Ravi Shankar Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts
Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Ravi Shankar Facts
| Full Name | Ravi Shankar |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | April 07, 1920 |
| Birth Place | Varanasi, India |
| Age (in 2024) | 104 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Aries |
| Occupation | Sitar Player |
Ravi Shankar Age & Birthday
Ravi Shankar is best known as Sitar Player who has born on April 07, 1920 in Varanasi, India. Currently, Ravi Shankar is 104 years, 8 months and 16 days old. Ravi Shankar will celebrate 105th birthday on Monday, 7th of April 2025. Below the countdown to Ravi Shankar upcoming birthday.
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About
Gifted Indian sitar player who helped introduce the instrument to a wider audience. He was known for his use of Carnatic music and was given the title Pandit.
Before Fame
He toured India and Europe with his brother Uday Shankar's famous dance group, eventually giving it up to learn the sitar with Allauddin Khan.
Trivia
He was especially close to George Harrison of The Beatles, a friendship that gained him international recognition and influenced the track "Within You Without You" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles' 1967 Grammy Award-winning album.
Family Life
He married Roshanara Annapurna Khan in 1941, but the couple divorced in 1961. He married Sukanya Ranjan in 1988. He had two daughters, Norah and Anoushka, and a son, Shubhendra.
Associated With
He collaborated with Yehudi Menuhin on the 1966 album West Meets East, which garnered the duo a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance in 1967.
Top Asked Questions about Ravi Shankar
How old is Ravi Shankar in 2024?
Ravi Shankar is 104 years old today.
When was Ravi Shankar born?
Ravi Shankar was born on April 07, 1920 in Varanasi, India.
What is Ravi Shankar zodiac sign?
Ravi Shankar zodiac sign is Aries.
What was Ravi Shankar best known for?
Ravi Shankar was best known as Sitar Player.
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Fun Facts about Ravi Shankar's Birthday
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Ravi Shankar's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
- Ravi Shankar was born on Wednesday, 98th day / 15th week of 1920
- Ravi Shankar has Aries zodiac sign and Fire element based on western astrology
- Roman numeral of Ravi Shankar birthday is VII.IV.MCMXX
- Ravi Shankar's birthstone is Diamond
- Ravi Shankar's birth flower is Sweet pea that symbolize egard, youth & purity
- Ravi Shankar age in year is 104 years old
- Ravi Shankar age in month is 1256 months old
- Ravi Shankar age in day is 38246 days old
- Ravi Shankar age in hour is 917904 hours old
- Ravi Shankar age in minute is 55074240 minutes old
- Ravi Shankar age in second is 3304454400 seconds old
- Next Ravi Shankar birthday is on Monday, April 7th 2025
- Ravi Shankar age in next birthday (2025) is 105 years old
Historical Events on Ravi Shankar Birthday (April 07)
Below are historical events that coincided with Ravi Shankar's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Auburn Calloway attempts to destroy Federal Express Flight 705 in order to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy. |
| 1995 | First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. |
| 2001 | NASA launches the 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. |
| 2003 | Iraq War: U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime falls two days later. |
| 2009 | Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. |
| 2009 | Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent. |
| 2011 | The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever. |
| 2017 | A man deliberately drives a hijacked truck into a crowd of people in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people and injuring fifteen others. |
| 2017 | U.S. President Donald Trump orders the 2017 Shayrat missile strike against Syria in retaliation for the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack. |
| 2018 | Former Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is arrested for corruption by determination of Judge Sérgio Moro, from the “Car-Wash Operation”. Lula stayed imprisoned for 580 days, after being released by the Brazilian Supreme Court. |
| 2018 | Syria launches the Douma chemical attack during the Eastern Ghouta offensive of the Syrian Civil War. |
| 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic: China ends its lockdown in Wuhan. |
| 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic: Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly resigns for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on USS Theodore Roosevelt and the dismissal of Brett Crozier. |
| 2021 | COVID-19 pandemic: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announces that the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States. |
| 2022 | Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed for the Supreme Court of the United States, becoming the first black female justice. |
| 1989 | The birth of Mitchell Pearce, Australian rugby league player |
| 1989 | The birth of Teddy Riner, French judoka |
| 1990 | The birth of Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter |
| 1990 | The birth of Anna Bogomazova, Russian-American kick-boxer, martial artist, and wrestler |
| 1990 | The birth of Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player |
| 1990 | The birth of Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer |
| 1991 | The birth of Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer |
| 1991 | The birth of Anne-Marie, English singer-songwriter |
| 1992 | The birth of Andreea Acatrinei, Romanian gymnast |
| 1992 | The birth of Guilherme Negueba, Brazilian footballer |
| 1993 | The birth of Ichinojō Takashi, Mongolian sumo wrestler |
| 1994 | The birth of Johanna Allik, Estonian figure skater |
| 1994 | The birth of Aaron Gray, Australian rugby league player |
| 1996 | The birth of Emerson Hyndman, American international soccer player |
| 1997 | The birth of Rafaela Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player |
| 2014 | The death of Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952) |
| 2014 | The death of John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931) |
| 2014 | The death of George Shuffler, American guitarist (b. 1925) |
| 2014 | The death of Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927) |
| 2014 | The death of Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942) |
| 2015 | The death of Tim Babcock, American soldier and politician, 16th Governor of Montana (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | The death of José Capellán, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1981) |
| 2015 | The death of Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (b. 1926) |
| 2015 | The death of Richard Henyekane, South African footballer (b. 1983) |
| 2015 | The death of Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (b. 1935) |
| 2016 | The death of Blackjack Mulligan, American professional wrestler (b. 1942) |
| 2019 | The death of Seymour Cassel, American actor (b. 1935) |
| 2020 | The death of John Prine, American country folk singer-songwriter (b. 1946) |
| 2020 | The death of Herb Stempel, American television personality (b. 1926) |
| 2021 | The death of Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1950) |
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