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3 May

🇮🇳 In India

1896 Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon, Indian academic, politician, and non-career diplomat, was born Panniyankara, Kozhikode. He was described by some as the second most powerful man in India, after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.

1913 Theatrical release of Raja Harishchandra, India's first full-length feature film made by Dada Saheb Phalke. The film had titles in Hindi and English.

1939 All India Forward Bloc was formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

1999 The presence of infiltrators in Kargil was first reported by local shepherds.

🌎 Elsewhere

1937 Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for Gone With the Wind.

1979 Margaret Thatcher is elected British Prime Minister. The first female head of state in Europe, during her 11-year reign, her sweeping economic reforms polarized the British public and her toughness earned her the nickname "The Iron Lady".

⭐ Significance

World Press Freedom Day or just World Press Day, was declared by the UN General Assembly to be observed to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and marking the anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, a statement of free press principles put together by African newspaper journalists in Windhoek in 1991.

World Asthma Day is held on the first Tuesday in May to improve asthma awareness and care around the world.

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