153rd death anniversary of Bahadur Shah II (October 24, 1775, Delhi - November 7, 1862, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)) -- Mirza Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar was the last Mughal emperor of the Timurid dynasty. He became the successor to his father, Akbar II with his death on 28 September 1837.

287th birth anniversary of James Cook (November 7, 1728, Marton, United Kingdom - February 14, 1779, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, United States) -- Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.

127th birth anniversary of C. V. Raman (November 7, 1888, Thiruvanaikaval - November 21, 1970, Bengaluru) -- Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, FRS was an Indian physicist, born in the former Madras Province, whose ground breaking work in the field of light scattering earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize for Physics.

157th birth anniversary of Bipin Chandra Pal - an Indian nationalist. He was among the triumvirate of Lal Bal Pal.

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60th death anniversary of Dale Carnegie (November 24, 1888, Maryville, Missouri, United States - November 1, 1955, Forest Hills, New York City, New York, United States) --an American writer and lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.

28th birthday of Ileana D'Cruz (November 1, 1987, Mumbai) -- an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Telugu and Hindi films. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for the 2006 Telugu film Devadasu.

41st birthday of V. V. S. Laxman (November 1, 1974, Hyderabad) -- Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman, commonly known as V. V. S. Laxman, is a former Indian cricketer. Laxman represented Hyderabad in domestic cricket and played for Lancashire in English county cricket.

42nd birthday of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (1 November 1973, Mangalore, Karnataka, India) -- an Indian actress and the winner of the Miss World pageant of 1994. Rai has received several awards, including two Filmfare Awards from ten nominations. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France in 2012.

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