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Historical Event on 4/3/1903

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, famous politician, freedom fighter and social worker, was born in South Kanara, Karnataka.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/5/1934Dr. Murli Manohar Manmohan Joshi was born in Delhi.
2/28/1928C. V. Raman invented 'Raman Effect' of scattered light, which led him in achieving the 'Nobel Prize'.
2/28/1928Akbar, great Mughal Emperor, won Kabul.
1/27/1927Michael Craig, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror), was born in Pune.
12/4/1989Hardeo Joshi replaces Shiv Charan Mathur as CM of Rajasthan.
8/15/1947On the the stroke of mid-night on 14th August 1947, India became independent and was partitioned. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru became the first prime minister and Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first president of free India. The mixed economy policy was taken on a five-year plan basis for economic development. On 26th January 1950, India became a democratic and is the biggest democracy of the world today. In 1956, on the basis of languages, India was divided into 14 states and 6 union territories. Today, there are 27 states and 7 union territories.
3/4/1996King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.
10/14/1919Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
1/1/1999This year was announced to be observed as the ""International Year of Elderly"".
12/19/1961Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops.