Honoring Suhasini Ganguly: birth of a freedom fighter who shaped India’s history

New Delhi (Uttam Hindu News): Important events of February 03 in Indian and world history are as follows-

1760-Maratha army under the leadership of Sadashiv Rao Bhau defeated Nizam badly in the battle of Udgir.

1815-World's first cheese factory was opened in Switzerland.

1909-Indian freedom fighter Suhasini Ganguly was born.

1916-Banaras Hindu University was started.

1925-India's first electric train service started between Mumbai and Kurla.

1934-For the first time, sending parcels by airplanes started. The company that started this is today known as Lufthansa.

1938-Famous Indian film actress Waheeda Rehman was born.

1942-First Japanese air attack took place on Java.

1945-Russia agreed to join the war against Japan in World War II.

1954-More than 500 people died in an accident at Allahabad Kumbh Mela.

1969-Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai passed away.

1970-The foundation stone of India's first and the world's largest coal-based fertilizer plant was laid in Talcher.

1972-The first Winter Olympics in Asia were held in Sapparo, Japan.

1988-The first nuclear submarine (INS Chakra) joined the Indian Army.

1999-The Democratic Janata Party was revived in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

2000-Alla Rakha Khan, the famous tabla player, India's best solo and music player, passed away.

2003-India formed a joint working group against terrorism with Uzbekistan.

2005-The bill introduced in the US House of Representatives to honor Dalip Singh Saund, the first MP of Indian origin, was approved unanimously.

2006-Egypt's ship Al Salam-98 sank in the Red Sea.

2007-135 people died in a bomb blast in a market in Iraq's capital Baghdad.

2008-Indications were found that poet Guru Rabindranath Tagore's stolen Nobel Prize is in Bangladesh.

2009-The Rural Development Ministry created a new formula for poverty alleviation.

2012-Seven Indian Americans have succeeded in securing a place in the list of 40 final candidates of the 'International Science Talent Search'. This is the most prestigious competition in the field of science and mathematics for high school students in America.

2016-Senior leader of the Indian National Congress Party, Balram Jakhar passed away.

2017-Massive oil spill due to collision between two oil ships in Chennai Port.

2017-Massive oil spill due to collision between two oil ships in Chennai Port.

2018-India became the Under-19 Cricket World Cup winner for the fourth time.