1864— Anagrik Dharmapal, religious reformer, was born.
1879— E.V. Ramaswami Naicker “Periyar” ,prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu.
1885—Keshav Sitaram Thakrey, journalist, social reformer and historian, was born.
1892— Shri Hanuman Prasad Poddar, social reformer, revolutionary and poet.He started publishing and editing ‘Kalyaan’ monthly Magazine from 1927 in Hindi.
1906 – Junius Richard Jayewardene, Sri Lankan politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)
1915 – M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (d. 2011)
1924— Popati Ramchand Hiranandani, famous Hindi writer, was born at Hyderabad in Sind.
1929— Former Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine PVSM and AVSM, VM, was born in Madras.
1938— Dilip Purushottam Chitre, famous Marathi poet, story writer, critic and Sahitya Academy awardee.
1950 – Narendra Modi, Indian politician, 14th and current Chief Minister of Gujarat.
1953 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani founder and leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement
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