On August 2
On August 2, 3 pivotal events are recorded in the Human Saga, including Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the birth of the British Raj (1857).
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1857–1858 (rebellion); Government of India Act 2 August 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the birth of the British RajPolitics & governance
The Indian Rebellion of 1857—known variously as the Sepoy Mutiny, the Great Rebellion, or India's First War of Independence—erupted on 10 May 1857 when sepoys of the East India Company's Bengal Army mutinied at Meerut, in part over the…
During the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian general Hannibal, who had invaded Italy by crossing the Alps, inflicted on Rome one of the worst defeats in its history near the village of Cannae in Apulia.
2 August 1935Government of India Act 1935Politics & governance
Receiving royal assent on 2 August 1935, the Government of India Act 1935 was the most extensive constitutional reform enacted by Britain for India before independence.