6 March - India on this day13 events

India's first Financial daily 'The Economic Times' started publication from Bombay.

Emperor Humayun, son of Babar, was born in Kabul.

Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.

Raghunath Rao signed treaty of Surat with British ending the first Anglo-Maratha War.

Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) inaugurated in Mauritius.

Test debut of Sunil Gavaskar vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.

India wins Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey tournament.

Nilkanth Ramanbhai Mahipatrao, famous Gujrati litterateur, critic, dramatist and social reformer, died.

Ambika Chakrovorty, great revolutionary and warrior, passed away.

Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.

Chandrasekhar resigns as PM.

A Congress(I) Ministry headed by Virbhadra Singh is sworn in at Himachal Pradesh.

India and China begin the first ever bilateral security dialogue in Beijing on global and regional issues of mutual interest.