Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Meera Shankar |
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Birthdate | October 09, 1950 |
Birth Place | India |
Age (in 2024) | 74 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Politician |
Meera Shankar is best known as Politician who has born on October 09, 1950 in India. Currently, Meera Shankar is 74 years, 1 months and 12 days old. Meera Shankar will celebrate 75th birthday on Thursday, 9th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Meera Shankar upcoming birthday.
Between 2009 and 2011, this Indian diplomat served as Ambassador to the United States. She was the second woman (after Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit) to hold this prestigious position.
After being educated at St.Mary's Convent and subsequently pursuing a career with the Indian Foreign Service, she was appointed to high-ranking positions within both India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Indian Prime Minister's Office.
Prior to her appointment as U.S. Ambassador, she was her country's Ambassador to Germany.
She and her husband, former Indian Department of Industrial Policy Secretary Ajay Shankar, raised a daughter named Priya.
In 2009, she succeeded Ronen Sen as Indian Ambassador to the United States.
Meera Shankar is 74 years old today.
Meera Shankar was born on October 09, 1950 in India.
Meera Shankar zodiac sign is Libra.
Meera Shankar was best known as Politician.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Meera Shankar's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1970 | The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia. |
1980 | Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City. |
1981 | President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France. |
1983 | South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. |
1984 | The popular children's television show Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, premieres on ITV. |
1986 | The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre. |
1986 | Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC) launches as the "fourth" US television network. |
1992 | The Peekskill meteorite, a 27.7 pounds (12.6 kg) meteorite crashed into a parked car in Peekskill, New York |
1995 | An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona. |
2006 | North Korea conducts its first nuclear test. |
2007 | The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its all-time high of 14,164 points before rapidly declining due to the 2007-2008 financial crises. |
2009 | First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program. |
2012 | Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai. |
2016 | The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its first attack on Myanmar security forces along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. |
2019 | Turkey begins its military offensive in north-eastern Syria. |
1983 | The birth of Andreas Zuber, Austrian race car driver |
1985 | The birth of David Plummer, American swimmer |
1986 | The birth of Derek Holland, American baseball player |
1986 | The birth of Laure Manaudou, French swimmer |
1986 | The birth of Stephane Zubar, French footballer |
1988 | The birth of David Tyrrell, Australian rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Russell Packer, New Zealand rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Kevin Kampl, German-Slovene footballer |
1992 | The birth of Sam Mewis, American soccer player |
1993 | The birth of Ani Amiraghyan, Armenian tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Lauren Davis, American tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Wesley So, Filipino-American chess grandmaster |
1996 | The birth of Bella Hadid, American model |
2001 | The birth of Kyla Leibel, Canadian swimmer |
2013 | The death of Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (b. 1933) |
2013 | The death of Srihari, Indian actor (b. 1964) |
2013 | The death of Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1936) |
2013 | The death of Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Boris Buzančić, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (b. 1957) |
2014 | The death of Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Ray Duncan, American businessman (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (b. 1944) |
2016 | The death of Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Jean Rochefort, French actor (b. 1930) |
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