15 Aug 1947 India gets
Independence from the British.Jawaharlal Nehru
becomes
the first Prime Minister of
India.
Oct 1947 Maharaja of Kashmir
accedes to Indian Sovereignty.
Nov 1947 John Mathai presents
the First Railway Budget.
Jan 1948 Reserve Bank of India
Nationalised.
30 Jan 1948 Assassination of
Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi.
Sep 1948 Troops of Government of
India enter Hyderabad state.
Nov 1948 B.R.Ambedkar presents
first Draft Constitution to Constituent Assembly.
1 Jan 1949 United Nations
monitored cease fire takes effect in Kashmir.
Sep 1949 Rupee devalued by
approximately 31 percent.
26 Nov 1949 New Constitution of
India adopted and signed.
26 Jan 1950 Constitution of
India comes into force.
March 1950 Planning Commission
set up
July 1951 First Five year plan
set in motion
25 Oct'1951-21 Feb'1952 First
General Election
1952 Atomic Energy establishment
set up in Bombay; Chandernagar incorporated
with India.
1953 Private Airlines are
Nationalised; Chandigarh inaugurated as Capital of
Punjab.
29 Dec 1953 The States
Reorganisation Commission.
April 1954 India concludes treaty
with China.
July 1954 Nehru inaugurates
Bhakhra Dam.
December1954 Imperial Bank
renamed as State Bank of India.
December1955Chinese troops enter
India's Garhwal district in Uttar Pradesh.
18 May 1955 Hindu marriage Act
is amended
1 June 1955 Untouchability Act
comes into force
1 June 1955 Second Five year
Plan
1956 Nationalisation of
Insurance Companies
Jan 1956 Hindu Succession Act
17 June 1956 Second General
Election held
Feb 24-June 9 1957 Wealth Tax
Bill passed
Sep 1957 Finance Minister
T.T.Krishnamachari resigns following Mundhra LIC
share
scandal
Feb 1958 Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation set up; Television transmission
introduced in New Delhi;
Indo-Portuguese dispute
Feb1959 Dalai Lama flees from
Tibet to India
March 1959 Military
confrontation with China in Aksai Chin
Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi
Bombay Presidency bifurcated into Maharashtra and
Gujarat states
Arrival of Queen Elizabeth at New Delhi
Liberation of Goa
Third General election
Indo-China war
Gold Control Order comes into force
The
Kamraj Plan
Jawaharlal Nehru dies
Lal
Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister
UTI
and IDBI set up
Pakistan tanks penetrate India
Ceasefire agreed under UN auspices
Indo-Pak war
Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian
leaders
Lal
Bahadur Shastri dies
Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister
Rupee devalued by 36 percent
Fourth General Election
Forward trading in shares banned
Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet
Fourteen Banks nationalised
Indira Gandhi expelled from Congress party for
indiscipline
Supreme court holds nationalisation of banks
illegal
Privy Purses and special privileges of former
Indian rulers abolished
A
bill for setting up of "North Eastern Council"
passed
Fifth General Election
General Insurance nationalised
Wealth Tax doubled to 8 percent of Net Income
India-Pakistan War; Formation of Bangladesh
Pakistan and India sign Simla Accord ; Monsoon
failure causes drought
Coal mines nationalised; Foreign Exchange
Regulation Act (FERA) passed
Underground nuclear explosion at Pokhran
Jaiprakash Narayan starts Citizens for Democracy
Movement
Indira Gandhi imposes 12 percent ceiling on
dividends, Stockmarket crashes
Indian satellite Aryabhatta launched from a Soviet
cosmodrome
Sikkim joins India
Emergency declared
Indira Gandhi announces 20-point economic
programme
Private Oil companies nationalised
Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act passed
Lok
Sabha passes 42nd Constitution Amendment Bill
Opposition politicians released from jail
Sixth General Election; First Non-Congress Govt,
led by Morarji Desai
Currency notes in denominations of Rs 1,000, Rs
5,000 and RS 10,000 demonetised
Bhaskara, India's second satellite, launched from
a Soviet cosmodrome
Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party
Operation Flood II launched
Seventh General Election; Indira Gandhi becomes
Prime Minister again.
Sanjay Gandhi, younger son of Indira Gandhi, dies
in plane crash.
Maruti Udyog set up.
Datta Samant leads Bombay's 300,000 textile
workers on strike.
The
Ninth Asian games held in Delhi .
India wins the Cricket World Cup.
Indira Gandhi imposes President's rule on Punjab
Government nationalises 13 textile mills in Bombay
Operation Blue Star: Indian army storms Golden
Temple in Amritsar, killing hundreds of people.
Indira Gandhi assassinated in Delhi; Rajiv Gandhi
sworn in as Prime Minister
India's biggest Industrial disaster: Bhopal gas
tragedy
Eighth General Election: Congress wins
Narmada Bachao Andolan
Rajiv Gandhi signs Punjab Accord
V.P.Singh elected as President of Janata Dal, a
new opposition party
The
Bofors Deal
IPKF deployment and Operation Pawan
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)
comes into existence
Insat-IC launched
The
Darjeeling Accord
Ninth General Election: Congress loses; V.P. Singh
becomes Prime Minister
Mandal Commission Report
V P
Singh clears Rs 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar
project
Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by LTTE
Tenth General Election: Congress wins; Narasimha
Rao becomes Prime Minister; Liberalisation
initiated by Finance Minister Dr Manmohan Singh
Konkan Railway launched
Prices of steel and iron decontrolled
Stock market scandal causes losses to banks
Government allows private producers time slots on
TV and Radio
Demolition of Babri Masjid
Hindu-Muslim Riots in Bombay
Rupee made convertible on trade account
Over 300 people killed in bomb blasts
Motor cars and consumer goods delicensed
The
Latur earthquake
Air
India and Indian Airlines converted into companies
Telecom services sector opened to private
companies
Outbreak of Pneumonic Plague in Surat
Lok
Sabha passes the Patents Bill
Rajan Pillai dies in Delhi jail
Revised carry forward system introduced
Prithvi test-fired
Jain Hawala case
Eleventh General Election; BJP's Atal Behari
Vajpayee becomes Prime Minister
BJP loses confidence vote; Deve Gowda takes over
as Prime Minister of United Front coalition
government
Veteran labour leader Datta Samant shot dead
Congress withdraws support to UF government
I.K.Gujral appointed Prime Minister
Nation celebrates 50 years of Independence
Mother teressa Dies.
Arunadati Roy wins Booker Prize
Bimal Jalan appointed as the governor of RBI
Femina Miss India Diana Hayden wins Miss World
1997
Gujral government falls as Congress withdraws
support
Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics
MS
Subbualakshmi awarded Bharat Ratna
Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were
ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open
Chess legend Vishwanathan Anand wins teh Super
Grand Master Title
BJP-led
alliance government is sworn in. Atal Behari
Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India
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.
India conducted three underground Nuclear tests at
teh Pokhran Range in Rajasthan
Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget
Gujarat was hit by cyclone killing more than 1000
people in six days
Three new states were announced -- Delhi,
Uttaranchal and Vananchal.
24-year old PT Usha won bronze medal in the 400m
and 200m anchored the 4x100m relay team to gold
and 4x400m for silver at the Asian Track and Field
Championships in Fukuoka, Japan
SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by teh
Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the
ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
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