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CLAT 2021 21 Year Experienced Team

for six years till 2010.

f Indian boxing's first Dronacharya awardee coach, O P Bhardwaj has passed away. He has bestowed the
highest national honour in coaching jointly with Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (wrestling) & O M
Nambiar (athletics) when it was introduced in 1985.
f Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing a hybrid rice strain that vastly improved the
grain output in the country, passed away at the age of 91. Yuan succeeded in cultivating a highyield
hybrid rice strain in 1973, which was later grown on a large scale in China and other countries to
substantially raise output.
f Max Mosley, the former head of Formula One's governing body, has died at the age of 81 after suffering
from cancer. The youngest son of Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British fascist movement in the 1930s.
Mosley was a racing driver, team owner and lawyer before becoming president of the International
Automobile Federation (FIA) in 1993.

f Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics
then went onto a life of humanitarian work in support of social justice. Evans became the first man to
crack 44 seconds in the 400 meters, winning the gold medal at the Mexico City Games in 43.86.
f Colonel Panjab Singh, a hero of the Battle of Poonch during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, was
cremated with full military honours under pandemic protocols after he passed away. The retired officer,
who was awarded the Vir Chakra, the third highest war-time gallantry award, died of post-Covid
complications.
f Freedom fighter H S Doreswamy, who recently recovered from Covid-19, passed away. He was born in
Bengaluru on April 10, 1918, Harohalli Srinivasaiah Doreswamy, is known for his participation in the Quit
India movement and Vinoba Bhave's Bhoodan movement. He was also a familiar figure in civil society
movements in Karnataka as he had campaigned to revive lakes in Bengaluru.
f Author And Art Curator Alka Raghuvanshi passed away. She was India's first trained art curator, having
trained at the Goldsmiths College, London and the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford. She has curated and
designed over 25 major exhibitions many of which travelled to other parts of the country and the world.