinning Italian Actor Dario Fo passed away.  American boxer Aaron Pryorpassed away.  Japanese Mountaineer Junko Tabei passed away. She was first woman to climb world’s highest peak - Mount Everest.  Kashmiri singer Raj Begum passed away.  Manipuri theatre legend Heisnam Kanhailal passed away.  Punjabi Actor Mehar Mittal Passed Away.

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 USA Social Activist (Particularly Anti - Vietnam War Activist), Tom Hayden Passed Away.  writer and litterateur from Uttarakhand, Dayanand Anant passed away.  Oscar-winning Film director Andrzej Wajda passed away.  Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key visited India.  India and New Zealand signed three agreements in the areas of double taxation avoidance (DTA), sports and food security.  Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong visited India.  Rishi Jaitly resigned as Twitter's India head.  Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoiguv visited India for 16th India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission Meet on Military- Technical Cooperation.  South African Gandhian Activist Mewa Ramgobin passed away.  Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India.  Sunil Lanba, Chief of Indian Navy visited Myanmar  USA's Denton A. Cooley noted heart surgeon who performed world’s first artificial heart transplant, has passed away.  Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal will be Chief Guest at 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention to be held from 7 to 9 January 2017 at Bengaluru (Karnataka). While, Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin, Vice President of Suriname will be Special Guest at Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) to be held on 7 January 2017 in Bengaluru.  As per Forbes, the cofounder brothers of Stripe , Patrick and John Collison are officially world’s youngest selfmade billionaires now. At US $9.2 billion, John Collison is world's youngest selfmade billionaire.  As per recent study, 7th century Chinese Buddhist pilgrim and scholar Xuan Zang (Hsuan Tsang) stayed a couple of years in Bezawada (the old name of Vijayawada) to copy and study Buddhist scriptures.  In 630 AD, Xuan Zang came to India through Kashmir after visiting Central Asia, Iran and Afghanistan through SilkRoute. During his stay, he studied and copied Abhidhammapitakam, last of the three pitakas (Pali for baskets) constituting the Pali canon, scriptures of Theravada Buddhism.  Bhaskar Bhat resigned as director on board of Tata Chemicals Limited.  Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Visited Bhutan. A new bilateral Trade Agreement signed between India and Bhutan.  Congress leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ram Naresh Yadav passed away.  Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro passed away, considered a great friend for India.  Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma passed away.  Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Lt Gen S K Sinha passed away.  Former NASA scientist and grandson of MK Gandhi, Kanubhai Gandhi Passed away.  Fromer Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar adopted another village Gollapalli, in Andhra Pradesh. His first village under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna is Puttamrajuvari Kandriga in Andhra Pradesh.  Gen Dalbir Singh, Chief of Indian Army visited Nepal.  George Yeo resigned as Nalanda University Chancellor. He is former Foreign minister of Singapore.  Indian Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhaag Visited China.  Indian President Pranab Mukherjee Visited Nepal.  Janet Reno, first woman Attorney General of USA, passed away.  Legendary Sri Lankan singer and composer Pandit Amaradeva passed away.  MN Sharma, first chief architect of Chandigarh passed away.  Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth visited india.  Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates Visited India.  Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan visited Trinidad and Tobago.  Mota Singh, First Indian-origin Sikh in UK, passed away.  Noted Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen passed away.  Noted Carnatic artist Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna passed away.

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 Noted Hindi and Bhojpuri litterateur Viveki Rai passed away.  Noted Irish author William Trevor (among best short story writers), has passed away.  Noted Journalist Dileep Padgaonkar passed away.  Noted Marathi author Anand Yadav passed away. His autobiography Zombi, won him prestigious Sahitya Akadmi award in 1991.  Noted Tamil writer director K Subaash passed away. He was best known for penning superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer Chennai Express.  Noted geophysicist Janardhan G Negi passed away, known for outstanding contribution in understanding earthquakes, mass extinctions and movement of Indian subcontinent plates.  Noted physicist and policy maker Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon passed away.  Persons Visiting  Salameh Hammad - Interior Minister of Jordan  Toshihiro Nikai –Secretary General of Liberal Democratic Party of Japan  Bui Van Thanh –Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security  Shigeki Habuka -Japan’s Vice Minister for Policy Coordination meets MoS (Home)  Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya -Bangladesh's Minister of Disaster Management & Relief  Lutfi Elvan –Turkish Minister of Development  Dawa Gyaltshen –Bhutanese Minister of Home & Cultural Affairs  Khurelsukh Ukhna –Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister  Maithripala Sirisena –President of Sri Lanka  Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amraveera (For discussing Fishering Issues with India)  Shotaro Yachi –National Security Advisor of Japan  Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand visited India.  Russian aircraft designer and co-creator of MiG29 fighter jet, Ivan Mikoyan passed away.  Twitter's Chief Operating Officer (COO) Adam Bain resigned.  Noted journalist Cho S Ramaswamy passed away.  Former US astronaut John Glenn passed away. He was first American to orbit Earth. He circled earth thrice in 1962 aboard Friendship 7 space capsule.  Noted Tamil poet and activist Makkal Pavalar Inkulab passed away.  Noted Former international hockey umpire Phulel Singh Sujlana passed away.  UP's noted Urdu poet Bekal Utsahi passed away.  Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa passed away, at the age of 68 years. Jayalalithaa was among renowned political personalities and was a top film actress of Tamil Cinema in 1960s and 1970s. She was called as Puratchi Thalaivi Amma (revolutionary leader) or Amma.  Noted journalist Cho S Ramaswamy passed away.  Former US astronaut John Glenn passed away. He was first American to orbit Earth. He circled earth thrice in 1962 aboard Friendship 7 space capsule.  Noted Tamil poet and activist Makkal Pavalar Inkulab passed away.  Noted Former international hockey umpire Phulel Singh Sujlana passed away.  UP's noted Urdu poet Bekal Utsahi passed away.  Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa passed away, at the age of 68 years. Jayalalithaa was among renowned political personalities and was a top film actress of Tamil Cinema in 1960s and 1970s. She was called as Puratchi Thalaivi Amma (revolutionary leader) or Amma.  Shriram Gojamgunde - Marathi Cinema Passed away.  Makkal Pavalar Inkulab - Tamil Poet Passed away.  Legendary British horse jockey Walter Swinburn passed away.