31st August’20 – What Happened Today In History?

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Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 31st 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 31st of August

Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim known by his imperial name Jahangir (Persian: ???????) (31 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. His imperial name (in Persian), means ‘conqueror of the world’, ‘world-conqueror’ or ‘world-seizer’ (Jahan: world; gir: the root of the Persian verb gereftan: to seize, to grab).

Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He predominantly scores music for Tamil films. Being the youngest son of the legendary composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at the age of 15, when he composed the film score for Aravindhan.

Amrita Pritam (listen ; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. She is considered the first prominent female Punjabi poet, novelist, essayist and the leading 20th-century poet of the Punjabi language, who is equally loved on both sides of the India–Pakistan border.

Jayasurya (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian actor, film producer, distributor, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam film industry. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a National Film Award, two Kerala State Film Awards.

Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was a prolific Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency.