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Significance of 3rd April:



World Party Day on April 3 encourages a coordinated effort of joyful human celebration around the globe.


Independent Artist Day on April 3 recognizes the valuable contributions of independent artists to the art community and supports their work by presenting it to millions of people worldwide.


1933- First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale.

1973- Martin Cooper of Motorola makes the first handheld mobile phone call to Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.

1981- The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.

2010- Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer.



Famous people who had responded birthdays on this day:

1903- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was an Indian social reformer and freedom activist.

1914- Sam Manekshaw was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

1955- Hariharan Anantha Subramani is an Indian playback, bhajan and ghazal singer.

1962- Jaya Prada Nahata is an Indian actress and politician. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh from 2004 to 2014.

1973- Prabhu Deva is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu language films.



Famous people who have death anniversaries on this day:

1680- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty.

1932- Bamapada Banerjee a prominent nineteenth-century artist hailing from West Bengal, India, is celebrated for his depictions of Hindu mythology.

1971- Birendranath Sarkar was a Bengali freedom fighter, nationalist lawyer, and martyr of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

2017- Kishori Amonkar was Indian Classical Vocalist, belonging to the Jaipur Gharana.

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