24th December – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 24th December 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 24th December

Anil Kapoor  is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in many Bollywood films and more recently international films. He won his first Filmfare Award, in the Best Supporting Actor category, for his role in Yash Chopra’s Mashaal (1984). Kapoor earned his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in N. Chandra’s Tezaab.
Mohammad Rafi   is considered by many to be the greatest Indian male playback singer of all time in Hindi Film Industry. In his lifetime, he was awarded the National Film Award, Best National Singer Award and six Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.
Anubhav Mohanty   is an Ollywood and Tollywood Bangla stars in the state of Orissa in India. Anubhav Mohanty made his debut in films in I Love You in 2004 opposite Mumbai based TV actress Namrata Thapa. He made his debut in Bengali Films with the movie Saathi Amaar opposite Rachana Banerjee in a special appearance.
Michael Colin Cowdrey,  Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE (24 December 1932 – 4 December 2000), better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976. He was the first cricketer to play in 100 Test matches and held the records for the most runs by a batsman and most catches by a fielder.
Rajesh Ranjan better known as Pappu Yadav (popular name “Netajee”), is a politician. He won elections to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India) in 1991, 1996, 1999, and in 2004 from several constituencies in Bihar as an Independent / SP / Lok Janata Party / RJD candidate.

Death anniversaries on 24th December :

Erode Venkata Ramasamy   affectionately called by his followers as Periyar, Thanthai Periyar or E. V. R., was a businessman, politician, Indian independence and social activist, who started the Self-Respect Movement or the Dravidian Movement and proposed the creation of an independent state called Dravida Nadu comprising South India
Erode Venkata Ramasamy  affectionately called by his followers as Periyar, Thanthai Periyar or E. V. R., was a businessman, politician, Indian independence and social activist, who started the Self-Respect Movement or the Dravidian Movement and proposed the creation of an independent state called Dravida Nadu comprising South India
Dr. Paluvayi Bhanumathi Ramakrishna (7 September 1925 – 24 December 2005) was a noted Indian film actress, director, music director, singer, producer, book writer and songs writer. Most of her works are in Telugu and Tamil languages. She was born as third child to Saraswatamma and Bommaraju Venkata Subbaiah, in Doddavaram village of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh
Periyar E. V. Ramaswamy (September 17, 1879 ￢ﾀﾓ December 24, 1973),also known as Ramaswami, EVR, Thanthai Periyar, or Periyar, was an Indian social reformer, who founded the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. EVR’s given name was Ramaswami. He was from a prominent Kannada Naicker caste, a community that descended from the Nayak rulers of Tamil Nadu.
V. K. Ramasamy was a Tamil actor, comedian and film producer who was known for the supporting roles he played in films in the years between 1950s and 1980s. He had acted in a number of movies with various Tamil film heroes essaying the roles of Comedian and supporting characters

Notable Events:

1524  Vasco De Gama, Portuguese navigator who discovered India, died in Cochin
1762  Gopalrao defeated in the battle of Jamkhindi.
1809 Christopher “Kit” Carson, KY, union brig-general and Indian fighter, was born.
1880 Pattabhi Sitaramayya, politician and president of Indian National Congress, was born in Andhra Pradesh.

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