16 March - Potti Sreeramulu was born in 1901

 

Potti Sreeramulu, was an Indian revolutionary. Sreeramulu is revered as Amarajeevi "Immortal Being" in the Andhra region for his self-sacrifice for the Andhra cause. He became famous for undertaking a hunger strike in support of the formation of an Indian state for the Telugu-speaking population of Madras Presidency; he lost his life in the process. His death sparked public rioting and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared the intent by the newly liberated nation to form Andhra State three days following the death of Sreeramulu. He was born on 16 March 1901.

16 March - Red Nose Day

 

Red Nose Day is an annual fundraising campaign to end the cycle of child poverty and ensure a healthy future for all children. Through the power of entertainment, we bring people together to laugh and have fun, while raising  money and awareness to ensure all children are safe, healthy, educated, and empowered in the U.S. and abroad.

Red Nose Day is an exciting event that is not only fun and delightful, but also raises money for charity. It incorporates comedians and other stars, as well as individuals who want to participate by wearing a red nose for the day, making a donation, and much more.

Back in 1985, Comic Relief started as a charity with the desire to respond to the famine that was devastating Ethiopia at the time. The desire was to get comedians together to help people laugh while raising support to help people around the world.

In 1988 First Red Nose Day is observed on television and  Its logo is “The Plain Red Nose” and it raises more than £15 million for charity, with more than 30 million viewers on BBC1.

 

16 March - Sachin Tendulkar reached 100 international centuries

 

On 16 March 2012, legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar became the only batsman in the history of cricket to register 100 international centuries. He had achieved the feat against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

16 March - National Vaccination Day India

 

Every year, March 16 is observed as National Vaccination Day in India to increase the importance of vaccines in the human health system. The Covid-19 has made us understand the importance of vaccines and their role in benefitting our lives.

This day creates awareness regarding how effective vaccination is to prevent deadly diseases. Mostly, this day celebrates India's victory over polio disease along with an improvement in the health and life expectancy of an individual.

15 March - Waldemar Haffkine was born in 1860

 

Waldemar Haffkine, born on 15 March 1860, was a bacteriologist from the Russian Empire. He emigrated and worked at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where he developed an anti-cholera vaccine that he tried out successfully in India. He is recognized as the first microbiologist who developed and used vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague. He tested the vaccines on himself. Lord Joseph Lister named him "a saviour of humanity".

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours. The Jewish Chronicle of that time noted "a Ukraine Jew, trained in the schools of European science, saves the lives of Hindus and Mohammedans and is decorated by the descendant of William the Conqueror and Alfred the Great."[3]

In his final years Haffkine became more religious, becoming an advocate and philanthropist for Orthodox Jewish causes and a supporter of Zionism.

15 March - World Consumer Rights Day

 

Every year 15th March is celebrated as the World Consumer Rights Day.

World Consumer Rights Day was inspired by President John F Kennedy, who sent a special message to the US Congress on 15th March 1962, in which he formally addressed the issue of consumer rights. He was the first world leader to do so. The consumer movement first marked that date in 1983 and now uses the day every year to mobilise action on important issues and campaigns.

World Consumer Rights Day is an annual international event that signifies celebration and solidarity in the international consumer movement, demanding that, consumer rights are to be respected and protected. The event also gives a chance to protest against the market abuses and social injustices which undermine those rights.


The theme of the 2023 edition of the Day is “Empowering Consumers through Clean Energy Transitions.”

15 March - Osmania University postage stamp released 1969

 

Osmania University is a collegiate public state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad in 1918 , He released a farman to establish OSMANIA UNIVERSITY on the day of 29 August 1917.It is the third oldest university in southern India, and the first to be established in the erstwhile Kingdom of Hyderabad.It was the first Indian university to have Urdu as a medium of instruction but with English as a compulsory subject.As of 2012, the university hosts 3,700 international students from more than 80 nations.

The O.U. is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 300,000 students on its campuses and affiliated colleges. The Osmania Medical College was once a part of the O.U. System.However, it is now under the supervision of Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences

The university postage stamp released by the government of India on 15 March 1969

14 March - Minature sheet on Indian Civil Aviation issued by India Post

 

 

Indian Civil Aviation is completing 100 years .The year 2011-12 will be declared as the Civil Aviation Centenary Year, starting from tomorrow i.e. 18th February, 2011 and ending on the same date in 2012. On this date in 1911, the first commercial plane flew in India between Allahabad and Naini. Since then, aviation in India has grown from strength to strength. Today India is the 9th largest civil aviation market in the world and this forward march is likely to culminate in India becoming one of the three largest markets in the world by 2020.

To commemorate the occasion, the centenary celebrations will be inaugurated by the Minister for Civil Aviation Shri Vayalar Ravi tomorrow. On the occasion several eminent people who have contributed significantly to the growth of Civil Aviation in India will be felicitated. They include Rajiv Gandhi, JRD Tata, Sarla Thukral, Arjan Singh, Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer, Biju Patnaik, Neeraj Bhanot, Capt. Rakesh Sharma, Saudamini Deshmukh and Vijaypat Singhania.

To mark the beginning of the centenary year, all buildings, installations associated with civil aviation are going to be lit up tomorrow. All airlines, airports will display the centenary logo in all possible manner, like on tickets, boarding cards, luggage tags, arrival ,departure area etc.

A special programme to felicitate pioneer women aviators will be organized on the international womens' day on 8th march. Throughout the year several other events have been planned which include release of a commemorative stamp, commemorative coins and establishment of an Air and Space Theme Park or Museum.

14 March - Albert Einstein born in 1879

 

Albert Einstein, born on 14 March 1879, was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. He is best known to the general public for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc^2, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.

14 March - Pi Day

 

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π. The reason behind celebrating it on 14th March is the value digits i.e. 3,1 and 4,so it becomes 14th March

Pi Day (π), on March 14th, was celebrated for the first time ever in the year 1988 in the city of San Francisco. Today, it is officially recognized as a holiday around the world, with a lot of importance being given to it by the U.S. People of many countries around the globe enjoy Pi Day with lots fun, excitement and pomp.

What makes March 14th the Pi day is the fact that the numbers in the date are the same as the first three digits of the mathematical constant of pi. Moreover, since the numbers 3, 1 and 4 are quite significant, it was in 2009 that the United States House of Representatives gave their support to the designation of March 14th as Pi Day

What is Pi (π)?

Let us divide the circumference of a circle by its diameter. The answer will always be 3.14, a number that represents the Greek letter π. The result of the calculation literally has no other pattern, and can go on like this forever.