Historical Events on March 16.
1521, 16th March: Ferdinand Magellan traveled the world to the Philippines.
1528, 16th March: A battle fought between Rana Sang and Babur at Fatehpur Sikri, where Rana Sang was defeated.
1846, 16th March: According to the Treaty of Amritsar, the suzerainty of Kashmir was subdued under Gulab Singh, the Hindu king of Jammu.
1911, 16th March: Gopal Krishna Gokhale proposed to make primary education compulsory in India.
1937, 16th March: Mumbai High Court ruled that Dalits have the right to drink water from Chavdar Lake at Mahad.
1966, 16th March: Amal Kumar’s government became the 8th Chief Justice of India.
2001, 16th March: Nelson Mandela awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize.
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.
1559: Maharana Amar Singh I, the Maharana of Mewar, the eldest son, and successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar.
1693: Malhar Rao Holkar, a subhedar of the Maratha Empire.
1750: Caroline Herschel, a German astronomer.
1751: James Madison, 5th President of the United States.
1789: Georg Ohm, a German physicist, and mathematician.
1901: Potti Sreeramulu, an Indian revolutionary.
1910: Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi, the 8th Nawab of Pataudi.
1911: Josef Mengele, a German Schutzstaffel officer, and physician during World War II.
1929: A. K. Ramanujan, an Indian poet, and scholar of Indian literature.
1971: Rajpal Yadav, an Indian actor.
Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 16.
37 AD: Tiberius Caesar Augustus, the second Roman emperor.
1945: Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, an Indian freedom fighter, nationalist, and founder of the Abhinav Bharat Society.
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.
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