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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
6/23/1661Princess Catherine of Portugal wed King of England Charles II. Portugal gave island of Mumbai to England as present. The British got Bombay as dowry from Portugal.
1/26/1876Railway route started between Mumbai and Calcutta.
4/1/1996Kerala introduces ban on arrack. 5614 licenced arrack shops closed down.
10/25/1951First General Election of India begins.
5/1/1902Tornodo hit Dhaka part of Bengal, claims 416 lives.
9/11/1950Sorabjee Harmasji Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's first 2 tests 1932-33), passed away.
7/4/1986Sunil Gavaskar celebrated his 115th Test in cricket at Edgbaston.
7/5/1997Janata Dal splits. Laloo Prasad Yadav forms Rashtriya Janata Dal and Sharad Yadav was elected as the Janta Dal president.
2/10/1957Pranab Pankaj Roy, cricketer (son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982), was born in Calcutta.
10/15/1992Talwinder Singh Parmar, the Babbar Khalsa founder who masterminded the Kanishka jumbo explosion of 1985, was shot by security forces in Punjab.