29/08/2026
29th August
Famous people born in India
1803
Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer (died: 6 March 1875) was an Urdu poet who excelled and perfected the art of Marsiya writing. He is considered the leading exponent of Marsiya Nigari or marsiya writing along with Mir Anees.
1863
Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy (died: 22 January 1940) was a Telugu writer and one of the earliest modern Telugu linguists and social visionaries during the British rule. He championed the cause of using a language comprehensible to the common man (‘Vyavaharika Bhasha’) as opposed to the scholastic language (‘Grandhika Bhasha’).
1880
Dr Madhav Shrihari Aney (died: 26 January 1968) was an Indian politician. He was one of the founder of the Congress Nationalist Party. He was one of the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak. After Indian independence, Dr. Aney was the Governor of Bihar from 12 January 1948 to 14 June 1952. He was also a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha from 1962 to 1967, representing Nagpur constituency, he was posthumously honored with the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit for his Shritilakayashornava (1971), a Sanskrit biography of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he was also honored with Padma Vibhushan.
1887
Dr. Jivraj Narayan Mehta(died: 7 November 1978) was the first Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was briefly the personal doctor to Mahatma Gandhi after returning to India and joined the independence movement. He was twice incarcerated (1938 and 1942) by the British government for his role in Gandhi's Satyagraha movement. He served as the first "Dewan" (Prime Minister) of the erstwhile Baroda state in free India sworn-in on 4 September 1948, director general of health services and secretary to the ministry of health in the central government during the partition period, minister of public works, finance, industry and prohibition for the then Bombay state.
1889
Amritlal Hargovinddas (died: 12 December 1964) was a noted industrialist, textile mill owner and philanthropist from Ahmedabad. He started his career as lawyer in firm of Bhaishankar Kanga. But later joined his family business of money-lending (Mahajan) on request of his father. He quickly learned the ropes of business and soon became one of the leading industrialists of Ahmadabad and a textile mill owner and also later served as president of the Ahmadabad Textile Mill Owners Association, as chairman of Gujarat State Industrial Finance Corporation and various other organizations. During the drought of 1917 in Gujarat and the floods of 1927, Sheth Amritlal Govinddas spent his money for the help of poor and needy. Later on he joined with Sheth Kasturbhai Lalbhai and Shri Ganesh Mavlankar to start the Ahmadabad Education Society in 1936, which later evolved into the Gujarat University. He spent most of his wealth on charities and philanthropy.
1905
Dhyan Chand (died: 3 December 1979) was an Indian field hockey player, who is considered as one of the greatest field hockey players of all time. He is known for his extraordinary goal-scoring feats, in addition to earning three Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, and 1936) in field hockey, during an era where India was the most dominant team in Hockey.
1917
Thomas Thomas (known as Dr. T. Thomas, died: October 31, 1998), was the first cardio-thoracic surgeon of Indian citizenship, as well as a prolific author and poet.
1919
Razia Rahimtoola (born Razia A. K. Gul-Mohammad in Bombay; died 13 November 1988) was a Chair of Pediatrics Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, Karachi. She was the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
1920
Thayil John Cherian, popularly known as TJC (died: 6 March 2006), was a Malayali cardio-thoracic surgeon, from Kerala, India, known for his social commitment and compassionate approach. The Government of India honoured him twice, first by awarding him the Padma Shri, in 1972 and, later in 1992, with the Padma Bhushan, for his services.
1923
Ashi Tashi Chodzom Dorji (born in Calcutta) is a much-loved figure in Bhutan, having played a significant role in modern history, international relations and cultural life.
1923
Hiralal Ghasulal Gaekwad (died: 2 January 2003) was an Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1952.
1925
M. G. Gupta, known as Bekas Akbarabadi (died: 11 December 2011), was an Indian Urdu poet and research scholar. He wrote several books including Indian mysticism, Sikh Gurus, Saint Kabir, Hindu epics and others. He received the Bharat Jyoti Award for his contribution in the field of education and research.
1926
Golap Borbora (died: 19 March 2006) was a chief minister of Indian state of Assam from 1978 to 1979. He was the first non congress chief minister of Assam. Borbora was a member of Rajya Sabha between 1968 and 1974.
1926
K. Rajaram (died: 8 February 2008) was an Indian politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and later, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He served as the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985.
1926
Ramakrishna Mahabaleshwar Hegde (died: 12 January 2004) was an Indian politician who served as the tenth Chief Minister of Karnataka for three terms between 1983 and 1988. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1957, 1962, 1967, 1983, 1985 and 1989, and to the Rajya Sabha for two terms, 1978–83 and 1996–2002. He also served as Minister of Commerce and Industry in the Union government (1998–1999).
