17th April – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on 17th of April 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 17th April

Vikram (born as Vikram Kennedy on 17 April 1966) is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil language films. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won six Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by People’s University of Milan in May 2011.
Siddharth (born 17 April 1980) is an Indian film actor, who primarily acts in Telugu films. He occasionally works as a playback singer and screenplay writer as well. After his business management studies, Siddharth chose to work in film making and worked as an assistant director before making his acting debut in the 2003 Tamil film Boys. In the subsequent years, he has worked in many Telugu
Sunaina is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Tamil films, also acted in two Telugu, one Kannada and Malayalam language films. She got her break in the Tamil film Kadhalil Vizhunthen, which co-starred Nakul. It was a major success in the box office. Sunaina was born on 17 April 1989 in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. She attended Mount Carmel Girls’ High School,
Kinshuk Mahajan is an Indian actor and model, who appears in Indian soaps. He is best known for his roles in Star Plus’s serials Sapna Babul Ka…Bidaai and Chand Chupa Badal Mein. As a teenage boy, Mahajan played a small role in a Hindi film, Delhi Heights. He acted in the serial Dhoom Machaao Dhoom on Disney where he played the role of Adiraj.He played DEV in KAJJAL in Sony TV as main lead.
Aziz Mian Qawwal (April 17, 1942 – December 6, 2000) was one of Pakistan’s leading traditional qawwals and also famous for singing ghazals in a unique style of qawwali. Aziz is still one of the most popular qawwals of South Asia. He is responsible for the longest commercially released qawwali, Hashr Ke Roz Yeh Poochhunga, which runs slightly over 115 minutes.

Death anniversaries on 17th April

Dr Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, OM, FBA  5 September 1888, Tiruttani, Tamil Nadu – 17 April 1975) was a scholar and statesman who was President of India from 1962 to 1967. He was the first Vice President of India (1952–1962). One of India’s most influential scholars of comparative religion and philosophy,
Soundarya Born Sowmya; 18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004) was an Indian film actress who appeared primarily in Telugu films besides acting in many Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and also in a Bollywood film. She was much sought after actress in the 90’s decade and had acted in more than 90 films, most of them in Telugu.
Vaishnavi (1986 – 17 April 2006) was an Indian television actress. Vaishnavi appeared in the serials Anni, Muhurtham, and Malargal. She acted in many TV serials and also acted as Sherin’s friend in Whistle. She was also the video jockey for the programme titled Kondattam for SUN TV. On 17 April 2006, Vaishnavi hanged herself in her home after a fight with actor Dev Anand.
Lieutenant General Sir (John) Martin (Carruthers) Garrod KCB CMG OBE DL (29 May 1935 – 17 April 2009) was a Royal Marines officer who became Commandant General Royal Marines. Educated at Sherwood College, Nainital in India and Sherborne School, Garrod joined the Royal Marines in 1953 and was deployed to Cyprus in 1955 and again in 1958 during the Cypus Emergency.
Nityananda Mohapatra (17 July 1912 – 17 April 2012) was an Indian Oriya politician, poet and journalist. He was imprisoned three times by the British Raj between 1930 and 1942 for nationalist activities. He came to literary prominence as editor of the Oriya magazine Dagara, and as a short story writer after independence.
 

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