Historical events May 3.

1908: Freedom fighter Prafulchand Chaki shot himself after executing Muzaffarpur bombings.

1913: Dadasaheb Phalke’s ‘Raja Harishchandra’, the first Indian silent film, released.

1939: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc.

1947,: Formation of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC).

1998: A historic decision by European leaders to accept the euro as the European currency.

1999: Edwin Jaskulski, a 96-year-old man, set the world record for the 100m in 24.04 seconds.

1999: The infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on the Indian side resulted in the Kargil war. 

2002: An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashed into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.

Famous Birthdays

1469: Niccolo Machiavelli, an Italian Renaissance diplomat, philosopher, and writer.

1896: V. K. Krishna Menon, an Indian politician.

1951: Ashok Gehlot, an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

1959: Uma Bharti, an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Death anniversaries

1912: Maulvi Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, an Urdu novel writer, social and religious reformer, and orator.

1969: Zakir Husain, the third President of India.

1971: D. R. Gadgil, an Indian economist, institution builder, and the vice-chairman of the Planning Commission of India.

1977: Hamid Dalwai, an Indian social reformer, thinker, activist, and writer.

1981: Nargis Dutt, an Indian film actress.

2006: Pramod Mahajan, an Indian politician.