8th November is celebrated as National Cappuccino Day. On November 8, the birthday of many famous celebrities of India is also celebrated. Come, let us see the birthday of which famous personalities of India is celebrated on 8th November.
(1) Mr. Lal Krishna Advani (Bornn : 8 November 1927) – He is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. Advani is one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a longtime member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a volunteer organisation. He also served as Minister of Home Affairs in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government from 1998 to 2004. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 10th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha and also the longest serving person of this post. He is widely considered architect of Hindutva politics and was the power centre of BJP in 1990s. He was the Prime Ministerial candidate of BJP in 2009. Advani began his political career as a volunteer of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a volunteer organisation. He is credited for rise of BJP from 2 seats in 1984 to 182 seats in 1998. In 2015 he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian honour. He has held numerous positions in his career.
(2) Mr. Upendra Limaye (born 8 November 1969 in Pune, Maharashtra) – He is an famous actor. He has acted in numerous experimental plays, Marathi parallel films, television serials, Hindi mainstream movies and a few South Indian films. His performance in the film Jogva (2009), earned him the Best Male Actor award at the 56th National Films Awards in 2010, making him the first Marathi actor to be honoured with. Besides ‘Jogwa’, he has appeared in several National award-winning films, like ‘Mukta’ (1994),’ ‘Bangarwadi’ (1995), ‘Sarkarnama’ (1998), ‘Dhyasparva’ (2001), ‘Chandni Bar’ (2003) ‘Page 3’(2005), ‘Darling’ (2007)‘Traffic Signal’ (2007), ‘Sarkar Raj’ (2008), ‘Urfi’ (2015) ‘Mulshi Pattern’ (2018) to mention a few.
Apart from films, Upendra has also acted in the TV serial Tara From Satara (2019-2020).