Today in #history - Nov 16th | Umedram Desai | BN Reddi | Kanta Rao | Mihir Sen | Ramoji Rao

What Happened on November 16?

1945: UNESCO was founded as a United Nations agency to promote global peace and cooperation through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms.

1869: Dr. Umedram Lalbhai Desai, a pioneering Indian doctor, invented medical tools like the Screw Bone Perforator and devices for wiring fractured bones.

1908: B. N. Reddy, a renowned film director from South India, was the first recipient of the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award from the region.

1923: T. L. Kanta Rao, famous Telugu actor, won the Rashtrapati Award in 1963 for his role as Lakshmana in the film Lava Kusha, becoming an icon in Telugu cinema.

1930: Mihir Sen, an Indian lawyer and record-breaking swimmer, became the first Indian to swim the English Channel and the only person to swim across the oceans of five continents in one year.

1936: Ramoji Rao, prominent media entrepreneur and founder of Ramoji Film City, established the world’s largest film production facility, producing many popular films under Ushakiran Movies.

1985: Gulshan Nanda, a bestselling novelist and screenwriter, was known for his Hindi novels adapted into hit films like Kaajal, Kati Patang, and Khilona during the ‘60s and ‘70s.

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