Important Days
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Important Events
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Birth/Birth Anniversary
1888 – Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1963)
1917 – M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987)
1923 – Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (d. 1962)
1945 – Javed Akhtar, Indian poet, playwright, and composer
Death/ Death Anniversary
1951 – Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
2010 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician and CM of West Bengal for 23 years (b. 1914)
2014 – Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 52nd Da’i al-Mutlaq (b. 1915)
2014 – Sunanda Pushkar, Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962)
2014 – Suchitra Sen, Indian film actress (b. 1931)
2016 – V. Rama Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor of Sikkim (b. 1935)
2016 – Sudhindra Thirtha, Indian religious leader (b. 1926)