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Today in Indian History
Events for March 5
5-March-1699
Maharaja Jaisingh-II
crowned as King of Jaipur
kingdom and sat on Amber
throne.
5-March-1851
Geological Survey of India
was established in
Calcutta.
5-March-1868
Harishchandra Sakharam
Bhatwadekar Save Dada
alias, who filmed the
felicitation function of
Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye,
was born. This film was
titled as ""The Fresh
Indian Regular of
Cambridge University."" He
was the First Short
Documentary Film Maker of
In
5-March-1905
Shushila Didi, great
freedom fighter, was born
at Datton Chuhad village,
Punjab. She is
remembered for her
association in the
revolutionary activities of
Bhagat Singh.
5-March-1916
Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya
leader and Chief Minister,
was born.
5-March-1918
Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni
also known as ""Ranga
Sohoni"", Indian cricketer
(pace bowler of late 40's
avg 101), was born in
Nimbora, Maharash
5-March-1919
M.L. Kapoor, great
industrialist, was born at
Lahore.
5-March-1922
Ebrahim Suleman Maka,
Indian cricket wicket-
keeper (2 Tests vs West
Indies1952), was born at
Daman.
5-March-1931
Mahatma Gandh & British
viceroy Lord Irwin sign a
pact referred in Indian
History as ""Gandhi-Irwin
Pact"", after which the
civic disobedience
movement was taken b
5-March-1948
C. Rajagopalachari
appointed the first Indian
Governor General to
succeed Lord Mountbatten
on 21 June.
5-March-1961
Sachin Sengupta, famous
writer, dramatist and
journalist, passed away.
5-March-1989
Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar
CM, resigns.
5-March-1989
Baba Prithvisingh, founder
of Labour Party, passed
away.
5-March-1990
Government announces an
interim relief of Rs. 360
crore to 5 lakh victims of
the 1984 Bhopal gas
tragedy.
5-March-1991
Congress threatens to
withdraw support to the
minority government of
Chandrasekhar on the
issue of police surveillance
in Rajiv Gandhi's
residence.
5-March-1992
Sunder, comedy actor,
passed away.
5-March-1993
The government de-
reserves the mining
industry throwing it open
to private sector as well as
to foreign investment.
5-March-1995
India and China agree to
open two new border
points including Nathu La
(Sikkim) to facilitate
meetings between their
military personnel.
5-March-1995
Jalal Aga, famous
comedian and character
artist, passed away.
5-March-1997
Pravin Thipsay wins the
United Insurance GM
chess tournament in
Dhaka.
5-March-1999
Geet Sethi won the 1999
World matchplay billiards
championship in Midsomer
Norton.
5-March-1999
The indigenously-built
multi-barrel rocket
launcher ''Pinaka'' is
successfully test-fired at
Chandipur-on-sea in
Orissa.
Events for March 5
5-March-1699
Maharaja Jaisingh-II
crowned as King of Jaipur
kingdom and sat on Amber
throne.
5-March-1851
Geological Survey of India
was established in
Calcutta.
5-March-1868
Harishchandra Sakharam
Bhatwadekar Save Dada
alias, who filmed the
felicitation function of
Wrangler R. P. Paranjapye,
was born. This film was
titled as ""The Fresh
Indian Regular of
Cambridge University."" He
was the First Short
Documentary Film Maker of
In
5-March-1905
Shushila Didi, great
freedom fighter, was born
at Datton Chuhad village,
Punjab. She is
remembered for her
association in the
revolutionary activities of
Bhagat Singh.
5-March-1916
Biju Patnaik, famous Oriya
leader and Chief Minister,
was born.
5-March-1918
Shriranga Vasudev Sohoni
also known as ""Ranga
Sohoni"", Indian cricketer
(pace bowler of late 40's
avg 101), was born in
Nimbora, Maharash
5-March-1919
M.L. Kapoor, great
industrialist, was born at
Lahore.
5-March-1922
Ebrahim Suleman Maka,
Indian cricket wicket-
keeper (2 Tests vs West
Indies1952), was born at
Daman.
5-March-1931
Mahatma Gandh & British
viceroy Lord Irwin sign a
pact referred in Indian
History as ""Gandhi-Irwin
Pact"", after which the
civic disobedience
movement was taken b
5-March-1948
C. Rajagopalachari
appointed the first Indian
Governor General to
succeed Lord Mountbatten
on 21 June.
5-March-1961
Sachin Sengupta, famous
writer, dramatist and
journalist, passed away.
5-March-1989
Bhagwat Jha Azad, Bihar
CM, resigns.
5-March-1989
Baba Prithvisingh, founder
of Labour Party, passed
away.
5-March-1990
Government announces an
interim relief of Rs. 360
crore to 5 lakh victims of
the 1984 Bhopal gas
tragedy.
5-March-1991
Congress threatens to
withdraw support to the
minority government of
Chandrasekhar on the
issue of police surveillance
in Rajiv Gandhi's
residence.
5-March-1992
Sunder, comedy actor,
passed away.
5-March-1993
The government de-
reserves the mining
industry throwing it open
to private sector as well as
to foreign investment.
5-March-1995
India and China agree to
open two new border
points including Nathu La
(Sikkim) to facilitate
meetings between their
military personnel.
5-March-1995
Jalal Aga, famous
comedian and character
artist, passed away.
5-March-1997
Pravin Thipsay wins the
United Insurance GM
chess tournament in
Dhaka.
5-March-1999
Geet Sethi won the 1999
World matchplay billiards
championship in Midsomer
Norton.
