3 March 78 AD marks the beginning of Saka era (शक). The Satavahana king Shalivahana (Gautamiputra Satkarni) is credited with the initiation of the era also know as Shalivahana Saka era. It marked the victory of Shalivahana over the Sakas of west.
After independence, Indian government adopted the Saka calender in 1956.
Note: 3 March 78 is the date according to Gregorian Calender. That means Gudhi Padwa (चैत्र शुक्ल प्रतिपदा) fell on 3 March 78. I used this for cross-referencing. http://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~yanom/pancanga/index.html
The picture shows de Haviiland Comet. World's first commercial jet-airliner. A comet airplane of Canadian Pacific Airline was to be delivered to Australia. It took off from Karachi,Pakistan on 3 March 1953. But it failed to get airborne and crashed. All 5 crew members and 6 passengers were killed. This was world's first fatal crash of a commercial jet-airliner.
Inzamam-ul-Haq, the famous Pakistani cricketer and former captain was born in Multan,Pakistan on 3 March 1970. He was handpicked by Pakistani captain Imran Khan for being a lad who could hit pacers all over the place without moving an inch.
A great cricket and a fun to watch guy at the post-match ceremony,he retired from international cricket in 2007.
Read his ESPN-Crickinfo profile here.
A great cricket and a fun to watch guy at the post-match ceremony,he retired from international cricket in 2007.
Read his ESPN-Crickinfo profile here.
