Famous Indians Died in Air-Crash

List of prominent public figures killed in an Air – crash.

YSR Reddy - chief minister, Andhra Pradesh (2009) - helicopter crash near Kurnool

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is a latest victim of air-crash. His Bell 430 chopper went missing over the jungles of Kurnool, and on next day the news broke that he was killed in this accident. Along with YSR, four others -- Dr P Subramanium, the special secretary to the Chief Minister; ASC Wesley, Chief Security Officer and two pilots Group Captain SK Bhatia and Captain MS Reddy -- died in the crash.

O. P. Jindal - Industrialist & Surendra Singh Haryana Agriculture Minister (2005) - helicopter crash in Uttar Pradesh

Haryana Agriculture Minister and Bansi Lal's son Surender Singh and noted industrialist and Haryana Power Minister O P Jindal were killed on March 31, 2005 in a chopper crash in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district. Pilot T S Chauhan died on the way to hospital. Two persons -- Ved Goyal, a relative of Jindal, and head constable Vinod Kumar -- who were also on board the chopper owned by the Rs 10,000-crore Jindal conglomerate, were injured in the crash.

Soundarya, actress (2004) - airplane crash near Bangalore

Popular South Indian actress and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Soundarya was among four persons killed in a plane crash at Jakkur near Bangalore on April 17, 2004. Soundarya was on her way to Karimnagar in Andhra Pradesh to campaign for her party when the four-seater aircraft crashed. The actress' brother Amaranath, who was travelling with her, also died in the crash. The aircraft, owned by Agni Aviation, crashed near the agricultural university campus on the fringes of the Jakkur airfield, charring the bodies of the victims, including the pilot, beyond recognition. Soundarya acted in several Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam films. She had won the national award in 2003 for the Kannada film, Dweepa.

G.M.C. Balayogi - parliament speaker, (2002) - airplane crash in Andhra Pradesh

Telugu Desam Party leader and then Lok Sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi died in a chopper crash March 3, 2002 in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The private helicopter in which Balayogi was travelling from Bhimavaram in West Godavari district crashed in a fishpond near Kaikalur in Krishna district. The Deccan Aviation helicopter, carrying Balayogi, his gunman and an assistant developed a technical snag after it took off from Bhimavaram. It hit a coconut tree before hurtling into a fishpond near Kuvvadalanka village. His additional Private Secretary K S Raju and the pilot of the chopper also died in the accident.

Madhav Rao Scindia, (2001) - airplane crash in Uttar Pradesh

He was a very senior Congress leader and a former cabinet minister, who was killed in a plane crash on September 30, 2001. He was travelling to Kanpur to address a public rally. Six people also lost their lives when the private plane carrying him went down near Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh. The chartered plane, a 10-seater Cessna C-90 bearing the identifier VTE--F and owned by the Jindal Group, took off from Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. The plane crashed around 85 km from Agra.

Surendra Nath - Governor of Punjab (1994) - airplane crash in Himachal Pradesh

The governor of India's northern state of Punjab, Surendra Nath, and 12 others, were killed when a state government plane crashed in a mountainous region of neighboring Himachal Pradesh state, minutes after taking off f. The dead included nine members of his family. Surendra Nath was also the governor of Himachal Pradesh besides being the administrator of the union territory, Chandigarh.

Ashok Birla - industrialist, (1990) - airplane crash near Bangalore

He was noteworthy because he was a member of the Birla family. Grandson of Rameshwar Das Birla, grand nephew of Ghanshyam Das Birla, and cousin of the more successful Aditya Birla. He was on his way to cut the ribbon for the inauguration of the Birla-3M factory when the fatal accident happened. The Airbus A-320 plane never made the smooth landing at Bangalore airport.

Sanjay Gandhi - politician, (1980) - helicopter crash in Delhi

He was son of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who was killed in a plane crash on June 23, 1980. Sanjay was at the controls of the aircraft, which caught fire shortly after took-off from the New Delhi Flying Club and crashed into a block of municipal apartments in south Delhi. His instructor, Subhash Saxena, was also killed in the crash. Witnesses said the pilot of the US-built two-seater appeared to lose control and the aircraft 'wobbled and fell'. Police initially identified the aircraft as a glider but later said it was a two-seater built by Pitts Co of Wyoming, US.

Mohan Kumaramangalam - politician, (1972) - airplane crash near Delhi

Mohan Kumaramangalam, minister of steel in the Indira Gandhi government, was killed in a plane crash in New Delhi in 1973. Kumaramangalam drifted away from the Communist Party of India after the party split. His quest for a new political identity coincided with Indira Gandhi's rediscovery of socialism in the late-1960s. Kumaramangalam became one of the principal advisers to the prime minister in her populist phase and assumed charge as Union minister for steel in 1971.

Homi J. Bhabha - nuclear scientist, (1966) - airplane crash on Mount Blanc, France

Noted nuclear scientist Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha was among the 117 passengers killed in plane crash on January 24, 1966. The Air India Mumbai-Paris flight AI 101, in which he was travelling, crashed on Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps on the border of France and Italy. Dr Bhabha was on his way to attend an International Atomic Energy Agency meeting in Vienna. Bhabha was largely believed to be responsible for the introduction of the space program through the setting up of the Indian national committee for space research under the chairmanship of Vikram Sarabhai.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose - freedom fighter, (1945) - airplane crash over Taiwan

Subhash Chandra Bose, a prominent leader of the Indian independence movement against the British Raj in India, founder of Aazad Hind Sena. He and a general of the Imperial Japanese army Tsunamasa Shidei were reported to be flying to Tokyo, Japan when the alleged plane crash occurred at Matsuyama aerodrome in Taihoku, northern Formosa. Mystery over his death was discussed for many many years.

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Ashamed of being Indian

Don’t get me wrong, I am more than proud to be Indian and always will be for all my life. But when I see incidents like this happen I feel uncomfortable to call myself Indian. There are so many incidents and many of them happening recently that makes me feel ashamed of being Indian. The incident of rape on minor no she was infant then the incident when a girl was gang raped in Noida in daylight. This incidents always been happening in India and I am sure it happens all over the world as women are soft targets everywhere. I get mad every time but angers die down evntually. I am furious to the extreme today after watching this incident on the TV but I don't want my anger to die down this time. when I was watching news channel yesterday on the day of our republic day, a day when we celebrate our democracy. Which is as we know by far the largest democracy in the world? But then, a day before a republic day a same democracy has been demolished by some goons’. One organization which calls them self “Shriram sena” intrudes a pub in Manglore. They not only destroyed the pub but they attack the people in the pub. And they not only had been violent with men but even more violent with women. Which is disgusting if consider human standards. It was most shocking thing I ever seen on television. It was simply inhuman, and I would have imagined it in wildest dreams before watching it on TV.
Their reason for doing that is those girls were consuming alcohol in the pub which is against moral values of this so called “Shriram Sena”. First of all who are these people to teach others morality, how dare they to force it on others. And what morality are they talking about when they can do such a cheap thing like hitting women. That too these people are doing on the name of Lord Shriram, as being Hindu and as proud as these self proclaimed “Shriram Sena” I want government to take stringent action against them and banned this organization as soon as possible. If we don’t do that today be assure that this will be birth of another organization like the infamous Taliban in Afghanistan. And as being proud Indian I can not let Taliban like organization operate in India.
So the onus is on us we the Indian that we won’t take these thing lightly nor will we bog down by incidents like this. We have to pressurize the government to take the action as the election are nearer they has to take some action. But biggest responsibility will be of media. They have to take this issue on priority. They should not allow this die down like many other things happening in India. We can’t guys get away with this. They have to pay for what they did. But sadly I come to know that none of the girls has filed any complaint yet. They must realize that it is not only humiliation for them but for all of us. We are feeling the same anguish and anger as they must be. But these girls should come forward so that it won’t happen with anyone else in future. Only we can make our India better.
I also have big objection against operation of News Channels and Media. It is known fact that these organizations call media themselves to these places so that they can get instant publicity. It is nothing wrong on the part of media to go and cover the incidents. That’s how we will know about it but why don’t they let Police know about this every time. So that if the situation gets out of control they can immediate action unless media look at it only as business for them and not worried about their social responsibilities.

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