1928
Rao Balasaraswathi Devi was a singer and actress who performed from 1930 to the 1960s in Telugu and Tamil cinema. She was the first light music singer on All India Radio and the first playback singer of the Telugu cinema industry. She learned music from Allathuru Subbayya and lent her voice for the first solo gramophone by HMV recording company at the age of six. In 2003, Ramineni Foundation Award was given to her.
1934
Anil H. Lashkari (born in Ahmedabad; died: 1 November 2007) was an international cricketer who represented the U.S. national team between 1963 and 1979. He was born in India, and played first-class cricket for Gujarat and West Zone before emigrating to the United States. At the age of 44, he captained the U.S. at the 1979 ICC Trophy, playing alongside his son.
1940
Satish Pradhan is a former mayor of Thane city of India. He was the member of Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra for the two terms of 5 July 1992 to 4 July 1998 and 5 July 1998 till 4 July 2004. He belongs to Shiv Sena and was Leader of Shiv Sena Party in Rajya Sabha.
1943
Panchaksharam Rangasamy Pillai, known professionally as Vijayakumar, is an Indian actor and politician. He started his film career in the Tamil film Sri Valli (1961) as a child actor and started playing a lead role from the movie Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974). Along with predominant work in Tamil cinema since 1973, he has acted in a few Hindi, Malayalam and Telugu movies. He also works in television serials.
1944
Arun Singh is a former union minister of state for defence in the Government of India. He was minister in the government headed by Rajiv Gandhi.
1944
Dhirendra Pritamlal Mehta is a Gujarati novelist, poet, critic and editor who received the 2010 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his novel Chhavni.
1946
Annamalai Ramanathan (died: 12 March 1993) was an Indian mathematician in the field of algebraic geometry, who introduced the notion of Frobenius splitting of algebraic varieties jointly with Vikram Bhagvandas Mehta in (Mehta & Ramanathan 1985). The notion of Frobenius splitting led to the solution of many classical problems, in particular a proof of the Demazure character formula and results on the equations defining Schubert varieties in general flag manifolds.
1947
Thomas Chandy (died: 20 December 2019) was an Indian businessman and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly from the Kuttanad constituency, the transport minister of the state of Kerala, and president of the Nationalist Congress Party in Kerala. He resigned from the minister's office on 15 November 2017 after an allegation regarding his resort in Alappuzha arose. He died in Kochi on 20 December 2019 after a battle with cancer.
1949
Koppillil Radhakrishnan is an Indian scientist. He is chairman of the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, having taken the position in December 2014, and is chairman for the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. Radhakrishnan previously served as chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) between 2009 and 2014. He is a life fellow of the Indian Geophysical Union and is also an accomplished vocalist (Carnatic music) and Kathakali artist.
1950
Ajai Chowdhry is one of the six founder members of HCL. A highly decorated Indian Industry icon, today he is an inspiration for young Indians. He is currently the Chairman-Board of Governors at National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT), Ranchi,International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur.
1950
Leena Chandavarkar is an Indian former actress who appeared in Bollywood movies as a leading actress and now appears in reality shows. She was one of the successful actresses of late 60s and early 70s alongside Mumtaz, Hema Malini, Rakhee, Rekha and later alongside Reena Roy, Moushumi Chatterjee and Jaya Bhaduri. She played leading heroine opposite almost all superstars during that era and was frequently paired
1952
Navin Kumar, is a retired Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S.) officer of Bihar cadre in India. He also served as the first chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) in India from 2013 to August 2017. He has also served as Chief Secretary in the state of Bihar retiring from service in August 2012. He belongs to the I.A.S. batch of 1975. He has also served as Secretary in Ministry of Urban Development, Chairman of Metro Rail Corporations of India such as Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation and Director General of Doordarshan with additional charge as CEO of Prasar Bharati.
1953
Dr. Lalit Gupta, is an Indian art historian, columnist, actor and film maker. He is an authority on Art History, remained head of Art History and Aesthetics wing in State Institute of Music and Fine Arts located in Jammu for three decades. He has remained associated with the prestigious projects that document the heritage, paintings and sculptures of Jammu and Kashmir, and he has created a rare archive of photos and slides of important monuments and art works from all three regions of the erstwhile state viz., Ladakh, Kashmir and Jammu.
