18 MARCH

1910  On 18 March 1910, Gopal Krishna Gokhale proposed before the British Legislative Council for the provision of free and compulsory primary education.

1944  On 18 March 1944, Azad Hind Fauj of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose crossed the border of Burma.

1922  The British court sentenced Mahatma Gandhi to six years in the sedition case in 1922 after the Civil Disobedience Movement.

2006  In 2006, the United Nations approved the proposal to set up a ‘Human Rights Council’.

2009  The Union Cabinet recommended imposition of President’s rule in Meghalaya in 2009.

19 MARCH

1944  The Azad Hind Fauj hoisted the national flag in 1944 in Northeast India.

1972  Signed the Friendship Agreement between India and Bangladesh in 1972.

1998  Atal Bihari Vajpayee became Prime Minister for the second time in 1998.

1848  On this day in 1848, Shatapatra Kaulam was started in a newspaper called Prabhakar.

1935  In 1935, on this day, 20,000 Muslims were fired upon by British Troops.

1954  On this day in 1954, the first helicopter was operated in the country.

20 MARCH

2014  Khushwant Singh, a journalist, writer and historian who was recognized for his impeccable comment, died.

1351  Muhammad Tughlaq Shah Do died in 1351.

1921  Doctor Alexander was born in 1921.

1970  The Satyashodhak Samaj was formed in 1970.

1992  The great creator Satyajit Rai received the Bharat Ratna.

1987  The Food and Drug Administration approved the anti-AIDS drug AZT. It was the first drug approved by the US government to treat AIDS.

21 MARCH

1836  First public library started in Kolkata, now its name is National Library.

1858  Rebel soldiers of Lucknow surrender.

1887  Establishment of Prathana Samaj in Bombay.

1916  Shehnaist Ustad Bismillah Khan was born.

1791  British army defeated Tipu Sultan of the then Bangalore.

1975  The then President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed declared Emergency under Section 352 at the request of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975.

22 MARCH

1882  The deadly infectious disease ‘TB’ was identified.

1890  Ramachandra Chatterjee became the first person to get off parachute in 1890.

1972  Mrs. Indira Gandhi resigned as Prime Minister in 1977.

1964  First rally of old cars held in Kolkata.

1957  A national calendar based on suspicion was adopted.

1993  World Water Day is celebrated.

1969  Inauguration of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited.

23 MARCH

1910  Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia was born in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh.

1931  During the 1931 Indian independence movement, revolutionary Bhagat Singh and his associates Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged on this day.

1986  1986 First company of women was trained in Central Reserve Police Force.

1940  The All India Muslim League demanded a separate country for Muslims in 1940.

24 MARCH

1855  Long-distance telegraph message was sent from Calcutta to Agra for the first time.

1977  Morarji Desai became the fourth Prime Minister of India in 1977 and formed the first non-Congress government at the Center.

1990  The Indian Army left Sri Lanka and returned home in 1990.

1999  PN Bhagwati (India) was elected vice-president of the United Nations Human Rights Committee for a second consecutive term in 1999.

1855  British Cabinet Mission reaches India.