Year 1834
On this day a ship named Atlas reached Mauritius with Indian laborers. They celebrated as Indian arrival day.
NOVEMBER 2
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2 November: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 2 November.
Observances & Special Days
Indian Arrival Day (Mauritius)
Year 1841
Akbar Khan revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.
Year 1908
50 years after the start of direct rule, Edward VII talks of 'prudently extending' democracy.
Year 1914
Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire.
Year 1936
The British Broadcasting Corporation launched the BBC television service.
Year 1936
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was formed.
Year 1940
In World War II, War started between Greece and Italy.
Year 1950
India rebukes Mao for invasion of Tibet.
Year 1951
About 6 thousand British soldiers arrived in Egypt to overcome the demonstrations against Britain. Apart from this, a large number of soldiers were on their way to Egypt.
Year 1953
The Assembly of Pakistan renamed the country the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Year 1967
Ministry of Education evolves a National Service Scheme for University students.
Year 1972
ICMR set up a chain of regional centres of National Nutrition Monitoring and 500 Indians seize Washington Bureaux in different parts of India.
Year 1976
Lok Sabha passes the 42nd Constitution Amendment Bill making India a Socialist Secular Republic and laying down the fundamental duties of citizens.
Year 1986
David Jacobson, an American citizen held hostage through Islamic extremists in Beirut, was released.
Year 1988
In the general elections held in Israel, no party could get a clear majority and there was only one seat difference between the two major parties.
Year 1990
Many die in firing in Ayodhya as Karsevaks storm the Ram Janma Bhumi/Babri Masjid structure. Curfew in many areas in north and west India to prevent communal violence. Several people die in violence.
Year 1999
Southern playback singer S. P. Balasubramaniam selected for Lata Mangeshkar Award to be given by Madhya Pradesh Government.
Year 2000
Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), national bravery award winner, his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among 10 killed in firing by eight Assam Rifles personnel at Malom near Imphal.
Year 2016
The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
Born On This Day
971 AD: Mahmud of Ghazni was the first independent ruler of the Turkic dynasty of Ghaznavids.
Born 1470
King Edward of England.
Born 1534
Guru Ramdas, Sikh Guru, was born.
Born 1755
Marie Antoinette, French Empress.
Born 1795
James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States.
Born 1833
Mahendra Lal Sarkar, co-founder of the Indian Association of Cultivation of Science, a homeopath, social reformer, and disseminator of science.
Born 1865
Warren Gamaliel Harding, the 29th president of the United States.
Born 1871
Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, famous editor of monthly magzine 'Manoranjan', was born.
Born 1877
Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam (d. 1957)
Born 1877
Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, the 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili religion.
Born 1886
Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician.
Born 1889
Tyagmurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born at Chiniot in Jhang district, Punjab.
Born 1897
Sohrab Meherbanji Modi, Indian filmmaker, director, and actor,.
Born 1929
Amar Bose, Indian businessman, founder of Bose Corporation.
Born 1935
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Indian author
Born 1941
Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications
Born 1949
M. G. George Muthoot, an Indian entrepreneur, and businessman.
Born 1960
Anu Malik, Indian musician.
Born 1965
Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host
Born 1971
Roberto Fernandes, Indian Soccer(Football) player, was born in Goa.
Born 1982
Yogeshwar Dutt, an Indian freestyle wrestler.
Born 1993
Trishneet Arora, the founder, and CEO of TAC Security, an IT security company.
Died 1774
Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British Rule in India, British Army Chief and Diplomat, died. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49 under strain of ill health and charges of his misdeeds in India.
Died 1885
Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb), first great Marathi musical drama playwright, died.
Died 1950
George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize-winning Irish author, and co-founder of the London School of Economics (LSE).
Died 1961
James Grover Thurber, an American cartoonist, author, humorist, journalist, playwright.
Died 1963
Ngô Đình Diệm, a Vietnamese politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Vietnam
Died 1984
Sharad Chandra Muktibodh, Indian-Marathi writer.
Died 1990
Abasaheb Garware, Indian Industrialist, founder of Garware Industries Group.
Died 2012
Yeren Naidu, Indian Politician, Telugu Desam Party Lok Sabha leader.
Died 2012
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Indian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1930)