• Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) conferred the Bharat Ratna 2015, India’s highest civilian award.
  • Australia wins the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup after defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets in MCG.
  • Mitchell Starc named as player of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
  • Delhi’s Aditi Arya was crowned as Femina Miss India World 2015 at Yashraj Studios in Mumbai.
  • Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix.
  • Saina Nehwal and K. Srikanth, respectively, won the women’s and men’s title of $275,000 India Open badminton championship.
  • Kangana Ranaut wins the best actress National Award for the film Queen. Kannada actor Vijay won Best Actor for Nanu Avanalla Avalu. Queen also won Best Hindi Film.
  • Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor will be conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke award this year for his contribution to Indian cinema.
  • Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew dies at the age of 91.
  • Martin Guptill of New Zealand scores 237 not out against West Indies which is the highest individual score in World Cup history.
  • India­born scientist and Nobel Laureate Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan will take over as the President of the prestigious Royal Society at the end of the year.
  • Services win the Santosh Trophy after beating hosts Punjab 5-­4 via tie­breaker in Ludhiana.
  • Karnataka team wins the Ranji Trophy final by registering an innings and 217 run­win against Tamil Nadu in the final at Wankhede Stadium.
  • Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara creates a new record by scoring four consecutive centuries in a Cricket World Cup.
  • Arun Singh has been appointed as India’s ambassador to the US who will succeed S Jaishankar.
  • Saina Nehwal defeated by Carolina Marin of Spain in All England badminton title final in Birmingham.
  • Jagmohan Dalmiya elected as the President of BCCI.
  • Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister.
  • The World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March 2015 with the theme of the year – “Wildlife Crime is serious, let’s get serious about wildlife crime”.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 March 2015 inaugurated two units of 600 Mega Watt (MW) each of Shree Singaji Thermal Power Project at ­- Dongliya village in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh.
  • US President Barack Obama re­nominated an independent Indian­American investor as an Alternate Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – ­Sunil Sabharwal.
  • Theme of the 2015 International Women’s Day that was observed across the world on 8 March 2015 was -­ “Make it Happen”.
  • Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar with an aim to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio in the state on 8 March 2015 launched a scheme for girl child named ­- Aapki Beti Humari Beti.
  • Eighth India-­Nepal combined exercise named Surya Kiran VIII concluded on 7 March 2015 at – Salijhandi, Nepal.
  • Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader M. Veerappa Moily was selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman for 2014 for his Kannada poem – ­Ramayana Mahanveshanam.
  • The solar­powered plane named Solar Impulse­2 on 8 March 2015 took off to round­the­world odyssey from ­- Abu Dhabi.
  • The union government has appointed Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador for its campaign against Hepatitis B.
  • France, Germany and Italy have followed the UK in joining ­ the China ­sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
  • The Supreme Court has scrapped Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act, a law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting “offensive” content.
  • Veteran cricketers of Sri Lanka who on 18 March 2015 retired from the One Day International (ODI) format of Cricket -­ Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara.
  • Union Government on 19 March 2015 was roped in a person to head Kaya Kalp, a council formed to suggest innovative ways to transform the Indian Railways ­- Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ltd.
  • The Laadli Voice of the Century award was presented at the sixth edition of the National Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity on ­- Legendary Singer Lata Mangeshkar.
  • International Day of Forests was observed on 21 March 2015 with the theme -­ Forests and Climate Change.
  • The World Sparrow Day was observed globally on 20 March 2015 with the theme -­ I Love Sparrows.
  • World Water Day (WWD) 2015 was globally observed on 22 March 2015 with the theme – Water and Sustainable Development that talks about ­ how water links to all areas we need to consider creating the future we want.
  • The former Army Chief of Sri Lanka, who on 22 March 2015 was conferred with the country’s highest military rank of Field Marshal ­- Sarath Fonseka.
  • Indian Railways RuPay pre­paid card that will enable passengers to book their Rail tickets and do shopping was launched in collaboration with -­ the Union Bank of India.
  • A person who was appointed as an official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs on 25 March 2015 -­ Vikas Swarup.
  • The Australian cricketer who on 29 March 2015 retired from ODI cricket after Cricket World Cup final ­- Michael Clarke.
  • The Earth Hour 2015 will be observed on March 28, to raise awareness about climate change and its impact.
  • Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has appointed Baldev Sharma as chairman of National Book Trust (NBT).
  • Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj was awarded first National Kavi Pradeep Samman.

Important Days in March

  • March 2 – Commonwealth Day
  • March 3 – World Wild Life Day
  • March 4 – World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation
  • March 8 – International Women’s’ Day, Worlds literacy day
  • March 13 – World Kidney Day
  • March 15 – World Consumer Rights Day
  • March 21 – World Forestry Day
  • March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
  • March 22 – World Water Day
  • March 23 – World Meteorological Day
  • March 24 – World TB Day
  • March 24 – International Day for Achievers
  • March 26 – Bangaladesh liberation day
  • March 27 – World Drama/ Theatre Day