16 MAR HISTORY EVENTS
Today in Indian History Events for March 16
16-March-1527Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, attacked on Mughal Emperor Babur near Kanwa at Agra.
16-March-1556Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born.
16-March-1599Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born.
16-March-1832Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away.
16-March-1860Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia.
16-March-1877Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous poet, Gujarati litterateur and Headmaster, was born.
16-March-1880Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.
16-March-1901Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.
16-March-1902A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.
16-March-1910Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab.
16-March-1912Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.
16-March-1924Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away.
16-March-1928C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.
16-March-1939Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.
16-March-1945Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.
16-March-1946India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.
16-March-1946Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.
16-March-1966Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.
16-March-1977Sixth General Election of India begins.
16-March-1986Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.
16-March-1992Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.
16-March-1993Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.
16-March-1993Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers.
16-March-1995K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.
16-March-1995World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.
16-March-1997The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.
16-March-1997Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.
16-March-1998Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.
16-March-1999Amarjeet Kaypee of Haryana, during an innings of 148 against Madhya Pradesh in the super-league match at Rajnandgaon, overtook Ashok Malhotra's 7,274 runs and became the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy.
16-March-1999The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.
16-March-2000Rabri Devi, Bihar Chief Minister, wins trust vote.