What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 8th 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 8th June.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Shilpa Shetty (born 8 June 1975) is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993), she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 film Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been willing to reinvent herself quite often.
- Ronnie Screwvala ( born 8 June 1956, Bombay) is an Indian film producer and CEO and founder chairman of ‘UTV Group’ (UTV Software Communications, UTVi, and UTV Motion Pictures) which recently partnered with Walt Disney, Fox Searchlight, Sony and Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment production company, expanding its global reach.
Death anniversaries on 8th June:
- Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009) was one of the most popular Indian Urdu, Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor. He is the writer of plays such as, Agra Bazar (1954) and Charandas Chor (1975). A pioneer in Urdu, Hindi theatre, he is most known for his work with Chhattisgarhi tribals, at the Naya Theatre, a theatre company he founded in 1959 in Bhopal.
- K. S. R. Das (5 January 1936 – 8 June 2012) or Doss (Telugu: కె. ఆర్. దాస్) was an Indian film director and editor. He had directed many blockbuster films in many South Indian language films, primarily Telugu and Kannada films. He was born on 5 January 1936. He worked for about 40 films in different positions.
Notable Events:
- 1915-Geeta Rahasya’, written by Lokmanya Tilak, published.
- 1936-Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
- 1948-Malabar Princess’, Air India’s first international flight, takes off from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. This was weekly air service was started between India to United Kingdom.
- 1990-Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Nepal PM, and his Indian counterpart V.P.Singh decide to restore normal ties.
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