THE END -- UNNATURAL DEATHES OF GREATS
Death is the ultimate end of every living organism. Death of human being, specially those who, by their positive or negative contributions to the society came to be etched in history and die by unnatural circumstances, have to be remembered, not only for their great or infamous deeds, but also for academic interest, and also to understand that however great one may be, the end is inevitable. Such of those greats who died of such untimely and unnatural circumstances are listed:
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Abraham Lincoln: President of USA... Died on 15.4.1865 ... While he was watching the play "Our American Cousing" at Fords Theatre in Washington DC, he was shot to death by John Wilkes Booth using a .44 Caliber Deringer Gun.
Adolf Hitler: Dictator of Germany ... Died on 30.4.1945 ... Committed suicide by shooting himself and also consuming a cyanide capsule along with wife Eva Braun at Berlin.
Anna Boleyn: Queen of UK ... Died on 19.5.1536 ... Mother of Queen Elizabeth I ... she was beheaded for treason.
Ayrton Senna: 1.5.1994 ... Brazilian F1 Driver. ... died of crash while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
B
Benito Mussolini: Italian Dictator ... Died on 28.4.1945 ...Shot to death along with 13 other people, by Walter Audisio, a politician and an active member against Benito's fascist policies, at Mezzegra village, Italy.
Bhagat Singh: Patriot ... Died on 23.3.1931 ... He was hanged to death along with Sukh Dev and Rajguru for killing of British Police Officer J.P.Saunders and also for hurling bomb in the Lahore Assembly ... called the "Lahore Conspiracy Case".
Benazir Bhutto: Twice PM of Pakistan and daughter of Z.A.Bhutto (PM) .. killed by a suicide bomber on 27.12.2007 at Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Balayogi, G M C : Speaker of Lok Sabha ... Telugu Desam Party ... Died on 3.3.2002 of a helicopter crash (Bell 206) at Kaikalur, West Godavari Dt., AP.
Q1. Where and which play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was killed?
At the Ford's Theatre and the play was "Our American cousing".
C
Charles I: King of UK ... Died on 30.1.1649 ... beheaded for defying Parliament.
Cleopatra: Wife of Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony ... After Mark Antony committed suicide, she also committed suicide by the bite of venomous snake ASP on August 12, 30 BC.
Claudius Caesar Nero: Roman Emperor ... Died on 9.6.68 AD ... The man for the famous synonym "When Rome was burning, Nero was fiddling" - committed suicide by piercing a sword through his throat.
Q2. How did Adolf Hitler die?
Suicide - by shooting himself and also consuming cyanide capsules on 30th April 1945.
D
Diana Spencer: Princes of Wales ... Died on 31.8.1997 ... Died of a car crash at the Ponte de l'Alma Road Tunnel, Paris ... Dodi Al Fayed, a millionaire and film producer (Chariot of Fire 1981 Academy Award Winner) accompanied her as Driver. Both of them died ... The car was a Mercedes Benz S 280.
Dag Hammarskjold: Swedish Diplomat and UN Secretary General -1953-1961. Died of air crash on 17/18th September 1961 at Ndola, Zambia (then Rhodesia).
Q3. Anna Boleyn was Queen of UK during early 16th century. How did she die and for what reason?
Beheaded for treason on 19.5.1536.
E
Engelburt Dollfuss: Austria(before WWII) ... 1892...1934: Austrian Christian Social and Patriotic Front Statesman, became a Federal Chancellor 1932..1934. He shut down the Austrian Parliament and banned the Austrian Nazi Party and assumed dictatorial powers. He is known for his authoritarian "First of May Constitution". He was assassinated by ten Austrian Nazis of Regiment 89 on 25th July 1934.
Q4. Benitto Mussolini was the dictator of Italy. Where and how did he die?
Shot to death, along with 15 others, by Walter Audisio. He was killed at Mezzagra village in Italy, on 28.4.1945.
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Ferdinand Magellan: 27.4.1521 ... the famous navigator ... he was slained by Lapu Lapu Tribal chieftain in Mactan Island of Philippines.
Q5. Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev Singh and Raj Guru are well known for their patriotism. How did they die?
Hanged to death on 23.3.1931 for killing British Police Official J P Saunders and for "Lahore conspiracy Case".
G
Giani Zail Singh: President of India July 1982 to July 1987 ... Died on 25.12.1994 of a car road accident that occurred at Kiratpur, Ropar Dt., Punjab.
Guru Tegh Bahadur : 9th and the last Sikh Guru ... Died on 11.11.1675 ... He was beheaded by Aurangazeb at Chandni Chowk for refusing to convert to Islam.
