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Today In Indian History - Historical Events of India
| Date | Event Name |
| 4/3/1670 |
Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort. |
| 4/3/1680 |
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, great Maratha emperor, patriot, soldier, freedom fighter, revolutionary and great son of India, passed away at Raigarh fort. His son Sambhaji succeeded to the throne. |
| 4/3/1700 |
Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals. |
| 4/3/1857 |
Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also. |
| 4/3/1903 |
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka. |
| 4/3/1912 |
M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur. |
| 4/3/1914 |
Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"". |
| 4/3/1926 |
Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta. |
| 4/3/1932 |
Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan. |
| 4/3/1946 |
Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive. |
| 4/3/1950 |
Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born. |
| 4/3/1956 |
Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state. |
| 4/3/1966 |
First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus. |
| 4/3/1978 |
Pandit Hridaynath Kunzru, social reformer, politician, passed away. He contributed greatly to public life, fighting against caste system, untouchability etc. He was closely affiliated to the 'Servants of India Society' with Ghokhaleji. He even declined to accept the ""Bharat Ratna"" award conferred on him. |
| 4/3/1984 |
Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy. |
| 4/3/1984 |
Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi. |
| 4/3/1984 |
Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7. |
| 4/3/1987 |
S.H. Vatsyayan passed away. |
| 4/3/1988 |
Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan. |
| 4/3/1991 |
UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls . |
| 4/3/1992 |
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), was formed. |
| 4/3/1992 |
Nagaland brought under President's rule. |
| 4/3/1994 |
S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party. |
| 4/3/1994 |
Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns. |
| 4/3/1994 |
B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa. |
| 4/3/1996 |
Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK. |
| 4/3/1998 |
Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO"". |
| 4/3/1999 |
Indian National Satellite (INSAT-2E), fifth satellite in INSAT-2 series, launched. This has multipurpose communication & meteorological capabilities. This is still in use. Launched by European launch vehicle Ariane, ISRO has leased eleven 36 MHz equivalent units of C-band capacity on board to INTELSAT organisation. |
| 4/3/1999 |
India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana. |
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| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 8/14/1993 | 15 bus passengers massacred in J&K. |
| 6/5/1879 | Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra. |
| 9/17/1879 | E.V. Ramaswami Naicker, prominent leader of Dravid movement and social reformer, was born at Erode in Tamil Nadu. |
| 2/22/1885 | Jatindra Mohan Sen Gupta, great nationalist leader, was born. |
| 10/2/1906 | Raja Ravi Verma died at Attingal near Trivandrum, Kerala. He is remembered for his artistic work in 'Ram Panchayatan', 'Vishwamitra-Menaka', 'Shakuntala writing a letter', 'Shiv Parvati'. A commemorative stamp was issued by the Postal Department on April 29, 1971 in his honour. |
| 8/15/1990 | India successfully test fires 'Akash', an advanced medium range surface to air missile. |
| 3/11/1984 | India's first modern boas `Jalusha' started from Vishakhapattanam. |
| 1/17/1989 | Colonel J. K. Bajaj was the first Indian to reach the geographic South Pole. |
| 8/2/1977 | Jaswinder ""Jas"" Jutla, Soccer(Football) player, was born in Glasgow, Scotland. |
| 12/20/1998 | Dr. B. V. Raman (86), a reputed astrologer, dies in Bangalore following a cardiac arrest. He was the Editor of The Astrological Magazine. |
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