Dividends (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Dividends [Abstract]
Total dividends per share for the period	$ 1.433	$ 1.425	$ 1.417
Total dividend payments	$ 291,087	$ 286,478	$ 281,204

Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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