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Find out what happened on the 3rd of November in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occur 3rd of November
Amartya Sen, CH born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society’s poorest members.
Sonali Kulkarni (born 3 November 1974) is an Indian actress. She was born in Pune. She has worked in Marathi and Hindi films. She is known for her roles in Dil Chahta Hai, Singham, Taxi No 9211, and Gair. Sonali Kulkarni first made her appearance on the screen in a Kannada film titled Cheluvi directed by Girish Karnad. She thereafter has appeared in many films.
Prithviraj Kapoor 3 November 1901 –29 May 1972) was a pioneer of Indian theatre and of the Hindi film industry, who started his career as an actor, in the silent era of Hindi cinema, associated with IPTA and who founded Prithvi Theatres, a travelling theatre company based in Mumbai, in 1942. He was also the patriarch of the Kapoor family of Hindi films.
Subhashree Ganguly (alternate spelling- Subhashree Gangopadhyay, born 3 November 1989) is a leading Bengali Actress in Kolkata based Bengali Cinema at Tollywood. She has been getting accolades for her Oriya films also. She was a winner of Fairever Anandalok Nayikar Khonje. After completing her secondary(10th) degree, she tried her luck in Oriya film for the first time.
Ipsita Roy Chakraverti (born Ipsita Chakraverti; November 3, 1950) is a Wiccan priestess based in India. Born into an elite family in India with a diplomat for a father and royalty for mother, Chakraverti spent her early years in Canada and the US where her father was stationed. There, she was allowed to join a select group of women.
Death Anniversaries on 3rd of November
Premnath Malhotra (21 November 1926 – 3 November 1992) was an actor in Indian films. Born in Peshawar in a punjabi khatri family, his family moved to Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh after partition, he then had moved to Bombay. He married the actress Bina Rai with whom he fathered actor Prem Krishen and Kailash Nath (Monty).
Sashadhar Mukherjee was a producer in Hindi films. He is part of the distinguished Mukherjee clan of Bollywood. Sashadhar was Ashok Kumar and Kishore Kumar’s brother-in-law, being married to their only sister, Sati Rani. He was also instrumental in getting Ashok Kumar into films.
Sir Dinshah Irani (November 4, 1881 – November 3, 1938) was an Indian lawyer and distinguished benefactor of the Zoroastrian communities of both India and Iran. Dinshah Irani is most famous for founding the ‘Iranian Zoroastrian Anjuman’ in 1918 and of the ‘Iran League’ in 1922.
Allah Jilai Bai (1 February 1902 – 3 November 1992) was a folk singer from Rajasthan, India. Born in Bikaner to a family of singers, by the age of 10 she was singing in the Durbar of Maharaja Ganga Singh. She took singing lessons from Ustad Hussain Baksh Khan and later on from Achhan Maharaj.
Indiramma Janardhana Iyengar (9 September 1914 – 3 November 2010), also known as Manni, was philanthropist and community organizer in Mysore, India. Indiramma Janardhana Iyengar, or H. R. Indiramma, née Indiramma Srinivasa Iyengar, was the eldest of the three children of Srinivasa Iyengar and Sowmyanaki; her siblings were a younger brother, Sampath, and a younger sister, Padma.
Notable Event
3-November-1605 Salim renamed himself as Jahangir and became the king of Agra.
3-November-1948 Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, delivered his maiden speech in United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.) General Assembly.
3-November-1961 Gold Bond scheme was started to boost Indian economy after Indo-China war.
3-November-1966 Hurricane strikes Bengal, killing 1,000.