Hunsdeep Rangar ran South Asian Fest and 'always wanted to put Ottawa on the map'
Krystalle Ramlakhan · CBC News · Posted: Jun 08, 2019 8:08 PM ET | Last Updated: June 9
Hunsdeep Rangar was remembered Saturday as a champion for Ottawa and for bringing its diverse communities together. The organizer of the annual South Asian Fest died unexpectedly at the age of 43. (Hallie Cotnam/CBC)
Ottawa's South Asian community is in mourning after the sudden death of one of its most prominent members.
Hunsdeep Rangar was the organizer of the city's annual South Asian Fest and a champion for both the local community and Canada's capital as a whole.
His family said Rangar died from a heart attack in his sleep Friday at the age of 43.
"Hunsdeep was our main pillar in our South Asian community in Ottawa," said friend Ajitpal Dhaliwal.
"He was always representing the 613 and always wanted to put Ottawa on the map."
