Indian Photographer Raghu Rai Dies at 83

Raghu Rai, the renowned Indian photographer, passed away on April 26 in New Delhi at the age of 83 after a two-year struggle with prostate cancer. He was born in 1942 in Jhang, which is now in Pakistan, and took up photography in the 1960s, inspired by his older brother. Rai gained recognition in 1965 when he won a competition held by The Times in London with a picture of a baby donkey. He worked at Hindustan Times before becoming chief photographer for The Statesman in 1966. Over his impressive career, he captured significant events like the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and the 1984 Bhopal disaster, earning the Padma Shri in 1972. He founded the Raghu Rai Foundation in 2010 and is survived by his wife and three children.