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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
8/20/1917Raja Kulkarni, freedom fighter and politician, was born at Mhaswa village in Maharashra.
6/26/1997India declares its chemical weapon stockpiles and storage facilities as part of its obligations as signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
7/13/1929Jatindranath Das started fast strike.
8/4/1923Nagpur University started working.
9/20/1933Annie Besant, veteran freedom fighter for India, died.
10/27/1923Arvind Navinchandra Mafatlal, famous industrialist, was born.
10/13/1991PM Rao leaves for Harare to attend the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.
8/15/1872Sri Aurobindo Man Mohan Ghosh born in Calcutta. He was a renaissance yoga philosopher, freedom fighter and teacher. His 30-volume work discusses the 'superman', a metaphor for the divinely transformed individual soul. He withdrew from the world in 1910 and founded International Ashram in Pondicherry.
2/8/1897Dr. Zakir Hussain, third President of India and Educationist, was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
7/10/1991C. G. Pandit, famous scientist and Padmabhushan awardee, died.