NCIC president Deoroop Teemal dies at 68

August 3, 2025

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NCIC president Deoroop Teemal dies at 68

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Independent senator and president of the National Council of Indian Culture (NCIC) Deoroop Teemal has died peacefully at his home in St Augustine early on August 3.

He was 68 and would have turned 69 in September.

The Teemal family announced his passing in a public statement, remembering him as a man who lived a life of “integrity, devotion and service.”

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