Updated at November 7, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Rajat Sharma |
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Birthdate | February 18, 1957 |
Birth Place | India |
Age (in 2024) | 67 Years Old |
Zodiac | Aquarius |
Occupation | Journalist |
Rajat Sharma is best known as Journalist who has born on February 18, 1957 in India. Currently, Rajat Sharma is 67 years, 8 months and 17 days old. Rajat Sharma will celebrate 68th birthday on Tuesday, 18th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Rajat Sharma upcoming birthday.
Journalist and news personality widely known as the host of Aaj Ki Baat and the editor-in-chief of its parent India TV. In his 22 years in television, he served as President of The News Broadcasters Association of India and Vice President in Strategic Affairs of The Indian Broadcasting Foundation.
While dabbling in student politics at Delhi University, he was jailed for 11 months during Indira Ghandi's Emergency declared in 1975. Following his release, his interest in politics became a full blown passion.
Before beginning his television career, he worked as an editor for outlets like The Daily and the Sunday Observer. He was named INBA Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009.
He grew up in poverty, living in a 100 square foot home in India with his six brothers and one sister. As an adult, he married television producer Ritu Dhawan.
In March 2015, he received the civilian award Padma Bhushan from President Pranab Mukherjee.
Rajat Sharma is 67 years old today.
Rajat Sharma was born on February 18, 1957 in India.
Rajat Sharma zodiac sign is Aquarius.
Rajat Sharma was best known as Journalist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Rajat Sharma's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1970 | The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. |
1972 | The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment. |
1977 | A thousand armed soldiers raid Kalakuta Republic, the commune of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti, leading to the death of Funmilayo Anikulapo Kuti. |
1977 | The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747. |
1979 | Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag. |
1983 | Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history. |
1991 | The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London. |
2001 | FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. |
2001 | Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes. |
2003 | 192 people die when an arsonist sets fire to a subway train in Daegu, South Korea. |
2004 | Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes. |
2010 | WikiLeaks publishes the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by the soldier now known as Chelsea Manning. |
2013 | Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium. |
2014 | At least 76 people are killed and hundreds are injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Kyiv, Ukraine. |
2021 | Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully. |
1970 | The birth of James H. Fowler, American political scientist and author |
1971 | The birth of Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer |
1974 | The birth of Carrie Ann Baade, American painter and academic |
1974 | The birth of Radek Černý, Czech international footballer |
1974 | The birth of Julia Butterfly Hill, American environmentalist and author |
1974 | The birth of Jillian Michaels, American personal trainer and television personality |
1974 | The birth of Leilani Maaja Münter, American environmental activist and former professional race car driver |
1975 | The birth of Gary Neville, English international footballer |
1980 | The birth of Regina Spektor, Russian-American musician and songwriter |
1982 | The birth of Christian Tiffert, German footballer |
1983 | The birth of Jermaine Jenas, English international footballer |
1990 | The birth of Monica Aksamit, American Olympic saber fencer |
1991 | The birth of Sebastian Neumann, German footballer |
1991 | The birth of Jeremy Allen White, American actor |
1992 | The birth of Le'Veon Bell, American football player |
1956 | The death of Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860) |
1960 | The death of Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885) |
1966 | The death of Grigory Nelyubov, Soviet pilot and military officer (b. 1934) |
1967 | The death of J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904) |
1969 | The death of Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893) |
1977 | The death of Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905) |
1981 | The death of Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895) |
1982 | The death of Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895) |
2001 | The death of Balthus, Polish-Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1908) |
2001 | The death of Dale Earnhardt, American racer and NASCAR seven times champion (b. 1951) |
2014 | The death of Mavis Gallant, Canadian-French author and playwright (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1914) |
2015 | The death of Elchanan Heilprin, Czechoslovakian-born English rabbi (b. 1920 or 1922) |
2019 | The death of Alessandro Mendini, Italian designer and architect (b. 1931) |
2020 | The death of Flavio Bucci, Italian actor and voice actor (b. 1947) |
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