5-March-1999
The indigenously-built
multi-barrel rocket
launcher ''Pinaka'' is
successfully test-fired at
Chandipur-on-sea in
Orissa.
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6march
1079 - Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam
completes Jalali-calendar
1205 - Aken, [Philips van Zwaben],
crowned Roman-Catholic German
King
1323 - Treaty of Paris - Flemish
relinquish claims over the County of
Zeeland
1447 - Tommaso Parentucelli
succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas
V
1454 - Thirteen Years' War:
Delegates of the Prussian
Confederation pledge allegiance to
Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish
king agrees to help in their struggle
for independence from the Teutonic
Knights.
1479 - Treaty of Alcaçovas - Portugal
gives the Canary Islands to Castile
in exchange for claims in West
Africa.
Explorer Ferdinand Magellan
1521 - Magellan discovers Guam
1579 - Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht
1590 - A Dutch and English army led
by Maurice of Nassau captured the
heavily protected city of Breda using
a small assault force hid in a peat
barge.
1628 - Emperor Ferdinand II
delegates Restitutie-edict
1646 - Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives
1st colonial machine patent
1664 - King Louis XIV & Emperor of
Brandenburg signs covenant
1665 - Philosophical Transactions of
Royal Society starts publishing
1714 - Peace of Rastatt - French
emperor Charles VI of Habsburg
1728 - Spain & Britain sign (1st)
Convention of Pardo
1775 - 1st Negro Mason in north
America initiated, Boston
1788 - The First Fleet arrives at
Norfolk Island in order to found a
convict settlement.
1079 - Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam
completes Jalali-calendar
1205 - Aken, [Philips van Zwaben],
crowned Roman-Catholic German
King
1323 - Treaty of Paris - Flemish
relinquish claims over the County of
Zeeland
1447 - Tommaso Parentucelli
succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas
V
1454 - Thirteen Years' War:
Delegates of the Prussian
Confederation pledge allegiance to
Casimir IV of Poland, and the Polish
king agrees to help in their struggle
for independence from the Teutonic
Knights.
1479 - Treaty of Alcaçovas - Portugal
gives the Canary Islands to Castile
in exchange for claims in West
Africa.
Explorer Ferdinand Magellan
1521 - Magellan discovers Guam
1579 - Veluwe joins Union of Utrecht
1590 - A Dutch and English army led
by Maurice of Nassau captured the
heavily protected city of Breda using
a small assault force hid in a peat
barge.
1628 - Emperor Ferdinand II
delegates Restitutie-edict
1646 - Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives
1st colonial machine patent
1664 - King Louis XIV & Emperor of
Brandenburg signs covenant
1665 - Philosophical Transactions of
Royal Society starts publishing
1714 - Peace of Rastatt - French
emperor Charles VI of Habsburg
1728 - Spain & Britain sign (1st)
Convention of Pardo
1775 - 1st Negro Mason in north
America initiated, Boston
1788 - The First Fleet arrives at
Norfolk Island in order to found a
convict settlement.
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Today in Indian History
Events for March 7
7-March-1647
Guru Dadaji Konddev,
master of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj, died.
7-March-1911
Sachchitanand Hiranand
Vatsyayan, (Agyeya),
modern Hindi literary
journalist, freedom fighter
and the winner of
Jnanpith Award of 1979,
was born.
7-March-1921
Kulwant Singh Virk, famous
Hindi writer and journalist,
was born.
7-March-1934
Nariman Jamshedji
Contractor ""Nari"",
cricketer (Indian batsman
& captain) was born in
Godhra, Guja
7-March-1942
Umesh Narayan Kulkarni,
cricketer (Indian pace
bowler in four Tests
1967-68), was born in
Alibaug, Maharashtra.
7-March-1952
Parmahansa Yogananda,
great saint, social reformer
and writer, died at Los
Angles.
Events for March 7
7-March-1647
Guru Dadaji Konddev,
master of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Maharaj, died.
7-March-1911
Sachchitanand Hiranand
Vatsyayan, (Agyeya),
modern Hindi literary
journalist, freedom fighter
and the winner of
Jnanpith Award of 1979,
was born.
7-March-1921
Kulwant Singh Virk, famous
Hindi writer and journalist,
was born.
7-March-1934
Nariman Jamshedji
Contractor ""Nari"",
cricketer (Indian batsman
& captain) was born in
Godhra, Guja
7-March-1942
Umesh Narayan Kulkarni,
cricketer (Indian pace
bowler in four Tests
1967-68), was born in
Alibaug, Maharashtra.
7-March-1952
Parmahansa Yogananda,
great saint, social reformer
and writer, died at Los
Angles.
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7-March-1956
A gigantic steel tube plant
opened in Jamshedpur. It
was the first of its kind in
India.
7-March-1961
Govind Ballabh Pant
passed away. He had
served eight years as the
Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh. He was bestowed
with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
7-March-1974
T. T. Krishnamachari,
former Finance Minister,
passed away.
7-March-1987
Sunil Gavaskar becomes
the first batsman to score
10,000 test runs in cricket
a match against Pakistan
at Ahmedabad.
7-March-1994
India and Iran sign three
MoU in Tehran.
7-March-1996
Union Cabinet clears decks
for extending benefits of
reservation to Dalit
Christians.
7-March-1998
A. B. Vajpayee is elected
leader of the BJP
Parliamentary Party.
