January 2 Today in Indian History
Historical Events 1757 British troops occupy Calcutta India Historic Event 1913 Mahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm in Transvaal, South Africa Pacifist and Spiritual Leader Mahatma Gandhi 1947 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East Bengal Sports History 1992 Australian cricket spin bowling great Shane Warne (145 Tests, 708 wickets; 194 ODIs) makes Test debut v India in 3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground Cricketer and Broadcaster Shane Warne 2014 30 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff and falls 400 ft in Malshej Ghat, India 2019 Two women become the first to ever enter India's Sabarimala shrine in Kerala State, after law change, prompting protests More Indian History Famous Birthdays 1910 Srirangam Srinivasarao [Sri Sri], Telugu Poet, born in Visakhapatnam, India (d. 1983) 1932 Harchand Singh Longowai [Sant Ji], Indian Sikh leader and President of the Akali Dal during the Punjab insurgency of the 1980s, British India (d. 1985) [1] 19...