What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 7th June 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 7th June.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Amrita Rao is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. Beginning her career as a model, Rao made her acting debut with Ab Ke Baras (2002). She then starred in Ken Ghosh’s love-story Ishq Vishk (2003) and earned a Filmfare nomination in the “Best Female Debut” category. Amrita was born in Mumbai to a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family.
- 1975 — Ekta Kapoor, Indian TV and film producer, was born .
- 1954 — Jayanthi Natarajan, Indian union minister, was born.
Death anniversaries on 7th June:
- Basappa Danappa Jatti ( 10 September 1912 – 7 June 2002) was the fifth Vice President of India. He was Acting President of India from 11 February 1977 to 25 July 1977.
- Alladi Ramakrishnan (9 August 1923 – 7 June 2008) was an Indian physicist and the founder of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Mat-science) in Chennai. He made seminal contributions to Stochastic Process, Particle Physics, Matrix Algebra, Special Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics.
Notable Events:
- 1893: Mahatma Gandhi carried out first act of civil disobedience.
- 1631-Begum Mumtaj Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan, Emperor of India, passed away at Burhanpur a few hours after the birth of a daughter. She was married in 1612 and the Taj Mahal was built for her.
- 1955-Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, visited U.S.S.R.
- 1974-Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis star, was born. He is the winner of French Open 1997 (mixed doubles) and 1999 (doubles) and Wimbledon 1999.