On This Day | 02 June

On this day:

1946: Italy becomes a parliamentary republic from a monarchy

1979: Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit a communist country

2014: Telangana with Hyderabad as its capital becomes India’s 29th state after it is separated from Andhra Pradesh

Born on this day:

1943: Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer

Gone on this day:

1988: Raj Kapoor, Indian actor known as “the greatest showman of Hindi cinema”, dies of complications related to asthma at 63