4th January – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 4th January 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 4th  January

Jiiva  is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil films. Son of film producer R. B. Choudry, he started his career as a child actor in his father’s films in 1996. He established himself as a versatile actor in Tamil Cinema
Aditya Pancholi    is an Indian film actor working in Hindi Cinema. Aditya has also proved his worth in many villainous roles as well, the recent being Dum Maro Dum. His performance in Yes Boss and the double role in Jung was very well received.
Gurdas Maan is an Punjabi singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actor. He is considered one of the most notable figures in the world of Punjabi music. He was born in Giddarbaha village of Indian Punjab and gained national attention in 1980 with the song “Dil Da Mamla Hai.” Since then
Nirupa Roy  was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films. Roy was mostly known for portraying character roles of the Indian mother. She played leading roles in her early films and started playing mother roles during the 1970s–80s
Pradeep Kumar   was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi films. When Kumar was 17 years old, he decided to take up acting. His started his film career in Bengali films. His notable roles in Bengali films were in Alaknanda(1947) directed by renowned filmmaker Debaki Bose and in ’42 (1951).

Death anniversaries on 4th January:

Rahul Dev Burman  was an Indian film score composer, who is considered one of the seminal music directors of the Indian film industry. Nicknamed Pancham da, he was the only son of the noted composer Sachin Dev Burman. From the 1960s to the 1990s
Lieutenant-General Sir  a British Army officer. He is chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden and other operations during the Second World War
Vajramuni  was an actor in the Kannada film industry who acted in more than 300 movies. He died at the age of 62. He had been suffering from protracted kidney-related illness and was on dialysis for a couple of years. Nata Bairava Nata Bhayankara was the reward given to him by the media and fans.In his film career
Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar   was the Chief Minister of Tripura in India from February 5, 1988 to February 19, 1992
Sir Thomas Richard Fraser   was a British physician and pharmacologist. Fraser made his studies at the University of Edinburgh and took his Ph.D. in 1862. In 1869 Fraser was a medical assistant professor at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

Notable Events:

1881 Publication of newspaper ‘Kesri’ started
1889 Judge M. Patanjali Sastri, Chief Justice of India, was born
1892 J. C. Kumarappa, a Gandhian by thought, was born
1906 Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Calcutta

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