ON 15 MARCH IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 15, 2019
1564: Mughal Emperor Akbar abolishes jizya (per capita tax)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizya
1888: Start of the Sikkim Expedition or Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888, up to September 27
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkim_Expedition
1934: Birth of Kanshi Ram, Indian Dalit leader who died on October 9, 2006
http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/kanshi-ram.html
http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1005:kanshi-ram-from-bamcef-to-the-bahujana-samaj-party&catid=127&Itemid=158
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIKSuORQTa4
1945: Birth of A. K. Faezul Huq, Bengali lawyer and politician who died on July 19, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._K._Faezul_Huq
1946: British Prime Minister Clement Attlee agrees with India’s right to independence
http://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/the-british-pm-who-oversaw-indias-independence/295156
1981: The passengers and crew of a Pakistan Airways plane held hostage for nearly two weeks are released
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15/newsid_2818000/2818437.stm
1984: Birth of Honey Singh, Indian musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Singh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9HKYw5C7zM
1985: Death of Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian, thinker and writer, born in February 1921
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radha_Krishna_Choudhary
1989: Death of Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet, born in May 1915
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Jameel_Didi
1991: Death of Govindan Aravindan, Indian film director
http://malayalamfilimdirecter.blogspot.fr/2011/03/g-aravindan.html
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/15-march-1991-govindan-aravindan-film-director-died
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033244/
1993: Birth of Alia Bhatt, Indian actress
http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/features/2013/rare-unseen-pictures-alia-bhatt-102710.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6jzoL9tFEs&feature=fvwp
2006: Death of G. Devarajan, Malayalam music composer, born on September 27, 1924
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Music-director-G-Devarajan-dies/articleshow/1449936.cms
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-music-director-g-devarajan-dead-1018055
2011: Nepal stops using images of former king on banknotes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12742412
2012: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina termes the triumph over Burma in the maritime boundary dispute case at Hamburg a victory of the whole nation.
2014: The outgoing president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has told in his final address to parliament that US soldiers can leave the country at the end of the year. He said that his military was ready to take over and were strong enough to defend Afghanistan without assistance
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/03/karzai-says-us-troops-can-leave-afghanistan-2014315133323437829.html
2015: Death of Narayan Desai, Indian author and activist, born on December 24, 1924
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/gandhian-who-told-gandhi-katha-narayan-desai-passes-away/article6995868.ece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayan_Desai