Playwright Bhisham Sahni

Bhisham Sahni

Living place: India

Birthday: 8-8-1915

Global rank: #93404

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Who is Playwright Bhisham Sahni?
Most remembered for his historical novel adaptation, Tamas, this 20th-century Indian author has also written multiple plays (including Madhavi and Hanush) and acted in films such as Buddha and Mr. and Mrs. Little and Iyer.
During the 1950s and early 1960s, he lived in Russia and translated works by Tolstoy and other famous Russian writers into the hindi language.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After studying at Khalsa College, Amritsar, he earned an advanced degree in English from Government College, Lahore. He later taught at Delhi College.

Family life info

Born in Rawalpindi, British India (now Pakistan), he settled in Amritsar, India during the years of the Indian Independence Movement.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Playwright Bhisham Sahni?
He and Indian poet Kamala Surayya both received their countries' most prestigious literary honors. The Sahitya Akademi scholarship

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When was Playwright Bhisham Sahni born?
Bhisham Sahni was born in 8-8-1915, death year is , at the age of 109.
Where is Playwright Bhisham Sahni's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Bhisham Sahni was born in India. is a Playwright, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Bhisham Sahni's global rank is 93404 and whose rank is 635 in list of famous Playwright.
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Events in 1915 and 8-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Bhisham Sahni

  • British oceanliner Lusitania sunk by German submarine, 1,195 perish.
  • Second Battle of Ypres is fought. Background: World War I
  • Genocide of estimated 600,000 to 1 million Armenians by Turkish soldiers.

Birthday Bhisham Sahni (8-8) in history

  • Day 8-8 year 1588: British naval forces attacked the Armada fleet, permanently crippling the "invincible" Spanish fleet.
  • Day 8-8 year 1786: Dr. Michael-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat became the first people to climb Mont Blanc.
  • Day 8-8 year 1876: Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph machine.
  • Day 8-8 year 1900: The first Davis Cup tennis tournament began at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Massachusetts.
  • Day 8-8 year 1963: In "The Great Train Robbery," some 15 thieves robbed the Glasgow-to-London mail train, making off with more than $6 million in cash.
  • Day 8-8 year 1969: Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others were murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family."
  • Day 8-8 year 1974: President Nixon announced he would resign the following day as a result of the Watergate scandal.
  • Day 8-8 year 2008: The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing, China.
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