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