The Austro-Asiatic ( Austroasiatic ) languages, in recent classifications synonymous with Mon – Khmer, are a large language family of Southeast Asia, also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh.

Under Parthian and Sassanian Iranian empires, scholars concentrated on exchanging knowledge and inventions by the countries around them – India, China, and the Roman Empire, when it is thought to be expanded over the other countries.

The Asterales order probably originated in the Cretaceous ( 145 – 65 Mya ) on the supercontinent Gondwana which broke up from 184 – 80 Mya, forming the area that is now Australia, South America, Africa, India and Antarctica.

Narayanan – AIR India Reporter 1988 Court Page No. 1381 ; 1988 Volume No. 3 SCC Court Cases Page No. 366 ; 1988 PLJR 78 – Although an affidavit may be taken as proof of the facts stated therein, the Courts have no jurisdiction to admit evidence by way of affidavit.

* 1998 – Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.

* 2010 – Maoist rebels kill 76 CRPF officers in Dantewada district, India.

* 1639 – Madras ( now Chennai ), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.

* 2010 – Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.

* 1925 – A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India

* 1942 – Indian leader Mohanda Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.

In the history of India, Ashoka is referred to as Samraat Chakravartin Ashoka – the " Emperor of Emperors Ashoka ".

* 1942 – Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence.

* 1853 – The first passenger rail opens in India, from Bori Bunder, Bombay to Thane.

* 2001 – India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.

* 1947 – India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

* 1962 – Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.

* 1947 – The Radcliffe Line, the border between Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.

* 1942 – A group of freedom fighter of Sherpur hoisted the Tricoloure at Mohammadabad Tehsil, Ghazipur India

* 1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.

* 1919 – Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops massacre at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India.

* Mobile Number Portability Launched in India

* Mobile Number Portability Launched in India

In March 1880, a report reached India that Abdur Rahman was in northern Afghanistan ; and the governor-general, Lord Lytton, opened communications with him to the effect that the British government were prepared to withdraw their troops, and to recognize Abdur Rahman as Amir of Afghanistan, with the exception of Kandahar and some districts adjacent to it.

On March 20, 2012, it was announced that Nissan will revive the brand for use in Indonesia, India and Russia.

Promoted to lieutenant on 15 April 1920, he transferred to the battlecruiser HMS Repulse in March 1921 and accompanied Edward on a Royal tour of India and Japan.

As response to this operation, the Awami League announced the declaration of independence of East Pakistan on March 26, 1971 and began an armed struggle against the Pakistan, with India staunchly supporting Awami League by the means of providing arm ammunition to its guerrilla forces.

Talking to India Today on March 18 of 2012 — nearly 41 years of disintegration of East Pakistan, Kissinger reminisced and quoted that: " India and the former Soviet Union had made a near-alliance around this time .....

There were thoughts of going to India to work on the Pioneer, a newspaper in Lucknow, but by March 1938 Orwell's health had deteriorated.

Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun (; full title: Al-Sultan al -' Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Jam-i-Sultanat-i-haqiqi wa Majazi, Sayyid al-Salatin, Abu ' l Muzaffar Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun Padshah Ghazi, Zillu ' llah ; OS 7 March 1508 – OS 17 January 1556 ) was the second Mughal Emperor who ruled present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530 – 1540 and again from 1555 – 1556.

Alexander was promoted to Commander-in-Chief of Allied Land Forces in Burma, March 1942, and ordered Slim to abandon Mandalay and retreat to India.

On 29 March 1849, the British raised their flag on the citadel of Lahore and the Punjab was formally proclaimed to be part of the British Empire in India.

The Khan of Kalat in March 1946 deputed Samad Khan-a member of the All India Congress Committee ( AICC )-to plead Kalat's ( the then Balochistan's ) case with the Congress leadership.

Later, an All India Radio ( AIR ) broadcast of March 27, 1948, reported a press conference by VP Menon, Secretary in the Ministry of States.

This was rejected by the Khan of Kalat who, upset by the claim, issued a communiqué: " On the night of March 27, All India Radio, Delhi announced that two months ago Kalat State had approached the Indian Union to accept its accession to India and that the Indian Union had rejected the request … It had never been my intention to accede to India … It is, therefore, declared that from 9 pm on March 27th – the time when I heard the false news over the air, I forthwith decide to accede to Pakistan, and that whatever differences now exist between Kalat and Pakistan be placed in writing before Mr Jinnah, the Governor-General of Pakistan, whose decision I shall accept ".

Gandhi led Indians in protesting the national salt tax with the Dandi Salt March in 1930, and later in demanding the British to immediately Quit India in 1942, during World War II.

In March 2010, The Economic Times named Dixit in the list of the " 33 women who made India proud ".

Salwa Judum ( meaning " Peace March " or " Purification Hunt " in Gondi language ) is a militia active in the Chattisgarh state of India.

* Nava ( new ) Varsha ( year ) is celebrated in India in various regions in March – April.

The disease had originated in India and concern over the spread led to an international conference in Paris in March 1921.

It rapidly spread west and hit North America in December 1889, South America in February – April 1890, India in February – March 1890, and Australia in March – April 1890.

Hydropower exports to India have boosted Bhutan's overall growth, even though GDP fell in 2008 as a result of a slowdown in India, its predominant export market.

This would be later broken by Sachin Tendulkar of India on 17 October 2008 whilst playing against Australia at Mohali in the 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2008.

In 2008, undercover reporting by a private TV channel in India showed several respected clerics demanding and receiving cash for issue of fatwās.

In 2008, the FDA started opening offices in foreign countries, including China, India, Costa Rica, Chile, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.

Kitab fi Firaq al Tibb by Galen ( 2008 ), Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences, Aligarh, India ; ISBN 978-81-906070-1-8

Kitab al Anasir by Galen ( 2008 ), Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences, Aligarh, India ; ISBN 978-81-906070-2-5

Kitab al Mizaj of Galen ( 2008 ), Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciences, Aligarh, India ; ISBN 978-81-906070-3-2

Hansie is a biographical film released in 2008 about the life of Hansie Cronje that aims to portray him in a positive light and as a victim of circumstance lured by an evil system of illegal gambling and bookmakers from India.

Snoop Dogg appeared in a song from the film Singh Is Kinng in 2008 which further popularized hip hop music amongst the people of India.

The most recent survey was conducted in July 2008 in eight Asian countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines.

The most recent workshop, held at Chennai, India, in February 2008, concerned polymetallic nodule mining technology, with special reference to its current status and challenges ahead

Quoting the Indian Foreign Ministry, ' India was the largest export partner and ninth largest import partner of Jordan in 2008.

The trade turnover between the two countries stood at US $ 1. 785 billion in 2008 i. e. Jordan ’ s imports from India stood at about US $ 503 million in 2008 while its exports to India reached at US $ 1. 283 billion in 2008.

* 2008 – 56 people are killed and over 200 people are injured in 21 bomb blasts in Ahmedabad bombing in India.

L ' Harmattan, Paris, 2003 translated in English and printed under the title " Jains today in the world " by Parshwanath Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, India, 2008

* Faculty of Arts ranked 2nd in India ( India Today 2008 )

In 2008, the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was invited to visit India.