1st March

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Find out what happened on 1st March in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, also known as MC Mary Kom or simply Mary Kom, (born 1 March 1983) is a boxer from Manipur, India. Mary Kom, a mother of two, is a five time successive World Boxing champion, a biennial amateur boxing competition organised by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

Haji Mastan Mirza, popularly known as Haji Mastan or Baw(March 1, 1926 – 1994), was a Bombay (Mumbai) gangster and smuggler in the 1960s and 1970s. Mastan became the first celebrity gangster of the city, expanding his clout in the film industry. As Mastan’s influence in Bollywood grew

Nitish Kumār (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been a Union Minister and is the Chief Minister of Bihar, an eastern state of India, since 2005. He belongs to the Janata Dal (United) party. As Chief Minister, he gained popularity by initiating a series of developmental and constructive activities including building of long-delayed bridges,

Muthuvel Karu nanidhi Stalin (Tamil: மு.க. ஸ்டாலின் Mu.Ka. Sţāliņ) (born March 1, 1953) is an Indian politician and former actor, better known as M. K. Stalin. He is the third son of famous politician of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi, and was born to his second wife, Mrs. Dayalu Ammal and was named after Joseph Stalin.

Salil Ashok Ankola pronunciation (help·info) (born March 1, 1968, Solapur, Maharashtra) is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and 20 ODIs from 1989 to 1997. Born in a Brahmin family, he was a member of the Indian cricket team for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. Ankola was a right arm fast medium bowler and a right hand lower order batsman

Death anniversaries on 1st March

Manmohan Desai (26 February 1937–1 March 1994) was a producer and director of Indian movies. His father, Kikubhai Desai, was an Indian film producer and owner of Paramount Studios (later Filmalaya) from 1931 to 1941. His productions, mainly stunt films, included Circus Queen, Golden Gang, and Sheikh Challi. Manmohan Desai’s older brother,

Sundarrajan (March 1, 1935 – March 1, 2003), popularly known as Major Sundararajan, was an Indian actor who has performed in Tamil language films. Starting as an amateur stage artist while working fulltime in the Telecom department in the early 1950s, Sundararajan entered the film world with Pattinathaar (1962), directed by K. Somu.

Fateh Singh Rathore (10 August 1938 – 1 March 2011) is India’s best known tiger conservationist. Fateh Singh joined the Indian Forest Service in 1960 and was part of the first Project Tiger team. He was widely acknowledged as the tiger guru for his legendary knowledge of the big cat.

Notable Events:

1962 Gaya University renamed as Magadh University.

1963 25 Sqn, AF was formed with 04XAN-12 aircraft acquired from the erstwhile USSR. This was to supply lines to the Army in the Northern Sector encompassing J&K and Ladakh regions.

1968 Salil Ashok Ankola, cricketer (Indian pace bowler one Test 1989), was born in Solapur.

1971Central Translation Bureau was setup as a subordinate office under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Bureau undertakes translation work of manuals, codes, forms and other non-statutory procedural literature of various ministries, departments, offices of the Central Government and Undertakings, Banks etc.