3 April - India on this day29 events
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), was formed.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka.
Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as "Sam Manekshaw".
Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born.
Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive.
Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
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.
India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.
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.
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.
First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort.
Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.
Nehru announces that troops have been sent to control Naga tribal people in the Burmese border area, who are asking for a separate state.
Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK.
Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister "in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PMO".