2nd August – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day

Today In History?

Find out what happened on the 2nd of August in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 2nd of August

Devi Sri Prasad (born 2 August 1979) is a music composer and playback singer in Telugu and Tamil films. His soundtracks have been dubbed or remade in several other languages as well. Devi Sri debuted through movie “Devi”, His music in Sreenu Vaitla’s debut movie Anandam earned him accaludes.

Siddharth Roy Kapoor is an Indian businessperson and the CEO of UTV Motion Pictures. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sydenham College and in 1997 he received his MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

Ruslaan Mumtaz is an Indian actor who works in the Mumbai based Hindi film industry, colloquially known as Bollywood. He is the son of actress Anjana Mumtaz. He made his acting debut in the romantic drama MP3 – Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar, which was not a big success, but earned him positive reviews.

Sushma Reddy is an Indian model, VJ, and scriptwriter. Sushma Reddy graduated in Economics from Mithibai College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She has two sisters, Meghna Reddy and Sameera Reddy.

Sanjit ‘Bunker’ Roy (born 2 August 1945) is an Indian social activist and educator. In 1972 he founded the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. The Indian non-governmental organization was registered as the Social Work and Research Centre.

Death Anniversaries on 2nd August

V. Dakshinamoorthy (born 22 December 1919) is a veteran carnatic musician and music director of Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films, predominantly in Malayalam films. He has set scores for the songs in over 125 films.

Kafeel Ahmed (1 January 1979 – 2 August 2007) was one of two terrorists behind the 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, who later died of his injuries sustained in the attacks. Ahmed was an Indian Muslim born in Bangalore, India and raised in Saudi Arabia during his doctor parents’ tenure there.

Ramkinkar Baij (May 25, 1906 – August 2, 1980) was an Indian sculptor and painter, one of the pioneers of modern Indian sculpture. Baij was born in an economically modest family in the Bankura district of the modern state of West Bengal in India.

V. Balakrishnan (b. in Katappattoor near Pala, 13 February 1932; d. at Pala, 2 August 2004) was a prolific Malayalam writer and translator of texts between Malayalam, Sanskrit and English. He participated in the Indian independence movement, which resulted in his expulsion from college.

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