Historical Events on March 16.

1. 1521, 16th March: Ferdinand Magellan traveled the world to the Philippines.

2. 1528, 16th March: A battle fought between Rana Sang and Babur at Fatehpur Sikri, where Rana Sang was defeated.

3. 1846, 16th March: According to the Treaty of Amritsar, the suzerainty of Kashmir was subdued under Gulab Singh, the Hindu king of Jammu.

4. 1911, 16th March: Gopal Krishna Gokhale proposed to make primary education compulsory in India.

5. 1937, 16th March: Mumbai High Court ruled that Dalits have the right to drink water from Chavdar Lake at Mahad.

6. 1966, 16th March: Amal Kumar’s government became the 8th Chief Justice of India.

7. 2001, 16th March: Nelson Mandela awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize.

8. 2012, 16th March: Indian Cricket player Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 100 centuries in international cricket.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 16.

1. 1559: Maharana Amar Singh I, the Maharana of Mewar, the eldest son, and successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar.

2. 1693: Malhar Rao Holkar, a subhedar of the Maratha Empire.

3. 1750: Caroline Herschel, a German astronomer.

4. 1751: James Madison, 5th President of the United States.

5. 1789: Georg Ohm, a German physicist, and mathematician.

6. 1901: Potti Sreeramulu, an Indian revolutionary.

7. 1910: Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi, the 8th Nawab of Pataudi.

8. 1911: Josef Mengele, a German Schutzstaffel officer, and physician during World War II.

9. 1929: A. K. Ramanujan, an Indian poet, and scholar of Indian literature.

10. 1971: Rajpal Yadav, an Indian actor.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 16.

1. 37 AD: Tiberius Caesar Augustus, the second Roman emperor.

2. 1945: Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, an Indian freedom fighter, nationalist, and founder of the Abhinav Bharat Society.

3. 1946: Alladiya Khan, an Indian Hindustani classical singer.

16-March-1527

Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, attacked on Mughal Emperor Babur near Kanwa at Agra.

16-March-1556

Amarsingh, Rajput king of Mewar, was born.

16-March-1599

Shahaji Raje Bhosale, father of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was born.

16-March-1832

Sarfoji Bhosle, King of Tanjawar, passed away.

16-March-1860

Dr. W.M. Haffkine, great scientist, bacteriologist and professor, was born at Odessa in Russia.

16-March-1877

Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi, famous poet, Gujarati litterateur and Headmaster, was born.

16-March-1880

Parshuram Rajshekhar Basu, famous Bengali writer, was born.

16-March-1901

Pralhad Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, was born.

16-March-1902

A. Appadorai, educationist and author, was born at Angadipuram, Kerala.

16-March-1910

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi sr, England & India), was born in Pataudi, Punjab.

16-March-1912

Gandhiji commends Gokhale's attempts for abolition of indenture system.

16-March-1924

Bhupendranath Basu, great freedom fighter, President of Congress and fluent orator, passed away.

16-March-1928

C.V. Raman announced his discovery of ''new radiation'' to an assembly of scientists at Bangalore.

16-March-1939

Subroto Mukherjee became the first Indian Officer to command a squadron when he took over No.1.

16-March-1945

Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, who was a revolutionary and brother of Swatantriya Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, passed away.

16-March-1946

India calls Attlee's independence offer contradictory, 'a propaganda move'.

16-March-1946

Alladiya Khan, famous singer of Kolhapur Darbar, passed away.

16-March-1966

Judge Amal Kumar Sarkar became the Chief Justice of India. He held this office till 29/06/1966.

16-March-1977

Sixth General Election of India begins.

16-March-1986

Internationally wanted criminal Charles Sobharaj and 6 other prisoners escape from Tihar Jail.

16-March-1992

Satyajit Ray, veteran film producer and director, was presented the honorary Oscar by a three-member Oscar committee at a Calcutta nursing home.

16-March-1993

Bomb blast in a multi-storey building in Calcutta kills 70 people.

16-March-1993

Central government introduces pension scheme for 170 million EPF subscribers.

16-March-1995

K. Karunakaran resigns as CM of Kerala; Finance Minister presents Central Budget.

16-March-1995

World's best 7th wkt stand of 461 runs by Bhupinder Singh Jr. & P. Dharmani.

16-March-1997

The first batch of three Russian-made Sukhoi-30 combat aircraft reaches India.

16-March-1997

Saidian Shafi, correspondent, Ankhon Dekhi', TV news magazine, and his personal security officer killed by militants in Srinagar.

16-March-1998

Sonia Gandhi is elected chairperson of the Congress(I) Parliamentary Party.

16-March-1999

Amarjeet 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-1999

The Shiromani Akali Dal creates a record by unanimously electing Bibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.

16-March-2000

Rabri Devi, Bihar Chief Minister, wins trust vote.