3 FEB TODAY IN HISTORY DINVISHESH GHADAMODI

Today in Indian History
Events for February 3

3-February-1760	Sadashiv Bhau, under a large Maratha army, defeated the Nizam in war of Udgir.
3-February-1873	Prabhatkumar Mukhopadhyay, famous Bengali short story writer and novelist, was born.
3-February-1900	Birsa Munda, freedom fighter and leader, was finally arrested in Chakradharpur forest.
3-February-1900	Tiruvenkata Rajendra Seshadri, one of the founders of Organic Chemistry in India, was born at Kulittalai in Tamil Nadu.
3-February-1905	Sir Padampat Singhania, great industrialist, was born at Kanpur.
3-February-1912	Bardanand Chattergy, chemical expert, was born.
3-February-1916	Banaras Hindu University was opened under the guidance of Madan Mohan Malaviya.
3-February-1921	The Evens Report on Indian Cinema 1921' was tabled before the Govt. on February 3.
3-February-1925	First Electric Train started its journey from Bombay V. T. (presently known as C.S.T.) to Kurla. This train was on the Central Railway, Bombay.
3-February-1928	Simon Commission comes to India under Lord Irwin, after which serious rioting started on his arrival.
3-February-1928	Chandrasekhar Vaman Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55), was born at Pune.
3-February-1929	The ""Times of India Illustrated Weekly"" was renamed as ""The Illustrated Weekly of
3-February-1954	Over 350 Hindus trampled to death in a stampede at religious rites at New Delhi.
3-February-1954	More than 500 pilgrims died in an accident on the river bank at the ""Kumbha Mela"" in Allahaba
3-February-1969	Thiru Conjeevaram Natrajan Annadurai ""Anna"", a great patriot, writer, editor, orator, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and the commencer of Dravid Movement, passed away. He was the key person in formation of Anna Dramuk Pa
3-February-1977	Government relaxes rules of Emergency to permit normal political activity and electioneering.
3-February-1983	Prime Minister Indira Gandhi laid the foundation stone of Assam's new capital 'Pragjyotishpur'.
3-February-1984	Ravindra Mhatre, great Indian diplomat who was kidnapped in England, was murdered.
3-February-1986	Pope John Paul II meets Mother Teresa at Calcutta.
3-February-1988	INS Chakra was inducted in the Indian Navy when the first Soviet SSN Victor 1 class nuclear propelled submarine and India joined the maritime nuclear powers.
3-February-1992	Kapil Dev becomes the second highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket when he took his 400th wicket, that of Mark Taylor, in the Perth Test (New Zealand's Richard Hadlee with 431 wickets being the first).
3-February-1994	Akash' missile launched successfully.
3-February-1995	The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, notified after 7 months of Presidential assent, becomes enforceable.
3-February-1997	Major fire reduces Calcutta Book Fair to ashes.
3-February-1998	The BJP releases its election manifesto promising to make India a nuclear state; build a Ram temple at Ayodha and work for a uniform civil code.
3-February-2000	Dr. Bimal Jalan, RBI Governor, unveils a seven-point agenda for banking sector reforms.