Bapsi Sidhwa Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at May 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Bapsi Sidhwa Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Bapsi Sidhwa Facts

Full Name	Bapsi Sidhwa
Birthdate	August 11, 1938
Birth Place	Pakistan
Age (in 2024)	85 Years Old
Zodiac	Leo
Occupation	Novelist

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Bapsi Sidhwa Age & Birthday

Bapsi Sidhwa is best known as Novelist who has born on August 11, 1938 in Pakistan. Currently, Bapsi Sidhwa is 85 years, 8 months and 24 days old. Bapsi Sidhwa will celebrate 86th birthday on Sunday, 11th of August 2024. Below the countdown to Bapsi Sidhwa upcoming birthday.

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Bapsi Sidhwa Biography

About

Famous for her novels Cracking India (1991) and Water (2006), she received her native country's most prestigious arts honor, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, as well as both the Premio Mondello and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award.

Before Fame

Many years after earning her bachelor's degree from the Kinnaird College for Women (in Lahore, Pakistan), she published her debut novel, The Crow Eaters (1978).

Trivia

She contracted polio at the age of two.

Family Life

Born into the Parsi Zoroastrian faith and religious community, she grew up in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan, as the daughter of Tehmina and Peshotan Bhandara. During her brief first marriage, she lived in Bombay, India. With her second husband, Noshir, and her three children, she later settled in the United States and taught at Columbia, Rice, Brandeis, and several other American universities.

Associated With

Sidhwa's two most famous novels were adapted into feature films by the Indian director Deepa Mehta.

Top Asked Questions about Bapsi Sidhwa

How old is Bapsi Sidhwa in 2024?

Bapsi Sidhwa is 85 years old today.

When was Bapsi Sidhwa born?

Bapsi Sidhwa was born on August 11, 1938 in Pakistan.

What is Bapsi Sidhwa zodiac sign?

Bapsi Sidhwa zodiac sign is Leo.

What was Bapsi Sidhwa best known for?

Bapsi Sidhwa was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Bapsi Sidhwa's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Bapsi Sidhwa's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Bapsi Sidhwa was born on Thursday, 223^rd day / 32^nd week of 1938
Bapsi Sidhwa has Leo zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Bapsi Sidhwa birthday is XI.VIII.MCMXXXVIII
Bapsi Sidhwa's birthstone is Peridot
Bapsi Sidhwa's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
Bapsi Sidhwa age in year is 85 years old
Bapsi Sidhwa age in month is 1028 months old
Bapsi Sidhwa age in day is 31313 days old
Bapsi Sidhwa age in hour is 751512 hours old
Bapsi Sidhwa age in minute is 45090720 minutes old
Bapsi Sidhwa age in second is 2705443200 seconds old
Next Bapsi Sidhwa birthday is on Monday, August 11th 2025
Bapsi Sidhwa age in next birthday (2025) is 86 years old
Learn more interesting facts about August 11, 1938 birthday

Historical Events on Bapsi Sidhwa Birthday (August 11)

Below are historical events that coincided with Bapsi Sidhwa's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1965	Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
1969	The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
1972	Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
1975	East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
1979	Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
1982	A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
1984	"We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
1988	A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda.
1992	The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.
2000	An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
2003	NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
2003	Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
2006	The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
2012	At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
2017	At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
1987	The birth of Drew Storen, American baseball player
1988	The birth of Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
1988	The birth of Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
1988	The birth of Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
1989	The birth of Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)
1989	The birth of Sebastian Huke, German footballer
1990	The birth of Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
1991	The birth of Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
1992	The birth of Tomi Lahren, American conservative political commentator
1994	The birth of Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
1994	The birth of Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
1994	The birth of Joseph Barbato, French footballer
1994	The birth of Song I-han, South Korean singer
1997	The birth of Sarah Clelland, Scottish footballer
2001	The birth of Moyuka Uchijima, Japanese tennis player
2013	The death of David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)
2014	The death of Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
2014	The death of Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)
2014	The death of Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)
2014	The death of Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. 1951)
2015	The death of Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (b. 1923)
2015	The death of Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
2015	The death of Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)
2017	The death of Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)
2017	The death of Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)
2018	The death of V S Naipaul, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
2019	The death of Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1931)
2020	The death of Trini Lopez, Mexican American singer and guitarist (b. 1937)
2020	The death of Sumner Redstone, American billionaire businessman (b. 1923)
2022	The death of Anne Heche, American actress (b. 1969)

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