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Today In History?
Find out what happened on the 11th of July 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 July
Nilanjana Sudeshna “Jhumpa” Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is an American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian. Her debut collection of short-stories Interpreter of Maladies (1999) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name.
Kumar Gaurav (born 11 July 1960) is an Indian film actor and son of late actor Rajendra Kumar. He has acted in several hit films such as Love Story, Teri Kasam, Star, Naam, and Kaante.
Mani Sharma is an Indian composer and music director who works in Telugu and Tamil films. He has scored music for almost 200 films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi languages. He is known as the Melody Bramha in Telugu Film Industry and is known for background music and re-recordings.
Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu (born 11 July 1953) is an Indian politician and India’s Sherpa to the G20. He was formerly the Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation in the First Modi ministry. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
Bala Palanisamy is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, working in Tamil cinema. Often considered to be one of the finest Indian directors, Bala is widely acclaimed for “revolutionizing Tamil cinema” through his realistic, dark and disturbing depiction of the working class on celluloid screen.
Notable Moments
1924 Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi.
1973 India frees 438 Pakistani prisoners on medical grounds.
1994 Delhi IG (prisons) Kiran Bedi wins Magsaysay Award for public service.
1998 Indians bag a silver and a bronze at the International Physics Olympiad in Reykjavik.
1998 The Government reduces customs duty on edible oils under the Open General Licence from 20 to 10 per cent.