Date
Month
Year
and
Day
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Anniversaries of Events
held in the past
or events to be held in future
VIP/Star Birthdays
and
Special Days |
Bollywood Feature
Films(Bffs)
release dates
Festivals and
Anniversaries |
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Jul 2011 |
July an Important Month
: This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. The
month is referred to as money bags in Chinese culture and is
considered a lucky month from a financial standpoint. |
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1
Jul 11 Fri
[ Dr B C Roy ]
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New Railway Time Table
will be effective from 01-07-2011.
National Doctor's Day
is celebrated on the date of Birth (1882) and Death (1962)
Anniversary - July 1 every year of Dr. B C Roy, M.R.C.P.,
F.R.C.S. He was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal.
RBI Books
close on July 1, 2010 : On
account of annual closing of
accounts, transactions in RBI's books across the country
is not available. BTST product will be disabled in NSE & BSE
both, due to Clearing Holiday.
Birth
Anniversary : 1961 -
Kalpana Chawla (d.1 Feb 2003), was an Indian-American
astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She was one of
seven crewmembers killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Happy Birthday : 1938 -
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is known
internationally as a player of the bansuri, the North Indian
bamboo flute. Chaurasia is a classicist who has made a conscious
effort to reach out and expand the audience for classical music.
Happy Birthday : 1967 -
Pamela Anderson
British Parliament passed
India Independence Act
in 1947. |
NEW MOON : 14:24
: 1 Jul 11
Bffs:
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Bbuddah...Hoga
Terra Baap
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Delhi
Belly
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2
Jul 11 Sat
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Indian
Independence leader
Subhas Chandra Bose
arrested and detained in Calcutta [1940] |
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3 Jul
11 Sun
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Rath Yatra in
Puri 2011
Happy Birthday : 1980
Harbhajan Singh,
a specialist bowler; he has the second-highest number of Test
wickets by an off spinner behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah
Muralitharan.
Spider-Man
3D to release on 3 July,
2012. |
[ Rath Yatra ] |
4
Jul 11 Mon
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Death
Anniversary :
Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader
(February 12, 1863 July 4, 1902) was
one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the
philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga. He was the chief disciple of
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and the founder of Ramakrishna Math and
Ramakrishna Mission. He is a major figure in the history of the
Hindu reform movements.
Happy Birthday : 1968 -
Cyrus Pallonji Mistry,
youngest son of Irish construction magnate Pallonji Mistry. He
has been appointed Deputy Chairman and Chairman-designate of
Tata Group and its holding company Tata Sons which will make him
the first non-Indian national to head the Tata Group. He after
working with the current chairman Ratan Tata for one year will
take over in December 2012. |
[Swami Vivekananda] |
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5
Jul 11 Tue |
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6
Jul 11 Wed
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Happy Birthday :
Tenzin Gyatso
: 1935 - the 14th
Dalai Lama, a
spiritual leader revered among the people of Tibet.
Death Anniversary of former Deputy
Prime Minister
Babu Jagjivan Ram
[1908-1986].
Death Anniversary of
Dhirubhai Ambani
Businessman [1932-2002].
1892 Dadabhai
Naoroji elected as first Indian
Member of Parliament in Britain. |
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7
Jul 11 Thu
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Happy
Birthday
: 1981
Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
Cricketer. |
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8
Jul 11 Fri
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Happy
Birthday :
1946 - Girija Vyas,
Politician, Poet and Author. She is presently a Lok Sabha MP and President of
National Commission for Women.
Happy
Birthday :
1914
Jyoti Basu
was a member of the CPI(M) Politburo from the time of the
party's founding in 1964 until 2008; was India's longest-serving
Chief Minister from 1977 to 2000.
Happy Birthday : 1958
Neetu Singh, Bollywood Actress of
the 70s. She worked as a child actor under the name Baby Sonia;
married to Rishi Kapoor and has two children - Riddhima, a
fashion designer and married to a Delhi based
industrialist called Bharat Sahni. Their son
Ranbir Kapoor is a
Bollywood actor.
Happy
Birthday : 1972
Sourav Ganguly, a former Indian
Test Cricketer and captain of the Indian national team.
Birth Anniversary : Raja
Shekhar Reddy, known as
YSR, was the
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh who had died in a helicopter
accident (d. 2 Sep 2009).
