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Historical Event on 11/3/1906

Prithviraj Kapoor, stage and film artist, member of Rajya Sabha and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, was born.

Other Historical Dates and Events
7/28/1914Japanese boat 'Kamagata Maru' was compelled to deport to India from Vancouver, Canada. The ship was boarded with active freedom fighters who were against the British Government.
5/26/1957Janta Insurance Scheme was inaugurated in Bombay.
9/14/1910Dennis Laurence Amo, merchant and industrialist in Maharashtra, was born.
12/11/1971The elite para-commandos and parachute battalions -India's 'Red Devils', as they are affectionately called, have an unsurpassed ethos and elan of their own. 2 Para Battalion executed a superb airborne assault operation at Tangail in East Pakistan, which was the first of its kind in the subcontinent.
7/28/1921Congress decided to boycott the visit of Prince of Wales in India.
10/23/1999V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister, tops the list of star witnesses in Bofors case.
7/5/2000Rachita Mistry breaks P.T. Usha's long-standing record in 100m (11.39s) clocking 11.26s in the National circuit meet in Bangalore.
2/18/1946Cabinet Mission in India.
5/15/1992CBI begins probe into the security scam.
11/7/1998The Kalidas Samman awards, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh Government, are presented to Tapas Sen, Akbar Padamsee, Shriram Lagoo, Pandit Jasraj and Kalyani Kutti Amma.