22nd August – What Happened Today In History?

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Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 22nd of 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 occur 22nd of August

Chiranjeevi (born Konidala Siva Sankara Vara Prasad on 22 August 1955) is a Indian film actor and a politician. He has worked primarily with Telugu Cinema, but has appeared in several Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films. He made his acting debut in 1978 through the film Punadhirallu.

Ashfaq Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed and Ishfaq Ahmad Ashfaq Ahmed, PP, SI (August 22, 1925 – September 7, 2004) was a distinguished writer, playwright, broadcaster, intellectual and spiritualist from Pakistan.

Harshit Saxena (born 21 August 1985) is an Indian Singer and Music Composer. He is one of the well-known contestant of Amul STAR Voice of India and Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. He made his playback debut in Farah Khan’s Tees Maar Khan.He sang and composed a super hit song of the Emraan Hashmi starer Murder 2 , Haal-e-dil, in 2011.

Harishankar Parsai (August 22, 1924 – 1995) was a Hindi writer. He was a noted satirist and humorist of modern Hindi literature and is known for his simple and direct style. He was born in Jamnia village near Itarsi in Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

Neville Ness Wadia (22 August 1911 – 31 July 1996) was an English businessman, philanthropist and a member of the Wadia family, an old Parsi family which, by the 1840s, was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry, having built over a hundred warships for the British and having established trading networks around the world.

Death Anniversaries on 22nd August

Vimi (d. August 22, 1977) was a Bollywood film actress who acted in few films such as Humraaz, Vachan, Patanga and Abroo. Vimi (Vimmi) debuted against Sunil Dutt in B. R. Chopra directed Hamraaz in 1967. The film was hit but did not much help in taking off her career.

Eknathji Ramkrishna Ranade (November 19, 1914 – August 22, 1982) was an Indian freedom fighter, a revolutionary. He had completed his M.A.(Philosophy) from Nagpur University and an L.L.B. from Sagar University. Eknathji was greatly influenced by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda.

Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan (1820 – 22 August 1886) was an Indian scholar, editor and publisher of the trend-setting weekly Bengali newspaper Somprakash. His father, Harachandra Bhattacharya (better known as Nyayratna) was a scholar.

Sharad Talwalkar was an Indian film and television actor who led the Marathi Film Industry and Theatre for many years. He had performed in more than 180 Marathi films. He had a passion for acting from his childhood, he acted in plays in Bhave High School where he studied.

Raj Shankar (2 April 1947, Gorakhpur, India-22 August 2000), was an Indian biochemist. His main fields of specialization were neurobiochemistry and clinical biochemistry. His contributions on neurochemistry are well recognized and he had been invited to deliver lectures in various prestigious conferences.