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1935 In India
Events in the year 1935 in India. Incumbents * Emperor of India – George V * Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon Events * National income - 25,298 million * 31 May – The 7.7 Quetta earthquake shook British India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''), killing 30,000–60,000. * Dr. BR. Ambedkar ended all 3 temple entry movement in 1935. * Government of India act Law * 2 August – Government of India Bill, became law; it provided for development of a popular constitution. Births *2 January – Syed Jahangir, Bangladeshi painter (died 2018) *19 January – Soumitra Chatterjee, actor. (died 2020) *24 January – Shivabalayogi, Indian yogi (died 1994) *1 March – Ajoy Roy, Bangladeshi academic (died 2019) *5 March – Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (died 1996) *17 March – Muhammad Ashiq, Pakistani cyclist (died 2018) *7 April S. P. Muthuraman, film director. *3 May – Sujatha, author, short story writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Bangladesh
The year 1996 was the 25th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the first year of the first term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina. Incumbents * President: Abdur Rahman Biswas (until 9 October), Shahabuddin Ahmed (starting 9 October) * Prime Minister: ** until 30 March: Khaleda Zia ** 30 March – 23 June: Muhammad Habibur Rahman ** starting 23 June: Sheikh Hasina * Chief Justice: A.T.M Afzal Demography Climate Economy Note: For the year 1996 average official exchange rate for BDT was 41.79 per US$. Events * 9 January - At least 16 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the head-on collision of two trains near Chandpur. * 15 February - The Sixth National Parliamentary Elections 1996 was held in Bangladesh on 15 February 1996. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw voter turnout drop to just 21%. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which won 300 of the 300 elected seats. * 22 March – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udey Chand
Udey Chand (born 25 June 1935) is a retired Indian wrestler and wrestling coach who was the first individual world championship medal winner from independent India. He was awarded the first Arjuna Award in wrestling in 1961, by Government of India. Early life Chand was born on 25 June 1935 in Jandli village of Hisar district and currently resides in Hisar. Career He started his career with the Indian Army. He created history by winning a bronze medal in Light Weight (67 kg) Freestyle at 1961 World Wrestling Championships at Yokohama. During his bout against the eventual world champion Mahamed-Ali Sanatkaran he was particularly unlucky as referees judged his throwing down of the opponent outside the area and the bout ended in a 1–1 draw. For his achievements he was conferred the first Arjuna Award in wrestling in 1961 by President of India,. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratap Chauhan
Pratap Chauhan (born 21 June 1935) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Delhi and Southern Punjab between 1958 and 1966. See also * List of Delhi cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played First-class cricket, first-class, List A cricket, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Delhi cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the in ... References External links * 1935 births Living people Indian cricketers 20th-century Indian sportsmen Delhi cricketers Southern Punjab cricketers Cricketers from Delhi {{India-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In India
2017 in India highlights the national/Daily level events during the year. Incumbents Government of India * President of India: Pranab Mukherjee (until July 24), Ram Nath Kovind (since July 25) * Vice-President of India: Mohammad Hamid Ansari (until August 10), Venkaiah Naidu (since August 11) * Prime Minister of India: Narendra Modi * Chief Justice of India: T. S. Thakur (until January 3), Jagdish Singh Khehar (January 5 to August 27), Dipak Misra (since August 28) * Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Sumitra Mahajan State Governments Elections President * Presidential elections were held on 17 July 2017 and results were declared on 20 July. Ram Nath Kovind has been elected the President of India.. Vice president * Vice presidential elections were held on 5 August 2017. Venkaiah Naidu has been elected the Vice President of India. Rajya Sabha Elections Rajya Sabha elections were held in India on 21 July and 8 August 2017 to elect ten members of the Rajya Sabha, repla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyama (Hindi Actress)
Shyama (born Khurshid Akhtar; 7 June 1935 – 14 November 2017) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films. She was active between 1945 and 1989, and is best known for her roles in ''Aar Paar'' (1954 film) and '' Barsaat Ki Raat'' (1960 film). Career Born as Khurshid Akhtar in Lahore, Punjab in British India on 7 June 1935 into a Muslim Arain family, Shyama moved to Mumbai from Lahore in the 1940s. As a young girl, she acted in a few films such as Noor Jehan's husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi's '' Zeenat'' (1945) and ''Meerabai'' (1947). She worked with Shammi Kapoor in romantic classic ''Mirza Sahiban'' (1957). Director Vijay Bhatt gave her the stage name Shyama, by which she is credited in her movies. She had starring roles in Guru Dutt's classic ''Aar Paar'' (1954 film), and later in '' Barsaat Ki Raat'' (1960 film), which was perhaps her best performance. She was a major star in the 1950s and 1960s and acted in more than 150 movies, many in starring roles. During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kailath
