8th January – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History? 

Find out what happened on 8th 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 8th January

Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family from Tirunelveli and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, K. K. Nagar. His father,
Sagarika Ghatge  is an Indian film actress best known for her debut role as Preeti Sabarwal in the Bollywood movie, Chak De! India. Ghatge was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra to a Maratha family. Her father Vijayendra Ghatge is a veteran actor, and she is a descendant of Royal Holkar Dynasty of Indore
Nanda  is an Indian film actress of Hindi films and Marathi films. Nanda was born in a Maharashtrian show-business family to Vinayak Damodar Karnataki (Master Vinayak), a successful Marathi actor-director .Her father died when Nanda was a child. The family faced hard times.
Saeed Jaffrey OBE  is an Indian-born British actor, who has done numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab. His film credits include The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) (1977), Gandhi (1982), A Passage to India (1965 BBC version and 1984 film)
Nafisa Ali  is an actress and social activist from India. Nafisa Ali was born to photographer, Ahmed Ali, son of S. Wajid Ali and brother of Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah. She hails from Faridabad, Haryana. Her mother’s name is Philomena Torresan, who is now settled in Australia. Her brother is the Australia-based motor rallyist, Niaz Ali.

Death anniversaries on 8th January:

Keshub Chandra Sen  was an Indian Bengali Hindu philosopher and social reformer who attempted to incorporate Christian theology within the framework of Hindu thought. Born a Hindu
Padmanabh Govind “Nana” Joshi  was a cricket player who kept wicket for India in Test cricket. Joshi was born in Baroda, Gujarat, India in 1926. He first gained attention as a cricket player when he scored 100 notout for Central Province Governor’s XI against the touring Commonwealth XI in addition to dismissing six batsmen
Mahadeva Subramania Mani was an Indian entomologist especially famous for his studies on high altitude entomology. Early school records and University of Madras, MA Degree certificate show his name as M. Subramanya.
Manilal Maganlal Doctor  was an Indian-born, London educated lawyer and politician, who travelled to numerous countries of the British Empire, including Fiji, Mauritius and Aden, providing legal assistance to the local ethnic Indian population

Notable Events:

1872  Hemchandra Goswami, ancient Asamia literature expert, historian, editor and poet, was born
1884  Keshav Chunder Sen, nationalist leader of Bengal, social worker and good orator of Brahma Samaj, passed away at his home in Lily Cottage, Calcutta. He was one of the first Indians to sow the seeds of secularism in our country. He strongly believed that education was the basic necessity to change the society
1890 Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary
1895  Ramchandra Sakharam Ruikar, freedom fighter, pioneer of the labour movement in India and President of All India Trade Union Congress, was born at Rui village, district Kolhapur, Maharashtra

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