Madhavrao Scindia to YSR: Political heavyweights, prominent figures who died in air tragedies
Rupani was on the London-bound flight that crashed moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, killing 241 of the 242 persons on board.
Homi Bhabha
Dr Homi Bhabha
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Sanjay Gandhi
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Madhavrao Scindia
Madhavrao Scindia.
GMC Balayogi
Lok Sabha Speaker and Telugu Desam leader G M C Balayogi died in a chopper crash in 2002.
Cyprian Sangma
K S Sowmya
O P Jindal
O P Jindal
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Y S Reddy
Y S Reddy
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Dorjee Khandu
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Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat
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