HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Mar-01)

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Mar 1, 2001 :: Ajit AGARKAR :: Indian cricketer and bowler. On this day, he recorded his seventh in seven successive innings.

Mar 1, 2001 :: On this day, the Taliban in Afghanistan started the demolition of the 2000 year old at Bamiyan. The whole world kept watching.

Mar 1, 1994 :: MANMOHAN Desai :: Famous Indian - He committed suicide on this day in Mumbai.

Mar 1, 1989 :: Indian cement industry was finally by the Govt. of India with effect from this day.

Mar 1, 1989 :: Vasantdada Patil :: Died this day, he was an Indian .

Mar 1, 1980 :: Shahid AFRIDI :: Born this day, he is a Pakistani cricketer who holds the record of making the in ODI cricket.

Mar 1, 1968 :: Salil ANKOLA :: Born this day, he is a former Indian turned actor.

Mar 1, 1954 :: On this day, the first Bomb was tested by USA at Bikini Atoll, in Marshall Islands. This Bomb was 500 times more powerful than the one that was dropped at .

Mar 1, 1922 :: YITZHAK Rabin :: Former Prime Minister, who was also the joint recipient of the Nobel peace prize, was born this day.

Mar 1, 1913 :: LAWN TENNIS :: On this day, the International Lawn tennis Federation, the world's governing body for tennis, was founded at at a meetig with reps of 13 countries.

Mar 1, 1912 :: Captain ALBERT Berry :: On this day, he made the first from a moving aeroplane from an altitude of 1500 feet.

Mar 1, 1872 :: WORLD's FIRST NATIONAL PARK :: On this day, National Park was established as the world's first national park.

Mar 1, 1815 :: NAPOLEON :: On this day, he returned to from his banishment on Elba.

Mar 1, 1780 :: On this day, Pennsylvania became the first State of US to abolish .

Mar 1, 1776 :: Treaty of PURANDHAR :: On this day, the treaty of Purandhar was signed by and between and the agent of the British East India Company by nullifying the treaty of Surat signed in the previous year.