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A brief history of India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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prehistory
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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3000-1500: Indus Valley Civilization
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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563 BC : Birth of Gautama Buddha
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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540 BC : Birth of Mahavira
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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327-326 BC : Attack of India by Alexander
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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313 BC : Coronation of Chandragupta
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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305 BC : personal defeat of Seleucos I before Chandragupta Maurya
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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273-232 BC : Ashoka's rule
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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261 BC : The Victory of Kalinga
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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145-101 BC : Area of Ellora, Chola king of Sri Lanka
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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58 BC: The beginning of Vikram Samvat calendar
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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78 AD: The beginning of the Shaka Era
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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120 AD : Coronation of Kanishka
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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320 AD : the beginning of the Gupta era, the golden age of India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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380 AD : Coronation of Vikramaditya
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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405-411 AD : Visit of Chinese traveler Faxian
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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415 AD : Coronation of Kumaragupta I
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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455 AD : Coronation of Skandagupta
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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606-647: Harshavardhana's rule
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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712: First Arab invasion of Sindh
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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836: Coronation of Bhoja king of Kannauj
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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985: Coronation of Rajaraja Chola
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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998: Coronation of Sultan Mahmud
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1000 – 1499
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1001: First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni, who defeated ruler Jaipal of Punjab
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1025: The demolition of Somnath temple by Mahmud Ghazni
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1191 : First Battle of the Terai
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1192: Second Battle of the Terai
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1206: Coronation of Qutbuddin Aibak on Delhi's throne
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1210: Death of Qutb al-Din Aibak
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1221: Genghis Khan's attack on India (Mongol invasion)
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1236: Coronation of Razia Sultan on Delhi's throne
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1240: Razia Sultan's death
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1296: Alauddin Khilji attack
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1316: Death of Allauddin Khilji
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1325: The coronation of Mohamed Tughlaq
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1327: the Tughluk dynasty transfers the capital from Delhi to Dautalabad and then to the Deccan
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1336: Establishment of Vijayanagara Empire in the South
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1351: Coronation of Firoz Shah
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1398: Attack on India by Tamerlane
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1469: Birth of Guru Nanak
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1494: Babur's coronation in Farghana
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1497-98 : first voyage of Vasco da Gama to India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1500 – 1799
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1526: First Battle of Panipat, Babar defeats Ibrahim Lodi
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1527: Battle of Khanwa, Babur defeated Rana Saya
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1530: Death of Babur and the coronation of Humayun
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1539: Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun and becomes the emperor of India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1540: Battle of Kannauj
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1555: Humayun finally recovers the throne of Delhi
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1556: Second Battle of Panipat
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1565: Battle of Talikot
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1576: Battle of Haldighati - Rana Pratap defeats Akbar
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1582: Akbar established Din-i-Elahi
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1597: Rana Pratap's death
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1600: Establishment of East India Company
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1605: Death of Akbar and the coronation of Jahangir
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Guru Arjan Dev's martyrdom
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1611: Jahangir married Nur Jahan
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1627: Birth of Shivaji and Jahangir's death
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1628: Shah Jahan becomes Emperor of India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1631: Mumtaz Mahal's death
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1634: The British were allowed to trade in India in Bengal
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1659: Aurangzeb's coronation, Shah Jahan was captured
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1665: Shivaji was imprisoned by Aurangzeb
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1680: Shivaji's death
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1707: Death of Aurangzeb
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1739: Nadir Shah's attack on India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1757: The battle of Plassey, the establishment of British rule in India by Lord Clive
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1761 Panipat's Third Battle, Shah Alam II became the Emperor of India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1764: Battle of Buxar
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1765: Clive was appointed the governor of the British East India company
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1767-69: First Mysore War
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1770: Great Famine of Bengal
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1780: Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1780-84: Second Mysore War
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1784: Pitts Act
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1793: Permanent settlement in Bengal
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1799: Fourth Mysore War - Death of Tipu Sultan
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1800 – 1900
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1802 : The Treaty of Bassein
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1809: Treaty of Amritsar
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1829: The practice of sati was banned
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1830: Visit of Rajaram Mohan Roy in England, founder of Brahmo Samaj
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1833: Death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1839: Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1839-42: First Afghan War
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1845-46: First Anglo-Sikh War
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1852: Second Anglo-Burmese War
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1853: opening of the first railway line between Bombay and Thane and the first telegraph line in Calcutta
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1857: First War of Independence (or Sepoy Rebellion)
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1861: Birth of Rabindranath Tagore
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1869: Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1885: Establishment of Indian National Congress
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1889: Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1891: Birth of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1897: Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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From 1900 to India's independence
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1904: Journey to Tibet
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1905: First Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1906: Establishment of Muslim League
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1911: the Delhi Durbar - travel of the king and the queen of England to India, Delhi becomes the capital of India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1914: The beginning of World War I
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1916: Signing of Lucknow Agreement by Muslim League and Congress
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1918: End of World War I
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1919: Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1920: Beginning of Khilafat movement
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1927: Boycott of Simon Commission
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1928: Death of Lala Lajpat Rai (The lion of Punjab)
