2nd June’22 – What Happened Today In History?

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Today In History

Find out what happened on the 2nd of 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 occur 2nd of June

Sonakshi Sinha ( born 2 June 1987) is an Indian film actress and singer. After working as a costume designer in her early career, Sinha made her acting debut in the action-drama film Dabangg (2010), which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut.Sinha has played the romantic interest of the male protagonists in several top-grossing action-dramas.
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), commonly known by his screen name Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In 2002, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film. Despite being born into a film family, Mani Ratnam did not develop any interest in films when he was young.
Ilaiyaraaja (born 2 June 1943) is an Indian film composer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, orchestrator, conductor-arranger and lyricist who works in the Indian Film Industry, predominantly in Tamil. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Indian music composers, he is credited for introducing western musical sensibilities in the Indian musical mainstream.
Dr.Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 2 June 1961) is an Indian medical doctor, the Governor of Telangana and former President of the Tamil Nadu BJP. She was a National Secretary and Tamilnadu State Unit President of the BJP prior to this appointment.
Nandan Nilekani (born 2 June 1955) is an Indian entrepreneur, bureaucrat, and politician. He co-founded Infosys and is the non-executive chairman of Infosys replacing R Seshasayee and Ravi Venkatesan, who were the co-chairs of the board, on 24 August 2017.

Notable Moments

1756 Fort William, the English stronghold in Bengal, was surrendered to Siraj-ud-Daulah.
1908 Sri Aurobindo, freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case.
1955 A British party scales the third highest peak Mt. Kanchenjunga, highest unclimbed peak.
1965 The second of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India).
1975 India’s First Spunge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada.