5th August – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 5th of 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 occur 5th of August

Kajol Devgn (born 5 August 1974), known mononymously as Kajol, is an Indian actress appearing in Hindi and Tamil films. She has received six Filmfare Awards, among eleven nominations and along with her late aunt Nutan, holds the record for most Best Actress wins at Filmfare, with five.

Genelia D’Souza (born 5 August 1987) is an Indian film actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, Genelia began her acting career with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003.

Sudha Rani (born 14th August 1974) is an Indian actress in Kannada film industry. She has featured in several commercial and critically acclaimed films in Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu. Some of her notable films include Anand (1986), Panchama Veda (1989), Mysooru Mallige (1992), Mannina Doni (1992), Anuraga Sangama (1995) and Sparsha (2000) among others.

K. Balaji (5 August 1934 – 2 May 2009) was a South Indian producer and actor whose work included Billa. Balaji was born in a prominent Tamil Brahmin (Iyengar) family and was the grandson of a very prominent colonial era advocate T. Rangachari.

Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad pronunciation (help·info) (born 5 August 1969 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is a former Indian cricketer. He is the bowling coach for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, having formerly performed the same role for the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2009.

Death Anniversaries on 5th August

Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj (commonly known as Lala Amarnath; 11 September 1911 – 5 August 2000) was an Indian Test cricketer. He was the first cricketer to score a Test century for the Indian cricket team, which he achieved on debut.

Bhai Puran Singh ( June 4, 1904 – August 5, 1992) was born in Rajewal (Rahon) Ludhiana district, Punjab. Born into a Hindu family, he was given the name Ramjidas as a child. Later, while still a child, he choose to become a Sikh.

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