ON 10 MARCH IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 10, 2019
1527: Babur wins a great victory at Kanwaha, while his son is pacifying the Gange valley and becomes the absolute master of northern Indian
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/articletext.asp?artid=A011
1735: An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja, Azerbaijan and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku
http://madmonarchs.guusbeltman.nl/madmonarchs/nadir/nadir_bio.htm
1897: Death of Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and social reformer, born on January 3, 1831
http://drambedkarbooks.com/2011/09/03/first-lady-teacher-of-india-savitribai-phule/
1922: In India, Mahatma Gandhi is arrested. He will be tried for sedition and sentenced to six years in prison and released in 1924 for an appendicitis operation
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/10-march-1922-mahatma-gandhi-was-arrested-and-tried-for-sedition
1923: Birth of Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright who died on February 17, 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoranjan_Das
1939: Birth of Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian social activist and reformist author who died on May 14, 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asghar_Ali_Engineer
http://dawoodi-bohras.com/about_us/people/engineer/
1948: The Indian Union Muslim League is founded by remnants of the old Muslim League
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_League
1959: Begining of the Tibetan uprising. Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama’s palace to prevent his removal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rebellion-in-tibet
1967: Birth of Omer Tarin, Pakistani poet and scholar
http://www.pw.org/content/omer_tarin
http://ginamc.blogspot.fr/2014/12/omer-tarin-poet-writer.html
1999: Death of Kusumagraj, Indian poet, born on February 27, 1912
http://www.nashik.com/v-v-shirwadkar-kusumagraj
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusumagraj
2015: Pakistan ends death penalty suspension after seven years. It will esume executions for all death penalty offences, months after a moratorium was partially lifted to allow executions of terror convicts
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31812177
Holidays and observances
Tibetan Uprising Day (For Tibetan independence supporters)