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What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 24th 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 24th August .
- Aditi Sharma is a Bollywood Actress, she got famous for her roles in Mausam and Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Aditi Sharma was born in Lucknow on 24 August 1984 (27 Year’s). She is winner of talent-hunt show called India’s Best Cinestars Ki Khoj that premiered on Zee TV in 2004. Aditi is also a busy brand ambassador for various brands like ‘Tata Sky’,’Dominos Pizza’,’Colgate’,’Fair & Lovely’ and many more.
- Himani Kapoor is an Indian singer and finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. She also hosted a show with Karan Oberoi on Zee TV called “Antakshari”. She also competed in Star Plus’s Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. She also completed in a show called Music ka Maha Muqabla on Star plus as Mika ki Sherni. Completed her world tour with Himmesh Reshammiya in 2007.
- Sikander Bakht (August 24, 1918 – February 23, 2004) was a politician from India. He was one of the Indian statesman and one of tallest leaders of BJP. Sikander Bakht was born in Delhi, India in 1918. He attended the Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School, Delhi and completed his Bachelor of Science from the Anglo-Arabic College (now known as Zakir Husain College) in Delhi.
- Manoj Bhat (popularly known as Manoj) is a Researcher working with Software Engineering R&D department, TCS Innovation Labs – TRDDC, Tata Consultancy Services. His primary area of research is Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Engineering. He joined TCS in 2009 after completing his Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science and Engineering from the Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology.
Death anniversaries on 24th August:
- Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer, who played in first class cricket matches during 1911–1948. Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), India. He was, by profession, a professor at S. P. College in Pune. He was an aggressive right-hand batsman and also a bowler known for his legbreaks.
- Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai shortly V. Ramalingam Pillai(October 19, 1888 – August 24, 1972) was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India and independence fighter. He is well known for his poems about independence.
- Kalyanji Virji Shah (June 30, 1928 – 24 August 2000) was Kalyanji of Kalyanji-Anandji duo. He and his brother, Anandji Virji Shah have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, for Kora Kagaz. Kalyanji was born to Virji Shah, a Kutchi businessman in Kundrodi, Kutch, Gujarat, who migrated from Kutch to Mumbai to start a Kirana (provision store).
Notable Events:
1600 – East India Company’s first ship ‘HECTOR’ reached at Surat Port.
1608 – The first English convoy lands at Surat.
1689 – Calcutta city was established.
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