27 June - R. D. Burman Indian music director birth anniversary

Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 04 January 1994) was an Indian music director. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films.Burman did major work with his wife, Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar and scored many of the songs that made these singers famous. He has also scored many songs sung by his sister-in-law, Lata Mangeshkar. Nicknamed Pancham, he was the only son of the composer Sachin Dev Burman.

He was mainly active in the Hindi film industry as a composer, and also provided vocals for a few compositions.He served as an influence to the next generation of Indian music directors,and his songs continue to be popular in India and overseas.

26 June - Bankimchandra Chatterjee birth anniversary

Bankimchandra Chatterjee or Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, ( 26 June 1838– 08 April 1894)was an Indian novelist, poet and journalist.He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally in Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring activists during the Indian Independence Movement. Chattopadhyay wrote thirteen novels and many serious, serio-comic, satirical, scientific and critical treatises in Bengali. His works were widely translated into other regional languages of India as well as in English. He was born on 13th Ashard 1245, as per Bengali calendar.