22nd February- What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 22nd February 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 22nd February

Gurmeet Choudhary (born 22 February 1984) is an Indian actor. He debuted in the 2008 television series Ramayan as Lord Rama. He also played Maan Singh Khurana in STAR One’s Tv show Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi. He is currently playing the role of Yash in Punar Vivah on Zee TV. Gurmeet Choudhary was born to Bihari family in Chandigarh

Tia Bajpai (original name Twinkle Bajpai) is an Indian television and film actress. She was a finalist on the reality television music competition show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. She was born in Lucknow, India. In 2005, Twinkle (now Tia), being desperate to become a singer, signed up for an audition on the super-popular music show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa when she was just 20

Sooraj R. Barjatya is an Indian Hindi film director. His films are produced under the Rajshri Productions banner which was first founded in 1947 by his late grandfather Tarachand Barjatya. As a director he is most known for his early hits, Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) and Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994). Barjatya was born in Mumbai. He attended St. Mary’s School in Mumba

Shilpa Shukla is an actress known for playing the role of Bindiya Naik, a member of the Indian women’s national hockey team, in the sports-oriented movie Chak De India, starring Shahrukh Khan. Shukla has also acted in award-winning movies such as Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) and Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.

Teja is an Indian film director, writer, producer and cinematographer. He directed many blockbusters Such as Jayam, Nijam, Nuvvu Nenu, Chitram etc. He is one of the most popular and top directors of tollywood. He has won many awards. Director Teja made a slam-bang entry into Tollywood with a string of super-hit movies. He gave new life to budding heroes like Uday Kiran,

Death anniversaries on 22nd February

Maulana Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed Azad   (11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was an Indian Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement.

Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi (born Kasturba Makhanji)(11 April 1869–22 February 1944) was the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, marrying him in an arranged marriage in 1882. Born to wealthy businessman Gokuladas Kapadia of Porbandar, Kasturba was arranged to be married to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Josh Malihabadi  (born as Shabbir Hasan Khan; (December 5, 1894 – February 22, 1982) was a noted Urdu poet born in British India, who was an Indian citizen until 1958, when he emigrated to Pakistan and became a Pakistani citizen.

Notable Events:

1885  Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born.

1905  Purushotamsing Bajaj, industrialist and social worker, was born at Shikarpur (Sind)

1913 Judge Mirza Hameedullah Beg, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born in Lucknow.

1944  Kasturba Gandhi passed away in British imprisonment in Aga Khan Palace at Pune.

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