March4

Bethune' College of Calcutta was established as the pioneer of women s college education in India.

Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presents mid-term budget, cut in food and fertiliser subsidy, amounting to Rs. 934 crore, proposed.

Surendra Singh Majithia, great industrialist, was born.

Jagtindar Nath Beri, physics expert, was born.

Dr. Laxminarayan Lal was born.

First Indian aircraft carrier naval fighter vessel ''I.N.S. Vikrant'' was commissioned in Belfast.

Union govt. decides to set up a national grid for the distribution of petroleum products.

King of Bhutan arrives in India for a three-day state visit.

Kakrapar nuclear power station's second unit located near Surat synchronised to the western grid after mandatory tests.

Eleven countries and 489 male and female athletes participated in the first Asian Games started at National Stadium in New Delhi.

Jyotirindranath Tagore, great Bengali litterateur and poet, passed away.

Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, passed away at Philadelphia.

Geeta Mukherjee (76), veteran communist leader, died of a massive heart attack in New Delhi. Popularly known as 'Geetadi', she won every Lok Sabha election from Panskura in West Bengal since 1980.

Congress (I) gains absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh; Gegong Apang CM.

Sunderlal Patwa (BJP) and D. Ramachandran (DMK) named CM's of Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry respectively.

V. P. Singh resigns as party president, but asked to continue.

Lech Walesa, Polish President, visit India.

India and EU agree on a plan to boost trade ties.