ON MARCH 2 IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 2, 2019
1660: In now India, Siddi Jauhar’s army besieged Panhala, cutting off supply routes to the fort. Netaji Palkar, the Commander of the Maratha forces was on a mission away from Panhala harassing and attacking Adilshahi
http://www.indianetzone.com/48/seige_panhala_fort.htm
http://odetohistory.blogspot.fr/2012/04/city-fort-of-panhala.html
1815: Signature of the Kandyan Convention by British invaders and the king Sri Wichrema Rajasinghe of Kandyan kingdom
http://sundaytimes.lk/080302/KandyTimes/kandytimes_0025.html
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=103775
1940: Birth of Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistani businessman and politician, 12th President of Pakistan since September 2013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamnoon_Hussain
1949: Death of Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and freedom fighter, born on February 13, 1879
http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/government-politics/sarojini-naidu.html
http://www.edurite.com/blog/sarojini-naidu-the-nightingale-of-india-2/3158/
1961: In Pakistan adoption of the Muslim Family Law under which unmitigated polygamy is abolished and consent of the current wife is made mandatory for a second marriage
1963 : Birth of idyasagar, South Indian film composer, musician and singer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidyasagar_(composer)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004579/
1963: Border treaty between China and Pakistan
http://historypak.com/pakistan-china-boundary-agreement-1962/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Pakistan_Agreement
1981: Al-Zulfikar organization, led by Murtaza, son of Ali Bhutto, hidjacks a Pakistani airplane. One dead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Pakistan_International_Airlines_hijacking
1991: Ranjan Wijeratne, Deputy Defense Minister, is assassinated by Tamil rebels
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/2/newsid_4201000/4201675.stm
2002: US intervention in Afghanistan: operation Anaconda begins in Eastern Afghanistan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anaconda
http://www.historyanswers.co.uk/history-of-war/day-operation-anaconda-begins/
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oef-anaconda.htm
2011: Pakistani Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti is shot dead by gunmen who ambushed his car in broad daylight in the capital, Islamabad. Mr Bhatti, the cabinet’s only Christian minister, had received death threats for urging reform to blasphemy laws
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12617562
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12622080
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12620506
2011: Bangladesh’s central bank says it has removed Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel economics laureate, from the post of managing director of Grameen Bank, the micro-lender founded by him. The decision, followed allegations of irregularities in the bank’s operations
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/03/20113211448924394.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/world/asia/03yunus.html?_r=1&ref=asia
2012: Pakistan President Zardari party ‘makes gains’ in Senatorial elections. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) won 19 seats, becoming the largest party with a total of 41 seats.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17225502
2013: Death of Shabnam Shakeel, Pakistani poet and author, born on March 12, 1942
http://www.dawn.com/news/789936/shabnam-shakeel-passes-away
https://www.facebook.com/ShabnamShakeelOfficial/info/?tab=page_info