11 MARCH

1399       Taimur Lung crossed the Indus River in 1399, after committing a rampage in North India including Delhi.

1999       Infosys Company is the first Indian company to appear on the Nasdaq (NASDAQ) International Stock Exchange list in 1999.

2006       The Greek parliament passed a law allowing cremation in 2006 by a majority.

2007       Sunita completed the 2,012 km journey from Kolkata to Wagah in 2007 by driving in reverse gear.

12 MARCH

1913       Yashwantrao Chavan, the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of the country was born after the bifurcation of Bombay State in 1913.

1922       Mahatma Gandhi was arrested by the British for the movement against buying goods made from Europe and working with the machines of British rule.

1930       Mahatma Gandhi started the Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram. The aim was to ‘break the salt law’ made by the British.

1993       There were 13 bomb blasts in Mumbai in which 257 people were killed and 800 people were injured.

1872       Sher Ali, the assassin of Lord Mayo, the then Viceroy of India, was hanged in 1872.

1954       The Government of India inaugurated the Sahitya Academy in 1954.

1958       In 1958, British Empire Day was named ‘Commonwealth Day’.

13 MARCH

1940       Indian revolutionary Udham Singh opened fire on General Dyer in London to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh from the British.

1997       Sister Nirmala was chosen as the leader in 1997 by Mother Teresa at the Indian Missionaries of Charity.

2009       The SAARC Literature Festival began in 2009 in Agra.

1971       Famous Hindi poet Atma Ranjan was born in 1971.

14 MARCH

1931       India’s first speaking film ‘Alam Ara’ was screened.

1998       Sonia Gandhi became the  Congress president in 1998.

1983       OPEC, a group of oil producing countries, cut oil prices in 1983 for the first time in 23 years.

15 MARCH

1947       Riots erupted in Punjab in 1947.

2007       The agreement between Vodafone and Essar concluded in 2007.

2008       In 2008, Kiran Bedi, the country’s first female IPS officer, was selected for the German honor ‘Animation Medicine’ for her outstanding contribution to prison reform and human rights defense.

1564       Mughal emperor Akbar removed Jiziya tax in 1564.

16 MARCH

1846       According to the Amritsar Agreement, Kashmir was taken over in 1846 under Gulab Singh, the Hindu king of Jammu.

1942       The V-2 rocket was launched in 1942, but it exploded at the same time.

2012       India’s master blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100 centuries in international cricket in 2012.

1693       Born in 1693 to Malharrao Holkar, the promoter of the Holkar dynasty of Indore.

17 MARCH

1527       Rana Sangram Singh of Chittorgarh was defeated by Babur in the battle of Agra.

1782       Salbai’s settlement was signed between the East India Company and the Maratha rulers.

1959       The Buddhist religious Dalai Lama arrived in India from Tibet in 1959.

1987       Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar retired from Test cricket in 1987.

1962       Indian American astronaut Kalpana Chawla was born on 17 March 1962 in Karnal district of Haryana.

2000       On this day in 2000, Lalu Prasad Yadav was processed in case of possessing disproportionate assets.

1991       On this day in 1991, India’s first automated satellite IRS-IA became a successful test after completing its three years.