1957
Nandita Behera is an Odissi dance instructor and founder of Odissi Dance Circle in Cerritos, California. A student of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, Nandita Behera has been teaching Odissi in California for the past twenty years. She was awarded Sringaramanai by Sur Singar Samsad Bombay and is also a recipient of the National Scholarship for Dance in India.
1958
Muni Shri Sudhasagar Maharaj is a Digambar monk initiated by Acharya Vidyasagar. A part of Jain sangha of Sant Shiromani 108 Aacharya Shri Vidyasagar ji Maharaj, sudhasagar ji is a very knowledgeable saint in the clan of saints of Jainism. A very prominent guru, he works for the welfare of the Jain temples, Jains and the society. He is the inspiration behind the renovation of many Jain temples which were in very bad condition decades ago.
1959
Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor, producer, dancer, entrepreneur and television presenter who works primarily in Telugu cinema and television. He has acted in over ninety films as an actor in a lead. He has also had supporting and cameo roles, including Bollywood and Tamil films. He has received nine state Nandi Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and a National Film Award-Special Mention. Nagarjuna began acting as a child artist with dialogues in the 1967 Telugu film Sudigundalu directed by veteran Adurthi Subbarao. But he appeared as a infant in movie "Velugu Needalu" appearing in the song "Challani Vennela" penned by Sri Sri. Both movies starred his father, he made his debut as a lead actor through the 1986 Telugu film Vikram.
1960
Anuradha Choudhary was elected as the M.L.A. representative from Baghara constituency and she became the PWD minister in Uttar Pradesh. In 2004 she was elected as the MP for Kairana.
1962
Mickey Mehta is an Indian holistic health, well-being, wellness, and fitness guru. He is a TV and radio presenter (94.3 Radio One Mumbai and Delhi) and a columnist in various publications and websites. He preaches the concept of holistic health and equipment free workouts and has done so by establishing a chain of Mickey Mehta Wellness Temples across Mumbai city. The media often refer to Mickey Mehta as 'India's Leading Holistic Health Guru'. Mehta also aspires to build the largest social media base across as many platforms possible, to reach out to his audience. Mehta launches Yo workouts and Wellfie along with the Times of India at Marine Drive at the event of Yoga By The Bay
1962
Renu Kumari is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Khagaria , Bihar as member of the Samata Party.
1963
Sohanlal Valmik is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress party from Madhya Pradesh. He became an MLA of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2013.
1964
Justice Prashant Mishra is an Indian judge. Presently, he is a judge on the Chhattisgarh High Court. He has served as the Acting Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court
1965
Pavan Choudary is an Indian Writer, TV Talk Show Host, TEDx Speaker and CEO. He has written several books including How a Good Person can Really Win (Earlier version- When you are sinking become a submarine- Winning Through Wisdom and Creativity), Machiavelli for Moral People, Broom and Groom (co-author Kiran Bedi) and The Rx Factor. Choudary also hosts the TV show Hum Aisey Kyun Hain on Doordarshan and has written columns for The Times of India (Gurgaon), the Financial Chronicle and Firstpost. He is the managing director of Vygon India, a French multinational company.
1967
Sanjay Dattatraya Kakade is a Member of Parliament, representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament. He was elected as an Independent candidate but later joined BJP. He is a real estate developer.
1967
Vinod Kulkarni is an Indian actor, director, voicing artiste and voice co-ordinator, who specialises in dubbing International productions into the Hindi language. He can speak English, Hindi and Marathi. He owns a Proprietorship Company "Sanhil Creations". He has voiced over 20,000 commercials. He is a veteran actor of Hindi & Marathi stage, films and serials.
1974
Richa Sharma is an Indian film playback singer as well a devotional singer. In 2006, she sang Bollywood's longest track, the bidaai song, in film Baabul (2006).
1975
Binnu Dhillon is an Indian actor known for comic and other roles in Punjabi cinema. Binnu Dhillon began his career as a Bhangra performer and had an opportunity to perform at the Indian Festivals in Germany and the UK, he appeared in television and serials before he entered the acting field. He made his debut on television with the serial Paddu, in 1998. In 2010, he directed a play Naughty Baba in Town that was performed in both US and Canada. Binnu is one of the most known comedian of Punjabi movies.
1977
Abhishek Mishra is an Indian politician and a former member of the legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He was elected to 16th state assembly election in 2012 for a five years term. He represented Samajwadi Party
1977
Vishal Krishna is an Indian film actor and producer who works in the Tamil film industry. Most of his films are dubbed into his native language Telugu. He produces films under his production company, Vishal Film Factory.
