New Delhi: Someone has rightly said, “everyday has a significant history” . Therefore, it is necessary to be aware of all important historical event that fall on a specific day so that none of the major historical events are missed.’Today’s History’ will look into the significant historical events and major happenings on that particular day of year.
On August 30, following events took place:
1954: Ravi Shankar Prasad Birthday
Ravi Shankar Prasad is an Indian politician and lawyer, from the Bharatiya Janata Party. A Member of Parliament since 2000, first in the Rajya Sabha (2000-2019) and then in the Lok Sabha (since 2019), Prasad has served as Union Minister multiple times: As Minister of State, he served in the ministries of Coal (2001-2003), Law and Justice (2002-2003), and Information and Broadcasting (2003-2004) under Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s premiership; as Cabinet Minister, he held the Law and Justice (2014, 2016-2021), Communications (2014-2016, 2019-2021), and Electronics and Information Technology (2014-2021) portfolios under Narendra Modi’s premiership.
1976: Indian actress Chitrangada Singh was born
Chitrangda Singh is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi cinema. She made her acting debut in 2005 with Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi for which she won Bollywood Movie Award – Best Female Debut. Singh has starred in films like Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), Desi Boyz (2011), I, Me Aur Main (2013), Baazaar (2018) and Bob Biswas (2021).She turned Producer with the film Soorma (2018).
1991: Indian singer Guru Randhawa was born
Guru Randhawa is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi, Bhangra, Indi-pop and Bollywood music.He is known for songs like Lahore, High Rated Gabru, Ishare Tere”, and “Tere Te”. Guru Randhawa’s debut single was Same Girl in collaboration with Arjun.