Today History: This second day of the 11th month of the year is recorded in history as the birthday of Shahrukh Khan, considered the romance king of Bollywood. Born on 2 November 1965 in Delhi, Shahrukh turned to films after making his mark through serials on television and ‘Deewana’ was his first film on the silver screen.
Apart from playing negative roles in some films like ‘Darr’, ‘Anjaam’ and ‘Baazigar’, Shah Rukh is mostly known for his love based characters. Be it light-hearted films like ‘Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman’ and ‘Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani’, ‘Duplicate’ or soulful films like ‘Devdas’, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, ‘My Name is Khan’ and ‘Chak De India’, Shahrukh He breathed life into every character with his excellent acting.
He also played the role of a crime lord in films like ‘Raees’ and ‘Don’ very well. Shahrukh Khan, who expresses all kinds of emotions with great ease through his face, has been one of the most popular and endearing actors of Hindi cinema for more than three decades.
The sequential details of other important events recorded on the date of November 2 in the history of the country and the world are as follows:-
1833: Birth of Mahendralal Sarkar, social reformer and promoter of homeopathy.
1834: A ship named Atlas reached Mauritius carrying Indian labourers. This day is celebrated as Immigrant Day in Mauritius.
1917: Britain issued the Balfour Declaration. Through this, consent was given to establish a homeland for the Jews in Palestine.
1936: The British Broadcasting Corporation officially launches its first television channel, the world’s first regular television service.
1949: Holland and Indonesia signed the Hague Agreement to end the dispute over Indonesia’s declaration of independence. 1950: Writer George Bernard Shaw dies at the age of 94.
1976: Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of America. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
1963: South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem was assassinated by rebels during a coup.
1965: Birthday of actor Shahrukh Khan.
1986: David Jacobson, an American citizen held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Beirut, has been released after 17 months.
2020: 25 people were injured in the attack by gunmen on Kabul University.
2020: Priyanka Radhakrishnan became the first Indian-origin minister of New Zealand.
