by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 21, 2022 | Persons in the News
On September 8, 2022, immediately after the demise of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, the throne was passed without any ceremony to the heir, Charles, the former Prince of Wales. From now onwards, he would be known as King Charles III, whereas his wife, Camilla, has...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 5, 2022 | Persons in the News
On September 1, 2022, women’s rights activist and educator, Mary Roy, whose efforts led to equal rights to ancestral property being granted to Syrian Christian women, passed away at the age of 89. Mary Roy is the mother of prominent author and Booker Prize awardee,...
by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 8, 2022 | Persons in the News
Renowned industrialist and chairman emeritus of Bajaj Group, Rahul Bajaj, passed away in Pune on February 12, 2022, at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness. He would be remembered, for his immense contribution to the Indian auto industry. He was born on June 10,...
by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 8, 2022 | Persons in the News
Legendary singer and the Bharat Ratna recipient Lata Mangeshkar passed away on February 6, 2022. She was 92 years old, and died due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. In her long singing career, which spanned over 70 years, she sang about 25,000 songs in 36...
by Team Spectrum Books | Mar 8, 2022 | Persons in the News
Luc Montagnier, the French virologist, passed away on February 8, 2022, in Paris, at the age of 89. He shared the Nobel Prize with Francoise Barré-Sinoussi, in 2008, for discovering the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome...
by Team Spectrum Books | Feb 4, 2022 | Persons in the News
Kathak maestro and doyen, Birju Maharaj breathed his last probably due to a cardiac arrest at his Delhi residence on January 17, 2022, at the age of 83. Brijmohan Nath Mishra was born into the illustrious Kalka-Bindadeen gharana, the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers...
