Year 1862
Paper currency notes were introduced in the United States.
MARCH 10
Daily Historical Chronicle
UPSC CSE • State PSC • SSC CGL Matrix
10 March: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 10 March.
Year 1876
Alexander Graham Bell communicated with his colleague Thomas Watson over the phone for the first time.
Year 1922
Mahatma Gandhi sentenced to six years for making a provocative speech.
Year 1972
Sakharam Binder, produced by Welcome Theater, written by Vijay Tendulkar and directed by Kamlakar Sarang, premiered at Shivaji Temple, Dadar.
Year 1977
Astronomers discovered the rings of Uranus.
Year 1985
Ravi Shastri was named the Champion of Champions by the Indian cricket team.
Year 1998
Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand won the Linares Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament.
Born 1873
Maulana Shaukat Ali, an Indian Muslim leader of the Khilafat Movement.
Born 1929
Mangesh Padgaonkar, a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.
Born 1932
Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Indian physicist and engineer
Born 1939
Asghar Ali Engineer, an Indian reformist-writer and social activist.
Born 1945
Madhavrao Scindia, an Indian politician.
Born 1957
Osama bin Ladin, a founder of the pan-Islamic militant organization al-Qaeda.
Born 1970
Omar Abdullah, an Indian politician.
Born 1974
Biz Stone, an American entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Twitter.
Died 1872
Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary.
Died 1897
Savitribai Phule, an Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra.
Died 1940
Mikhail Bulgakov, a Russian writer, medical doctor, and playwright.
Died 1971
Appasaheb Patwardhan, Known as Gandhi of Konkan.
Died 1985
Konstantin Chernenko, a Soviet politician.
Died 1999
Vi Va Shirvadkar, pen name Kusumagraj, an eminent Marathi poet, playwright, novelist, and short-story writer.