Today Importance - 11th March

Today Importance - 11th March

11-Mar-1399

On his way back to his homeland, Timur Lang plundered and destroyed parts of northern India, including Delhi and the holy city of Hardwar on the Ganges, and crossed the Indus River.

11-Mar-1689

Shivaji's successor Sambhaji, who was imprisoned at Sangameshwar, was assassinated by the Mughal officer Mukurab Khan in Aurangzeb's prison.

11-Mar-1784

Tipu Sultan and the British signed an agreement at Mangalore known as the Treaty of Mangalore.

11-Mar-1795

Battle of Kurdala in India, Mahrattas defeat Mughals.

11-Mar-1824

The US War Division made the Agency of Indian Undertakings.

11-Mar-1863

The great nationalist and social reformer Maharaja Sayaji Rao III was born in Nashik.

11-Mar-1881

Ashley Eden unveiled India's first statues of Ram Nath Tagore and Dwarkanath Tagore at Kolkata Town Hall.

11-Mar-1886

Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi was the first Indian woman doctor. He passed MBBS degree from Philadelphia University, USA.

11-Mar-1903

Former General Srinagesh was born M.M.

11-Mar-1915

Vijay Samuel Hazare, cricketer (Indian batsman 1946–54), born in Sangli, Maharashtra.

11-March-1948

SS Jal Usha, the first sea liner worked in Quite a while, was sent off from Visakhapatnam.

11-Mar-1963

The first railway engine was manufactured by the Chittaranjan Railway Factory.

11-Mar-1963

Mohammad Nisar, 6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wickets @ 28.28, died.

11-Mar-1971

Indira Gandhi won majority in Parliament.

11-Mar-1975

Battle between the Marathas and the Nizam at Kharda.

11-Mar-1984

India's first modern Bose 'Jalusha' originated from Visakhapatnam.

11-Mar-1989

In Bihar, a 13-member cabinet chaired by MP Satyendra Narayan Sinha took oath.

11-Mar-1990

Former Punjab Chief Minister Darbar Singh passed away.

11-Mar-1992

Netaji's daughter Dr. Anita B. Bose-Paf refused to accept the 'Bharat Ratna' given to his father.

11-Mar-1993

General K.V. Krishna Rao returned to Jammu and Kashmir as Governor.

11-Mar-1994

Supreme Court upholds dismissal of BJP government; Balasaheb Deoras resigns as RSS chief; Rajendra Singh aka Raju Bhaiya will succeed.

11-Mar-1997

Kolkata-based sex worker Sadhana Mukherjee is representing India at the first international conference on decriminalizing prostitution in Los Angeles.

11-Mar-1997

Chennai police recovered a large quantity of powerful explosives and arrested two Muslim extremists.

11-Mar-1999

Indian Davis Cup player and Asian Games gold medalist Gaurav Natekar announced his retirement from competitive tennis in Mumbai.

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