March17

Daily newspaper 'Sakal' published its edition in South Maharashtra.

Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda was born.

Narsinghcharya Purohit Tirunarayan Iyyangar, famous Kannad poet, music director and critic, was born.

Pandit Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar, educationist and internationally famed Sanskrit scholar, was born at Satara, Maharashtra.

Mujiburr Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, was born in Tungipara now in Bangladesh.

To establish the business of English Mill's Cloth, East Indiian Company had imposed various restriction on weavers of Bengal to destroy the Muslim and textile industry in Bengal , which was meant to destroy the Indian cloth and 'malmal' industry.

An international seminar on UN Peacekeeping was co-jointly hosted by Ministry of External affairs and Ministry of Defence at New Delhi from 17 to 19 March 1999. The seminar was conducted by HQ Army Training Command, Shimla on behalf of the Indian Army. A total of 126 foreign delegates from 71 countries participated in the seminar.

Salby Teaty was singed between Anderson (British) and Scindia for the Maratha and East India Company.

Indian troops retreat from Rathedaung to Buthidaung in the face of a renewed Japanese offensive on the Arakan front in Burma.

Indian Standard's Institute started working to control the quality of Indian products and the ISI mark was issued to quality products.

First operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS-1A) launched by a Russian Vostok. IRS system under National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) coordinated at national level by the Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) and the data from IRS satellites is processed by the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad. SI, a US Company, also receives and markets IRS data worldwide under a commercial contract with Antrix Corporation of the Department of Space.

The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-IA completes three years of successful operation. (18-3-91).

Cochin Stock Exchange goes online.

A Delhi court sentences former Union Minister Kalpnath Rai to 10 years RI.

V.C. Pande, Bihar Governor, accords sanction to the CBI to prosecute RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav in a disproportionate assets case.

Suburban rail fare increase cut; 20\% hike in first class, second class A/C sleeper and chair car reduced to 15\%.

Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), passed away.

Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.

GM Dibyendu Barua and IWM S. Vijayalakshmi (both India) won the men's and women's titles respectively in the Asian Zonal chess championship in Mumbai.

Rana Sangram Singh, King of Mewad, fought Babur near Kanwa at Agra and lost the battle and died thereafter. He had vowed not to enter Chittogarh without a victory.

Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, father of modern Marathi language, passed away.

Smt. Anutai Wagh, great social worker, passed away.

Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, president of Lok Dal (B) and former Union Minister, passed away.

Wali Mohammad Itto, former Speaker of J&K Assembly shot dead by militants.

New Central Cabinet under J. L. Nehru sworn in.

4th Parliament (Lok Sabha) was formed.

President's rule in Kerala.

Congress-I in Arunachal Pradesh wins two-third majority.

Rani Shiromani anounced to attack the British Army.