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Events for April 3

3-April-1670	Tanaji Malusure, right hand of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, passed away during the battle of Singhgad fort.
3-April-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 in May.. (3 or 4).
3-April-1700	Sikandar, former sultan of Vijapur, passed away at Satara in the imprisonment of Mughals.
3-April-1857	Queen Victoria declared as Queen of India also.
3-April-1903	Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka.
3-April-1912	M. Varadarajan, educationist and author, was born at Tirupattur.
3-April-1914	Sam Hormuj Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, India's first Field Marshal, was born. He was better known as ""Sam Manekshaw"
3-April-1926	Muslim-Hindu riots destroy temples, killing 12, wounding 100 in Calcutta.
3-April-1932	Boycott of British goods was so widespread that 70\% of cotton products were now thought to have come from Japan.
3-April-1946	Sagarmal Gopa, devoted patriot, freedom fighter and political worker, was burnt alive.
3-April-1950	Jayprakash Shankarrao Mundada, cabinet Minister of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, was born.
3-April-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.
3-April-1966	First Indian-made computer commissioned in Jadavpur University campus.
3-April-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
3-April-1984	Bombay beat Delhi on first innings to win the Ranji Trophy.
3-April-1984	Sikh terrorists kill a member of Parliament in his home in New Delhi.
3-April-1984	Soyuz T-11 carried three cosmonauts along with the first Indian Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma to Salyut 7.
3-April-1987	S.H. Vatsyayan passed away.
3-April-1988	Rajiv Gandhi seals the border between Punjab and Pakistan.
3-April-1991	UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls .
3-April-1992	Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), was formed.
3-April-1992	Nagaland brought under President's rule.
3-April-1994	S.Bangarappa, former CM, launches his Karnataka Congress Party.
3-April-1994	Bhanu Prakash Singh,Goa Governor, resigns.
3-April-1994	B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa.
3-April-1996	Union Ministers P. Chidambaram and M. Arunachalam resign over the issue of revival of alliance between Cong (I) and AIADMK.
3-April-1998	Pramod Mahajan, senior BJP functionary, is appointed Political Advisor to Prime Minister ""in the rank and status of Cabinet Minister in the PM
3-April-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.
3-April-1999	India's INSAT-2E multipurpose telecommunications satellite is successfully launched from the Kourou space station in French Guyana.