March 16, 2000 |
Events |
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Veteran
Producer & Director of Bollywood films Satyajit Ray awarded Oscar – 1992 |
March 17, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Renowned
Kannada poet, music director, essayist and critic Tirunarayan Iyengar – 1905 |
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Sanskrit
Scholar of international repute Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar – 1909 |
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Former
President & founder of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rehman – 1920 |
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Events |
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Marathi
daily "Sakal" begins its publication in North Maharashtra – 1989 |
March 18, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Shivaji's
father, Shahji, who dreamt of Swarajya – 1594 |
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German
Mechanical Engineer and Researcher, Rudolf Diesel born – 1858. |
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Film
Producer & Actor, Shashi Kapoor born – 1938 |
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Events |
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Rowlatt
Act passed – 1919 |
March 19, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Archaeologist,
Sir John Zuebert Marshal who unearthed Mohan-jo-daro and Harappa sites born – 1876 |
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Famous
Industrialist, Harish Mahindra of Mahindra Group – 1923 |
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Producer
& Director Sai Paranjape born |
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Events |
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Child
Marriage abolished & law of minimum age eligibility as 18 accepted for marriage. |
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India
and Bangladesh sign a 25 year Peace & Friendship treaty - 1972 |
March 20, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Governor
of Maharashtra, Dr. P.C.Alexander – 1921 |
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Events |
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Steamer
from Mumbai to Suez Canal started – 1830. |
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Independence
Day of Tunisia – 1956 |
March 21, 2000 |
Birthday |
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RSS
founder – Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgevar born – 1890 |
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Renowned
Shenai player, Ustad Bismillah Khan - 1916 |
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Events |
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First
Public Library started at Calcutta – 1836 |
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The
new government in power ends the State of Emergency – 1977 |
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Second
Submarine "INS Shankul" inducted into the Indian Navy |
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International Forest Day |
March 22, 2000 |
Events |
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Arab
League formed – 1945 |
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SSC
Board Examinations started – 1949 |
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Muslim
fact finding board established – 1970 |
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Independence
Day of Jordan – 1946 |
March 23, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Renowed
Assamesse Poetess Nalini Bala Devi - 1898 |
March 24, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Famous
Economist & Former Finance Minister of India, Manmohan Singh – 1944 |
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Events |
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Morarji
Desai becomes the Prime Minister of India – 1977 |
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World
Theatre Day |
March 25, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Cine
star – Farookh Sheikh |
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Events |
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Famous
Painter S.M.Pandit – 1916 |
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European
Economic Front formed – 1957 |
March 26, 2000 |
Events |
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Independence
Day of Bangladesh – 1971 |
March 27, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Cine
Stars – Seema Dev and Ekta |
March 28, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Marathi
Cine Actor – Raja Gosavi and Bollywood Actress – Moon Moon Sen. |
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Events |
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Bajirao
Peshwa defeated the Moghuls and conquered Delhi – 1737 |
March 29, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Bollywood
Actor and Comedian – Utpal Dutt, Jagdeep |
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Events |
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Telugu
Desam Party formed under N.T.Ramarao – 1982 |
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National
Boat Day |
March 30, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Bollywood
Actress of yesteryears, Devika Rani |
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Events |
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Khalsa
Pant established by Guru Govind Singh – 1699 |
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Korea
partitioned into North Korea and South Korea – 1923 |
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The
Indian State of Rajasthan comes into existence, Jaipur made the capital – 1949 |
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Independence
Day of Netherland |
March 31, 2000 |
Birthday |
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Freedom
fighter, known as "Lion of Karnataka" – Gangadhar Balkrishna Deshpande
– 1871 |
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Events |
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Prathana
Samaj established – 1867 |
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Encyclopaedia
completed – 1927 |
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"Gateway
of India" inaugurated by George Sidnam Clark - 1926 |
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The
first Indegenously built Fighter "Jaguar" touches the skies – 1982 |
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Bombay
Telephone Nigam renamed as Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) – 1986 |
