What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 9th August 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 9th August .
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Mahesh Babu (born Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975) is an Indian film actor best known for his work in Telugu cinema. Born to actor Krishna, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in 1979’s Needa. His first leading role was in the film Rajakumarudu, which was released in August 1999.
- Hansika Motwani (born 9 August 1991) is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Telugu and Tamil cinema, while also appearing in Hindi and Kannada cinema. She made her film debut in the Telugu film Desamuduru (2007), that fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. Following appearance in in several high budget Telugu films like Kantri (2008), Maska (2009) and Billa and many more.
- Kadambari Murali Wade (born August 9, 1975) is the Editor-in-Chief of Sports Illustrated India. She joined SI India in November 2010, to direct the revamp of the monthly magazine beginning with its January 2011 issue. Kadambari has been an influential sports journalist for many years. Her articles have appeared around the world, largely focused on cricket due to India’s passion for the sport.
- Manohar Shyam Joshi (1933–2006) (Hindi: मनोहर श्याम जोशी) was a Hindi writer, journalist and scriptwriter, most well known as the writer of Indian television’s first soap opera, Hum Log (1982) and its early hits Buniyaad (1987), Kakaji Kahin, a political satire and Kyap, a novel which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Death anniversaries on 9th August:
- Jathedar Sukhdev Singh Babbar (9 August 1955 − 9 August 1992) was the leader of Babbar Khalsa International the most heavily armed, most feared and most powerful of dozens of the organizations in Punjab State that are fighting for an independent state for Sikhs, known as Khalistan.
- Yellapragada Subbarao (12 January 1895 – 9 August 1948) was an Indian biochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell, and developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer. Most of his career was spent in the United States.
Notable Events:
- 1788 – Gulam Kadir removed the eyes of Shah Alam 2nd, King of Delhi with a knife.
- 1892 – Shri Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, prolific author and first librarian of the University of Madras, was born.
- 1893 – Shivpujan Sahai, famous Hindi story writer and novelist, was born at Bihar in a middle class family.