8th June’22 – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 8th of 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 occur 8th of June

 
Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia (born 8 June 1957) is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut at the age of 16, playing the title role in Raj Kapoor’s teen romance Bobby (1973). In that same year she married Indian actor Rajesh Khanna, and retired from acting. Kapadia returned to the film industry in 1984, following her separation from Khanna.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra (born 8 June 1975) is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi films, in addition to Kannada, Telugu and Tamil films. Shetty made her acting debut with Baazigar (1993), following which she played a dual role in the action comedy Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), both of which were commercial successes.
Atishi is an Indian politician, educator, and political activist. She is a member of the Political Affairs Committee of Aam Aadmi Party. She served as Advisor to the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, primarily on education, from July 2015 to 17 April 2018, when she was sacked by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for holding an unapproved designation.
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
Jagjeet Sandhu is an Indian film actor and theatre artist who works in Punjabi cinema. He started his career with biography film Rupinder Gandhi in 2015. Sandhu is best known for his role of “Bhola” in Rupinder Gandhi film series and “Romi Gill” in Dakuaan Da Munda.
M.N. Vijayan (also known as Vijayan Mash) (8 June 1930 – 3 October 2007) was an Indian writer, orator and academic. M.N. Vijayan was born in Lokamaleshwaram, Kerala, India. He was educated in Pathinettarayalam L.P. School, Kodungallur Boys High School, Ernakulam Maharajas College, and Government Law College, Ernakulam.
P. C. Kuttikrishnan, popularly known by his penname Uroob (1915 – 1979) was a famous Malayalam writer from Kerala state, South India. He along with writers like Basheer, Thakazhi, Kesavadev, and Pottekkatt formed the progressive writers in Malayalam during the twentieth century.
 

Notable Moments

 
1915 Geeta Rahasya’, written by Lokmanya Tilak, published.
1936 Akashwani Radio was later changed into All India Radio (AIR) in 1958.
1992 55-60\% polling takes place in the Andhra, Bihar, W. Bengal and Delhi by-elections.
1992 Assets of 31 persons including Harshad Mehta attached.
1998 Sani Abacha, 54, Nigerian President, died in Abuja of heart attack.
 

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