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New Delhi: The major events of August 2 in Indian and world history are as follows:
1714 – Dennis Papen, the inventor of the steam engine, dies.
1763- After the capture of Murshidabad, the British army fought with Mir Qasim at Giria in West Bengal.
1831- The Netherlands army captures Belgium after a ten-day campaign.
1858 – The British Parliament passes the bill taking over Indian administration from the East India Company.
1861- Birth of India’s famous scientist Prafulla Chandra Rai, father of chemistry.
1870 – The world’s first underground tube railway tower subway starts in London.
1877 – Birth of first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla.
1878 – Birth of Pingali Venkaiah, the designer of the national flag of India, ‘Tricolor’.
1921 – Death of Italian composer and singer Enrico Caruso.
1922 – Birth of famous entrepreneur G.P. Birla
1922 – Nearly 60 thousand people died in China due to storms.
1923 – Death of 29th President of America Warren G. Harding in office.
1931 – Birth of noted poet and lyricist Umakant Malaviya.
1932 – Positron (a particle of electron) was discovered by Carl D. Andesen.
1935- The British Government passed the Government of India Act and separated Burma and Aden from India.
1955 – Soviet Union conducts nuclear tests.
1956 – Birth of the present Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani.
1970- Mrs. C. Beliappa Mutamma became the first female ambassador of India, she was made the ambassador of Hungary.
1979 – Death of Hindi film actor, singer, (Dahej) Karan Dewan.
1980 – Death of renowned sculptor Ramkinkar Badge, awarded Padma Bhushan.
1985 – Jumbo jet crashes in America, killing 130 people.
1987 – Vishwanath Anand becomes the first Asian to win the World Junior Chess Championship.
1990- Iraq over Saudi Kuwait and Saudi Arabia’s exodus of the emir.
1999 – China tests surface-to-surface missile over a long distance (8000 km).
2001 – Pakistan approves Chinese imports from India.
2003 – The United Nations Security Council allows troops to be sent to Liberia to implement a ceasefire.
2008 – Public sector Union Bank opened its first branch in Hong Kong.
2009 – Death of senior Congress leader and nominated Governor of Gujarat Devendra Nath Dwivedi.
2012 – India won a total of six medals at the London Olympics, including two silver and four bronze.
2013 – Healthcare company Johnson & Johnson in China was fined USD 85,000 for violating anti-monopoly laws.