What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 27th July 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 27th July.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Rahul Bose (born 27 July 1967) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, social activist, and rugby union player. Bose has appeared in Hindi films such as Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Jhankaar Beats. Time magazine named him “the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema” for his work in parallel cinema films like English, August and Mr. and Mrs. Iyer.
- Rinke Khanna ( born Rinkle Khanna on 27 July 1977) is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actor Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia and is the sister of Twinkle Khanna and sister-in-law of actor Akshay Kumar. She made her film debut with Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi (1999), changing her screen name from Rinkle to Rinke.
- Uddhav Thackeray (born 27 July 1960) is the executive president of the Shiv Sena, a right-wing, Marathi ethnocentric regional political party based in the Indian state of Maharashtra. He was given this role in 2004, taking over from his father and party founder, Hindu nationalist politician Balasaheb Thackeray.
- Bharati Mukherjee (born July 27, 1940) is an award-winning Indian-born American writer. She is currently a professor in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Of Bengali origin, Mukherjee was born in Calcutta (now called Kolkata), West Bengal, India. She later travelled with her parents to Europe after Independence, only returning to Calcutta in the early 1950s.
Death anniversaries on 27th July:
- Amjad Khan (12 November 1940 – 27 July 1992) was an acclaimed Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in a career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films, the most famous being the unforgettable Gabbar Singh in the 1975 classic Sholay and of Dilawar in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978).
- Sálim Moizuddin Abdul Ali (November 12, 1896 – July 27, 1987) was an Indian ornithologist and naturalist. Known as the “birdman of India”, Salim Ali was among the first Indians to conduct systematic bird surveys across India and his bird books helped develop ornithology. He became the key figure behind the Bombay Natural History Society after 1947 .
- Ravi Baswani (September 29, 1946 – July 27, 2010) was a well known Indian film actor, most famous for his role in Sai Paranjpe’s Chashme Buddoor (1981) and Kundan Shah’s cult comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), for which he won Filmfare Best Comedian Award in 1984. He was noted for his comic timing and underplaying of a character in the true sense of th word.
- Jagdish Chandra Jain (20 January 1909 – 28 July 1993) was a renowned scholar, indologist, educationist, writer, and freedom fighter during the freedom struggle of India. He authored over 80 books on a variety of subjects, including Jain philosophy, Prakrit literature, and Hindi text books (for children), which are used in schools all over India.
Notable Events:
- 1887 – Sardar Davar Tehmuras Kavasji, social worker and lawyer, was born.
- 1889 – Branch of Indian National Congress, ‘British India Committee’ , was established under the leadership of Dadabhai Navroji.
- 1910 – Bande Ali Khan, great singer of `Beenkar’ and `Kirana Gharana’, passed away.
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