1497
Vasco da Gama
set sail on first direct European voyage to India. |
Bffs:
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Chillar
Party
○
Murder
2
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9 Jul 11 Sat |
Birth
Anniversary : 1938 -
Sanjeev Kumar
was one of the most prominent Actors(d. 6
Nov 85). |
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10
Jul 11 Sun
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Derailment
: 10Jul 11 : Delhi-bound Kalka Mail : Death Toll 80 and injuring
over 200.
Happy Birthday : 1949
Sunil Gavaskar
was a cricketer during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in test
match history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for
the most runs and most centuries scored by any batsman. |
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11
Jul 11 Mon
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Cheer Up Day [send greetings]
Happy Birthday : 1947 - Dr S Y
Quraishi is the Chief Election
Commissioner of India since Jul 30, 2010. He is an IAS officer
of 1971 batch from Haryana cadre. He did his Ph.D in
Communications and Social marketing.
2006
210 people were killed in a series of
Bomb attacks in Mumbai. |
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12
Jul 11 Tue
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Cabinet
reshuffle 2011 :
Cabinet reshuffle inter alia
inducting 4 new Cabinet Ministers and accepting resignaion of 7
Ministers.
Happy Birthday : 1965
Sanjay Manjrekar, Cricketer
Happy Birthday : 1983 Munaf Patel, Cricketer |
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13
Jul 11 Wed
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Happy Birthday : 1987 - Ajmal Kasab
who is getting royal treatment and the Maharashtra Govt is
spending Rs.48 Crore
per annum. |
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14
Jul 11 Thu |
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15
Jul 11 Fri
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Guru Purnima
: The Full Moon in Sagittarius [2011] has special importance; this day
is dedicated to honoring one's teacher, one's guru.
Birth Anniversary : 1903
K Kamaraj,
Politician widely known to be the kingmaker in Indian
politics, and known for his honesty, integrity and simplicity
(d. 1975). |
FULL MOON : 12:12 : 15 Jul 11
Bff:
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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2
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Zindagi
Na Milegi Dobara |
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15 - 17 Jul 11 |
Cricket : India's tour of
England : July 15-17 : Tour
match vs Somerset : Taunton : 1530 IST |
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16
Jul 11 Sat
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Birth : 1909 -
Aruna Asaf Ali
was an independence fighter. She is widely remembered for
hoisting the Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay
during the Quit India Movement, 1942.
Happy Birthday : 1984
Katrina Kaif
is a Hong Kong-born British-Indian actress and model who has
appeared in Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films. Since 2007 she
has starred in several commercially successful films, making her
one of the most popular actresses in Bollywood. |
SUN
enters Cancer 27:21
16
Jul 11
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17
Jul 11 Sun
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SUN
enters Cancer 03:21
17
Jul 11
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18
Jul 11 Mon
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Happy Birthday : 1935 -
Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal
is the 69th Shankaracharya (guru and head or pontiff (Peetadhipathi))
of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.
Happy Birthday : 1982
Priyanka Chopra,
Indian Film actress; She was crowned Miss India World and later
Miss World in 2000. She has won the Best Actress Award for her
role in `Fashion'. Earlier she has won the Best Debutant
award - Female for `Andaaz' and Best Villain award for `Aitraaz'.
2005
Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Agreement,
first public joint statement by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and the then U.S. President George W. Bush. |
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19
Jul 11 Tue |
Birth Anniversary : 1827
Mangal Pandey,
Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857)
Birth : 1938 Jayant Narlikar, Indian
astrophysicist |
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20
Jul 11 Wed
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Birth Anniversary : 1929 -
Rajendra Kumar,
one of the most successful actors in the 1960s and 1970s. He
also produced several films in the 1980s starring his son
Kumar Gaurav
(d. 12 Jul 99).
Happy Birthday : 1950
Naseeruddin Shah, Actor
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MER enters LEO 11:44 : 20 Jul 11
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21
Jul 11 Thu
[
Anand Bakshi ]
[send greetings] |
Trinamool Congress
(TMC) may organize a massive rally
at Esplanade on 21 Jul to observe
Shahid Diwas.The TMC
commemorates July 21 as Shahid Diwas to honour those who were
killed in police firing on July 21 in 1993.
Happy Birthday : 1947
Chetan Chauhan,
Former Indian cricketer
Death : 2001
Sivaji Ganesan, Indian Tamil actor
(b. 1927)
Birth : 1930
Anand Bakshi, Indian lyricist (d.