George V, King: 20.1.1936 ... Acute Bronchitis ... The special thing about his death, he was administered with lethal cocaine and morphine injections to expedite his death, by his own physician. Perhaps the first case of Euthanasia in the modern ages.
Q6. When and where was Benazir Bhutto killed?
27.12.2007 - Rawalpindi by a suicide bomber.
H
Horatio Nelson: British Admiral ... Died on 21.10.1805 ... Wounded and killed in the the Battle of Waterloo.
Hansie Cronje: 1.6.2002 ... Former South African Cricket Captain ... Died of an aircrash.
Haider Ali: Muslim ruler of Mysore (1761), father of Tipu Sultan, died of cancer on 6th December 1782 at Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh.
Q7. When and where did former speaker Balayogi die?
3.3.2002 - Helicopter crash at Kaikalur, WG Dist., AP.
I
Idi Amin : The notorious and infamous dictator of Uganda ... Died on 16.8.2003 - in exile in the King Faisal Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
Indira Gandhi: Nehruji's daughter and PM ... Died on 31.10.1984 ... Assassinated by her own Sikh body guards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh in her own official residence in retaliation for her ordering the "Operation Blue Star" on the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
Q8. Charles I was King of UK during mid 17th Century. How did he die?
30.1.1649 - Beheaded for defying parliament.
J
Julius Caesar: Roman Emperor ... Died on 15.3.44 BC .... Assassinated by Mark Antony and his co conspirators.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: US President 1961 .. 1963 ... Died on 22.11.1963 ... shot to death by Lee Harvey Oswald at Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was later killed by Jack Ruby.
Juvenal Habyarimana: 6.4.1994 ... Former President of Rwanda ... His plane was shot down near Kigali International Airport. Along with the President of Burundi and few Others were also killed.
John Lennon: 8.12.1980 ... Beatles Group ... Shot to death by Mark David Chaapman at New York.
Q9. Cleopatra was known for her beauty and as wife of Julius Caesar. How did she die?
12.8.30BC - committed suicide by the bite of Egypt's poisonous snake ASP - similar to Cobra.
K
Kalpana Chawla : Indian born USA Astronaut ... Died on 1.2.2003 ... died along with 7 other astronauts in the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster during its reentry at Texas.
Q10. How did Roman emperor Nero die?
9.6.68AD - Committed suicide by piercing a sword through his throat.
L
Liaquat Ali Khan : First PM of Pakistan ... Died on 16.10.1951 ... shot to death by Said Akhbar at Municipal Park, Rawalpindi.
Lal Bahadur Shastri: Second PM of India 1964..1966 ... Died on 10th January 1066 ... died of a heart attack at Tashkent (Now in Uzbekistan) after a meeting with Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan. The meeting was arranged by Kosygin, President of USSR to improve the bilateral relations between the two countries.
Lala Lajpat Rai: Freedom Fighter ... Died on 17.11.1928 ... He was brutally lathicharged by a British Police Officer, and later succumbed to the injuries, when he was leading a protest rally against the Simon Commission.
Louis Mountbatten, Lord: 27.8.1979 ... Killed by the bombinb by Irish Republican Army men in a vessel called "Shadow".
Q11. Diana Spencer is known for her royal connection with UK. But her death was unfortunate. How?
31.8.1997 - Died of a car crash at the Ponte de l'Alma Road Tunnel, Paris, while coming out of Hotel Ritz Paris. Dodi al Fayer was driving the car and also got killed.
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Muhammad Anwar el Sadat: President of Egypt ... Died on 6.10.1981 ... Assassinated by Lt. Col. Khalid Islam Bouli and his men in the annual victory parade at Cairo.
Mahatma Gandhi: Father of the Nation ... Died on 30.1.1948 ... Shot to death by Nathuram Godse at the Birla House in Delhi.
Mark Antony: Greek Emperor ... Died in 30 BC ... He who plotted the assassination of Julius Caesar, committed suicide by killing himself with a sword. Immediately his wife Cleopatra also committed suicide.
Martin Luther King: Civil Rights Activist ... USA ... Died on 4.4.1968 ... Shot to death at Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennesse.
Madame Curie: Inventor of Radium ... Nobel for Physics and Chemistry ... Died on 4.7.1934 ... Died of "Aplastic Anaemia" a disease caused by exposure to radiation.
Mark Twain: 21.4.1910 ... The uniqueness in his death is that he was born (30.11.1835) and died (21.4.1910) on these dates when Haley's Comet appeared.
