Important Events in 1831 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1831: Savitribai Phule, famous social worker, was born at Naigaon in Satara district, Maharashtra.

Important Events in 1836 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1836: Munshi 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 Awadhi Newspaper in Asia.

Important Events in 1871 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1871: Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara, freedom fighter and social reformer, died.

Important Events in 1880 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1880: Publication of ‘Illustrated Weekly of India’ started.

Important Events in 1912 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1912: Shantiprasad Jain, famous industrialist, was born.

Important Events in 1917 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1917: Kartarsingh Duggal, famous Punjabi story-writer and novelist, was born.

Important Events in 1919 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1919: Shambhu Pan, cricket Test Umpire for 9 tests from 1960-70, was born at Bengal.

Important Events in 1921 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1921: First Indian Parliament meets.

Important Events in 1922 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1922: Kirat Chothairam Babani, versatile Sindhi Writer and Journalist, was born.

Important Events in 1923 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1923: Madhukar Arnalkar, famous Marathi writer, was born.

Important Events in 1931 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1931: Yashwant Dinkar Phadke, great critic of literature, was born.

Important Events in 1938 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1938: Jaswant Singh, son of Thakur Sardar Singh, was born in Jasol, Distt. Barmer (Rajasthan).

Important Events in 1945 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1945: No. 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.

Important Events in 1946 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1946: Three High Ranked Officers of Azad Hind Fauj were released by Gen. C. Auchinleck.

Important Events in 1947 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1947: Gandhiji toured the riot-affected areas in Bihar from January 3 to January 29.

Important Events in 1952 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1952: India adopted birth control program with aid of U.N. World Health Organization.

Important Events in 1966 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1966: Chetan Jagatram Manohar Sharma, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987), was born in Ludhiana.

Important Events in 1975 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1975: Lalit 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.

Important Events in 1978 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1978: Chandrasekar takes 6-52 at MCG in Indian innings win.

Important Events in 1985 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1985: Azharuddin scores 110 in first Test innings.

Important Events in 1987 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1987: Arvind Deshpande, famous actor, died.
• 1987: Dr. Harekrishna Mehtab, former Chief Minister of Orrisa and Governer of Mumbai State, died.

Important Events in 1994 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1994: Stalemate persists on the Kashmir issue during Indo-Pak talks that concluded in Islamabad.

Important Events in 1995 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1995: PM inaugurates 82nd Indian Science Congress at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.

Important Events in 1996 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1996: Bomb blast kills six and seriously wounds 20. Jammu and Kashmir Islamic Front claim responsibility in Delhi.
• 1996: Karnataka agrees to release 6 tmc ft. of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, bowing to PM’s order.

Important Events in 1997 – Indian History on 03 January

• 1997: Congress President Sitaram Kesri elected leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, and Sharad Pawar appointed leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha.
• 1997: Jayalalitha, former Tamil Nadu CM, inprisoned for 27 days, released on bail.
• 1997: Government announces setting up of a Central Board for bank frauds.
• 1997: Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new national mark in junior men’s sports pistol 25 metres in National Shooting in Asansol.

Important Events in 2000 – Indian History on 03 January

• 2000: A. 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).