Year 1824
The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
MARCH 11
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11 March: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 11 March.
Year 1886
Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi was awarded a doctorate from the University of Philadelphia.
Year 1889
Pandita Ramabai started Shardasadan in Mumbai for widows.
Year 1917
World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
Year 1984
Oahili modern ship Jalusha launched at Visakhapatnam.
Year 1999
Infosys became the first Indian company to gain ground on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.
Year 2001
Indian Badminton player P Gopichand won the All England Badminton Championship after 21 years.
Year 2001
Harbhajan Singh became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test cricket. He did it against Australia.
Year 2011
A magnitude 8.9 earthquake east of Sendai in Japan triggered a tsunami. It killed thousands of people in Japan.
Born 1840
Dwijendranath Tagore, an Indian poet, musician, philosopher, and mathematician.
Born 1863
Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the Maharaja of Baroda.
Born 1915
Vijay Hazare, Former an Indian cricketer.
Born 1916
Harold Wilson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Born 1942
Captain Amarinder Singh, an Indian politician and military historian serving as the 15th and current Chief Minister of Punjab.
Born 1966
Mohit Chauhan, an Indian playback singer.
Died 1689
Sambhaji Bhosale, the second ruler of the Maratha kingdom.
Died 1955
Sir Alexander Fleming, a Scottish physician, and microbiologist.
Died 1957
Richard Byrd Jr., an American naval officer, and explorer.
Died 1965
Gaurishankar Govardhanram Joshi, pen name Dhumaketu, an Indian Gujarati-language writer.
Died 1971
Philo Farnsworth, an American inventor and television pioneer.