Marie Antoniette: Queen of France ... Died on 16.10.1793 ... hanged to death ... her husband was also hanged to death on 21.7.1793 ... a result of the French Revolution.
Mayo, Lord: 8.2.1872 ... He was viceroy of India during British India rule. He was assassinated by Sher Ali, a Punjabi freedom fighter, in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi ... also called Colonel Gaddafi ... (June 1942 to 20.10.2011) who ruled Libya as their unquestionable leader for almost 41 years, had to face civil unrest beginning February 2011. He was finally captured by the rebel Libyan forces on 20.10.2011 and killed. It is claimed that one rebel Senad el Sadik el Ureybi shot him to death.
Q12. Who was accompanying Diana Spencer and driving the car?
Dodi al Fayer was driving the car and also got killed. He was a Saudi Arabian Millionaire and producer of the Academy Award winning film Chariot of Fire. It was a Mercedez Benz S 280 car.
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Napoleon Bonaparte: Emperor of France. Died on 5.5.1821 ... Died of stomach cancer during his second exile to island of St. Helena. His first exile was to Island Elba.
Nicholas II : The last Tsar/Czar of Russia ... Died on 17.7.1918 ... He and his family members were shot to death after the Russian Revolution.
Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte: Hindu Maha Sabha activists ... Both were hanged to death, on 15.11.1948 - to become the first to be hanged to death in independent India. Nathuram killed Gandhiji with the conspirator Narayan Apte.
Q13. Dag Hammarsksjold was the UN Secretary General between 1953-1961. How did he die?
He was a Swedish Diplomat. He died of Air Crash on 17/18th September 1961 at Ndola, Zambia - then Rhodesia.
O
Olof Palme: 28.2.1986 ... Swedish PM ... shot to death by Christer Petterson, at Stockholm.
Q14. When and How did the former President Giani Zail Singh die?
25.12.1994 - He died of a car accident. The accident occurred at Kiratpur, Ropart Dt., Punjab.
P
Pierrie Curie : Husband of Madame Curie and a Nobel Laureate. Died on 19.4.1906. He was killed in a road accident.
Peter Roebuck: Former English Cricketer, and Sports Columnist died on 12th November 2011 ... committing suicide at Cape Town in South Africa.
Q15. For what reason and how the 9th Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur did die?
For refusing to embrace Islam, he was beheaded on 11.11.1675 by Aurangazeb.
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Qutb ud din Aibak: Turkic ruler of India from Delhi who ruled between 1206 and 1210. He accidentally from the horse and was impaled while playing Pole (which was then known as Chougan). He died in 1210.
Q16. How did Horatio Nelson die?
21.10.1805 - wounded and killed in the Battle of Trafalgar.
R
Reginald Dyer: British officials responsible for the killings in the Jalianwala Bagh Incident on April 13, 1919. Died on 23.7.1927 ... Died in UK due to Paralysis.
Rajiv Gandhi : Son of Indira Gandhi and PM .... Died on 21.5.1991 ... Killed by a LTTE suicide bomber Dhanu ... at Sriperumpudur near Chennai in Tamilnadu.
Rajasekara Reddy Y.S.,: Congress leader and CM Andhra Pradesh ... Died on 2.9.2009 ... Died of a helicopter crash on the Rudrakonda Hills ... Nallamala forest - Near Kurnool, A.P.,
Raman Lamba: 23.2.1998 ... While playing club cricket at Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka, he was hit by a ball from the bat of Mehrab Hussain and died of internal bleeding.
Q17. The most talked about and dreaded dictator of the 20th century was Idi Amin. How did he die?
16.8.2003 - Died of kidney failure while he was in exile in Saudi Arabia.
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Solomon Bandaranaike : PM Sri Lanka ... Died on 26.9.1959 ... shot to death by a Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: PM Bangladesh ... Died on 15.8.1975 ... shot to death by some military officers in connivance with his own colleague Khondaker Mushtaq Ahmed.
Socrates: Greek Philosopher ... Died in 399 BC ... He was forced to commit suicide by Drinking hemlock (a poisonous plant) potion for refusing to accept the Greek God and influencing the youth on this.
Shah Jahan: Moghul Emperor ... Died on 22.1.1666 ... He was imprisoned and kept under house arrest for nearly a decade in Agra fort, by his own son Aurangazeb and died of dysentery and strangury, a urinary tract problem.
Saddam Hussein: Dictator President, Iraq (1971..2003) ... Died on 30.12.2006 - Ousted from power by American allied forces, tried and sentenced to death by hanging by an Islamic Court of Iraq.
