3 April in Hindu history
3 April 1680
Chhatrapati Shivaji dies at Raigad
Shivaji Maharaj dies at Raigad after a short illness, aged about fifty. He leaves a kingdom of some 300 forts and a navy on the western coast.
3 April 1984
Rakesh Sharma goes to space
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma flies on Soyuz T-11 to the Salyut 7 station. Asked how Bharat looked from space, he answered with Iqbal’s line ‘Saare jahan se achchha’.