79th death anniversary of Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande - an Indian musicologist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani Classical Music, an art which had been propagated earlier for a few centuries mostly through oral traditions.

67th birthday of Jeremy Irons - an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many West End theatre productions.

71st birthday of Ard Schenk - a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history. Between 1970 and 1972 Winter Olympics, Schenk won three consecutive World Allround Speed Skating Championships. He won three gold medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

79th birth anniversary of Al Oerter - an American athlete, and a four-time Olympic Champion in the discus throw. He was the first athlete to win a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympics. Oerter is an inductee of the IAAF Hall of Fame.

93rd birth anniversary of Emil Zátopek - a Czechoslovak long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5000 metre and 10,000 metre runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life. He was nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive".

93rd birthday of Dana Zátopková - a Czech former javelin thrower. She won the gold medal for javelin in the 1952 Summer Olympics, and the silver medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics. She was the European champion in 1954 and 1958.

104th birth anniversary of William Golding - an English novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his novel Lord of the Flies, he won a Nobel Prize in Literature, and was also awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage, the first book in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth.

57th birthday of Lucky Ali - an Indian singer songwriter, composer and actor. Lucky is best known for his soulful but strikingly simple ballad-style singing and melodious voice.

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20th death anniversary of Kaka Hathrasi - a noted Hindi satirist and humorist poet of India. His real name was Prabhu Lal Garg. He wrote under the pen name Kaka Hathrasi.

109th birth anniversary of Kaka Hathrasi - a noted Hindi satirist and humorist poet of India. His real name was Prabhu Lal Garg. He wrote under the pen name Kaka Hathrasi.

65th birthday of Shabana Azmi - an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses.

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29th birthday of Ravichandran Ashwin - an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler. He plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and the Chennai Super Kings in Indian Premier League.

100th birth anniversary of M. F. Husain - Maqbool Fida Husain commonly known as MF Husain, was a Modern Indian painter of international acclaim, and a founding member of The Progressive Artists Group of Bombay. He also directed a few movies.

16th death anniversary of Hasrat Jaipuri - an Indian poet, who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages. He was also a renowned for his work as a film lyricist in Hindi films, where he won the Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist twice.

65th birthday of Narendra Modi - the 15th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since 26 May 2014. Modi, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from Varanasi

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99th birth anniversary of M. S. Subbulakshmi - was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.

44th birthday of Prasoon Joshi - a renowned Indian lyricist, screenwriter and ad-guru. He is current CEO of McCann World group India and Chairman, a subsidiary of global marketing firm McCann Erickson.

83rd death anniversary of Ronald Ross - a British medical doctor who received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for his work on malaria, becoming the first British Nobel laureate, and the first born outside of Europe.

70th birthday of P. Chidambaram - Palaniappan Chidambaram is an Indian politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress and a former Union Minister of Finance of India. Chidambaram is a corporate lawyer and an important member of the last Congress-led government.

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139th birth anniversary of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay - alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, was a Bengali novelist and short story writer of early 20th century.

76th birthday of Subramanian Swamy - an Indian politician from the state of Tamil Nadu . He is also an economist and a former cabinet minister. He was the President of the Janata Party. He merged his party on 11 August 2013 with Bharatiya Janata Party.

68th birthday of Bhupinder Singh Hooda - an Indian politician and leader of the Indian National Congress. He served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2004 to 2014. He began a second term in October 2009 after leading the Congress Party to an election victory.

celebrating International Day of Democracy

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49th birthday of Aamer Sohail - a former professional Pakistani cricketer and a former PCB Chief Selector. With Saeed Anwar, he formed one of the best opening combinations Pakistan has ever had.

celebrating World First Aid Day

आप सबको विश्व हिंदी दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं !!!!!

52nd birthday of Robin Singh - Rabindra Ramanarayan "Robin" Singh is a former cricketer who played as an all-rounder for India, especially in Limited Overs Internationals. He is currently the coach of Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians.

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