Sanjay Gandhi: 23.6.1980 .... son of Smt. Indira Gandhi ... died of an air crash near Safdarjung Airport, Delhi, a flight which he was himself flying.
Shelly, P.B: 8.7.1822 ... England's famous romantic poet ... Died of drowning.
Spencer Perceval: 11.5.1812 ... Former PM of UK ... shot to death in the lobby of House of Commons by John Bellingham.
Steve Irwin: 4.9.2006 ... The famous crocodile hunter and a familiar face from the Discovery Channel, died of the sting from the poisonous fish "Sting Ray". The unfortunate thing in his death is that the sting was directly into his heart.
Q18. When and where Smt.Indira Gandhi was assassinated?
31.10.1984 - She was assassinated by her own body guards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, at her official residence
1, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi.
T
Theodore Roosevelt: 6.1.1919 ... Former US President ... died of heart attack in his sleep.
Q19. What was the background leading to the assassination of Smt.Indira Gandhi?
Her ordering the "Operation Blue Star" to wipe out the Khalistan militants Occupying the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
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Vincent Van Gogh: Famous Dutch Painter ... Died on 29.7.1890 ... Committed suicide by gunshot due to mental depression.
Q20. When, who and where, John F.Kennedy was assassinated?
22.11.1963, Lee Harvey Oswald at Texas.
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Winston Churchill, Sir: 24.1.1995 ... The uniqueness in his death is that he died on the same date of his father's death i.e.24th January ( 1965).
Q21. Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassinator of John F.Kennedy, was later assassinated by ..?
Jack Ruby - 24.11.1963 - during a live television show.
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Zia-ur Rahman: President, Bangladesh ... Died on 30.5.1981 ... shot to death by a group of army officers.
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto: PM, Pakistan... Died on 4.4.1979 ... Hanged to death for murder charges of his political opponent Ahmed Raza Kasuri.
Q22. Julius Caesar the famous Roman Emperor was assassinated by..
Mark Antony and his co-conspirators on 15.3.44 AD.
GENERAL QUESTIONS
Q23. Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth on 15.4.1865.
Q24. Kalpana Chawla, the Indian born American Astronaut died of..
1.2.2003 - Columbia Space Shuttle disaster during its reentry, at Texas. 7 other Astronauts also perished in the incident.
Q25. Where and which play Abraham Lincoln was watching when he was killed?
At the Ford's Theatre and the play was "Our American cousing".
Q26. Liaquat Ali Khan was the first PM of Pakistan. How did he die?
16.10.1951 - shot dead by Said Akhtar at Rawalpindi.
Q27. How did Adolf Hitler die?
Suicide - by shooting himself and also consuming cyanide capsules on 30th April 1945.
Q28. "Man of Peace" - Lal Bahadur Shastri, 2nd PM of India, died of..
10.1.1966 - Heart Attack - at Tashkent (now in Uzbekistan).
Q29. Anna Boleyn was Queen of UK during early 16th century. How did she die and for what reason?
Beheaded for treason on 19.5.1536.
Q30. Before his death, Lal Bahadur Shastri, had a meeting with whom?
Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan - a bilateral talk at the instance of Kosygyn, President of USSR.
Q31. Benitto Mussolini was the dictator of Italy. Where and how did he die?
Shot to death, along with 15 others, by Walter Audisio. He was killed at Mezzagra village in Italy, on 28.4.1945.
Q32. Lala Lajpat Rai, the freedom fighter, died of..
17.11.1928 - died of injuries inflicted on him by the British lathi charge at Lahore while he was leading a protest rally against Simon Commission.
Q33. Bhagat Singh, Sukh Dev Singh and Raj Guru are well known for their patriotism. How did they die?
Hanged to death on 23.3.1931 for killing British Police Official J P Saunders and for "Lahore conspiracy Case".
Q34. Muhammad Anwar el Sadat, President of Egypt was killed by..
6.10.1981 - Assassinated by Lt. Khalid Islambouli and his men in the annual Victory Parade at Cairo.
Q35. When and where was Benazir Bhutto killed?
27.12.2007 - Rawalpindi by a suicide bomber.
Q36. When, Where and who assassinated Gandhiji?
30.1.1948 - Birla House, Delhi - Nathuram Godse.
Q37. When and where did former speaker Balayogi die?
3.3.2002 - Helicopter crash at Kaikalur, WG Dist., AP.
Q38. What were the last words of Gandhiji?
Hey Ram!
Q39. Charles I was King of UK during mid 17th Century. How did he die?
30.1.1649 - Beheaded for defying parliament.
Q40. Mark Antony who conspired to kill Julius Caesar, died of ..
