24 August - Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher birth anniversary

Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, was the first chief minister (then called prime minister) of Bombay State which consisted of present day Maharastra and Gujarat States of India. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 1954. A lawyer, solicitor and social worker by choice and politician by necessity, Kher was often described as “Sajjan”, good and gentle. Kher was a scholar, an accomplished orator, and a man with no pretensions. He was born on August 24, 1888 and died on March 8, 1957.

24 August - V.V.Giri became the 4th President of India in 1969

 

Varahagiri Venkata Giri (10 August 1894 – 24 June 1980) was the fourth president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He was the only president to be elected as an independent candidate.He was succeeded by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed as president in 1974.After the end of his full term, Giri was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975. Giri died on 24 June 1980. His great grandson V. Giri Shankar is an Advocate of the Madras High Court, Chennai.

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