7-March-1999
22 persons are killed and
six injured when an AN-32
transport aircraft of the
IAF crashes at
Pappankulam near Indira
Gandhi International
Airport in south-west
Delhi.
7-March-2000
A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra
Pradesh Panchayati Raj
Minister, dies in a
landmine blast at
Ghatkesar village in Ranga
Reddy district.
A gigantic steel tube plant
opened in Jamshedpur. It
was the first of its kind in
India.
7-March-1961
Govind Ballabh Pant
passed away. He had
served eight years as the
Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh. He was bestowed
with Bharat Ratna in 1959.
7-March-1974
T. T. Krishnamachari,
former Finance Minister,
passed away.
7-March-1987
Sunil Gavaskar becomes
the first batsman to score
10,000 test runs in cricket
a match against Pakistan
at Ahmedabad.
7-March-1994
India and Iran sign three
MoU in Tehran.
7-March-1996
Union Cabinet clears decks
for extending benefits of
reservation to Dalit
Christians.
7-March-1998
A. B. Vajpayee is elected
leader of the BJP
Parliamentary Party.
7-March-1999
22 persons are killed and
six injured when an AN-32
transport aircraft of the
IAF crashes at
Pappankulam near Indira
Gandhi International
Airport in south-west
Delhi.
7-March-2000
A. Madhava Reddy, Andhra
Pradesh Panchayati Raj
Minister, dies in a
landmine blast at
Ghatkesar village in Ranga
Reddy district.
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Today in Indian History
Events for March 10
10-March-1873
Maulana Shaukat Ali,
freedom fighter,
nationalist and Muslim
politician, was born.
10-March-1897
Savitri Bai Phule passed
away. She played a
prominent role in
assisting her husband
Mahatma Jyotirao
Govindrao Phule in
education field. She
taught in schools for girls
and for downtroddens
and untouchables.
10-March-1904
Raghunath Gopal Kokaje,
great Hindi writer, was
born at Bhoka, district
Ratnagiri.
10-March-1912
Anant Ramachandra Joshi,
cricket Test Umpire for 12
test from 1948-5, was
born in Maharashtra.
10-March-1922
Gandhiji arrested for the
first time in Bombay on
the charges of sedition at
Sabarmati.
10-March-1926
Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief
Marshal, the second Sikh
Chief of Air Staff and
Indian Air Force, was born
in Punjab.
10-March-1939
17 villages damaged by
hailstones in Hyderabad,
India.
10-March-1940
Banwarilal Bhagwandas
Purohit, famous leader of
Vidarbha, was born.
10-March-1945
Madhavrao Scindia, prince
of Gwalior and Congress
leader, was born.
10-March-1954
The history of 104 HU, the
most prestigious and the
oldest Helicopter Unit of
the IAF, is studded with
more than four decades of
glorious past and yeomen
service rendered to the
country. One-O-Four was
raised as Helicopter Flight
at Palam on 10th March
1954.
10-March-1959
Mukundrao Ramarao
Jaikar, great freedom
fighter and famous
lawyer, passed away.
10-March-1969
Parliament passed the
Act that made Central
Industrial Security Force
as an Armed Force of the
union.
10-March-1985
India beat Pakistan to
win ""World
Championship of
Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is
declared champion of
champions and Sunil
Gavaskar steps down from
the captai
10-March-1991
The Army Dental Corps
celebrates its Golden
Jubilee and proudly
recounts its past glory.
10-March-1993
The 12-day-old caretaker
ministry in Tripura led by
Samir Ranjan Burman
resigns.
10-March-1995
ONGC's oil rig that blew
out ( January 8 ) at
Pasalapudi site near
Amalapuram (Andhra
Pradesh) put out after 62
days.
10-March-1995
Ashok Padbidri, famous
journalist and editor,
died.
10-March-1997
Maharashtra government
renames Osmanabad as
Dharashiva.
10-March-1998
A. B. Vajpayee agrees to
form a government with
252 members including
the BJP and it's allies.
10-March-1998
India 'A' beats Pakistan
'A' by 58 runs in the
fourth test to clinch the
rain-hit series 1-0 at
Karachi.
10-March-1998
B. B. Lyngdoh of the
United Democratic Party
is sworn in Chief Minister
of Meghalaya. The 12-day-
old Congress(I) Ministry
resigned following the
failure of the party
nominee to be elected as
Speaker.
10-March-1999
Lok Sabha approves the
Patents (Amendment) Bill
1999, by a voice vote.
10-March-2000
Nirmal Verma,
distinguished Hindi
writer, and eminent
Punjabi novelist Gurchal
Singh selected jointly for
the 35th Jnanpith Award
for 1999.
10-March-2000
Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief
Minister, submits his
resignation without
putting his motion of
seeking a trust vote to
test in the assembly. The
RJD leader Rabri Devi
meets the Governor and
stakes claim to form the
Government.
Events for March 10
10-March-1873
Maulana Shaukat Ali,
freedom fighter,
nationalist and Muslim
politician, was born.
10-March-1897
Savitri Bai Phule passed
away. She played a
prominent role in
assisting her husband
Mahatma Jyotirao
Govindrao Phule in
education field. She
taught in schools for girls
and for downtroddens
and untouchables.
10-March-1904
Raghunath Gopal Kokaje,
great Hindi writer, was
born at Bhoka, district
Ratnagiri.
10-March-1912
Anant Ramachandra Joshi,
cricket Test Umpire for 12
test from 1948-5, was
born in Maharashtra.
10-March-1922
Gandhiji arrested for the
first time in Bombay on
the charges of sedition at
Sabarmati.