1980
Richa Sharma is an Indian film playback singer as well a devotional singer. She made her debut in Bollywood with Sawan Kumar's Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya in 1996 and followed it up by a number of films until the big hit came by in the form of Taal where she sang for A.R. Rahman.
1981
Prathyusha (died: 23 February 2002) was an Indian film actress who appeared in Telugu and Tamil language films. Pratyusha participated in Television Star 2000 Contest and crowned as Ms. Lovely Smile. Her success in the contest paved a way into film world. She had signed for a Kannada film but before that she died.
1986
Anchal Sabharwal is a film actress and model, who has appeared in Hindi television series and regional feature films. Anchal first appeared in many TV commercials and then in few Hindi television series. Her first film was in Telugu, Masth. Her first Hindi film was Rupali Guha's Aamras. She made her debut in Kannda in 2011 and played a supporting role in Kempe Gowda.
1986
Aanara Gupta is an Indian model who won the Miss Jammu beauty pageant in 2001. An Indian actor, model and media personality she is primarily known for her work in Bhojpuri films. She has also appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil films, as well as films in other languages. Gupta is one of the most popular Bhojpuri actresses and she is also said to be the highest paid Bhojpuri actress. She has received many awards.
1989
Heena Sidhu is an Indian sport shooter. On 7 April 2014, Sidhu became the first Indian pistol shooter to reach number one in world rankings by the International Shooting Sport Federation. In 2013, Sidhu became the first Indian pistol shooter to win a gold medal in an ISSF World Cup finals when she won the 10-metre air pistol event. In 2014, Sidhu was the World record holder in the 10-metre air pistol event with a final score of 203.8. Sidhu is right handed and is right eye dominant. On 28 August 2014, Sidhu was conferred the Arjuna Award.
1989
Writam Porel is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Bengal
1990
Manesha Chatarji is an Indian actress known for her roles in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and Odia TV shows and films. She made her Hindi debut from the film "World Cup 2011" (2009) in the lead role. She has worked predominantly in the Tamil movie industry.
1991
Manasi Moghe is a titleholder who was crowned Miss Diva Universe 2013 and represented India at Miss Universe 2013 in Moscow, Russia on 9 November 2013. A big favourite, she made it to the top 10 finalist as 5th runner-up. Manasi made her cinematic debut in a Marathi language film title Bugadi Maazi Sandli Ga in the year 2014.
1991
Shreyasi Singh is an Indian shooter who competes in the double trap event. She won a gold medal in the Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia – Women's double trap and a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. 2018, she honored with Arjuna Award.
1991
Varun Chakravarthy is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He was the leading wicket-taker for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his first-class debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy.
1991
Virdhawal Vikram Khade is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 m, 100 m and 200 m Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing setting an Indian national record in 100 m Freestyle while winning his unseeded heat, but failed to qualify for the semifinals in his events. He created history on 16 November 2010 when he won a medal after 24 years for India in swimming in the 50m butterfly category at the 2010 Asian games.
1992
Annu Rani is an Indian javelin thrower and is the current national record holder, with a record of 62.34m in March 2019. She was the first Indian woman to cross a distance of 60m in javelin throw, and has broken the national record multiple times.
1992
Pranav Sachdev is an Indian actor. He is primarily known for his work on National television and the digital space. Pranav co-runs a production house named LCM Entertainment, through which he has produced various celebrity stage productions and creatively headed various web ads and fictional series. Pranav began his career as a child actor in a TV show named 'Intehaa' that aired on Doordarshan.
1993
Arijit Bagui is an Indian footballer who currently plays as a Defender for Mohun Bagan in the I-League. Arijit started his football career with Kalighat MS. He played for the club in 2013–14 Calcutta Premier Division.
1995
Nishtha Dudeja is an Indian model and the winner of the Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title. She represented the state of Delhi at the AIDACS Miss and Mister Deaf India pageant in which she won. Dudeja is the first representative from India to win any title at Miss and Mister Deaf World pageant since its inception 18 years ago.
1998
Chandan Ray is an Indian leg cricketer, who is the current captain of the Indian leg cricket team. He made his international debut in July 2013 against Nepal. Ray captained the Indian team which lifted the 1st Indo-Nepal T-10 Leg Cricket Series in 2013 and the South Asian Championship, held in Nepal in 2016. He was awarded with the Khel Gaurav Award in 2016 by LCFI, SSCAF and IROA
1998
Krishna Pandit is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Goa B in the Goa Professional League.