If it’s your birthday today, you already have enough reasons to celebrate. We bring you a few extra reasons to feel special today, with a list of the famous personalities you share your birthday with.
Former cricketer, Indian team captain and coach, Anil Kumble was born today. Recently, Kumble resigned from the post of the Indian cricket team coach due to differences with captain Virat Kohli.
He played his first cricket match against England in 1990 and his last against Australia in 2008.
Bollywood actor Simi Garewal celebrates her 70th birthday today. Garewal was born to a Sikh family in Muksar, Punjab in 1947.
Her father, JS Garewal was in the Indian Army and her sister Pamela Chopra is the wife of famous filmmaker Yash Chopra.
Garewal is best known for her films ‘Do Badan’, ‘Saathi’, ‘Mera Naam Joker’ and ‘Karz’. Her latest onscreen outing includes her talk show, ‘Rendezvous’.
Today would have been yesteryear actor Smita Patil’s 62nd birthday. Patil was a member of Mumbai’s Women’s Center and several of her films explored social issues and women’s rights.
She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1985 and received the National Award for Best Actress for her film ‘Chakra’. She died on 13 December 1986, at the age of 31.
RK Shanmukham Chetti Azad was India's first finance minister. He presented the first budget of Independent India on 26 November 1947. Shanmukham took charge from 15 August 1947, and held the post till 1949, when Jawaharlal Nehru was the country’s Prime Minister.
Shanmukham was an advocate by profession and had great knowledge about the economy.
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