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1929: Proposal for complete independence passed in Lahore Congress
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1930: Civil Disobedience Movement Begins
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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April 6, 1930: Salt March by Mahatma Gandhi
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1931: The Gandhi–Irwin Pact
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1935: Government of India Act passed
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1937: autonomy of the provinces, accession to ministerial posts for members of Congress
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1942: India's "Quit India" Movement started on the arrival of the Cripps Mission
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1941: Death of Rabindranath Tagore
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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The escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Indian National Army established and famine in Bengal
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1943-44: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose becomes the head of the provisional government of Free India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1945: Trial of the Indian National Army at the Red Fort
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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End of World War II
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1946 British Cabinet Mission visit to India - Interim Government formed at the Center
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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History of India since the Independence of 1947
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1947: Partition and independence of India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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August 14, 1947 at 12 strokes of midnight, the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declares the independence of the country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1947: On August 15 the country was liberated from British subjugation
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Constitution of interim government at the Center
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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On January 30, 1948, Nathuram Godse killed Mahatma Gandhi
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1950: On January 26, India became a republic. Constitution applied
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1952: First General Elections in the Country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Congress won power by winning 364 of 489 seats
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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prehistory
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1951: The country's first five-year plan is implemented
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1954: Panchsheel Agreement between India and China
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1957 : second general election, beginning of the decimal system, independence of Goa
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1956: Reorganization of States
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1960: Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1962: China attacks India in October
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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China's second attack in November
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1963: India launches the first rocket
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1964: Death of Jawaharlal Nehru
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes the Prime Minister
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1965: Second war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1966: Lal Bahadur Shastri dies
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Indira Gandhi became the first woman Prime Minister of the country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1967: The beginning of the Green Revolution
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1969: Partition of Congress
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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The nationalization of banks
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1971: war between India and Pakistan
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Pakistan's stinging defeat
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1972: Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1973 - The princely state of Mysore was renamed as Karnataka
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1974: India becomes sixth nuclear power by conducting nuclear tests in Pokharan on May 18, 1974
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1975: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares emergency in the country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Restriction on press freedom
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Launch of India's first satellite Aryabhatt
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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The film Sholay breaks all box-office records
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1976: start of construction of the railway line between Amritsar and Lahore (Samjhauta Express)
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Cyclone in Andhra Pradesh, 35 thousand dead
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1978: birth of Durga, India's first test tube baby
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1979: The fall of the first non-Congress government due to a lack of experience
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Creation of Bangladesh
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Mother Teresa's Nobel Prize for disadvantaged and victims' help
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Rajiv Gandhi's political debut
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1977: After the defeat of Congress, the first non-Congress government in the country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1980: Sanjay Gandhi's unexpected death in the plane crash
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1982: The beginning of color television in the country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1983: launch of the Maruti-800
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1984: Army's entry into Golden Temple for the elimination of terrorists under Operation Blue Star
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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The assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the hands of Sikh bodyguards
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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anti-Sikh Riots across the country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to go to space
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1985: Establishment of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1986: implementation of a new education policy after AIDS first case in Chennai
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Thousands of deaths following a toxic gas leak in the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1987: Rajiv Gandhi tainted by the arms deal with Bofors
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1988: successful test of ground-to-ground ballistic missiles
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1990: implementation of the Mandal Commission's recommendations
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Cable and satellite television launch in the country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1991: Rajiv Gandhi's death in a suicide attack in Sriperumbudur
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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The beginning of economic reforms in the country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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construction of the country's first supercomputer
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1992: demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1993: Hundreds killed in Mumbai serial bombings
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Operation of private airline started in India
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Aishwarya Rai became Miss world
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Successful flight of PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1995: Mobile service starts in the country
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1997: death of Mother Teresa
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1998: India conducts another nuclear test
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Disapproval of Western countries
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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1999: In the middle of the peace talks between the two countries, a new conflict in Kargil between the Indian and Pakistani armies
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Three terrorists freed after hijacking of Indian Airlines plane
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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On December 13, 2001 terrorists attack Parliament House
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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2002: Communal violence in Gujarat after attack on Sabarmati Express at Godhra railway station
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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The beginning of the Delhi Metro
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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2003: crash of Space Shuttle Columbia on his return. Death of Kalpana Chawla
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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2004: A horrific catastrophe in the southern states of India due to the tsunami. 35 thousand deaths
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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2005: Thousands of people die in the earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir Millions of homeless
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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Earthquake in Gujarat, thousands of dead
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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In 2005, Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush signed a historic civil nuclear cooperation treaty
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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2008: Death of hundreds of people during a series of attacks in Mumbai
                
                
                
                
                                    
             
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In August 2011: Anna Hazare's movement against corruption