ON 3 FEBRUARY IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on February 3, 2019
1509: The Naval Battle of Diu, between Portugal and the Ottoman Empire takes place in Diu, India and is won by Francisco de Almeida
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/03/the-battle-of-d.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Diu
1951: Death of Choudhary Rehmat Ali, Pakistani nationalist who created the name of « Pakistan »
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P008
1969: Death of Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister (1967-1969), born in 1909
http://conjeevaramnatarajanannadurai.blogspot.com/
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/3-february-1969-c.-n.-annadurai-chief-minister-of-tamil-nadu-died
1980: Birth of Rakhi Sawant, Indian item girl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakhi_Sawant
http://www.ndtv.com/topic/rakhi-sawant
1983: Birth of Silambarasan Rajendar, Indian Tamil actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silambarasan
http://celebprofile.blogspot.fr/2012/10/tamil-actor-simbu-biodata-pics-movies.html
1984: Ravindra Mhatre, Indian diplomat, is kidnapped and murdered at 48 by Kashmiri terrorists in Birmingham, England
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/brutal-killing-of-indian-diplomat-ravindra-mhatre-resurrects-kashmir-issue-once-again/1/360544.html
1986: Pope John Paul II visits Calcutta
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/3/newsid_4117000/4117617.stm
1999: In Jammu and Kashmir the political party Democratic Janata Dal (Jammu and Kashmir) is revived
2000 : Death of Alla Rakha Khan, tabla maestro, born on April 29, 1919
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/06/nyregion/ustad-alla-rakha-80-master-of-hindustani-classical-music.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3494700060.html
2011: After more than seven months of political gridlock, Nepal’s parliament elects Jhala Nath Khanal, a 60-year-old leftist leader as the country’s new prime minister
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/nepal.prime.minister/index.html
2012: Death after a car accident of Karibasavaiah, Indian actor, born in 1959 http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=128925
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALTlHRM6YRM
2012: Death of Raj Kanwar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter, born in 1961
http://www.merinews.com/article/raj-kanwar-the-man-who-gave-break-to-srk-priyanka-chopra-died-at-50/15865196.shtml
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/more/videos/view/id/1409431