Historical Events on February 3.

1.   1503, 3rd Feb: The battle between the Portuguese and the Osman (the Ottoman Empire) took place in Diu (now a Union Territory) of India.

2.  1760, 3rd Feb: Maratha army led by Sadashiv Rao Bhau defeated the Nizam badly in the Battle of Udgir.

3.  1815, 3rd Feb: The first cheese manufacturing factory in the world opened in Switzerland.

4.  1916, 3rd Feb: Banaras Hindu University started.

5.  1925, 3rd Feb: India’s first electric train service started between Mumbai to Kurla.

6.  1928, 3rd Feb: The Simon Commission was protested in Mumbai with the slogan ‘Simon Go Back’.

7.  1954, 3rd Feb: More than 500 died in the accident at Allahabad Kumbh Mela.

8.  1966, 3rd Feb: Soviet Russia launched the Luna-9 unmanned spacecraft landed on the moon.

9.  1988, 3rd Feb: First nuclear submarine (INS Chakra) joined the Indian Army.

10.  1999, 3rd Feb: Democratic Janata Dal revived in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

11.  2008, 3rd Feb: There were indications of the stolen Nobel Prize of poet Guru Ravindra Nath Tagore in Bangladesh.

12.  2009, 3rd Feb: Shilpa Shetty bought the IPL team Rajasthan Royals stake.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on February 3.

1.   1816: Ram Singh Kuka, the twelfth guru in the Namdhari Sikh lineage. He is credited as being the first Indian to use non-cooperation and boycott of British goods and services as a political tool. 

2.  1821: Elizabeth Blackwell, a British physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

3.  1894: Norman Rockwell, an American painter, and illustrator.

4.  1905: Bahadur Yar Jung, a foremost Muslim leader in the princely state of Hyderabad in British India. 

5.  1927: Indra Bahadur Rai, an Indian Nepali language writer, and literary critic.

6.  1963: Raghuram Rajan, an Indian economist.

7.  1996: Dutee Chand, an Indian professional sprinter and current national champion in the women’s 100 meters event.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on February 3.

1.   1832: Umaji Naik, an Indian revolutionary. He was one of the earliest freedom fighters of India.

2.  1924: Woodrow Wilson, an American politician and the 28th president of the United States.

3.  1969: C. N. Annadurai, an Indian politician who served as 1st Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

4.  2000: Ustad Allarakha Qureshi, popularly known as Alla Rakha, an Indian Tabla player

5.  2016: Balram Jakhar, an Indian politician.

6.  2012: Raj Kanwar, a Bollywood film director, writer, and film producer.