25 MARCH

1788  First advertisement of Indian language Bangla published in the newspaper ‘Calcutta Gadget’.

1898  Swami Vivekananda gave initiation of celibacy to Sister Nivedita.

1954  The country’s first helicopter “S-55” was launched in 1954 in Delhi.

2007  Team India out of World Cup cricket in 2007.

2017  Tanushree Pareek of Bikaner, Rajasthan, made the country and state proud by becoming the first woman officer of the country’s Border Security Force (BSF) in 2017.

26 MARCH

1552  Guru Amardas became the third Guru of the Sikhs.

1907  Mahadevi Varma, the modern ‘Meera’ of Hindi literature world, was born.

1972  President of India VV Giri inaugurates the first International Sanskrit Conference.

1973  In the state of Uttarakhand, India, in 1973, farmers organized an eco-protection movement called “Chipko Movement” to oppose the cutting of trees.

27 MARCH

1898  Death anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, who introduced modern education for the Muslims of India.

2010  India successfully test-fires Dhanush and Prithvi 2 equipped with nuclear technology at Chandipur, Odisha.

28 MARCH

1941  Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose escaped from detention and reached Berlin.

1977  Morarji Desai formed the government in India in 1977.

2000  West Indies’ Courtney Walls broke Kapil Dev’s record  435 wickets.

2013  The Internet’s biggest attack on history.

2015  Saina Nehwal became the world’s number one female badminton player.

29 MARCH

1857  Soldier Mangal Pandey became known as a freedom fighter in the Bengal Native Infantry revolts against the British rule in India and the long-running 1857 Sepoy Freedom Struggle.

1943  Laxman Nayak, a freedom fighter and leader, was hanged in Barhampur jail.

1954  The Indian Institute of Public Administration was inaugurated.

1982  N. of Telugu Desam Party Formed in 1982 by T. Rama Rao.

1999  Nearly 90 people died in the 1999 Himalayan earthquake in the foothills of the Himalayas.

2008  370 cities of the world started celebrating Earth Hour in 2008 for the first time to save energy.

1913  Famous Hindi poet and writer Bhavani Prasad was born on this day.

30 MARCH

1919  Mahatma Gandhi announced his opposition to the Rowlatt Act.

1949  The state of Rajasthan was established in 1949 and Jaipur was made its capital.

1977  Swami Agnivesh merged his Bharatiya Arya Sabha Party with the Janata Party in 1977.

1932  Regal Cinema Hall, one of the famous and old cinema halls of Delhi since 1932, was closed in 2017.

1899  In 1899, Cyril Radcliffe, who drew the line of the India-Pakistan divide, was born.

1664  Guru Har Kishan Singh, the eighth Guru of the Sikhs, died on this day in 1664.

31 MARCH

1959  The Buddhist Dalai Lama was granted asylum in India after his exile from Tibet.

1964  Electric tram last run in Bombay.

1774  The first post of the Postal Service opened in India in 1774.

1867  Praya Samaj was established in 1867 in Mumbai.

2011  According to census data, India’s population has increased to 121 crore (1 billion 21 crore) in 2011. This is 17.64% more than what was calculated ten years ago.

1504  The second Sikh Guru Guru Angad Dev was born.

1865  India’s first female doctor Anandi Gopal Joshi was born.