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What Happened Today In History? 

 Find out what happened on 7th 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 7th December.

  • Lourde-Mary Rajeswari Eswari(L. R. Eswari) “L.R.ஈஸ்வரி”is a Veteran playback singer of the Tamil movie industry. She also sang in other languages like Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu, and English. She has won Kalaimamani, the Tamil Nadu’s state award for her contributions to the film industry. She was born in Chennai into a Roman Catholic family to Anthony Devraj and Regina Mary Nirmala.
  • Surender Reddy (Telugu: సురేందర్ రెడ్డి, born December 7, 1975 in Jammikunta, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India) is a Tollywood film director. He made his directorial debut with Athanokkade and is noted for his recent movie Kick with Ravi Teja.
  • Pramukh Swami Maharaj (Gujarati: પ્રમુખ સ્વામી મહારાજ) (born Shantilal Patel, 7 December 1921; ordained Shastri Narayanswarupdas) is the current guru and fifth spiritual successor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan in the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, a Hindu organization.
  • Bobby and Sanjay are an Indian screenwriter duo working in Malayalam cinema. They are the sons of the actor Prem Prakash who is the brother of the late veteran actor Jose Prakash. Bobby and Sanjay are noted scriptwriters in Malayalam films. They started their film career with Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (2003), which was a great critical and commercial success in Kerala.
  • Sanjay Gupta (born December 7, 1966) is an Indian comic book writer, editor, and the studio head and co-founder of Raj comics. He is famous for establishing the superhero comics genre in India and in Hindi language. He gave platform to Anupam Sinha who created the most famous comic character Super Commando Dhruva who has no super power like American character Batman
  • Major-General Sir John Edward Capper KCB KCVO (7 December 1861 – 24 May 1955) was a senior officer of the British Army during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who served on the North-West Frontier of British India, in South Africa and during the First World War, where he was instrumental in the development of the tank.
  • K. A. Mathiazhagan was an Indian politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He served as a Finance Minister in the Tamil Nadu government and speaker in the Legislative Assembly. He was born on 7 December 1926 in Kaniyur in Coimbatore district as Somasunduram. He studied at the Boarding High School in Udumalpet.

Death anniversaries on 7th December :

  • Dharmavarapu Subramanyam (Telugu: ధర్మవరపు సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం) is an actor and director in Telugu language films. He was born on August 9, 1960 in a Telugu Brahmin family in Komminenivari Palem, Ballikuruva Mandalam, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. He directed a movie with Naresh, Thoka Leni Pitta, and his first movie is Jayammu Nischayammu Raa.
  • Subrata Mitra (Bengali: সুব্রত মিত্র, 12 October 1930 – 7 December 2001) was an Indian cinematographer. Acclaimed for his work in The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959), Mitra is often considered one of the greatest of Indian cinematographers. At the age of 21, Mitra, who had never held a camera before, began his career as a cinematographer with Satyajit Ray, the legendary Indian film maker
  • James Morris Colquhoun Colvin VC (26 August 1870 – 7 December 1945) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Colvin was born in Bijnor, United Provinces, British India.

 Notable Events:

  • 1825 First Steam Engine Ship “Enterprise” reached Calcutta.
  • 1856 First Hindu widow married officially.
  • 1979 First International Children’s Films Festival was held in Bombay.
  • 1989 Hemananda Biswal sworn in as Orissa Chief Minister.
  • 1997 Leander Paes awarded ‘The Sportstar’ award.

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