10-March-1926
Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief
Marshal, the second Sikh
Chief of Air Staff and
Indian Air Force, was born
in Punjab.
10-March-1939
17 villages damaged by
hailstones in Hyderabad,
India.
10-March-1940
Banwarilal Bhagwandas
Purohit, famous leader of
Vidarbha, was born.
10-March-1945
Madhavrao Scindia, prince
of Gwalior and Congress
leader, was born.
10-March-1954
The history of 104 HU, the
most prestigious and the
oldest Helicopter Unit of
the IAF, is studded with
more than four decades of
glorious past and yeomen
service rendered to the
country. One-O-Four was
raised as Helicopter Flight
at Palam on 10th March
1954.
10-March-1959
Mukundrao Ramarao
Jaikar, great freedom
fighter and famous
lawyer, passed away.
10-March-1969
Parliament passed the
Act that made Central
Industrial Security Force
as an Armed Force of the
union.
10-March-1985
India beat Pakistan to
win ""World
Championship of
Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is
declared champion of
champions and Sunil
Gavaskar steps down from
the captai
10-March-1991
The Army Dental Corps
celebrates its Golden
Jubilee and proudly
recounts its past glory.
10-March-1993
The 12-day-old caretaker
ministry in Tripura led by
Samir Ranjan Burman
resigns.
10-March-1995
ONGC's oil rig that blew
out ( January 8 ) at
Pasalapudi site near
Amalapuram (Andhra
Pradesh) put out after 62
days.
10-March-1995
Ashok Padbidri, famous
journalist and editor,
died.
10-March-1997
Maharashtra government
renames Osmanabad as
Dharashiva.
10-March-1998
A. B. Vajpayee agrees to
form a government with
252 members including
the BJP and it's allies.
10-March-1998
India 'A' beats Pakistan
'A' by 58 runs in the
fourth test to clinch the
rain-hit series 1-0 at
Karachi.
10-March-1998
B. B. Lyngdoh of the
United Democratic Party
is sworn in Chief Minister
of Meghalaya. The 12-day-
old Congress(I) Ministry
resigned following the
failure of the party
nominee to be elected as
Speaker.
10-March-1999
Lok Sabha approves the
Patents (Amendment) Bill
1999, by a voice vote.
10-March-2000
Nirmal Verma,
distinguished Hindi
writer, and eminent
Punjabi novelist Gurchal
Singh selected jointly for
the 35th Jnanpith Award
for 1999.
10-March-2000
Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief
Minister, submits his
resignation without
putting his motion of
seeking a trust vote to
test in the assembly. The
RJD leader Rabri Devi
meets the Governor and
stakes claim to form the
Government.
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8 march
1586 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
becomes Dutch chief legal advisor
1658 - Peace of Roskilde between
Sweden & Denmark
1702 - England: Queen Anne ascends
throne upon death of King William
III
1706 - Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank
established
1711 - Antoin de Guiscard tries
English premier Haley for murder
1722 - Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud
occupies Persia
1746 - Duke of Cumberland's troops
occupy Aberdeen
1754 - Marquis of Ensenada becomes
premier of Spain
1766 - Willem V (18) becomes
governor of United Provinces
1777 - Regiments from Ansbach and
Bayreuth, sent to support Great
Britain in the American
Revolutionary War, mutiny in the
town of Ochsenfurt.
1782 - Gnadenhutten Massacre -
Ohio militia kills 90 indians
1801 - British drive French forces
from Abukir, Egypt
1813 - 1st concerto of Royal
Philharmonic
1817 - The New York Stock Exchange
is founded.
1838 - US mint in New Orleans
begins operation (producing dimes)
1844 - King Oscar I ascends to the
throne of Sweden-Norway.
1854 - US Commodore Matthew C
Perry's 2nd trip to Japan
1855 - 1st train crosses 1st US
railway suspension bridge, Niagara
Falls
1861 - St Augustine Florida
surrenders to Union armies
1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends
with Confederate withdrawal
1862 - Confederate ironclad
"Merrimack" launched
1862 - Naval Engagement at
Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia,
Jamestown & Yorktown vs USS
Cumberland, Congress & Monitor
1865 - Battle of Kingston, NC
(Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)
1867 - The British North America Act
is passed in the House of Commons,
and would serve as a constitution for
Canada for the next 100 years
1884 - 1st performance of Edward
MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite
1884 - Susan B. Anthony addresses
the U.S. House Judiciary Committee
arguing for an amendment to the
U.S. Constitution granting women
the right to vote. Anthony's
argument came 16 years after
legislators had first introduced a
federal women's suffrage
amendment.
1887 - Everett Horton, CT, patents
fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes
1894 - The state of New York enacts
the nation's first dog-licensing law.
1896 - Volunteers of America forms
(NYC)
1898 - Richard Straus' "Don Quixote"
premieres in Keulen
1900 - NL decides to go with 8 teams
They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland,
Louisville & Washington (in 1953
Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1902 - 1st performance of Jean
Sibelius' 2nd Symphony
1904 - Hugh Trumble takes a hat-
trick in his final Test Cricket match
1906 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7
sweep Smiths Falls (Ont) in 2 games
1908 - Dutch utopist Frederick of
Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, NY
1910 - Baroness Raymonde de
Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed
female pilot
1911 - International Women's Day is
launched in Copenhagen, Denmark,
by Clara Zetkin, leader of the
Women's Office for the Social
Democratic Party in Germany.
