14th August - What Happened Today In History?

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 14th 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 occurred on 14th August .

Famous Birthdays in History on this day:

Sunidhi Chauhan (born Nidhi Chauhan on 14 August 1983) is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi film songs in Bollywood. She has also recorded songs for Punjabi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati films . Chauhan began to sing at the age of four and was discovered by a local TV anchor.
Ram Mohun Roy, Ram Mohun also spelled Rammohun, Rammohan, or Ram Mohan (22 May 1772 – 27 September 1833), was an Indian religious, social, and educational reformer who challenged traditional Hindu culture and indicated the lines of progress for Indian society under British rule. He is sometimes called the “Maker of Modern India”.
Mohnish Bahl is an Indian actor working in the Indian film industry and on Indian television. Mohnish Bahl is a member of the Mukherjee-Samarth family. His parents were the late actress Nutan and late Rajnish Bahl a lieutenant commander in the Indian Navy. He is the grandson of the late actress Shobhna Samarth, nephew of actress Tanuja and cousin of actresses Kajol Devgan .
Jennifer Dinshaw Kotwal is a Parsi model and actress from Mumbai, India. She went to school at Villa Teresa High School in Mumbai, and completed her studies with a degree in Economics at HR College, also in Mumbai. She started her acting career with Hindi television serials such as Just Mohabbat. She has modelled for Lakme, Fanta, Close-up and Cadbury, among others.
Poonam Jhawer ( born 14 August 1976) is an Indian glamour model, Bollywood film maker, singer and actress. She started her bollywood career with the blockbuster Hindi film Mohra. Her work also includes few successful projects in the South Indian film industry. Poonam Jhawer was born on 14 August 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was born in a business class family.
Gautam Rode also known as Gautam Rhode (गौतम रोडे) (born 14 August 1977) is an Indian actor and a former model, working in the Hindi Film Industry and TV serials. Rode initially started out his acting career in Bollywood with the film Annarth (2002), starring opposite Preeti Jhangiani. He has also done a lot of ads as well as albums.

Death anniversaries on 14th August:

Shammi Kapoor (born Shamsher Raj Prithviraj Kapoor; 21 October 1931. – 14 August 2011) was an Indian film actor and director. He was a prominent lead actor in Hindi cinema from the late 1950s until the early 1970s and played supportng roles from 1974 to 2011. Shammi Kapoor is hailed as one of the most entertaining lead actors that Hindi cinema has ever produced.
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (born May 26, 1945), popularly known as Vilasrao is the current Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences. He has previously held the posts of Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj, Government of India and Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Government of India.
Mr. Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (born January 15, 1926 – August 14, 1984), or KD Jadhav, widely known as ‘Pocket Dynamo’, was independent India’s first individual Olympic medalist when he won the freestyle wrestling bronze medal at the 1952 Helsinki Games. Since 1900 when Norman Pritchard won two silver medals in athletics.
Ronald Ernest Stephen Yeldham (18 August 1902–14 August 1983) was an Indian born cricketer. He played six first-class cricket in British India between 1925 and 1927, including one for the MCC. He later played twice for Egypt against HM Martineau’s XI.

Notable Events:
1862 – Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.
1896 – Gandhiji published “The Green Pamphlet” at Rajkot and then toured to Bombay, Madras, Poona and Calcutta educating Indians in regard to grievances of South African Indians.
1900 – S. K. Patil, Congress leader, was born.