1910 – Renowned Telugu poet and lyricist, Srirangam Srinivasarao, better known as Sri Sri, was born. Having the credit of penning more than 1000 songs...
1848 – Raja Ravi Varma, an Indian painter from the princely state of Travancore, was born. He achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from...
1928 – Indian dramatist, theatre director and poet, Kavalam Narayana Panicker was born. Starting his career as a lawyer, he took to arts and literature,...
1912 – The Grand old Lady of Indian cinema and theatre, actress and choreographer, Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan, better known as Zohra Sehgal, was...
1895 – A Meteorite of type LL3 fell in Bishunpur, Uttar Pradesh. 1908 – 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, Sarv Mittra...
1906 – C. Viruthachalam better known as Pudhumaipithan was born. His name is invariably associated with Tamil Fiction, for he being one of the most...
1929 – The cultural icon of Kannada, Rajkumar, or Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju, was born. He was a renowned actor and playback singer in the Kannada...
1938 – The Nightingale of the South, Sishtla Sreeramamurthy Janaki or better known as S. Janaki was born. Having sung more than 20,000 songs in...
1901 – Padma Bhushan Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal or B. C. Sanyal was born. A pioneer in Indian art, his paintings like Cow herd, The flying...
1913 – The first full-length Indian feature film, Raja Harishchandra, directed by the ‘Father of Indian Cinema’, Dadasaheb Phalke, premiered at the Olympia Theatre, Grant...