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Historical Event on 9/3/1906
Prithviraj Kapoor, veteran film actor, was born in Peshawar. His first film was 'Challenge' (1929). He is the founder of Prithvi Theatre in Bombay. He is remembered for his immortal role of Akbar is film 'Mugul-E-Azam'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 9/10/1980 | Mangalore University established. |
| 5/8/1963 | Centenary of Indian Red Cross was celebrated. Today is birthday of its founder. |
| 1/28/1853 | Jose Marti, great author and politician, was born at Cuba. |
| 8/18/1995 | Parvati Giri, also called the Little Mother Teresa, died in Orissa. She was 69. She was a social worker and had taken part during the Quit India movement. |
| 4/3/1994 | B. Rachaiah,Kerala Governor, takes charge of Goa. |
| 9/17/1956 | Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC ) established. |
| 2/12/2000 | 17 persons, including 12 police personnel, die as naxalites strike terror during the first phase of polling for the Bihar Assembly. |
| 3/8/1921 | Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born. |
| 5/8/1930 | Gandhi followers mob Bombay to protest his arrest. |
| 12/10/1913 | The Nobel prize for literature was awarded this year to Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali poet from India. |
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