2nd June – What Happened Today In History?

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 2nd June 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 occurred on 2nd June.

Famous Birthdays in History on this day:

Sonakshi Sinha (born 2 June 1987) is an Indian Bollywood actress and model. She marked her debut in the Hindi film industry with 2010 Blockbuster film Dabangg opposite Salman Khan. Sinha next appeared in Rowdy Rathore (2012) alongside Akshay Kumar.
Mani Ratnam (born Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam on 2 June 1956) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema, based in Chennai, India. Born into a Tamil Brahmin family in Madurai, Ratnam worked as a management consultant before entering into the film industry. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi in 1983.
Ilaiyaraaja (born Gnanadesikan on 2 June 1943) is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist, mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, singer, and a songwriter.

Ranbirraj “Raj” Kapoor (Hindi: राज कपूर, Punjabi: ਰਾਜ ਕਪੂਰ, Rāj Kapūr, 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as The Show-Man, was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema. He was the winner of nine Filmfare Awards in India, and a two-time nominee for the Palme d’Or grand prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his films Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954).
Shriram Sharma (September 20, 1911 – June 2, 1990) was an Indian seer, sage, a prominent philosopher, a visionary of the New Golden Era, and the Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar, which has its headquarters at Shantikunj, Haridwar.

Notable Events:

1908: Sri Aurobindo, a freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case.
1953: Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest.
1975: India’s First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.
2014: Telangana officially became the 29th state of India.