March 2
- A 34-member United Front Ministry headed by Chief Minister, Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh is sworn in by the Manipur Governor.
- Om Prakash Chautala of INLD is sworn in the 18th Chief Minister of Haryana by the Governor Mahabir Prasad at Kurukshetra.
March 3
- Samata Party leader Nitish Kumar is the new Chief Minister of Bihar.
March 4
- Veteran Communist leader Geeta Mukherjee passes away.
March 5
- A 25-member BJD-BJP coalition ministry headed by the BJD President, Naveen Patnaik is administered the oath of office in Orissa by the Governor.
March 6
- Chief Minister of Meghalaya, B.B. Lyngdoh, resigns.
- India and China begin the bilateral security dialogue on global and regional issues of mutual interest.
March 8
- Gujarat Government withdraws an earlier order which allows its employees to join the RSS.
- E.K. Mawlong is sworn in Chief Minister of Meghalaya.
March 9
- India beats South Africa by three wickets in the one-day international at Kochi.
March 10
- Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee leaves for Mauritius on a three-day official trip to strengthen the close relations between the two countries.
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar submits his resignation to the Governor within seven days of assuming office.
- Hindi author Nirmal Verma and Punjabi novelist Gurdial Singh are named winners of Jnanpith Award for 1999.
March 11
- Rabri Devi of RJD is sworn in Chief Minister and is to prove majority within 10 days.
- K.S. Sudershan is the new RSS Chief.
- CBI arrests Ramar Pillai, the "inventor" of "herbal fuel" on charges of criminal conspiracy and cheating the public by selling industrial organic chemicals as herbal fuel.
March 12
- India wins by six wickets the second one-day international against South Africa being played at Jamshedpur.
March 13
- Lok Sabha approves the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2000 which seeks to bifurcate it into a tribunal and a Regulator.
March 15
- Lok Sabha passes the Railway Budget for 2000-2001.
- Rajya Sabha approves the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2000. The bill has been passed earlier by the Lok Sabha.
- South Africa wins by two wickets the third one-day international against India at Faridabad.
INTERNATIONAL
March 2
- Jorge Batlle is Uruguay’s new President.
March 7
- Bangladesh signs the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) becoming the 28th country ratifying the treaty.
March 10
- At least 21 persons are killed and 46 injured in an explosion triggered by a suicide bomber.
- The lawyer defending the deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his two assistants are shot dead in Karachi.
- Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik resigns.
March 11
- Greek President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos is sworn in for a second five-year term at Athens.
March 12
- Ricardo Logos, a socialist, is sworn in President of Chile.
March 13
- Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar wins the elections, his being the first party to win an absolute majority in the Legislature since 1986.