11th August’20 – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 11th of August in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 11th of August

 
Suniel Shetty (born 11 August 1961) is an Indian film actor, producer and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Bollywood films while also working in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Marathi film Industries. In a career spanning more than 25 years, he has acted in more than 110 films.
Pervez Musharraf (Parvez Musarraf; born 11 August 1943) is a Pakistani politician and retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army, who was the 10th President of Pakistan from 2001 until tendering his resignation, to avoid impeachment, in 2008.
Pramod Kumar Misra (IAST: Pramoda Kumara Misra; born 11 August 1948), often abbreviated to as P. K. Misra, is a re-employed 1972 batch IAS officer belonging to Gujarat cadre. He currently is the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
Sai Kiran Adivi is an Indian Telugu film director & writer. He first worked as an assistant to Sekhar Kammula and made his debut with Vinayakudu (2008), starring Krishnudu in the lead role. His next film was Village Lo Vinayakudu, the sequel to Vinayakudu.
Sri Prakash Lohia (born 11 August 1952) is an Indian-born-Indonesian billionaire businessman, and the founder and chairman of Indorama Corporation, a diversified petrochemical and textile company.Lohia hails from India but has spent the majority of his professional life in Indonesia since 1974.
 

Notable Moments

 
1893 First Hindu-Muslim riots in Maharashtra.
1956 The Lok Sabha passed the States Reorganisation Act.
1961 Dadra and Nagar Haweli declared as Union Territory States.
1997 135 persons killed in flash floods in Shimla & Kiannaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
1999 Ramnath Parkar, former Indian opening batsman, died in Mumbai.
 

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