6 MAR HISTORY EVENTS

6 MAR HISTORY TODAY

Today in Indian History

Events for March 6

6-March-1508

Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul.

6-March-1775

Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.

6-March-1915

Gandhi and Ravindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.

6-March-1928

Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died.

6-March-1947

Churchill opposes troop withdrawal from India at London.

6-March-1961

India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.

6-March-1962

Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away.

6-March-1971

Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.

6-March-1990

India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.

6-March-1991

Chandrasekhar resigns as PM.

6-March-1995

Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.

6-March-1997

Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.

6-March-1998

A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.

6-March-2000

India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest.