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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 |
| 5/14/1960 | The first plane of India flew upto New York. |
| 10/16/1999 | Indian women claimed bronze in the Asian team chess championship in Shenyang |
| 7/31/1902 | Keshav Shankar Pillai, great writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Kayamkulam in Kerala. |
| 2/14/1994 | V. P. Singh elected JD Chief in place of S.R. Bommai who stepped down. |
| 5/18/1926 | Naranjan Bhagat, famous Gujrathi poet, was born. |
| 12/6/1956 | Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Babasaheb), great social worker, politician and writer of Indian constitution, passed away in Bombay. |
| 8/1/1952 | Yajurvindra Singh Jaswant Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman four Tests 1977-79), was born in Rajkot. |
| 10/30/1977 | Demonstrators and police clash in Madras as Indira Gandhi tours the country. |
| 2/8/1912 | Girishchandra Ghosh, famous Bengali actor and dramatist, passed away. |
| 7/31/1946 | Jinnah threatens sanctions of ""Direct Action"". |
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