1913 - Federal League organizes with
6 teams
1913 - Internal Revenue Service
begins to levy & collect income taxes
1915 - 1st US navy minelayer,
Baltimore, commissioned
1916 - US invades Cuba for 3rd time,
this to end corrupt Menocal regime
1918 - The first case of Spanish flu
occurs, the start of a devastating
worldwide pandemic.
1920 - Denmark & Cuba join the
League of Nations
1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato
Iradier is assassinated while exiting
the parliament building in Madrid.
1924 - Coal mine explosion kills 171
at Castle Gate Utah
1927 - Pan American Airlines
incorporates
1929 - US worker union commission
reports of slavery in Liberia
1586 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
becomes Dutch chief legal advisor
1658 - Peace of Roskilde between
Sweden & Denmark
1702 - England: Queen Anne ascends
throne upon death of King William
III
1706 - Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank
established
1711 - Antoin de Guiscard tries
English premier Haley for murder
1722 - Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud
occupies Persia
1746 - Duke of Cumberland's troops
occupy Aberdeen
1754 - Marquis of Ensenada becomes
premier of Spain
1766 - Willem V (18) becomes
governor of United Provinces
1777 - Regiments from Ansbach and
Bayreuth, sent to support Great
Britain in the American
Revolutionary War, mutiny in the
town of Ochsenfurt.
1782 - Gnadenhutten Massacre -
Ohio militia kills 90 indians
1801 - British drive French forces
from Abukir, Egypt
1813 - 1st concerto of Royal
Philharmonic
1817 - The New York Stock Exchange
is founded.
1838 - US mint in New Orleans
begins operation (producing dimes)
1844 - King Oscar I ascends to the
throne of Sweden-Norway.
1854 - US Commodore Matthew C
Perry's 2nd trip to Japan
1855 - 1st train crosses 1st US
railway suspension bridge, Niagara
Falls
1861 - St Augustine Florida
surrenders to Union armies
1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern ends
with Confederate withdrawal
1862 - Confederate ironclad
"Merrimack" launched
1862 - Naval Engagement at
Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia,
Jamestown & Yorktown vs USS
Cumberland, Congress & Monitor
1865 - Battle of Kingston, NC
(Wilcox's ridge, Wise's Forks)
1867 - The British North America Act
is passed in the House of Commons,
and would serve as a constitution for
Canada for the next 100 years
1884 - 1st performance of Edward
MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite
1884 - Susan B. Anthony addresses
the U.S. House Judiciary Committee
arguing for an amendment to the
U.S. Constitution granting women
the right to vote. Anthony's
argument came 16 years after
legislators had first introduced a
federal women's suffrage
amendment.
1887 - Everett Horton, CT, patents
fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes
1894 - The state of New York enacts
the nation's first dog-licensing law.
1896 - Volunteers of America forms
(NYC)
1898 - Richard Straus' "Don Quixote"
premieres in Keulen
1900 - NL decides to go with 8 teams
They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland,
Louisville & Washington (in 1953
Boston Braves move to Milwaukee)
1902 - 1st performance of Jean
Sibelius' 2nd Symphony
1904 - Hugh Trumble takes a hat-
trick in his final Test Cricket match
1906 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7
sweep Smiths Falls (Ont) in 2 games
1908 - Dutch utopist Frederick of
Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, NY
1910 - Baroness Raymonde de
Laroche of Paris is 1st licensed
female pilot
1911 - International Women's Day is
launched in Copenhagen, Denmark,
by Clara Zetkin, leader of the
Women's Office for the Social
Democratic Party in Germany.
1913 - Federal League organizes with
6 teams
1913 - Internal Revenue Service
begins to levy & collect income taxes
1915 - 1st US navy minelayer,
Baltimore, commissioned
1916 - US invades Cuba for 3rd time,
this to end corrupt Menocal regime
1918 - The first case of Spanish flu
occurs, the start of a devastating
worldwide pandemic.
1920 - Denmark & Cuba join the
League of Nations
1921 - Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato
Iradier is assassinated while exiting
the parliament building in Madrid.
