On This Day | 03 May

On this day:

1939: The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Subhash Chandra Bose

1913: The first Indian full-length feature film, Raja Harishchandra, is premiered 

2019: Cyclone Fani strikes Odisha State causing one of the biggest human evacuations of 1.2 million in India in a day

Born on this day:

1469: Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian, philosopher

1897: V. K. Krishna Menon, Minister of Defense (1957-62), born in Tellicherry

Gone on this day:

1969: Zakir Husain, 3rd President of India (1967-69) and scholar