Historical Events on March 8.

1.  International Women’s Day

2.  1534, 8th March: Bahadur Shah of Gujarat looted Chittorgarh.

3.  1702, 8th March: Queen Anne assumed power after the death of King William III of England.

4.  1817, 8th March: Establishment of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

5.  1911, 8th March: International Women’s Day celebrated for the first time.

6.  1942, 8th March: World War II- Japan conquered Rangoon, the capital city of Myanmar.

7.  1948, 8th March: Indian airline Air India International began its overseas service.

8.  1948, 8th March: Phaltan State merged with the Republic of India.

9.  1957, 8th March: Ghana joined the United Nations.

10.  1979, 8th March: Philips launched the first compact disc.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 8.

1.  1879: Otto Hahn, a German chemist.

2.  1886: Edward Calvin Kendall, an American chemist.

3.  1921: Sahir Ludhianvi, an Indian poet and film song lyricist.

4.  1931: Manohari Singh, an Indian saxophonist.

5.  1932: Sudhira Das, an Indian engineer. She was the first female engineer from the state of Odisha. 

6.  1953: Vasundhara Raje Scindia, an Indian politician.

7.  1954: Digambar Kamat, an Indian politician.

8.  1989: Harmanpreet Kaur, an Indian cricketer. 

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 8.

1.  1535: Rani Karmavati, wife of Rana Sanga of Chittorgarh, the capital of Mewar Kingdom.

2.  1702: William III, King of England.

3.  1957: Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, the first chief minister of Bombay State.

4.  1988: Amar Singh Chamkila, a popular Punjabi singer.

8-March-1535

Bahadur Shah captured the fort of Chittor and then marched against the Mughal emperor.

8-March-1673

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj conquered the fort of Panhala.

8-March-1833

Vishwanath Narayan Mandalik, famous journalist, writer and social reformer, was born.

8-March-1864

Hari Narayan Apte, a well known Marathi writer who popularised social and historical themes in his novels, was born. He presided over the 8th Marathi Sahitya Sammelen in 1912.

8-March-1921

Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist, was born.

8-March-1930

Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience movement continues in India.

8-March-1941

Sir Jorge Abraham Gearson, philologist and archealogist, passed away.

8-March-1948

Air India International was established for overseas services.

8-March-1957

Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, prominent leader in Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Mumbai province, passed away.

8-March-1963

Gursharan Singh Narainsingh, cricketer (Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90), was born in Amritsar.

8-March-1986

L.K. Advani elected President of BJP.

8-March-1995

Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language, died.

8-March-1997

G. K. Moopanar unanimously elected first president of Tamil Maanila Congress.

8-March-1998

Indian Airlines operates two international flights with all women crew.

8-March-1999

The President formally revokes the proclamation imposing Central rule in Bihar after this was decided by the Union Cabinet earlier in the day.

8-March-2000

The Gujarat Government withdraws its January 3 notification, thus reimposing the ban on its employees from participating in RSS activities.