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India obtains Independence from the British; Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian
Prime Minister
Oct 1947
Nov 1947
Jan 1948
30 Jan 1948
Sep 1948
Nov 1948
1 Jan 1949
Sep 1949
26 Nov 1949
26 Jan 1950
March 1950
July 1951
1952
1953
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29 Dec 1953
April 1954
July 1954
December 1954
1955
18 May 1955
1956
Jan 1956
17 June 1956
Sep 1957
Feb 1958
1959
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation set up; Television transmission introduced in New
Delhi; Indo-Portuguese dispute
March 1959
Oct 1959
19 April 1960
1960
21 Jan 1961
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19 Dec 1961
Liberation of Goa
Oct 1962
Indo-China war
Jan 1963
10 Aug 1963
27 May 1964
09 June 1964
July 1964
April 1965
30 June 1965
1 Sep 1965
Indo-Pak war
11 Jan 1966
24 Jan 1966
June 1966
June 1969
16 July 1969
19 July 1969
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12 Nov 1969
Feb 1970
April 1970
11 May 1970
April 1971
May 1971
Dec 1971
1972
Pakistan and India sign Shimla Accord; Monsoon failure causes drought
1973
18 May 1974
May 1974
July 1974
April 1975
16 May 1975
26 June 1975
Emergency declared
July 1975
Jan 1976
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Feb 1976
Nov 1976
18 Jan 1977
16-20 March 1977 Sixth General Election; First Non-Congress Govt. led by Morarji Desai
Jan 1978
June 1979
19 June 1979
Oct 1979
Jan 1980
23 June 1980
Feb 1981
Feb 1982
Dec 1982
25 June 1983
6 Oct 1983
Oct 1983
5 June 1984
Operation Blue Star: Indian army storms Golden Temple in Amritsar, killing hundreds of
people
31 Oct 1984
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2 Dec 1984
1985
July 1985
Oct 1986
May 1987
Nov 1987
April 1988
July 1988
Insat-IC launched
22 Aug 1988
Ninth General Elections: Congress loses; V.P. Singh becomes Prime Minister
1990
May 1991
21 May 1991
20 May-15 June'91 Tenth General Election: Congress wins; Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister;
Liberalisation initiated by Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
Sep 1991
Jan 1992
April 1992
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July 1992
6 Dec 1992
Jan 1993
Feb 1993
March 1993
April 1993
30 Sep 1993
Jan 1994
May 1994
21 Sep 1994
March 1995
July 1995
Jan 1996
27 Jan 1996
Prithvi test-fired
29 Feb 1996
27 April-21 May'96 Eleventh General Election; BJP's Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Prime Minister
June 1996
BJP loses confidence vote; Deve Gowda takes over as Prime Minister of United Front
coalition government
Jan 1997
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30 March 1997
21 April 1997
15 Aug 1997
5 Sep 1997
14 Oct 1997
7 Nov 1997
Bimal Jalan is the new Reserve Bank of India governor; C Rangarajan becomes Andhra
governor
27 Nov 1997
28 Nov 1997
29 Dec 1997
14 Jan 1998
15 Feb 1998
Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai
Open
9 Mar 1998
Chess legend Vishwanathan Anand wins the Super Grand Master Title
19 Mar 1998
BJP-led alliance government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister
of India
28 Mar 1998
The BJP-led alliance survived its first test of trust, with the support of Chandrababu
Naidu's Telugu Desam Party. Jayalalitha continues to call the shots.
11 May 1998
1 June 1998
9 June 1998
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29 June 1998
22 July 1998
24-year old PT Usha won bronze medal in the 400m and 200m1 anchored the 4x100m
relay team to gold and 4x400 m for silver at the Asian Track and Field Championships in
Fukuoka, Japan
6 Aug 1998
Sri Krishna Commission report was tabled by the Maharashtra government. It was
rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
5 Oct 1998
India has 5th largest GNP in Purchasing Power Parity terms: World Bank
10 Oct 1998
Market cap of top 8 banks, FIs fall below 50 pc over last 6 months
15 Oct 1998
Amartya Sen awarded Nobel Prize for Economics. Sen is the 6th Indian to win the Nobel
Prize.
May 1999
Dec 2001
Gunmen attack Indian parliament. New Delhi blames Pakistan-based militants, snaps
transport and diplomatic links with Islamabad and the rivals come close to war.
Feb/March 2002
Fire on train kills 59 Hindu activists in western state of Gujarat. About 2,500 people,
mostly Muslims, are killed in retaliatory riots.
November 2003
May 2004
BJP loses power to Congress. Man Mohan Singh becomes prime minister.
2004
2005
Worst natural calamity, Mumbai Rains, more than 1000 people dies
2006
2007:
Taj Mahal, Indian monument elected as No.1 out of Seven Wonders of the World.
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2008:
India sets a world record by sending 10 satellites into orbit in a single launch.
Abhinav Bindra won 1st ever individual gold medal for country in Olympics.
Arvind Adiga won Man Booker Award 2008 for his debut novel The White Tiger.
Stock market crash in India caused BSE sensex to fall below 9K , which had once touched 22K mark
Mumbai terror attacks of 26/11 shook the whole nation, killing 183 people leaving the whole city in stress
for 60 hrs.
2009:
National Investigation Agency (NIA) Bill and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA)
Bill, the new anti-terror regime came into force with President Pratibha Patil giving her assent.
A 148-year old colonial law banning homosexual intercourse in India is overturned by the High Court in
New Delhi.
Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned lunar probe, discovers large amounts of water on the Moon.
2010:
Russia signs a nuclear reactor deal with India which will see it build 16 nuclear reactors in India.
The Indian government initiates The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act to provide
free and compulsory education to all children aged between 6 and 14 years.
India launches its new 2011 biometric census, the largest census in the world.
India launches a national identity scheme aimed at reducing fraud and improving access to state benefits.
2011:
Anna Hazare undertakes fast for Jan Lokpal Bill at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
2012:
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