Quick glance of 15 March in the pages of History

March 15: Here are the major events that occurred on 15 March….

• 15 March, 44 BC: Julius Caesar, Roman emperor is stabbed to death by Brutus, Cassius and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March in Rome.
• 15 March, 1493: Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the New World.
• 15 March, 1564: Akbar removed ‘Jaziya’ or toll-tax for his non-Muslim subjects.
• 15 March, 1831: First Marathi Almanac (Panchang) started by Ganpat Krishnaji.
• 15 March, 1901: Guru Hanuman was born at Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He was the pioneer and contributor of wrestling in India. He was bestowed with the Padamshri in 1983. His pupil Satpal and Kartar Singh won Gold Medals in Asian Games.
• 15 March, 1904: Annada Shankar Rai, modern Oria and Bengali poet, was born.
• 15 March, 1917: Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar abdicates and nominates his brother Grand Duke Michael to succeed him
• 15 March, 1919: Osmania University was established at Hyderabad.
• 15 March, 1939: Reneging on his pledge in the Munich Agreement, Adolf Hitler and Germany occupy and annex Czechoslovakia
• 15 March, 1941: Gorkha Rifles Battalion Group (INDBATT) unit was raised as the 4th Battalion, the 2nd King Edward VII’s own Gorkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) by Lt Col O’de T Lovett at Deharadun.
• 15 March, 1946: Attlee offers India full independence after agreement on constitution in London.
• 15 March, 1969: Indian Navy’s first Helicopter Squadron was commissioned in Goa.
• 15 March, 1992: Dr. Rahi Masum Raza, film screenplay, story and dialogue writer, passed away at the age of 64 years.
• 15 March, 1998: Atal Bihari Vajpayee is appointed Prime Minister. The number of MPs supporting the formation of a government by the BJP stands at 264 in a house of 539, just short of the working majority of 270. However, the President sees the figure as crossing the half-way mark as the Telugu Desam decides to remain neutral. Earlier, the Congress(I) conveys to the President its decision not to stake claim to form a government.
• 15 March, 2019: AClimate change strikes held by school children take place around the world inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg.