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.
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.