Year 1912
Gopal Krishna Gokhale, at the invitation of Gandhi, arrives in South Africa on a 26-day tour; he also visits Tolstoy Farm.
OCTOBER 2
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2 October: 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 October.
Observances & Special Days
Gandhi Jayanti
The International Day of Non-Violence: is marked on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement.
Year 1954
Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal, India.
Year 1986
Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Born 1866
Swami Abhedananda was a direct disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of Ramakrishna Vedanta Math.
Born 1869
Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist.
Born 1889
Sisir Bhaduri was a stage actor and theatre founder.
Born 1900
Leela Roy was a progressive leftist and feminist Indian politician and reformer.
Born 1904
Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (d. 1966)
Born 1939
Budhi Kunderan, Indian cricketer (d. 2006)
Born 1948
Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (d. 1998)
Born 1942
Asha Parekh, Indian film actress, director, and producer who appeared in many commercially successful films throughout her career.
Born 1966
Kay Kay Menon, Indian film, stage and television actor who works in Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu cinema.
Born 1968
Rohit Roy, Indian television and film actor.
Born 1987
Hina Khan, Indian television and film actress.
Born 1987
Zohmingliana Ralte, Indian professional footballer who plays primarily as a defender for Chennaiyin FC in the Indian Super League.
Born 1993
Prachi Tehlan, Indian netball and basketball player, and an actress.
Born 1924
Tapan Sinha was an Indian film director of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen.
Died 1906
Raja Ravi Varma was a celebrated Indian painter and artist.
Died 1975
K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)
Died 1982
Muktananda was the founder of Siddha Yoga.