ON 3 MARCH IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 3, 2019
78: Origin of Saka era in India
http://www.indiavideo.org/text/saka-dynasty-318.php
1575: Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tukaroi
1707: Death of Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor of India (1658-1707)
https://www.quora.com/How-did-Mughal-Emperor-Aurangzeb-die
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8CPd_UhyGc
1926 : Birth of Ravi Sharma, Indian film music director, who died on March 7, 2012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_(music_director)
http://www.mohdrafi.com/meri-awaaz-suno/music-director-ravi-and-his-special-partnership-with-rafi-saab.html/comment-page-1
1931: Birth of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, traditional Indian vocalist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)
1939: In Bombay (Mumbai), Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India
1951: Indonesia signs a Friendship treaty with India
1955: Birth of Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, who died in a car crash on October 25, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaspal_Bhatti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f7_IPMyKV0
1967: Birth of Shankar Mahadevan, Indian singer-songwriter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Mahadevan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHkHxTeaK_I
1971: Indira Gandhi wins the fifth Indian general elections
http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1971-election-results.html
1971: Beginning of the no-cooperation of the East Pakistan population
1982: Death of Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic, born on August 28, 1896 http://www.iloveindia.com/literature/urdu/poets/firaq-gorakhpuri.html
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/28th-august-1896-renowned-contemporary-urdu-poet-firaq-gorakhpuri-is-born
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPOazt4gFo
2009: Eight Pakistanis are killed and up to six Sri Lankan cricket players wounded by armed men in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/03/20093342556242789.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7921430.stm
2014: Expressing « extreme anger » towards the United States government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said in an interview that the war in Afghanistan was not fought with his country’s interests in mind
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/03/karzai-afghan-war-fought-western-interest-20143353951600289.html