21 November is celebrated as World Television Day. In India too, the birthday of many famous personalities is celebrated on 21 November. According to a research, children born on November 21 are very proficient in reading when they grow up. Such children later like to go into the field of medical and scientific research.
Birthday of many great personalities is celebrated on 21 November in India. Here is a list of Indian dignitaries whose birthday is celebrated on 21 November.
(1) Mrs. Helen Khan (Born : 21 November 1938 in Rangoon) – Helen was born in British Burma but she has acquired Indian citizenship since 1957. She is an Indian actress and dancer. She has appeared in over 700 films, making her a prolific performer in Hindi cinema. She is known for her supporting, character roles and guest appearances in a career spanning seventy years. Helen has received two Filmfare Awards, and is often cited as one of the most popular nautch dancers of her time. In 2009, Helen was awarded with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Helen was introduced to Bollywood (Hindi cinema) when a family friend, an actress known as Cuckoo, helped her find jobs as a group dancer in the films Shabistan (1951) and Awaara (1951). She was soon working regularly and was featured as a solo dancer in films such as Alif Laila (1954) and Hoor-e-Arab (1955). She also featured as Street singer in film Mayurpankh (1954). She got her major break in 1958, aged 19, when she performed on the song “Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu” in Shakti Samanta’s film, Howrah Bridge. After that she worked in many films such – Yahudi (1958), Anari (1959), Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960), Half Ticket (1962), Woh Kaun Thi? (1964), Gumnaam (1965), Khandan (1965), Kaajal (1965), Jewel Thief (1967), Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972), Benaam (1974), Sholay (1975), Immaan Dharam (1977), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Don (1978), Shaan (1980), Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) etc.
Helen married film scriptwriter Salim Khan in 1981.
(2) Mrs. Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel (Born : 21 November 1941 in Kharod, Gujarat) – She is an Indian politician serving as the current Governor of Uttar Pradesh. She also served as Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Chhattisgarh. She has served as the first female Chief Minister of Gujarat.
Mrs. Patel worked as the teacher at Mohiniba Kanya Vidyalaya, Ahmedabad in 1967 or 1970, where she taught science and mathematics to higher secondary students. Later, she became the school’s principal. She joined BJP as the Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Morcha President in 1987. Patel was elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in 1994. Patel resigned from Rajyasabha in 1998 and contested her first assembly election from MANDAL assembly constituency. She won and became the cabinet minister for education under the Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel. Patel contested her second and third assembly elections in 2002 and 2007 from Patan assembly constituency and was elected. She continued as a cabinet minister for education in her second term and was assigned to Roads & Building and Revenue in her third term. Mrs. Patel contested and won from Ghatlodiya constituency in the 2012 elections. She continued as the cabinet minister of Road and Building, Revenue, Urban Development, and Urban Housing, Disaster Management and Capital Projects. On 22 May 2014, Mrs. Patel took oath as the 15th Chief Minister of Gujarat. She resigned from post of CM on 4 August 2016. On 19 January 2018, she became the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. On 20 July 2019, Mrs. Patel became Governor of Uttar Pradesh.