Year 1493
Christopher Columbus returned to Spain on his first expedition to India. He had not only reached India but had also returned from the West Indies.
MARCH 15
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15 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 15 March.
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Year 1564
Mughal Emperor Akbar abolished the Jizya tax on Hindus.
Year 1820
Maine became the 23rd state of the United States.
Year 1877
The world’s first official Test match began in England and Australia.
Year 1892
Liverpool Football Club was founded.
Year 1906
Establishment of the Rolls Royce Limited.
Year 1919
Inauguration of Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Year 1985
The first domain name on the internet, symbolics.com, was registered.
Year 2001
Indian cricketer V. V. S. Laxman scored 281 runs in the Test match against Australia.
Year 2008
Kiran Bedi, the first woman IPS officer of India, was selected for the German honor Animary Madison for her outstanding contribution to prison reform and defense of human rights.
Year 2008
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi was installed in Italy, in Postilion.
Year 2009
Geetika Jakhar won the Bharat Kesari title for the seventh consecutive time, becoming the most powerful woman wrestler in the country.
Year 2019
Approximately 1.4 million young people in 123 countries went on strike to protest climate change.
Born 1767
Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.
Born 1860
Sir Waldemar Haffkine, He developed an anti-cholera vaccine that he tried out successfully in India.
Born 1901
Vijaypal Lalaram, an Indian wrestling coach.
Born 1917
Raj Narain, an Indian freedom fighter and politician.
Born 1934
Kanshi Ram, Indian politician (d. 2006)
Born 1959
Uday Kotak, an Indian billionaire banker, and the executive vice-chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Born 1965
Sunetra Gupta, Indian epidemiologist, author, and academic
Born 1983
Yo Yo Honey Singh, an Indian music producer, composer, rapper, pop singer, lyricist, and film actor.
Born 1993
Alia Bhatt, an Indian actress.
Remembrance
44 BC: Julius Caesar, a Roman general and statesman.
Died 1927
Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza, an Urdu and Hindi poet, and writer, and a Bollywood lyricist.
Died 1998
Malati Devi Choudhury, an Indian civil rights and freedom activist and Gandhian.
Died 2002
Damubhai Zaveri, the founder of the Indian National Theatre.
Died 1985
Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and author (b. 1921)
Died 2013
Kallam Anji Reddy, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (b. 1940)
Died 2015
Narayan Desai, Indian author and activist (b. 1924)