IMPORTANCE OF TODAY
2ND JUNE || AIMS-INDIA
2014: Telangana officially became the 29th state of India
2004: Dom Moraes, the Indian writer and poet, passed away
1988: Raj Kapoor, the famous film actor, director and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, passed away
1975: India's First Sponge Iron project inaugurated at Vijaywada
1956: Mani Ratnam, the renowned Indian film director, was born
1955: Nandan Nilekani, the Indian entrepreneur and politician, was born
1953: Mountaineer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and his Nepalese Sherpa guide Tensing became the first men to conquer Mount Everest
1943: Ilaiyaraaja, the Indian singer-songwriter and producer, was born today
1908: Sri Aurobindo, a freedom fighter, was arrested in Manik Tala Bomb explosion case.
1900: Sri Ram Sharma Acharya, a freedom fighter, social reformer and leader, passed away