3 JAN HISTORY EVENTS
Today in Indian History Events for January 3
3-January-1831Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra.
3-January-1836Munshi Newal Kishore, son of Jamuna Prasad Bhargava--a zamindar of Aligarh-- and a great erudite scholar, educationist, nationalist, social worker and a pioneer industrialist, was born. He was the founder of Navalkishore Press, Lucknow (1858), which published 2612 books that elaborated Hindi literature. He was the Publisher of Awadh Newspaper in Asia.
3-January-1871Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.
3-January-1880Publication of 'Illustrated Weekly of India' started.
3-January-1912Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.
3-January-1917Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.
3-January-1919Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.
3-January-1921First Indian Parliament meets.
3-January-1922Kirat Chothairam Babani, versatile Sindhi Writer and Journalist, was born.
3-January-1923Madhukar Arnalkar, famous Marathi writer, was born.
3-January-1931Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born.
3-January-1938Jaswant Singh, son of Thakur Sardar Singh, was born in Jasol, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan).
3-January-1945No. 8 Squadron becomes the first to convert onto the Spitfire VIII during the previous month and commencing operations on 3 January 1945 in the Kangaw area.
3-January-1946Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.
3-January-1947Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.
3-January-1952India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.
3-January-1966Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.
3-January-1975Lalit Narayan Mishra, great freedom fighter, politician, leader, member of the Lok Sabha and Minister of Railways, died at a Railway Hospital in Danapur due to a bomb blast at Samastipur Railway Station a day earlier.
3-January-1978Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.
3-January-1985Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.
3-January-1987Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.
3-January-1987Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.
3-January-1994Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.
3-January-1995PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.
3-January-1996Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.
3-January-1996Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM's order.
3-January-1997Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
3-January-1997Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
3-January-1997Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
3-January-1997Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol.
3-January-2000A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, accuses Pakistan for the hijack of an Indian Airlines aircraft. (The crisis ended on Dec. 31 last with the Vajpayee Government agreeing to free three terrorists in exchange for the passengers).