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Sep 21, 2015
BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya passes away in Kolkata
Jagmohan Dalmiya, the president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), passed away at a city hospital on Sunday evening following a massive cardiac arrest.He was 75.
Dalmiya took over the reins of the BCCI for a second time in March, after a gap of 10 years, when he got a walkover in the elections. But he has been ailing since then, and his health had deteriorated further over the last few weeks.
About Jagmohan Dalmiya
- He had initially made a name in the construction business, which he took over from his father at the age of 20, and joined the BCCI in 1979.
- Along with the then BCCI president NKP Salve and IS Bindra, Dalmiya was the force behind bringing the World Cup to India and Pakistan in 1987, the first time the tournament was staged outside England.
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