Thomas Kailath (born June 7, 1935) is an India-born American electrical engineer, information theorist, control engineer, entrepreneur and the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering emeritus at Stanford University. Professor Kailath has authored several books, including the well-known ''Linear Systems''. Kailath was elected as a member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 1984 for outstanding contributions in prediction, filtering, and signal processing, and for leadership in engineering. Kailath is listed as an ISI highly cited researcher and is generally recognized as one of the preeminent figures of twentieth-century electrical engineering. Biography Kailath was born in 1935 in Pune, Maharashtra, India, to a Malayali Syrian Christian family from Kerala (a branch of the Chittoor family).Kulthe, Bhagyashree (dec 19th 2009) "2 Institutions bring Kailath to Pune", in DNA: Daily News & Analysis newspaper He studied at St. Vincent's High School, Pune and received his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In India
Events in the year 2023 in India, during which it became the world's most populous country. Incumbents National government State governments ... Events January * 1 January ** Death of Anjali Singh, Anjali Singh is killed while riding her scooter in Delhi. ** Kashmir conflict: Four civilians are killed and six others injured when two terrorists 2023 Rajouri attacks, open fire against Hindus, Hindu people's homes in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir. * 2 January ** Protests are reported in some parts of Jammu and Kashmir in response to the previous day's quadruple killing. ** The Supreme Court of India upholds the legality of the Government of India, government's decision to Legal tender#Demonetization, demonetise all Indian 500-rupee note, ₹500 and Indian 1000-rupee note, ₹1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series in 2016. ** 2023 Rajouri attacks, Rajouri attacks: Two children are killed and four other people are injured by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neela Ramgopal
Neela Ramgopal (25 May 1935 – 1 March 2023) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist and Carnatic music teacher. Some of her works included ''Tamizh Inbam'', ''Rama Upasana'' and ''Narayana Enniro''. She was a recipient of awards, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Sangita Kala Acharya Award by Madras Music Academy, and the Sangeetha Chudamani award from the Rama Seva Mandali. Biography Neela Ramgopal was born on 25 May 1935, in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu into a Brahmin Iyer family. Her father was a landlord. The family migrated back to their village in Tyagarajapuram where she went to school in Thiruvidaimarudur. It was only at the age of 23, she started studying Carnatic music seriously. She started studying Carnatic music with lessons from Sadagopalachari in Kumbakonam and later under N. M. Narayanan, T. K. Rangachary and M. L. Vasanthakumari. Ramgopal taught students from 1965, the year her very first independent public concert came in. During this time she performed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In India
Events in the year 2008 in the Republic of India. Incumbents Governors Events * National income - 55,141,524 million January - May *10 January – Indian car manufacturer Tata launches the Nano, claimed to be the world's cheapest car. *2 February – The activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) try to disrupt a press conference of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in Mumbai. *2 February – Baba Ram Rahim Gurmeet Singh, the head of the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda sect escaped a bomb blast near Nilokheri in Karnal district of Haryana. *3 February – Members of teams trying to conduct social audit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) were attacked in Manohar Thana block of Jhalwar district in Rajasthan. *5 February – The Orissa government decides to provide a monthly pension of 200 to HIV positive persons under the State-sponsored 'Madhu Babu Pension Yojana.' *7 February – Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss ded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujatha (writer)
S. Rangarajan (3 May 1935 – 27 February 2008), better known by his wiktionary:allonym, allonym Sujatha, was an Indian author, novelist and screenwriter who wrote in Tamil language, Tamil. He authored over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems. He was one of the most popular authors in Tamil literature, and a regular contributor to topical columns in Tamil periodicals such as Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam and Kalki (magazine), Kalki. He had a wide readership, and served for a brief period as the editor of Kumudam, and has also written screenplays and dialogues for several Tamil films. Rangarajan was also an engineer; he supervised the design and production of the Indian voting machines, electronic voting machine (Electronic voting, EVM) during his tenure at Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a machine which is currently used in elections throughout India. As an author he inspired many authors, including Balakumaran, Madhan (w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Pakistan
Events in the year 2018 in Pakistan. Incumbents * President ** Mamnoon Hussain - September 2013 - September 2018 ** Arif Alvi - September 2018 - incumbent * Prime Minister ** Shahid Khaqan Abbasi - August 2017 to May 2018 ** Nasirul Mulk - May 2018 to August 2018 ** Imran Khan - August 2018 to April 2022 Governors * Governor of Balochistan – Muhammad Khan Achakzai (until 4 October); Amanullah Khan Yasinzai (from 4 October) * Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan – Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan (until 14 September); Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon (starting 14 September) * Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – ** until 20 August: Iqbal Zafar Jhagra ** 20 August-5 September: Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani ** from 5 September: Shah Farman * Governor of Punjab – ** until 18 August: Malik Muhammad Rafique Rajwana ** 18 August-5 September: Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi ** from 5 September: Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar * Governor of Sindh – Mohammad Zubair (until 29 July); Imran Ismail (from 27 August) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
