Obituary Events in April 1998

4^th Apr

Mrs. G. Sarala Devi, 62, CPI leader and general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, dies in Hyderabad.

7^th Apr

A music director of yesteryear, S. V. Venkataraman, dies in Chennai aged 87. He has composed music for over 150 films in different languages.

15^th Apr

Pol Pot, one of the most notorious names of the 20th century and leader of the genocidal Khmer Rouge, dies near Aulong Veng in northern Cambodia.

22^nd Apr

The Rajya Sabha member and one of the pillars of the Jharkhand Regional Congress Committee, Mr. Gyan Ranjan, dies of cardiac arrest in Ranchi. He was 54.

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