2 January special day in India
Important Events-
Birth & Death
2 January special day in India - Important Events :
- 1757: The British defeated the Nawab of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey. This victory laid the foundation of the East India Company government and the British East India Company captured Kolkata.
- 1881: Lokmanya Tilak started the Maratha Newspaper in Pune.
- 1885: Fergusson College started in Pune.
- 1936: Madhya Pradesh High Court was established.
- 1942: World War II – Japanese forces captured Manila, Philippines.
- 1945: World War II – German Air Force fighter planes attacked airports in France, Belgium and Holland.
- 1954: President Dr. Rajendra Prasad instituted the Bharat Ratna Award.
- 1959: Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the moon, was launched by the Soviet Union.
- 2 January special day in India
2 January special day in India - Birth :
- 1920: Birth of ‘Isaac Asimov’ – American biochemist and science fiction writer. (Died: 6 April 1992)
- 1932: Birth of ‘Harchand Singh Longowal’ – President of the Akali Dal. (Died: 20 August 1985)
- 1940: Birth of ‘Satmangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivas Varadhan’ – Indian American mathematician.
- 1959: Birth of ‘Kirti Azad’ – Indian cricketer.
- 1960: Birth of ‘Raman Lamba’ – Indian cricketer. (Died: 23 February 1998)
- 2 January special day in India
2 January special day in India - Death :
- 1316: Death of ‘Allauddin Khilji’ – Sultan of Delhi.
- 1935: Death of ‘Moreshwar Vasudev Abhyankar’ – Freedom fighter, Congress leader of the Central Provinces of Tilak’s ideology, lawyer. (Born: 19 August 1886)
- 1943: Death of ‘Hutatma Veer Bhai Kotwal’.
- 1944: Death of ‘Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde’ – A wise social reformer who considered the eradication of untouchability as his life’s goal. (Born: 23 April 1873)
- 1952: Death of ‘Joe Davidson’ – A great sculptor who made statues of individuals.
- 1989: Death of ‘Safdar Hashmi’ – A street dramatist, writer, director, poet and lyricist of Marxist ideology. (Born: 12 April 1954)
- 1999: Death of ‘Vimala Farooqui’ – A leader of the Communist Party of India and an activist in the women’s movement.
- 2002: Death of ‘Anil Agarwal’ – An environmentalist.
- 2015: Death of ‘Vasant Gowarikar’ – An Indian scholar.