1924 - Coal mine explosion kills 171
at Castle Gate Utah
1927 - Pan American Airlines
incorporates
1929 - US worker union commission
reports of slavery in Liberia
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1930 - Babe Ruth signs 2-year
contract for $160,000 with NY Yankee
GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No
one will ever be paid more than
Ruth"
1934 - Edwin Hubble photo shows as
many galaxies as Milky Way has stars
1936 - The first stock car race is held
in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1939 - Lenore Coffee & William Joyce
Cowan's "Family Portrait" premieres
1941 - 1st baseball player drafted
into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
1942 - Japanese forces captures
Rangoon Burma
1942 - KNIL, Dutch colonial army on
Java, surrenders to Japanese armies
1943 - 335 allied bombers attack
German city of Nuremberg, a centre
for military production
1943 - Limited gambling legalized in
Mexico
1943 - US Ladies Figure Skating
championship won by Gretchen
Merrill
1943 - US Mens Figure Skating
championship won by Arthur Vaughn
Astronomer Edwin Hubble
1944 - US resumes bombing Berlin
1945 - "Kiss Me Kate" opens in
Britain
1945 - 53 Amsterdammers executed
by nazi occupiers
1945 - International Women's Day is
1st observed
1945 - Phyllis M Daley is 1st black
nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign
1946 - 1st helicopter licensed for
coml use (NYC)
1948 - US Supreme Court rules in
McCollum v. Board of Education that
relgious instruction in public schools
is unconstitutional
1949 - WAGA TV channel 5 in
Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins
broadcasting
1949 - WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas,
begins broadcasting
1950 - 1st woman medical officer
assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters)
1951 - Intl Table Tennis Federation
bans Egypt (for refusing to play
Israel)
1952 - Antoine Pinay forms French
government
1953 - "Two's Company" closes at
Alvin Theater NYC after 90
performances
1953 - Census indicates 239,000
farmers gave up farming in last 2
years
1953 - KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton,
OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA
Jacksonville Golf Open
1953 - WFMJ TV channel 21 in
Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins
broadcasting
1954 - Herb McKinley sets quarter
mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne,
Australia
1957 - 1st performance of David
Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston
1957 - Israeli troops leave Egypt;
Suez Canal re-opened for minor
ships
1930 - Babe Ruth signs 2-year
contract for $160,000 with NY Yankee
GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No
one will ever be paid more than
Ruth"
1934 - Edwin Hubble photo shows as
many galaxies as Milky Way has stars
1936 - The first stock car race is held
in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1939 - Lenore Coffee & William Joyce
Cowan's "Family Portrait" premieres
1941 - 1st baseball player drafted
into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
1942 - Japanese forces captures
Rangoon Burma
1942 - KNIL, Dutch colonial army on
Java, surrenders to Japanese armies
1943 - 335 allied bombers attack
German city of Nuremberg, a centre
for military production
1943 - Limited gambling legalized in
Mexico
1943 - US Ladies Figure Skating
championship won by Gretchen
Merrill
1943 - US Mens Figure Skating
championship won by Arthur Vaughn
Astronomer Edwin Hubble
1944 - US resumes bombing Berlin
1945 - "Kiss Me Kate" opens in
Britain
1945 - 53 Amsterdammers executed
by nazi occupiers
1945 - International Women's Day is
1st observed
1945 - Phyllis M Daley is 1st black
nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign
1946 - 1st helicopter licensed for
coml use (NYC)
1948 - US Supreme Court rules in
McCollum v. Board of Education that
relgious instruction in public schools
is unconstitutional
1949 - WAGA TV channel 5 in
Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins
broadcasting
1949 - WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas,
begins broadcasting
1950 - 1st woman medical officer
assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters)
1951 - Intl Table Tennis Federation
bans Egypt (for refusing to play
Israel)
1952 - Antoine Pinay forms French
government
1953 - "Two's Company" closes at
Alvin Theater NYC after 90
performances
1953 - Census indicates 239,000
farmers gave up farming in last 2
years
1953 - KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton,
OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA
Jacksonville Golf Open
1953 - WFMJ TV channel 21 in
Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins
broadcasting
1954 - Herb McKinley sets quarter
mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne,
Australia
1957 - 1st performance of David
Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston
1957 - Israeli troops leave Egypt;
Suez Canal re-opened for minor
ships
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Events for March 11
11-March-1399
While returning to his
country, Timur Lung looted
and destroyed Delhi and
parts of North India including
Hardwar, the Ganga
pilgrimage town, and crossed
Sindhu River.
11-March-1689
Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor,
who was captured at
Sangameshwar, was
assasinated in the prison of
Aurangzeb by Mughal officer
Muqurab Khan.
11-March-1784
Tipu Sultan and Britishers
signed the treaty at
Mangalore which is known as
the Mangalore treaty.
11-March-1795
Battle at Kurdla India,
Mahratten beat Mughals.
11-March-1824
US War Dept creates the
Bureau of Indian Affair.
11-March-1863
Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great
nationalist and social
reformer, was born at Nasik.
11-March-1881
Ashley Eden unveiled in
Calcutta Town Hall the first
statue of Indians Ram Nath
Tagore and Dwarkanath
Tagore.
11-March-1886
Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi
became the first Indian lady
doctor. She passed the MBBS
degree from Philadelphia
University of America.
11-March-1903
Shrinagesh M. M, former
General, was born.
11-March-1915
Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer
(prolific Indian batsman
1946-54), was born in Sangli,
Maharashtra.
11-March-1948
SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-
going steamer made in India,
was launched from
Visakhapatnam.
11-March-1963
First Railway Engine was
produced by Chittaranjan
Railway Factory.
11-March-1963
Mahomed Nissar, 6 Tests for
India 1932-36, 25 wkts @
28.28, passed away.
11-March-1971
Indira Gandhi wins majority
in Parliament.
11-March-1975
Battle between Marathas and
Nizam at Kharda.
11-March-1984
India's first modern boas
`Jalusha' started from
Vishakhapattanam.
11-March-1989
In Bihar, a 13-member
ministry headed by Satyendra
Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn
in.
11-March-1990
Darbarsingh, former Chief
Minister of Punjab, passed
away.
11-March-1992
Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff,
daughter of Netaji, declines to
accept the 'Bharat Ratna'
conferred on her father.
11-March-1993
Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns
to Jammu & Kashmir as
Governor.
11-March-1994
The Supreme Court upholds
sacking of BJP Governments;
Balasaheb Deoras quits as
RSS Chief; Rajendra Singh
alias Rajju Bhaiya to succeed.
11-March-1997
Sadhana Mukherjee, a s#x-
worker from Calcutta,
represents India at the first
international conference on
prostitution beginning in Los
Angeles.
11-March-1997
Chennai police seize a large
quantity of powerful
explosives and arrest two
Muslim fundamentalists.
