Important Events Of August – 10

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V. V. Giri Birth Day

Birth:

  • He was born on 10 August 1894.

Honours:

  • V.V.Giri was the fourth president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974.
  • He was succeeded by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed as president in 1974.
  • Giri was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975.
  • Giri abandoned a flourishing legal career in response to Mahatma Gandhi’s call for a Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920.
  • In 1922 he was arrested for the first time for demonstrating against the sale of liquor shops.
  • Giri was a founding member of the All India Railwaymen’s Federation which was formed in 1923 and served as its general secretary for over a decade.
  • Giri became a member of the Imperial Legislative Assembly in 1934.
  • In the General Elections of 1951 he was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha from Pathapatnam Lok Sabha Constituency in the Madras State.
  • Between 1957–1967 Giri served as governor of Uttar Pradesh (1957–1960), Kerala (1960–1965) and Karnataka (1965–1967).
  • Giri was elected the third vice president of India on 13 May 1967.
  • Following the death in office of President Zakir Hussain on 3 May 1969, Giri was sworn in as acting president the same day.

Death:

  • He died on June 23, 1980.

S.Viswanathan Birth day

Birth:

  • He was born on August 10, 1916 in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu.

Honours:

  • A Tamil writer and magazine author who wrote in the nickname “Savi”.
  • One of the best comedian writer in Tamil.
  • After working in magazines like Kalki, Ananda Vikatan, Kunkum and Dinamani Ray, he started a weekly magazine Savi and worked as a teacher for many years.
  • He started the Gnanabharathi association with a group of friends.
  • He was honored with the Jnanabharathi Award For those who were sealed in the field of art and magazines.

Books:

  • Thirukural stories
  • Old Account
  • Vedhaviddhu
  • Komaganin Kadhal
  • The three who surrounded the world
  • Four countries that I saw

Magazines:

  • VelliMani
  • Savi
  • Puvaali
  • Thisaigal
  • Monaa

Death:

  • He died on February 9, 2001.

Events

  • 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Guam comes to an effective end.
  • 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a combined German–Estonian force successfully defending Narva, Estonia from invading Soviet troops.
  • 1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
  • 1948 – Jawaharlal Nehru initiated the Atomic Energy Commission.

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