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Obituary Events in January 2001

Jan. 3:

Noted Gandhian, Dr. Sushila Nayyar (95), at Sevagram, near Wardha in Maharashtra.

Jan. 12:

Mr. William Hewlett (87), co-founder, Hewlett-Packard Co. and pioneer of Silicon Valley, in his sleep in Pao Alto, California.

Jan. 18:

Auberon Waugh (61), English man of letters and son of novelist, Evelyn Waugh, of a heart condition, in Somerset.

Jan. 25:

The senior BJP leader, Mrs. Vijayaraje Scindia (82), at the Apollo Hospital, New Delhi after a prolonged illness.

Events 2001