TODAY IN INDIAN HISTORY ( 16 MARCH)

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, wasborn.

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 inRussia.

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 independenceoffer 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 bya 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 presentsCentral 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 electingBibi Jagir Kaur Begowal as the first woman president of the SGPC.

16-March-2000
-Rabri Devi, Bihar Chief Minister, wins trust vote.