Historical Events on April 3.

1.  1922, 3rd April: Joseph Stalin became the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. 

2.  1973, 3rd April: Martin Cooper, a researcher at Motorola, made the world’s first mobile call.

3.  1975, 3rd April: Bobby Fischer refused to play in a chess match against Anatoy Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.

4.  2000, 3rd April: INS Aditya, an all-India fuel tanker, entered the Navy’s fleet.

5.  2010, 3rd April: Apple released the first version of the iPad, a tablet computer.

6.  2016, 3rd April: The Panama Papers, a leak of legal documents, revealed the confidential information of about 2, 14,488 companies.

7.  2018, 3rd April: YouTube headquarters shooting.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on April 3.

1.  1903: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, an Indian social reformer and freedom activist. 

2.  1903: Maniben Patel, an Indian independence movement activist, and Politician.

3.  1914: Sam Manekshaw, the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War.

4.  1934: Jane Goodall, an English primatologist and anthropologist.

5.  1952: H. C. Verma, an Indian experimental physicist, and a professor.

6.  1955: Hariharan, an Indian playback, bhajan, and ghazal singer.

7.  1962: Jaya Prada, an Indian film actress, and politician.

8.  1973: Prabhu Deva, an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer, and actor.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on April 3.

1.  1325: Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya, a Sunni Muslim scholar and Sufi saint.

2.  1680: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, an Indian warrior-king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan.

3.  1998: Mary Cartwright, a British mathematician.

4.  1998: Harkisan Mehta, a Gujarati author, and journalist from India.

5.  2017: Kishori Amonkar, a leading Indian classical vocalist.

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.

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 him.

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 PMO".

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.