8th Nov – What Happened Today In History?

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Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 8th of November 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 November

Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (8 November 1919 – 12 June 2000) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He was popularly known by his initials or as P. L. Deshpande. Deshpande was also an accomplished film and stage actor, music composer, harmonium player, singer, and orator. Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was born on 8 November 1919 in Gaodevi

Lal Krishna Advani ( born on 8 November 1927, at Karachi) known as L.K Advani is a Veteran Indian politician. A former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is currently the major opposition party in the Indian Parliament.

Usha Uthup (born November 8, 1947) is a popular Indian pop, jazz and playback singer. She is well known for popular hits in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Usha was born in Mumbai, in a Tamil Brahmin family that hailed from Tamil Nadu, in Madras (now Chennai) in 1947.

Sagarika Ghose (born 8 November 1964) is an Indian journalist, news anchor and author. Ghose received her bachelor’s degree in History from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. A recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship, she has a Bachelor’s in Modern History from Magdalen College and an M.Phil

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (b. 8 November 1893 to d. 25 November 1964) was one of the most important carnatic music violinists of the 20th century. Naidu was partially blind. He played at the National Physical Laboratory auditorium, New Delhi in 1952, to raise funds for the Blind Relief Association.

Death Anniversaries on 8th of November

Salim Nuruddin Jahangir (full title: Al-Sultan al-‘Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Khushru-i-Giti Panah, Abu’l-Fath Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Padshah Ghazi) (20 September 1569 – 8 November 1627) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death.

Wilfred Ruprecht Bion DSO (8 September 1897 – 8 November 1979) was an influential British psychoanalyst, who became president of the British Psychoanalytical Society from 1962 to 1965. Bion has been twinned with Jacques Lacan as “inspired bizarre analysts…who demand not that their patients get better but that they pursue Truth”.

Mohammed Nadir Shah (born Mohammed Nadir; 9 April 1883 – 8 November, 1933) was King of Afghanistan from 15 October 1929 until his assassination in 1933. Previously, he served as Minister of War, Afghan Ambassador to France, and as a general in the military of Afghanistan.

Darbhanga Raj, also known as Raj Darbhanga and the Royal Family of Darbhanga, were a family of Zamindars and rulers of territories that are now part of Mithila and Darbhanga district, Bihar, India. Their seat was at the city of Darbhanga.

Jaun Elia (December 14, 1931 – November 8, 2002) was a notable Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. He was the brother of renowned journalist and psychoanalyst Rais Amrohvi and journalist and philosopher Syed Muhammad Taqi, and husband of columnist Zahida Hina.