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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 02/06/1827 |
Shyam Shastri, musician and a great artist of India, passed away at the age of 65 years. |
| 02/06/1887 |
Manabendra Nath Roy (his childhood name was Narendranath Bhattacharya), leftist thinker, great Indian politician and philosophist, was born at Arbelia village of 24-Parganas of West Bengal. He was the founder of 'Radical Democratic Party' after quitting Congress during World War II. |
| 02/06/1915 |
Poet Pradeep (Ramchandra Divedi) was born at Bandnagar, MP. |
| 02/06/1931 |
Motilal Gangadhar Nehru, revolutionary, founder of 'Swaraj Party', political leader and barrister, passed away at Lucknow. |
| 02/06/1932 |
Veena Das, revolutionary freedom fighter, shot Stenly Jackson, Governor of Calcutta at the convocation ceremony of B.A. degree, but Jackson was afraid and bend down, thus the aim was missed. |
| 02/06/1932 |
Dorabji Jamshetji Tata, great industrialist, passed away. |
| 02/06/1937 |
Baldev Singh, Chahal campaigner, was born. |
| 02/06/1939 |
Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III of Baroda, great nationalist and social reformer, passed away. |
| 02/06/1949 |
India to nationalize the estate of Nizam, the world's richest man, from Hyderabad. |
| 02/06/1950 |
N. R. Pillai was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 13-05-1953. |
| 02/06/1952 |
George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom, died of lung cancer at the age of 56 (succeeded by daughter, Elizabeth II). In 1947, His title of Emperor of India was deleted. |
| 02/06/1953 |
Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission. |
| 02/06/1954 |
Kashmir Assembly accepts re-unification with India. |
| 02/06/1955 |
55 miners die in explosion in Bihar State. |
| 02/06/1959 |
Ann Chandy was appointed the first Woman judge of Kerala High Court. In 1937, she became the 'munsif'. |
| 02/06/1966 |
Madurai Kamraj University established. |
| 02/06/1985 |
Vikram Kumar, Soccer(Football) player, was born. |
| 02/06/1990 |
Ashok Shandilya of Railways wins National billiards crown. |
| 02/06/1992 |
The Centre decides to wind up the 7-year-old Food Processing Industry ministry. |
| 02/06/1994 |
Indian Union Muslim League splits, G.M.Banatwala elected President in place of Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait. |
| 02/06/1994 |
World Marathi Chember of Commerce' established. |
| 02/06/1994 |
Ram Mahadik, Congress leader, passed away. |
| 02/06/1995 |
India and France decide to set up permanent Secretariat in Paris during the Indo-French Joint Business Council in Delhi. |
| 02/06/1996 |
Supreme Court upholds election of CPI (M) leader O. Bharathan to Kerala Assembly from Edakkad (91). |
| 02/06/1998 |
V. V. S. Laxman scores 301* for Hyderabad against Bihar. |
| 02/06/2000 |
''Water'' shooting stopped following suicide by a Shiv Sena activist; and director, Ms. Deepa Mehta asked to leave Varanasi. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 06/19/1901 | Raj Chandra Bose, Indian mathematician and statistician, was born at Hosangabad in Madhya Pradesh. He made many valuable contributions to the subject. He discovered new codes for telecommunication. In 1976, America's highest honour to a scientist came to Bose as he was elected Fellow of the US Academy of Sciences. |
| 06/01/1959 | The Chinese occupy Tibet and Dalai Lama flees to India. |
| 03/11/1948 | SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-going steamer made in India, was launched from Visakhapatnam. |
| 04/12/1871 | Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande, editor in modern era and dictionary creator, was born. |
| 08/27/1918 | Nemichandra Jain, stage critic, was born. |
| 06/23/1810 | Duncan Dock of Bombay was completed. |
| 02/12/1997 | Parkash Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal), sworn in as the Chief Minister of Punjab for third time. |
| 09/19/1997 | A Delhi court rules that interviewing of the child and parents by school authorities, for admission to primary classes, is illegal and improper. |
| 11/09/1871 | Padmnath Gohain, litterateur of modern Assamia Barua, was born. |
| 12/12/1872 | Balkrishna Shivram Munje, freedom fighting leader and president of Hindu Mahasabha, was born. |
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