04 MARCH

1879          Bethune College of Calcutta was established in 1879.

1906          Hakim Abdul Majeed started the Hamdard dispensary in Delhi in 1906.

1924          In 1924, Shyam Lal Gupta composed the song Raising the Flag.

1951          Eleven countries participated in the first Asian Games in Delhi in 1951.

1961          In 1961 I.N.S. Vikrant was brought to Belfast.

05 MARCH

1931          Mahatma Gandhi ended the Civil Disobedience Movement.

1905          Sushila Didi, a freedom fighter who was instrumental in the revolutionary activities of Bhagat Singh, was born in Punjab.

2010          GP, one of the famous entrepreneurs of India. Birla died.

1783          Establishment of Geological Survey of India.

2009          Indian industrialist Vijay Mallya bought Bapu’s legacy for Rs 18 lakhs

1949          The Jharkhand Party was founded in India in 1949.

1990          The government announced an interim relief of Rs 360 crore for the five lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

2002          The Commonwealth Summit was held in 2002.

2008          India successfully test-fired the BrahMos missile from the sea into the ground.

2009          IFFCO (‘Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Limited) became the first company in the world to make annual sales of 10 million tonnes of fertilizer in 2009.

06 MARCH

1886          The first nurses’ nightingale is published.

1915          Mahatma Gandhi and Tagore had their first meeting in Shantiniketan in 1915.

1947          The Economic Times started editing from Bombay.

1962          The great revolutionary Ambika Chokrovarti died in 1962.

1971          Sunil Gavaskar started his Test career in 1971.

1990          India won the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.

1991          Chandrasekhar resigned as Prime Minister in 1991.

2000          India and China first spoke in Beijing on the security issue.

07 MARCH

1956          A huge steel tube plant was opened in Jamshedpur on this day in 1956.

1987          Sunil Gavaskar made history. Please tell that on this day, he scored 10,000 runs in a Test match.

1994          India and Iraq signed three Memorandum of Understanding in Tehran.

1998          Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was given the leadership of BJP‘s MP Party.

1835          Proposal was made to promote the propagation of European literature and science in India.

1985          The first antibody test for AIDS, the ELISA-type test, was started.

2007          Pakistan and India prepared in 2007 to help investigate terrorism.

1961          Renowned freedom fighter and senior leader Govind Ballabh Pant died in 1961.

08 MARCH

1909          International Women’s Day is started to celebrate.

1948          Air India International was established.

1535          Bahadur Shah found Fateh at Chittor Fort.

1673          Chhatrapati Shivaji burst upon the fort of Panhala.

1930          Mahatma Gandhi started the Civil Disobedience Movement.

1986          BJP leader Advani was elected party president.

1998          Indian Airlines flew with all women crew members.

1833          The great journalist Vishwanath Narayan was born.

09 MARCH

1951          Famous tabla player Zakir Hussain is born.

2007          Indian doctors in Britain get legal success on discriminatory migrant rules.

1999          Indian-based, British-based industrialist Swaraj Paul was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Central Birmingham in 1999.

10 MARCH

1922          Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in 1922 on charges of treason.

1969          The CISF Act was passed in Parliament.

1985          India won the Bension and Hedges Cricket World Cup in 1985.

2010          The Women’s Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

1932          Born in 1932 of Udupi Ramchandra Rao, a space scientist and former president of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).

1945          Famous Congress leader Madhavrao Scindia was born on this day in 1945.