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Historical Event on 03/03/1575

A battle was fought at Turkra or Turkra Qasba (in the Balasore district) in which the Afghans were routed.

Other Historical Dates and Events
1/23/1978The motto ""Shastra se Shakti"" (Strength though arms) in Hindi written in Devengiri script was approved by the President of India as the motto of the Army Ordnance Corps.The original corps motto of the Ordnance corps was ""Usa Tela Tananti"" found in the arms of the board of Ordnance. This was translated to mean ""To the thunder his arms"". The corps song titled ""Ayudh Corps Mahan"" was introduced for the first time in 4th re-union of the Army Ordnance Corps. The song is to be played or sung ""within unit lines only"", during purely Regimental functions.
6/21/1862Ganendra Mohan Tagore was the first Indian to get the Barrister-at-Law Degree after passing the examination from Lincoln Inn University.
11/24/1930Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar, cricketer ( wicket keeper in one Test India vs NZ 1955-56), was born in Pen, Maharashtra.
1/18/1842Mahadev Govind Ranade was born. He was the chief architect of Bombay Prathana Samaj.
12/14/1901Gandhiji reaches Rajkot via Porbunder.
3/2/1984Mother Teresa University inaugurated by Mother herself at Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu.
12/1/1963Nagaland becomes the 16th state of Indian union.
1/14/1991Chitragupta, famous film music director, passed away.
7/22/1987A.G. Kripal Singh, 14 Tests for India and one century on debut, passed away.
7/27/1991Army called out in Srinagar valley after an attack on security forces in which 17 persons were killed.