30 BC - committed suicide with his own sword.
Q41. Cleopatra was known for her beauty and as wife of Julius Caesar. How did she die?
12.8.30BC - committed suicide by the bite of Egypt's poisonous snake ASP - similar to Cobra.
Q42. He was a respected Civil Rights Leader of USA. How did he die?
Martin Luther King - 4-4-1968 - Shot to death at Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennesse - by James Earl Ray.
Q43. How did Roman emperor Nero die?
9.6.68AD - Committed suicide by piercing a sword through his throat.
Q44. It is unfortunate that the inventor had to die of the effect of invention. Who was that?
4.7.1934 - Madame Curie - inventor of Radium - died of "Aplastic Anaemia" an effect of radiation.
Q45. Diana Spencer is known for her royal connection with UK. But her death was unfortunate. How?
31.8.1997 - Died of a car crash at the Ponte de l'Alma Road Tunnel, Paris, while coming out of Hotel Ritz Paris. Dodi al Fayer was driving the car and also got killed.
Q46. Marie Antoniette was the Queen of France in the last quarter of 18th Century. She and her husband died of..
Marie Antoniette on 16.10.1793 and her husband Louis XVI on 21.1.1973. They were hanged to death by the revolutionaries after the French Revolution.
Q47. Who was accompanying Diana Spencer and driving the car?
Dodi al Fayer was driving the car and also got killed. He was a Saudi Arabian Millionaire and producer of the Academy Award winning film Chariot of Fire. It was a Mercedez Benz S 280 car.
Q48. When and how did Napoleon Bonaparte die?
5.5.1821- Died of stomach cancer at St. Helena Island.
Q49. Dag Hammarsksjold was the UN Secretary General between 1953-1961. How did he die?
He was a Swedish Diplomat. He died of Air Crash on 17/18th September 1961 at Ndola, Zambia - then Rhodesia.
Q50. Nicholas II, the last Tsar/Czar of Russian Empire died of ..
17.7.1918 - He and his entire family were shot to death by the revolutionaries after the Russian Revolution.
Q51. When and How did the former President Giani Zail Singh die?
25.12.1994 - He died of a car accident. The accident occurred at Kiratpur, Ropart Dt., Punjab.
Q52. Nathuram Godse killed Gandhiji. What was the punishment given to him and what record it created?
15.11.1949 - Hanged to death along with his co-conspirator Narayan Apte. It was the first case of "Hanging till death" punishment executed in Independent India and Godse was the first.
Q53. For what reason and how the 9th Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur did die?
For refusing to embrace Islam, he was beheaded on 11.11.1675 by Aurangazeb.
Q54. Pierre Curie, husband of Madame Curie, died of ..
19.4.1906 - a road accident.
Q55. How did Horatio Nelson die?
21.10.1805 - wounded and killed in the Battle of Trafalgar.
Q56. Reginald Dyer was British General who ordered the Jalian Wala Bagh massacre. How did he die?
23.7.1927 - died in UK due to Paralysis attack.
Q57. The most talked about and dreaded dictator of the 20th century was Idi Amin. How did he die?
16.8.2003 - Died of kidney failure while he was in exile in Saudi Arabia.
Q58. When and How, Rajiv Gandhi the former PM was killed?
21.5.1991 - at Sriperumpudur, near Chennai in Tamilnadu - he was killed by a suicide bomber - Dhanu.
Q59. When and where Smt.Indira Gandhi was assassinated?
31.10.1984 - She was assassinated by her own body guards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, at her official residence 1, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi.
Q60. When, where and how did Y.S.Rajasekara Reddy CM of AP die?
2.9.2009 - Helicopter Crash - Rudra Konda Hills, Nallamala Forest, Kurnool Dt., A.P.,
Q61. What was the background leading to the assassination of Smt.Indira Gandhi?
Her ordering the "Operation Blue Star" to wipe out the Khalistan militants Occupying the Golden Temple, Amritsar.
Q62. Solomon Bandaranaike former PM of Sri Lanka died of..
26.9.1959 - shot to death by a Buddhist monk - Talduwe Somarama..
Q63. When, who and where, John F.Kennedy was assassinated?
22.11.1963, Lee Harvey Oswald at Texas.
Q64. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, the founder of Bangladesh, was killed by..
15.8.1975 - shot to death some military officers with the connivance of Rahman's colleague Khondaker Mushtaq Ahmed.
Q65. Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassinator of John F.Kennedy, was later assassinated by .....?
Jack Ruby - 24.11.1963 - during a live television show.
