Banker-turned-politician Meera Sanyal died on January 11, 2019, after a brief illness. Sanyal, 57, had joined the Aam Aadmi Party after quitting her job as the country chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland and contested the Lok Sabha election in 2014. Preeti Sharma Menon, a national spokesperson for AAP, said, "I don't think anyone had battled cancer as well as she did, a battle she fought for over two years. Author Vivek Kaul said, "Many didn't know about her illness as she kept it a private matter. The fact that she wrote a book despite the illness is simply amazing."
Veteran Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passed away after battling bladder cancer at the age of 70 in Mumbai on April 27, 2017. Vinod Khanna was also a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of the Lok Sabha from Gurdaspur in Punjab. Khanna remained admitted at HN Reliance Hospital for close to a month. He was then brought to the Girgaum hospital by the end of March. A picture was leaked from the hospital which showed the actor looking frail and weak, leaving fans shocked
Yesteryear Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna died at his Bandra residence on July 18, 2012. Sources confirmed that his health had been deteriorating since July 2011 as he was diagnosed with cancer which was also confirmed by his co-star Mumtaz post his death. Rajesh Khanna was a member of Parliament for Congress, from the New Delhi constituency, where he won the 1992 by-elections, retaining his seat until 1996
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the early hours on November 12, 2018. The BJP minister was suffering from cancer and had undergone treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York and returned in October
Former Maharashtra minister and NCP MLA Vimal Mundada passed away at Lilavati hospital in Mumbai on March 22, 2012 after a prolonged battle with cancer. Mundada held portfolios like PWD and Health, Women and Child Development in the Congress-NCP government
Former Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat died on May 15, 2010, two days after he was admitted to a hospital in Jaipur complaining of uneasiness and breathing problems. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat battled throat cancer and had become slightly incoherent towards the end
Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar who has served as the ninth Prime Minister of India for a year died after battling multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer that affects plasma cells. He was 80. Chandra Shekhar was the only Indian politician elevated as Prime Minister without having previously held an official post
Former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh or VP Singh died after a prolonged illness at Delhi's Apollo Hospital on November 27, 2008. Singh died after a very long struggle with multiple myeloma which is the cancer of the bone marrow and renal failure. The leader battled cancer for more than 17 years
Raosaheb Ramrao Patil better known as R. R. Patil who was home minister during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, passed away on February 16, 2015, after a three-month battle with cancer. He was 57. The six-term MLA from Tasgaon, Sangli, was undergoing treatment for oral cancer
Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh who was elected three times to the Lok Sabha from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, died on September 22, 2013, due to leukaemia (blood cancer). A year before his death, Singh was removed from the post of party national spokesman over differences with the Chief Minister during that time, Akhilesh Yadav
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