Historical  Events - March 3

1575: Mughal emperor Akbar defeated the Bengal army in the battle of Tukaroi.

1845: Florida became the 27th state of the United States.

1865: Establishment of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)

1923: Publication of the first issue of Time Magazine.

1938: Discovery of crude oil in Saudi Arabia.

1939: Mahatma Gandhi went on a hunger strike in Mumbai against the dictatorial rule of the British government.

1943: World War II, 143 killed in a stampede at an anti-bomb shelter in London.

1973: Presidential Rule in the Indian state of Odisha.

1986: Australia became fully independent of the United Kingdom under the 1986 Australia Act.

1994: A Grammy Award awarded to Pandit Vishwamohan Bhat, a guitarist from Jaipur.

2005: Steve Fawcett completed his orbit in 67 hours on a Global Fire aircraft alone and without refueling.

Famous Birthdays– 3rd March.

1839: Jamsetji Tata, an Indian Industrialist and founder of Tata Group.

1845: Georg Cantor, a German mathematician.

1847: Alexander Graham Bell, a Scottish-born inventor, scientist, engineer, and inventor of the practical telephone.

1926: Ravi Shankar Sharma, an Indian music director.

1931: Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, an Indian classical musician.

1967: Shankar Mahadevan, an Indian singer, and composer.

1970: Inzamam-ul-Haq, is a Pakistani cricket coach and former Pakistani cricketer.

1987: Shraddha Kapoor, an Indian actress, and singer.

Death Anniversaries– March 3

1644: Guru Hargobind, the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.

1707: Aurangzeb, the sixth Mughal emperor.

1919: Hari Narayan Apte, a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.

1924: Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States.

1982: Firaq Gorakhpuri, an Urdu poet from India.

1995: Nikhil Jyoti Ghosh, an Indian musician.