Q66. Socrates, the Greek philosopher committed suicide by and due to..
399 BC - He was forced to drink the "hemlock" potion, a plant based poison, for his refusal to accept God and for influencing the youth on this.
Q67. Julius Caesar the famous Roman Emperor was assassinated by........
Mark Antony and his co-conspirators on 15.3.44 AD.
Q68. Shah Jehan, the Great Mughal Emperor, died under what circumstances?
22.1.1666 -Ironically, he was imprisoned and kept under house arrest for almost a decade, in Agra Fort, by his own son Aurangazeb and died of dysentery and strangury, a urinary tract problem.
Q69. Kalpana Chawla, the Indian born American Astronaut died of .....
1.2.2003 - Columbia Space Shuttle disaster during its reentry, at Texas. 7 other Astronauts also perished in the incident.
Q70. How did Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq die?
30.12.2006 - ousted from power by USA and allied forces and was sentenced to death by an Islamic Court.
Q71. Liaquat Ali Khan was the first PM of Pakistan. How did he die?
16.10.1951 - shot dead by Said Akhtar at Rawalpindi.
Q72. Vincent Van Gogh was a famous Dutch painter. How did he die?
29.7.1890 - Committed suicide by gun shot due to mental depression.
Q73. "Man of Peace" - Lal Bahadur Shastri, 2nd PM of India, died of........
10.1.1966 - Heart Attack - at Tashkent (now in Uzbekistan).
Q74. Zia ur Rahman, President of Bangladesh died of..
30.5.1981 - shot to death by a group of army officers.
Q75. Before his death, Lal Bahadur Shastri, had a meeting with whom?
Muhammad Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan - a bilateral talk at the instance of Kosygyn, President of USSR.
Q76. Under what circumstances, Z.A.Bhutto, former PM of Pakistan die..
4.4.1979 - Hanged to death for murder charges of his political opponent - Ahmad Raza Kasuri.
Q77. Lala Lajpat Rai, the freedom fighter, died of ......
17.11.1928 - died of injuries inflicted on him by the British lathi charge at Lahore while he was leading a protest rally against Simon Commission.
Q78. How did Theodore Roosevelt, former President of USA die?
6.1.1919 - died of a heart attack in sleep.
Q79. Muhammad Anwar el Sadat, President of Egypt was killed by.....
6.10.1981 - Assassinated by Lt. Khalid Islambouli and his men in the annual Victory Parade at Cairo.
Q80. How did Lord Mayo, former Viceroy of India die?
He was assassinated by Sher Ali, a Punjabi freedom fighter, in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on 8.2.1872.
Q81. When, Where and who assassinated Gandhiji?
30.1.1948 - Birla House, Delhi - Nathuram Godse.
Q82. How did Ferdinand Magellan, the famous circumnavigator die?
27.4.1521 - He was slained by LAPU LAPU, a tribal Chieftain of Mactan Island of Philippines.
Q83. What were the last words of Gandhiji?
Hey Ram!
Q84. Steve Irwin, the famous crocodile hunter and a famous "Animal Planet" face, died under what circumstances?
4.9.2006 - A sting from the poisonous sea fish "Sting Ray" which was unfortunately directly into his heart.
Q85. Mark Antony who conspired to kill Julius Caesar, died of .....
30 BC - committed suicide with his own sword.
Q86. What is unique in the death of Mark Twain, the famous author?
Born on 30.11.1835 and died on 21.4.1910 - The uniqueness in this is that on both these dates, the Haley's Comet appeared.
Q87. He was a respected Civil Rights Leader of USA. How did he die?
Martin Luther King - 4-4-1968 - Shot to death at Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennesse - by James Earl Ray.
Q88. How did Lord Louis Mountbatten die?
27.8.1979 Killed by the bombing by Irish Republican Army men in a vessel called "Shadow".
Q89. It is unfortunate that the inventor had to die of the effect of invention. Who was that?
4.7.1934 - Madame Curie - inventor of Radium - died of "Aplastic Anaemia" an effect of radiation.
Q90. What is unique in the death of William Shakespeare?
Born on 26.5.1564 - Died on 23.4.1616 - Both days were St. George's Day.
Q91. Marie Antoniette was the Queen of France in the last quarter of 18th Century. She and her husband died of......
Marie Antoniette on 16.10.1793 and her husband Louis XVI on 21.1.1973. They were hanged to death by the revolutionaries after the French Revolution.
Q92. What is unique in the death of Sir Winston Churchill?
24.1.1995 - He died on the same date of his father's death i.e.24th January. His father died in 1965.
Q93. How did Olof Palme, the former Swedish PM die?
28.2.1986 - He was shot to death by Christer Petterson at Stockholm.
Q94. When and how did Napoleon Bonaparte die?
5.5.1821 - Died of stomach cancer at St. Helena Island.
Q95. How did Spencer Perceval, former PM of UK die?
11.5.1812 - shot to death by John Bellingham.
Q96. Who killed John Lennon of the "Beatles" group?
8.12.1980 - shot to death by Mark David Chapman at New York.
Q97. Nicholas II, the last Tsar/Czar of Russian Empire died of .....
17.7.1918 - He and his entire family were shot to death by the revolutionaries after the Russian Revolution.
Q98. How did Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria die?
25.7.1934- short to death by Austrian Nazis.
Q99. How did King George V of UK die and what is special about it?
30.1.1936 - Acute Bronchitis - To expedite and assist in his death, he was administered with lethal injection (cocaine and morphine) by his own physician. Perhaps the first case of Euthanasia in the modern age.
Q100. Nathuram Godse killed Gandhiji. What was the punishment given to him and what record it created?
15.11.1949 - Hanged to death along with his co-conspirator Narayan Apte. It was the first case of "Hanging till death" punishment executed in Independent India and Godse was the first.
Q101. How did Sanjay Gandhi, son of Smt. Indira Gandhi, die?
28.6.1980 - died of an air crash near Safdarjung airport. He himself was flying the aircraft.
Q102. Pierre Curie, husband of Madame Curie, died of ......
19.4.1906 - a road accident.
Q103. How did Ayrton Senna, the Brazilian F1 driver die?
1.5.1994 - died of a car crash while driving in the San Marino Grand Prix.
Q104. Reginald Dyer was British General who ordered the Jalian Wala Bagh massacre. How did he die?
23.7.1927 - died in UK due to Paralysis attack.
Q105. How did Juvenal Habyarimana the President of Rwanda die?
6.4.1994 - His plane was shot down near Kigali International Airport. Along with him the President of Burundi and few others also died.
Q106. When and How, Rajiv Gandhi the former PM was killed?
21.5.1991 - at Sriperumpudur, near Chennai in Tamilnadu - he was killed by a suicide bomber - Dhanu.
Q107. How did Hanse Cronje, the former South African Cricket Captain die?
1.6.2002 - died of an air crash along with two pilots in the plane.
Q108. When, where and how did Y.S.Rajasekara Reddy CM of AP die?
2.9.2009 - Helicopter Crash - Rudra Konda Hills, Nallamala Forest, Kurnool Dt., A.P.,
Q109. P.B. Shelly, the famous romantic English poet died of..
8.7.1822 - died of drowning.
Q110. Solomon Bandaranaike former PM of Sri Lanka died of ......
26.9.1959 - shot to death by a Buddhist monk - Talduwe Somarama
Q111. Raman Lamba, the former Indian Cricket Player died of..
While playing club cricket at the Bangabandhu Cricket Stadium in Dhaka. He was hit on the head by a ball from Mehrab Hussain's bat and died of internal bleeding.
Q112. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, the founder of Bangladesh, was killed by......
15.8.1975 - shot to death some military officers with the connivance of Rahman's colleague Khondaker Mushtaq Ahmed.
Q113. How did Colonel Gaddaffi – who was the unquestionable leader of Libya for almost 41 years - die?
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi - also Colonel Gaddaffi - (June 1942 - 20.10.2011) was the unquestionable leader of Libya from 1969 to 2011 - in a civil was captured by rebel Libyan forces and short to death on 20th October 2011. It is claimed that one rebel by name Senad el Sadik el Uryebi short him to death.
Q114. Socrates, the Greek philosopher committed suicide by and due to.....
399 BC - He was forced to drink the "hemlock" potion, a plant based poison, for his refusal to accept God and for influencing the youth on this.
Q115. How did Steve Jobs, co founder of Apple Inc. die?
Pancreatic Cancer - 5th October 2011.
Q116. How did Qutb ud din Aibak the Turkic ruler of India (1206-1210) die?
While playing polo he accidentally fell from the horse and was impaled and died in 1210.
Q117. Shah Jehan, the Great Mughal Emperor, died under what circumstances?
22.1.1666 - Ironically, he was imprisoned and kept under house arrest for almost a decade, in Agra Fort, by his own son Aurangazeb and died of dysentery and strangury, a urinary tract problem.
Q118. How did the famous sports (cricket) columnist Peter Roebuck die?
Committed suicide on 12th November 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Q119. How did Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq die?
