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

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 8th of October 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 October

Gauri Khan (born Gauri Chhibber on 8 October 1970) is an Indian film producer and interior designer. She has been in a relationship with Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan since 1984. In 1991, they married, and she gave birth to their son, Aryan in 1997 and their daughter, Suhana in 2000.

Lakshmi Prasanna Manchu is an Indian film actress, producer and a television host. She is the only daughter of actor Mohan Babu and his first wife late Vidya Devi. She graduated with a Bachelors in Theater Oklahoma City University.

Milkha Singh (born 8 October 1935) also known as Milky Singh is an Indian athlete, who represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He is nicknamed The Flying Sikh. He is also the father of the professional golfer Jeev Milkha Singh.

Mona Singh (born October 8, 1980) is an Indian model and television actress, known for playing the leading role in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin and winning many celebrity reality shows. She also appeared in a key role in 3 Idiots. Mona Singh is a Sikh Kumhar and lives in Lokhandwala, Mumbai.

Sudesh Lehri (Sudesh Lahri) is an Indian stand-up comedian, film and television actor. Though already known in Punjabi films and television, he achieved acclaimed when he one of top threefinalist at The Great Indian Laughter Challenge III in 2007.

Death Anniversaries on 8th of October

Premchand  pronunciation (July 31, 1880 – October 8, 1936) was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature. He is one of the most celebrated writers of the Indian subcontinent, and is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi-Urdu writers of the early twentieth century.

Jayaprakash Narayan (11 October 1902 – 8 October 1979), widely known as JP Narayan, Jayaprakash, or Loknayak, was an Indian independence activist and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution.

Chilakalapudi Seetha Rama Anjaneyulu (11 July 1907 – 8 October 1963), better known as C. S. R. Anjaneyulu or just CSR was an Indian film actor best known for his appearances in Telugu Cinema.

Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725–1775) was born to Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. He succeeded his father to the throne as the 13th Mughal Emperor of India in 1748 at the age of 22. When Ahmed Shah came to power the rule of the Mughal Empire was collapsing, furthermore his administrative weaknesses eventually led to the rise of the usurping Imad-ul-Mulk.

Shri Nawal Kishore Sharma, born 5 July 1925 in Dausa, Rajasthan, is a former Governor of Gujarat state in India, a position he has held from July 2004 to July 2009. His father’s name was Pandit Mool Chand Sharma. He was married to the late Smt. Munni Devi and has two sons.

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