Quick glance of 10 March in the pages of History

March 10: Here are the major events that occurred on 10 March….

• 10 March, 1873: Maulana Shaukat Ali, freedom fighter, nationalist and Muslim politician, was born.
• 10 March, 1897: Savitri Bai Phule passed away. She played a prominent role in assisting her husband Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule in education field. She taught in schools for girls and for downtroddens and untouchables.
• 10 March, 1922: Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati.
• 10 March, 1926: Dilbagh Singh, Air Chief Marshal, the second Sikh Chief of Air Staff and Indian Air Force, was born in Punjab.
• 10 March, 1945: Madhavrao Scindia, prince of Gwalior and Congress leader, was born.
• 10 March, 1954: The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
• 10 March, 1969: Parliament passed the Act that made Central Industrial Security Force as an Armed Force of the union.
• 10 March, 1985: India beat Pakistan to win “World Championship of Cricket”. Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
• 10 March, 1991: The Army Dental Corps celebrates its Golden Jubilee and proudly recounts its past glory.
• 10 March, 1995: ONGC’s oil rig that blew out ( January 8 ) at Pasalapudi site near Amalapuram (Andhra Pradesh) put out after 62 days.
• 10 March, 1997: Maharashtra government renames Osmanabad as Dharashiva.
• 10 March, 1998: A. B. Vajpayee agrees to form a government with 252 members including the BJP and it’s allies.
• 10 March, 1999: Lok Sabha approves the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, by a voice vote.
• 10 March, 2000: Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, submits his resignation without putting his motion of seeking a trust vote to test in the assembly. The RJD leader Rabri Devi meets the Governor and stakes claim to form the Government.