1700 - Death of Rajaram, the third king (Chhatrapati) of the Maratha Kingdom, on 2nd March in 1700. He was the third king (Chhatrapati) of the Maratha Kingdom, who ruled from 1689 to 1700.
Born on 24 February in 1670, Rajaram was the son Shivaji. He ascended the throne in 1689 after the death of his (half) brother Sambhaji who was brutally put to death by Aurangzeb.
Rajaram died on 2 March 1700 in Sinhgad fort (in Pune district) at the age of 30.
1949 - Death of Sarojini Naidu on 2nd March in 1949. Sarojini Naidu was born on 13 February in 1879. She was the president of the Indian National Congress in the Kanpur session held in 1925. She became the second woman to preside over the Congress after Annie Besant. She was given the title of "Nightingale of India".
Sarojini Naidu had participated in the Second Round Table Conference in 1931. Round Table Conferences were convened by the British government between 1930 and 1932 to discuss constitutional reforms in India.
Sarojini Naidu became the first Governor of United Provinces in 1947 after Indian Independence and died in office on 2nd March in 1949.
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