Today Importance - 2nd November
2-November-1534
Sikh Guru Guru Ramdas was born.
2-November-1774
British army chief and diplomat Lord Robert Clive, one of the founders of British rule in India, passed away. He committed suicide in England at the age of 49, citing poor health and his misdeeds in India.
2-November-1841
Akbar Khan rebelled against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.
2-November-1871
Birth of Kashinath Raghunath Mitra, the famous editor of the monthly magazine 'Manoranjan'.
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2-November-1885
The first great Marathi musical playwright Balwant Pandurang Kirloskar (Annasaheb) passes away.
2-November-1889
Tyagamurti Goswami Ganeshdutt, social worker, was born in Chiniot, Jhang district of Punjab.
2-November-1897
Sohrab Mehrwanji Modi, theater and film producer, director and actor, is born.
2-November-1908
Fifty years after the introduction of direct rule, Edward VII spoke of 'increasingly increasing' democracy.
2-November-1950
India rebuked Mao for attacking Tibet.
2-November-1956
143 people died when the express train fell below the Marudayar river embankment.
2-November-1967
The Ministry of Education has created a National Service Scheme for university students.
2-November-1971
The storm and subsequent tsunami killed 6,000 people.
2-November-1971
Indian football (football) player Roberto Fernandes was born in Goa.
2-November-1972
ICMR set up a series of regional centers of national nutrition surveillance and 500 Indians were detained in Washington bureaus in different parts of India.
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2-November-1972
BD Pandey was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He remained on this post till 31-03-1977.
2-November-1976
Lok Sabha passed the 42nd Constitution Amendment Bill to make India a socialist secular republic and define the fundamental duties of citizens.
2-November-1984
Violence escalated after the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
2-November-1990
Many people were killed when kar sevaks attacked the Ram Janmabhoomi/Babri Masjid structure in Ayodhya. Curfew in many parts of North and West India to prevent communal violence. Many people died in the violence.
2-November-1992
Nine ministers of Maharashtra resigned.
2-November-1994
Three British hostages were released after a fierce encounter in Saharanpur, UP.
2-November-1999
The BJP suffered a setback in Bihar as it failed to win a single seat in the elections held in four Lok Sabha constituencies on October 28.
2-November-1999
Delhi High Court has rejected the petition against Sonia Gandhi demanding removal of her name from the Indian Citizenship Register.
2-November-2000
BCCI appoints John Wright as India's coach
2-November-2000
National Gallantry Award winner Sinam Chandramani Singh (18), his brother Sinam Robin Singh and their aunt were among the 10 killed by eight Assam Rifles in Malom near Imphal.