8 March - Day in History of India and Importance

International Womens'  Day


1673 Shivaji Maharaj captured the fort of Panhala

1948 Air India International was established.

1986 L K Advani elected President of BJP





Birthday

1921 Sahir Ludhianvi

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7 March - Day in History of India and Importance

1987 - Sunil Gavaskar became the first batman to score 10,000 runs in test cricket.

Birthdays
Nari Contractor
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Anupam Kher
1957 Adhi Shankar - 2009 Lok Sabha Member

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11 March - Day in History of India and Importance

Commonwealth Day

1399 Timur Lung looted Delhi and Hardwar and crossed Sindh

1689 Sambhaji was assasinated.

1784 - Treaty between Tipu Sultan and British

1795 - Battle at Kurla - Mahrattas beat British.

1994 - RSS Chief Balasaheb Deoras quits. Prof Rajendra Singh to take his place.





2001
Pullela Gopichand won the All-England badminton championship.

Birthdays

V.S. Hazare

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13 March - Day in History of India and Importance

1940 - Michael O'Dyer was short at point blank range by Udham Singh in London

1963 - Arjuna Award announced.



Birthdays

1941 Shri Baju Ban Riyan - 2009 Lok Sabha Member

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6 March - Day in History of India and Importance

1508 - Humayun (Later Mughal Emperor) was born.

1775 - First Anglo Maratha war treaty.

1961 - The Economic Times started publication from Mumbai.

1971 - First Test played by Sunil Gavaskar.

1991 - Chandra Sekhar resigned as PM.



2012

Assembly Elections Results

Goa - BJP-MGP win - BJP 21, MGP-3 out of 40 -List  of winners
Manipur - Congress 42/60 - List of winners
Punjab - SAD-BJP retained power - 68/117 - List of Winners
Uttarakhand   - Constituency wise winners -
Uttara Pradesh - SP wins 220/403  -   List of Winners

News highlights  http://indiatoday.intoday.in/calendar/6-3-2012/online.html


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India Food Items

Cashew Milk

http://www.msn.com/en-in/foodanddrink/videos/homemade-cashew-milk/vi-BBq8Xbe?ocid=SK2MDHP

3 March - Day in History of India and Importance

78 AD - Salivahana Saka Calendar of Years started.

1707 - Bahadur Shah I ascended Mughal throne after death of Aurangjeb

1939 - Gandhiji commences fast unto death.

1952 - Congress got absolute majority in the first general election of India

1989 - First pilot 50 KW solar power plant switched on.

1990 - JD BJP coalition in Gujarat, Maharshtra and Rajastan

2000 -Nitish Kumar became CM of Bihar.

Birthdays

 Jamsetji Tata (1839),  M.L. Jaisimha, Swami Chinmayananda,

1955 Smt. Krishna Tirath - 2009 Lok Sabha Member


Death

  GMC Balayogi

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18 April - Day in History of India and Importance

April - Day in India History - Schedule


1336 - Vijayanagar empire was established
http://thehistoryindia.blogspot.in/2013/05/vijayanagar-empire-foundation-and.html
*Check the date of establishment of the empire - The above article says it is 4 May.

1612 - Marriage of Shah Jehan and Mumtaj Mahal

1859 - Tatya Tope was hanged.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatya_Tope

1898 - Damodar Hari Chapekar was hanged.

1917 - Champaran Satyagraha by Gandhi

1919 - Gandhi suspends Satyagraha

1930 - Surya Sen attacked armoury of Chittagong

1951 - Starting of Bhudan movement in India. It happened during  Vinoba Bhave's visit to Telangana districts.
http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/bhoodan.htm

1966 - Kuwalyanand Swami (Jagannath Ganesh Gune), great yoga teacher and physical fitness expert passed away.

1971 - India's first Jumbo Jet - Boeing 747 landed at Mumbai.

1971 - Sunil Gavaskar made 220 in second innings. In first innings he made 124 in the Test against West Indies.  ( I was in Madras around that time).




Birthdays

1858 - Bharata Ratna D.K. Karve

1904 - Ramanath Goenka, founder of Indian Express news paper

1914 - Cottari Subbanna Naidu (C.K. Naidu)

1918 - Lalita Pawar

Poonam Dhillon,


Death

1859 - Tatya Tope was hanged.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatya_Tope

1898 - Damodar Hari Chapekar was hanged.

April - Day in India History - Schedule

Updated 15 April 2017, 28 February 2016

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