HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Jan-02)

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Jan 2, 1975 :: LALIT NARAIN MISHRA :: On this day, he, the then Railway Minister, became the first Indian Cabinet Minister to be . He was killed in a at Samastipur.

Jan 2, 1959 :: KIRTIVARDHAN Bhagwat Jha AZAD :: Born this day, he is a former Indian cricketer turned .

Jan 2, 1959 :: LUNA 1 :: The first artificial satellite to was launched on this day by the U.S.S.R.

Jan 2, 1954 :: BHARAT RATNA :: On this day, it was established as India's award. The first recipients of this award were Chakravarti , Sarvepalli and Chandrasekhara .

Jan 2, 1940 :: SATHAMANGALAM RANGA IYENGAR SRINIVASA VARADHAN :: He is an Indian-American born this day, the 2nd January, 1940 in Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. He was awarded the award in 2008 by the government of India. Prior to that he had also been decorated with awards like Abel Prize (2007), Steele Prize (1996) and Birkhoff Prize (1994).

Jan 2, 1929 :: On this day, Canada and the United States agreed on a plan to preserve Falls.

Jan 2, 1910 :: Srirangam SRINIVASARAO :: Also known as Sri Sri, he was a famous Indian , born this day.

Jan 2, 1871 :: AMADEUS I :: On this day, he became the King of .

Jan 2, 1793 :: POLAND :: On this day, Russia and Prussia partitioned .

Jan 2, 1757 :: ROBERT CLIVE :: On this day, he recaptured Calcutta, as and by way of revenge for the Calcutta incident on 20th June, 1756.