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MARCH 2014


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1. Chandi Prasad Bhatt won Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013
2. Union Cabinet approved a new rail coach manufacturing unit in Kolar
3. Vice President released book entitled Akbar, The Aesthete
4. National Food Security Act came into force in Madhya Pradesh
5. South Africa won ICC Under-19 World Cup 2014
6. Roger Federer won Dubai tennis championship
7. President Pranab Mukherjee signed the Telangana Bill
8. 12 Years A Slave won Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2014 for best picture
9. Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi, the Ex-Union minister died
10. RBI extended date of exchanging pre-2005 notes to 1 January 2015
11. Arvind Bhat won the German Open Grand Prix title
12. India at Risk written by Jaswant Singh released
13. 'SMS Gateway" launched for waitlisted rail passengers
14. National Cycling Academy launched in New Delhi
15. Tamil Nadu Won Subbaiah Pillai Trophy
16. Arvind Bhat won the German Open Grand Prix title
17. Assam became first Indian state to observe Child Protection Day
18. Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu crowned national basketball champions
19. Sheila Dikshit appointed as the new Governor of Kerala
20. Indian acid attack victim, Laxmi won International Women of Courage Award
21. Graeme Smith announced retirement from cricket
22. Spicejet appointed R. Neelakantan new CFO
23. Lok Sabha elections to be held from 7 April 2014 in 9-phases
24. Third BIMSTEC summit 2014 held in Myanmar
25. World Dentist Day observed across the World on March 6th
26. Sports Minister inaugurated National Cycling Academy in New Delhi
27. 64th National Basketball Championship concluded
28. NDMC launched Stri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
29. Tamil Nadu and Railways won Federation Cup 2014
30. World's longest Airlander unveiled in Britain
31. Asian Air Gun Championship: Pooja Ghatkar Won gold
32. Afghanistan's Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim died
33. Australia replaced India in 2nd position of ICC Test rankings
34. Sumith Nakandala appointed as first Secretary General of BIMSTEC
35. India is Dubai's largest non oil trading partner in 2013-14
36. Indian writer Pankaj Mishra won $150,000 Yale literary prize
37. Czech priest Tomas Halik won 2014 Templeton Prize
38. MCX-SX appointed Thomas Mathew as chairman
39. Sachin Tendulkar named Cricketer of the Generation
40. India is worlds biggest buyer of arms, triple that of China, Pakistan
41. Nagaland, Assam first states to get plastic photo IDs for polls
42. Soma Mondal appointed first Women director of NALCO
43. Hinduja brothers among Britain's top 3 richest families
44. Vice President of Afghanistan Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim died
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45. Virat Kohli reclaimed number one position on ICC ODI batsmen rankings
46. Veteran Actress, Sheila MacRae died at 92
47. World Kidney Day observed on March 13th
48. Kush Sharma, Indian-American student won spelling bee
49. Pooja Ghatkar won Gold medal at Asian Air Gun Championship
50. Indian Writer Pankaj Mishra won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014
51. President Conferred Stree Shakti Puruskar 2013
52. Mizoram won 68th Santosh Trophy of football by defeating Railways
53. Frank Jobe pioneer of Tommy John surgery died
54. Avaya appointed Priyadarshi Mohapatra as Managing Director for India and
SAARC
55. Tom Albanese appointed as CEO of Vedanta Resources
56. Australia replaced India in second position in ICC Test Team rankings
57. Ragala Venkat Rahul won 2 Gold and 1 Silver at 16th Asian Youth Weightlifting
Championships
58. Spains first elected Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez died
59. Govind Mishra selected for Sarawasti Samman 2013
60. World Sparrow Day observed on March 20
61. World Poetry Day was observed on March 21
62. India, Singapore won 2014 UN Water for Life award
63. Aditi Khanna became first women President of Indian Journalist's Association
64. Stuart Oliver won first-ever Indian truck-racing championship
65. Aditi Khanna became first women President of Indian Journalist's Association
66. Noted author and columnist Khushwant Singh died
67. SEBI Local Office inaugurated at Ranchi
68. Physicist Rajech Gopakumar selected G D Birla Award 2013
69. Brazils first World Cup winning captain Bellini died
70. Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy
71. Shubhranshu Choudhary won 2014 Google Digital Activism Award
72. Michelle Bachelet sworn-in as President of Chile for second term
73. Joe McGinniss, author of Fatal Vision died
74. Nokia Launched its first Android-based smart phone Nokia X
75. Former Sierra Leone President, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah died
76. Nandan Nilekani resigned as chairman of UIDAI
77. RBI hiked trade related remittance from 2 to 5 lakh rupees per transaction
78. Pranab Mukherjee presented Padma awards
79. Heena Sidhu won silver medal in 10m Air Pistol Women final of ISSF World Cup
80. Rajiv Takru appointed as the new Revenue Secretary
81. West Zone won Deodhar Trophy 2014
82. IVR 2020 programme launched in India
83. Japanese architect Shigeru Ban won 2014 Pritzker Prize
84. Tata Teleservices limited launched new Wi-Fi business
85. India won 3rd South Asian Handball Championship title
86. Bank of India launched Instant Money Transfer Scheme
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87. J&K became the first state to declare all Election booths as No smoking Zones
88. Ebola Virus detected in Guinea
89. Jens Stoltenberg appointed as next NATO Secretary General
90. Arjun Kapoor New brand ambassador for Earth Hour 2014
91. Malala Yousafzai, Misbah-ul-Haq received Pakistan civil awards
92. Tech Mahindra and Alstom Transport announced to set up a global development
centre
93. Gurgaon has the highest first time voters in Haryana
94. India ranked 4th in spam e-mails export: Microsoft Report
95. Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai won BNP Paribas Open 2014
96. Indian Oil announced to build 30000 crore rupees refinery at Mundra in Gujara
97. Gyan Correa bagged the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013
98. Novak Djokovic won Indian Wells final by defeating Roger Federer
99. Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar selected for G D Birla Award 2013
100. Former Brazilian international footballer Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini died
101. International Day of Forests was observed by the United Nation on 21 March
2014.
102. e-Commerce firm ibiboGroup acquired Bangalore-based bus tracking service
YourBus