22nd March
1977 Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India
1903 Niagara Falls runs out of water because of a drought
23rd March
1857 Elisha Otis installs his 1st elevator at 488 Broadway in New York City
1903 The Wright brothers 1st file a patent for a flying machine, which is granted 3 years later
1757 Lord Clive conquered Chandranagar after defeating the French troops.
24th March
1883 1st telephone call between NY & Chicago
2008 Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
1855 First long distance telegram message was opened between Agra and Calcutta at a distance of 1,300 km.
25th March
1669 Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000
1898 Swami Vivekananda initiates Margaret Noble (Sister Nivedita) into a vow of Brahmacharya, a first western woman received into Indian monastic order
26th March
1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares its independence from Pakistan
27th March
1964 The Great Alaska Earthquake (9.2 magnitudes) and resulting tsunami killed 139 people in the largest US earthquake and second largest ever recorded
1990 Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die
28th March
1799 New York State abolishes slavery
29th March
1999 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 – above the 10,000 marks for the first time ever
30th March
1959 Dalai Lama flees China and is granted political asylum in India
2005 O. V. Vijayan, Indian author, and cartoonist (b. 1930)
1992 Satyajit Ray received the honorary Oscar award.
31st March
1727 Isaac Newton physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84
1961 8th National Film Awards (India): “Anuradha” wins the Golden Lotus
1972 Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (Parineeta), dies at 38
