Updated at November 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Rk Narayan |
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Birthdate | October 10, 1906 |
Birth Place | India |
Age (in 2024) | 118 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Novelist |
Rk Narayan is best known as Novelist who has born on October 10, 1906 in India. Currently, Rk Narayan is 118 years, 1 months and 13 days old. Rk Narayan will celebrate 119th birthday on Friday, 10th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Rk Narayan upcoming birthday.
Considered one of the greatest Indian-English novelists of all time, he wrote Swami and Friends (1935) and The Bachelor of Arts (1937). He is the recipient of the prestigious Padma Vibhusha award.
He began his literary career as a reporter for The Justice, a Madras-based newspaper. He published his first novel, Swami and Friends, in 1935.
He was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Leeds and Delhi University.
His wife, Rajam, died of typhoid fever in 1939, leaving the couple's young daughter, Hema, without a mother. His grief over his wife's death inspired his 1945 novel, The English Teacher.
He was mentored and championed by author Graham Greene.
Rk Narayan is 118 years old today.
Rk Narayan was born on October 10, 1906 in India.
Rk Narayan zodiac sign is Libra.
Rk Narayan was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Rk Narayan's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1975 | Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations. |
1979 | The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland. |
1980 | The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369. |
1980 | The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front is founded in El Salvador. |
1985 | US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy. |
1986 | A 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500. |
1997 | Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74. |
1998 | A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people. |
2002 | Iraq War: The United States Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. |
2007 | Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor becomes the first Malaysian in space on board Soyuz TMA-11. |
2009 | Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by either side. |
2010 | The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country. |
2015 | Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+. |
2018 | Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage. |
2022 | Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. |
1991 | The birth of Lali Espósito, Argentinian actress and singer |
1991 | The birth of Mariana Pajón, Colombian cyclist |
1991 | The birth of Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer |
1993 | The birth of Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cuban baseball player |
1993 | The birth of Jayden Stockley, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Ilya Mikheyev, Russian ice hockey player |
1994 | The birth of Marquez Valdes-Scantling, American football player |
1994 | The birth of Tereza Smitková, Czech tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model |
1995 | The birth of Brenko Lee, Australian-born Tongan rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Courtland Sutton, American football player |
1996 | The birth of Sami Niku, Finnish ice hockey player |
1996 | The birth of Genesis Cabrera, Dominican baseball player |
1997 | The birth of Vinnie Pasquantino, American baseball player |
2002 | The birth of Josh Giddey, Australian basketball player |
2013 | The death of Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1958) |
2014 | The death of Damiana Eugenio, Filipino author and academic (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of Valeri Karpov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1971) |
2014 | The death of Lari Ketner, American football and basketball player (b. 1977) |
2014 | The death of Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author (b. 1947) |
2015 | The death of Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Nigerian politician, Governor of Bayelsa State (b. 1952) |
2015 | The death of Hilla Becher, German photographer and educator (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Manorama, Indian (Tamil) actress (b. 1937) |
2015 | The death of Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (b. 1926) |
2021 | The death of Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical scientist (b. 1936) |
2022 | The death of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1939) |
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