30.12.2006 - ousted from power by USA and allied forces and was sentenced to death by an Islamic Court.
Q120. Haider Ali, the first Muslim ruler of Mysore, died of ..
Cancer in 1782.
Q121. Vincent Van Gogh was a famous Dutch painter. How did he die?
29.7.1890 - Committed suicide by gun shot due to mental depression.
Q122. Zia ur Rahman, President of Bangladesh died of......
30.5.1981 - shot to death by a group of army officers.
Q123. Under what circumstances, Z.A.Bhutto, former PM of Pakistan die........
4.4.1979 - Hanged to death for murder charges of his political opponent - Ahmad Raza Kasuri.
Q124. How did Theodore Roosevelt, former President of USA die?
6.1.1919 - died of a heart attack in sleep.
Q125. How did Lord Mayo, former Viceroy of India die?
He was assassinated by Sher Ali, a Punjabi freedom fighter, in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on 8.2.1872.
Q126. How did Ferdinand Magellan, the famous circumnavigator die?
27.4.1521 - He was slained by LAPU LAPU, a tribal Chieftain of Mactan Island of Philippines.
Q127. Steve Irwin, the famous crocodile hunter and a famous "Animal Planet" face, died under what circumstances?
4.9.2006 -A sting from the poisonous sea fish 'Sting Ray" which was unfortunately directly into his heart.
Q128. What is unique in the death of Mark Twain, the famous author?
Born on 30.11.1835 and died on 21.4.1910 - The uniqueness in this is that on both these dates, the Haley's Comet appeared.
Q129. How did Lord Louis Mountbatten die?
27.8.1979 Killed by the bombing by Irish Republican Army men in a vessel called "Shadow".
Q130. What is unique in the death of William Shakespeare?
Born on 26.5.1564 - Died on 23.4.1616 - Both days were St. George's Day.
Q131. How did Olof Palme, the former Swedish PM die?
28.2.1986 - He was shot to death by Christer Petterson at Stockholm.
Q132. Who killed John Lennon of the "Beatles" group?
8.12.1980 - shot to death by Mark David Chapman at New York.
Q133. How did King George V of UK die and what is special about it?
30.1.1936 - Acute Bronchitis - To expedite and assist in his death, he was administered with lethal injection (cocaine and morphine) by his own physician. Perhaps the first case of Euthanasia in the modern age.
Q134. What is unique in the death of Sir Winston Churchill?
24.1.1995 - He died on the same date of his father's death i.e.24th January. His father died in 1965.
Q135. How did Spencer Perceval, former PM of UK die?
11.5.1812 - shot to death by John Bellingham.
Q136. How did Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria die?
25.7.1934 - short to death by Austrian Nazis.
Q137. How did Sanjay Gandhi, son of Smt. Indira Gandhi, die?
28.6.1980 - died of an air crash near Safdarjung airport. He himself was flying the aircraft.
Q138. How did Ayrton Senna, the Brazilian F1 driver die?
1.5.1994 - died of a car crash while driving in the San Marino Grand Prix.
Q139. How did Juvenal Habyarimana the President of Rwanda die?
6.4.1994 - His plane was shot down near Kigali International Airport. Along with him the President of Burundi and few others also died.
Q140. How did Hanse Cronje, the former South African Cricket Captain die?
1.6.2002 - died of an air crash along with two pilots in the plane.
Q141. P.B. Shelly, the famous romantic English poet died of ........
8.7.1822 - died of drowning.
Q142. Raman Lamba, the former Indian Cricket Player died of......
While playing club cricket at the Bangabandhu Cricket Stadium in DhakHe was hit on the head by a ball from Mehrab Hussain's bat and died of internal bleeding.
Q143. How did Colonel Gaddaffi - who was the unquestionable leader of Libya for almost 41 years - die?
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi - also Colonel Gaddaffi - (June 1942 - 20.10.2011) was the unquestionable leader of Libya from 1969 to 2011 - in a civil was captured by rebel Libyan forces and short to death on 20th October 2011. It is claimed that one rebel by name Senad el Sadik el Uryebi short him to death.
Q144. How did Steve Jobs, co founder of Apple Inc. die? A. Pancreatic Cancer - 5th October 2011.
Q145. How did Qutb ud din Aibak the Turkic ruler of India (1206-1210) die?
While playing polo he accidentally fell from the horse and was impaled and died in 1210.
Q146. How did the famous sports (cricket) columnist Peter Roebuck die?
Committed suicide on 12th November 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Q147. Haider Ali, the first Muslim ruler of Mysore, died of ......
Cancer in 1782.