11-March-1999
Indian Davis Cup player and
Asian Games gold medallist
Gaurav Natekar announced in
Mumbai his retirement from
competitive tennis.
Events for March 11
11-March-1399
While returning to his
country, Timur Lung looted
and destroyed Delhi and
parts of North India including
Hardwar, the Ganga
pilgrimage town, and crossed
Sindhu River.
11-March-1689
Sambhaji, Shivaji's successor,
who was captured at
Sangameshwar, was
assasinated in the prison of
Aurangzeb by Mughal officer
Muqurab Khan.
11-March-1784
Tipu Sultan and Britishers
signed the treaty at
Mangalore which is known as
the Mangalore treaty.
11-March-1795
Battle at Kurdla India,
Mahratten beat Mughals.
11-March-1824
US War Dept creates the
Bureau of Indian Affair.
11-March-1863
Maharaja Sayaji Rao III, great
nationalist and social
reformer, was born at Nasik.
11-March-1881
Ashley Eden unveiled in
Calcutta Town Hall the first
statue of Indians Ram Nath
Tagore and Dwarkanath
Tagore.
11-March-1886
Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi
became the first Indian lady
doctor. She passed the MBBS
degree from Philadelphia
University of America.
11-March-1903
Shrinagesh M. M, former
General, was born.
11-March-1915
Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer
(prolific Indian batsman
1946-54), was born in Sangli,
Maharashtra.
11-March-1948
SS Jal Usha, the first ocean-
going steamer made in India,
was launched from
Visakhapatnam.
11-March-1963
First Railway Engine was
produced by Chittaranjan
Railway Factory.
11-March-1963
Mahomed Nissar, 6 Tests for
India 1932-36, 25 wkts @
28.28, passed away.
11-March-1971
Indira Gandhi wins majority
in Parliament.
11-March-1975
Battle between Marathas and
Nizam at Kharda.
11-March-1984
India's first modern boas
`Jalusha' started from
Vishakhapattanam.
11-March-1989
In Bihar, a 13-member
ministry headed by Satyendra
Narain Sinha, MP, was sworn
in.
11-March-1990
Darbarsingh, former Chief
Minister of Punjab, passed
away.
11-March-1992
Dr. Anita B. Bose-Pfaff,
daughter of Netaji, declines to
accept the 'Bharat Ratna'
conferred on her father.
11-March-1993
Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao returns
to Jammu & Kashmir as
Governor.
11-March-1994
The Supreme Court upholds
sacking of BJP Governments;
Balasaheb Deoras quits as
RSS Chief; Rajendra Singh
alias Rajju Bhaiya to succeed.
11-March-1997
Sadhana Mukherjee, a s#x-
worker from Calcutta,
represents India at the first
international conference on
prostitution beginning in Los
Angeles.
11-March-1997
Chennai police seize a large
quantity of powerful
explosives and arrest two
Muslim fundamentalists.
11-March-1999
Indian Davis Cup player and
Asian Games gold medallist
Gaurav Natekar announced in
Mumbai his retirement from
competitive tennis.
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Events for March 12
12-March-1612
Usman Khan Lohani, son of
Isa Khan, was defeated in
the battle of Nekujyal. He
died as the last
independent ruler of
Bengal.
12-March-1911
Daman Div Dayanand
Balkrishna Bandodkar, first
Chief Minister of Goa, was
born.
12-March-1913
Yashvantrao Balvantrao
Chavan, first Chief Minister
of Maharashtra, was born.
12-March-1917
Googie Withers, actress (1 of
Our Aircraft is Missing), was
born in Karachi, India.
12-March-1930
Mahatma Gandhi started
Dandi March from
Sabarmati Ashram near
Ahmedabad to break salt
law. This march stretched of
375 km. was covered in 26
days with 78 followers. The
whole of India joined the
campaign to boycott foreign
goods and refused to pay
taxes. Khan Abdul Ghafar
Khan or Frontier Gandhi
started Khudai Kidmatgar
movement in the North-
West Frontier. The
Government went back to
its brutal force and about
90,000 people were
imprisoned within a year. In
Peshawar, the Gharwal
regiment refused to shoot a
demonstrator. In Nagaland
Rani Gaidilita, a 13 year old
girl raised the flag against
the Britishers and was put
into life imprisonment in
1932. Nehru hearing this
uttered A day will come
when India will remember
her and Cherish her. She
was released after
Independence.
12-March-1938
Vijay Laxman Mehra,
cricketer (Indian Test
batsman from age 17), was
born in Amritsar.
12-March-1941
Chinese engineers leave to
survey a route for the
proposed 1,000-mile-long
highway from Ningyuan,
China to Assam, India.
12-March-1942
British troops vacate the
Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
12-March-1944
No. 7 Squadron, which had
flown its Vengeances on
some missions against
dissident tribesmen in
North Waziristan, started
operations in the Arakan
from an airstrip at
Uderbund near Kumbigram.
12-March-1954
Indian National Academy of
Letters ""Sahitya Academy""
inaugurated by Dr.
Radhakrishna
12-March-1967
Indira Gandhi became Prime
Minister of India for the
second time after winning
the General Elections.
12-March-1969
Reactor Research Centre
established at Kalpakkam.
On 18th December 1985, it
was renamed as Indira
Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research.
12-March-1972
Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70
\% of regional seats.
12-March-1988
After 58 years in the
commemoration of Dandi
March, Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi performed the 32
kms Dandi March from
Sabarmati Ashram.
12-March-1988
Samresh Basu, famous
Bengali writer, passed away.