2002)
Monkey Day
(Jul 21) |
[Sivaji Ganesan] |
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21
- 25 Jul 11 |
Cricket :
India's tour of England
: July 21-25 : First Test
: Lord's : 1530 IST |
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22
Jul 11 Fri |
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Bff:
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Singham |
23
Jul 11 Sat
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Birth : 1856
Lokmanya Tilak,
Freedom fighter (d. 1920)
Birth : 1906 Chandrasekhar Azad,
revolutionary (d. 1931)
Happy Birthday : 1973
Himesh Reshammiya, Indian Bollywood
composer, singer and actor.
Death: 2004 Mehmood,
Actor (b. 1932) |
VEN enters CANCER 23:54 : 23 Jul 11
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24
Jul 11 Sun
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Star
Plus will air the 12th edition of the
International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)
Awards
held at Toronto
at 8 pm on 24th July 2011.
Parents' Day
is similar to a combination of Father's Day and Mother's Day.
Happy Birthday :
1980 -
Agatha K. Sangma is an MP (NCP) and Minister of Rural
Development. She is the daughter of P A Sangma, prominent leader
and politician, and former speaker of the Lok Sabha.
Happy Birthday : 1945
Azim Premji
Chairman of Software Services Company WIPRO transferred
nearly USD 2 billion of his wealth last December to an
irrevocable trust that focuses on education and children's
health and nutrition.
Happy Birthday : 1937
Manoj
Kumar, Actor |
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25
Jul 11 Mon
[ Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil ] |
2007
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil
was sworn in as India's first woman President.
Happy Birthday : 1929
Somnath
Chatterjee, Communist leader; he
was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
from 2004 to 2009. |
MAR enters GEMINI 18:26 : 25 Jul 11
[ Somnath
Chatterjee ] |
26
Jul 11 Tue
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2008 Ahmedabad bombings
were a series of 21 bomb blasts that hit Ahmedabad on 26 Jul
2008 within a span of 70 minutes. 56 people were killed and over
200 people were injured.
2005
Mumbai
receives
99.5cm of rain
(39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for
over 2 days.
Happy Birthday : 1982
Mugdha Godse, Indian Actress and
Model
Vijay Divas
(end of Kargil War) |
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27
Jul 11 Wed
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Happy Birthday : 1960 -
Uddhav Thackeray
is the Executive President of the Shiv Sena. |
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28
Jul 11 Thu
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World Hepatitis Day,
observed July 28, aims to raise global awareness of hepatitis B
and hepatitis C and encourage prevention, diagnosis and
treatment.
Death : 2009 -
Leela Naidu,
an Actress who starred in a number of Hindi films, including `Yeh
Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke (1963)'. She was Femina Miss India in
1954, and was featured in the Vogue along with Maharani Gayatri
Devi in the list of 'World's Ten
Most Beautiful Women'. |
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29
Jul 11 Fri
[J R D
Tata]
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Happy Birthday : 1959
Sanjay
Dutt Bollywood actor
and politician. A two time Filmfare Awards winner, Dutt is the
son of Bollywood stars Sunil Dutt and Nargis.
Birth Anniversary : 1904 J R D Tata,
Industrialist (d.
1993)
Death Anniversary : 1996 -
Aruna Asaf Ali
[see 16 Jul]
Death Anniversary : 2008
Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian
Playback Singer (b. 1989) |
Bffs:
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Bubble
Gum
○ Gandhi
To Hitler
○ Khap
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29 Jul
- 2 Aug 11 |
Cricket : India's tour of
England : July 29-Aug 2 :
Second Test
: Nottingham : 1530 IST |
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30
Jul 11 Sat
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Dr S Y Quraishi
completes two years as Chief Election Commissioner
in 2012; incidentally, he is the first Muslim to occupy the
prestigious position.
Arnold Schwarzenegger :
Happy Birthday : 1947 - an Austrian and American former
professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and
politician. He served as the 38th Governor of California from
2003 until 2011
Happy Birthday : 1973
Sonu Nigam, Singer/Actor |
NEW
MOON : 24:10 30 Jul 11
[Dr S Y Quraishi] |
31
Jul 11 Sun
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1658
Aurangzeb was
proclaimed Moghul Emperor of India.
Birth Anniversary : 1880 Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d.
1936)
Death Anniversary : 1980 Mohd.
Rafi, Playback singer (b.
1924) |
NEW
MOON : 00:10 31 Jul 11
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31 Jul - 4 Aug 11 |
India
International Jewellery Week 2011
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