12-March-1991
Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray
admits to an Opposition-
sponsored motion for
removal of the Supreme
Court Judge V. Ramaswamy
for alleged misappropriation
of public funds, and sets up
a three-Judge committee to
investigate.
12-March-1992
A devastating wave of car-
bomb explosions killed an
estimated 300 people and
injured hundreds more
today in the large western
Indian port city of Bombay.
The first blast ripped
through the city's stock
exchange building, and
minutes later a dozen
slightly less powerful
explosions rocked the
bustling city center.The
bomb attacks appeared to
have been part of a
carefully planned
operation.The devices were
clearly meant to cause
maximum loss of life and
damage to property.
12-March-1992
Centenary celebrations held
at Kasturba Hospital for
Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
12-March-1992
India and the US decide to
hold joint naval exercises in
the Indian ocean.
12-March-1992
The four-member break-
away group of Telugu
Desam recognised by Lok
Sabha speaker.
12-March-1993
Powerful bomb blasts at
twelve various places in
Mumbai takes 317 lives.
12-March-1995
Congress party loses India
national election.
12-March-1996
Election Commission rejects
claim by Indira Congress as
the real Congress. The
'hand' symbol will remain
with Indian National
Congress headed by PVN
Rao.
12-March-1996
Last session of the 10th Lok
Sabha ends.
12-March-1997
Jaspal Rana equals world
mark in standard pistol 25m
(ISU) event in South Asian
shooting in Delhi.
Events for March 12
12-March-1612
Usman Khan Lohani, son of
Isa Khan, was defeated in
the battle of Nekujyal. He
died as the last
independent ruler of
Bengal.
12-March-1911
Daman Div Dayanand
Balkrishna Bandodkar, first
Chief Minister of Goa, was
born.
12-March-1913
Yashvantrao Balvantrao
Chavan, first Chief Minister
of Maharashtra, was born.
12-March-1917
Googie Withers, actress (1 of
Our Aircraft is Missing), was
born in Karachi, India.
12-March-1930
Mahatma Gandhi started
Dandi March from
Sabarmati Ashram near
Ahmedabad to break salt
law. This march stretched of
375 km. was covered in 26
days with 78 followers. The
whole of India joined the
campaign to boycott foreign
goods and refused to pay
taxes. Khan Abdul Ghafar
Khan or Frontier Gandhi
started Khudai Kidmatgar
movement in the North-
West Frontier. The
Government went back to
its brutal force and about
90,000 people were
imprisoned within a year. In
Peshawar, the Gharwal
regiment refused to shoot a
demonstrator. In Nagaland
Rani Gaidilita, a 13 year old
girl raised the flag against
the Britishers and was put
into life imprisonment in
1932. Nehru hearing this
uttered A day will come
when India will remember
her and Cherish her. She
was released after
Independence.
12-March-1938
Vijay Laxman Mehra,
cricketer (Indian Test
batsman from age 17), was
born in Amritsar.
12-March-1941
Chinese engineers leave to
survey a route for the
proposed 1,000-mile-long
highway from Ningyuan,
China to Assam, India.
12-March-1942
British troops vacate the
Andaman in Gulf of Bengal.
12-March-1944
No. 7 Squadron, which had
flown its Vengeances on
some missions against
dissident tribesmen in
North Waziristan, started
operations in the Arakan
from an airstrip at
Uderbund near Kumbigram.
12-March-1954
Indian National Academy of
Letters ""Sahitya Academy""
inaugurated by Dr.
Radhakrishna
12-March-1967
Indira Gandhi became Prime
Minister of India for the
second time after winning
the General Elections.
12-March-1969
Reactor Research Centre
established at Kalpakkam.
On 18th December 1985, it
was renamed as Indira
Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research.
12-March-1972
Vote gives Indira Gandhi 70
\% of regional seats.
12-March-1988
After 58 years in the
commemoration of Dandi
March, Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi performed the 32
kms Dandi March from
Sabarmati Ashram.
12-March-1988
Samresh Basu, famous
Bengali writer, passed away.
12-March-1991
Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray
admits to an Opposition-
sponsored motion for
removal of the Supreme
Court Judge V. Ramaswamy
for alleged misappropriation
of public funds, and sets up
a three-Judge committee to
investigate.
12-March-1992
A devastating wave of car-
bomb explosions killed an
estimated 300 people and
injured hundreds more
today in the large western
Indian port city of Bombay.
The first blast ripped
through the city's stock
exchange building, and
minutes later a dozen
slightly less powerful
explosions rocked the
bustling city center.The
bomb attacks appeared to
have been part of a
carefully planned
operation.The devices were
clearly meant to cause
maximum loss of life and
damage to property.
12-March-1992
Centenary celebrations held
at Kasturba Hospital for
Infections diseases. (CIVIC).
12-March-1992
India and the US decide to
hold joint naval exercises in
the Indian ocean.
12-March-1992
The four-member break-
away group of Telugu
Desam recognised by Lok
Sabha speaker.
12-March-1993
Powerful bomb blasts at
twelve various places in
Mumbai takes 317 lives.
12-March-1995
Congress party loses India
national election.
12-March-1996
Election Commission rejects
claim by Indira Congress as
the real Congress. The
'hand' symbol will remain
with Indian National
Congress headed by PVN
Rao.
12-March-1996
Last session of the 10th Lok
Sabha ends.
12-March-1997
Jaspal Rana equals world
mark in standard pistol 25m
(ISU) event in South Asian
shooting in Delhi.
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