MODERN HISTORY TIMELINE

1707

Battle of Jajau, accession of Bahadur Shah I

1708

Death of Guru Govind Singh

1712

Death of Bahadur Shah I, accession of Jahandar Slah

1713 Accession of Farukh Siyar, murder of Jahandar Shah

1714
Hussain All viceroy of the Deeccan, Treaty between Hussain
Mir and Marathas
1716
Court.

Execution of Banda Bahadur, Swman Embassy to the Imperial

1717

Emperor Farukh siyars firman to East India Co. Appointment

of Murshid Quli Khan as Governor of Bengal

1719

Farukh Siyar put to death, accession and deposition of puppet

emperors, accession of Muhammad Shah

1720 Fall of the Sayyid brothers

1724

Appointment of Saadat Khan as governor of Oudh, virtual

independence of the Nizam in the Deccan, appointment of
Qamaruddin as wazir

1739

Nadir Shah took Delhi and sacked it, death of Sujauddin and
appointment of his son, Sarfaraz, as Governor of Bengal. capture of
bassein and Salsette Kha &

1740
Aliwardi Khan defeated and killed Sarfraz Khan and became
Nawab of engal
1742 Marathas invaded Bengal, appointment of Duplex as Governor of
Pondicherry
1744

First Camatic (Anglo-French) War (1744-48)

1745

Rohullas in occupied of Rohllkhand

1746

Capture of Madras by La Bourdonnais

1747

Invasion by Ahmad Shah Abdul

1748
1749
1749

Death of Nizam Chin Qilich Khan, death of Emperor

Muhammad Shah. accession of Ahmad Shah
Restoration ofMadras to the English
Second Carnatic War (1749-54)

1750
Defeat and death of Nizam Nasir Jang after him Muzaffar Jang
became Nizam
1751

Capture and defence of Arcot by Robed Clive, death of

Muzaffar Jang, accession of Salabat Jang as Nizam, conclusion of
treaty by NawabAlivardi Khan with the Marathas by surrendering
Cuttack

1754

Recall of Dupleix, Godehus appointment as governor and his

treaty with the English, accessi6n of Alamgirll

1756

Death of Alivardi Khan (21 April) accession of Sirajuddaulab

who captured Calcutta (20 June)

1757

Recovery of Calcutta by the English (2 January), Delhi and

Mathura sacked by Abmad Shah Abdali (January) treaty of Alinagat
between Siraj and the English (9th Feb.), capture of
Chandernagoreby the English (March), battle of Plassey (23x June),
Mir Jafar installed as Nawab (28 June), capture and execution of
Siiajuddaulah (2nd July).

1758

Third Carnatic War (1758-63)

1758

Arrival of Lally in India, occupation of the Punjab by the

Marathas, Manulipatnam captured by Forde.

1759

Battle of Bedara, Prince Au Jafar, second Governorship of Clive

in Bengal, treaty of Allahabad, grant of the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar
and Orissa b31 Shah Alam II to the Company.

1766

Acquisition by the company of the Northern Circars.

1766 First Mysore War (1766-69)

1767

Departure of dive, Verelest governor in Bengal

1770

The Great Bengal Famine

1772

Warren Hastings Governor in Bengal, death of Peshwa

Madhava Rao, accession and murder of Peshwa Narayan Rao

1773
Enactment of the Regulating Act, Peshwaship of Raghnath Rao
of Raghaba
1774

Accession of Narayn Rao as Peshwa, the Rohilla war. Warren

Hastings installed as Governor General, establishment of Supreme
Court in Calcutta

1775

Trial and execution of Nanda Kumar, commencement of the

First Maratha War which continued till 782

1776

Treaty of Purandhar

1779

Convention of Wadgaon

1780
(178044)

Gwalior captured by General Popham, Second Mysore War

1781

Deposition of Chait Singh, Amendment of the Regulating Act

1782
Haider Ali

Affair of the Begums of Oudh, the treaty of Salbai, death of

1783

Foxs India Bill

1784
Act

Treaty of Mangalore closed the Second Mysore War, Pitfs India

1785

Warren Hastings resigned Governor Generalship

1786

Lord Cornwallis appointed Governor.General

1790

Commencement of the Third Mysore War (1790-92)

1792

Treaty of Seringapatnam ended the Third Mysore War, Ranjit

Siugh became the ader of a SikhMisl

1793

Permanent Settlement of land revenue in Bengal, renewal of

the Companys Charter, retirement of Lord Comwaflis, sir john Shore
Governor General

1794

Death of Mahadaji Sindhia

1795

The Battle of Kharda or Khrdla, death of Ahalya Bai

1796

Death of Peshwa Madhava Rao Narayan, Baji Rao II Peshwa

1797
Oudh

Zarnan Shah in the Punjab, death of Nawab Asafiiddaulah of

1798
Lord Wellesley Governor General, acceptance of subsidiary
alliance by the Nizam
1799

1800

Fourth Mysore War, death of Tipu, fall of Seringapatnam,

partition of Mysore, installation of the Hindu Raj family in Mysore,
Ranjit Singh appointed Governor of Lahore by Zaman Shah, Malcolm
led English tnision to Persia, opening of the Baptist Mission at
Serampore by William Carey
Death of Nana Phadnavis.

1801
Carnatic annexed to the British Empire. The battle of Poona,
Treaty of Bassein
1803

1804
1805

The SecondMarathaWar (1803-05), capture of Aligarh, Battles

offleihi, Assaye, Laswari and Argaon, treaty of Deogaon and cession
of Cuttack, treaty of Surji-Arjungaon
War with the Holkar, defeat of Monson, battle of Deeg
Failure of the English seige of Bharatpur, recall of Lord
Wellesley, second term of Lord Cornwallis Governor General, death
of Lord Cornwallis, Sir George Barlow Governor General, treaty with
the Holkar

1806

Vellore Mutiny

1807

Lord Minto I appointed Governor General (1807-13)

1808
English missions under Malcolm to Persia and under
Elphinstone to Kabul
1809
1813

Treaty of Amritsar between the English and Ranjit Singh

Companys Cahrterf renewed, retirement of Lord Minto I,
appointed of Lord Hastings as Governor General (1813-23)

1814

Outbreak of War with Nepal (1814- 16)

1816

Treaty of Sagauli closed war with Nepal

1817

The Pindari War and Third Mathura War, battle of Kirkee and
Sitabaldi, deposition of Appa Saheb Bhonsle, battle of Mahidpur,
treaty with Holkar (1817-18)

1818

Battle of Aasthi, defence of Koregaon, surrender of Peshwa

Baji Rao II

1819

Capitulation of Asirgarh, abolition of the Peshwaship and

retirement of Baji Rao II Bithur as a British pensioner, protective
alliances with the states of Rajputana, earthquakes

1820
(1820-27)
1823

Departure of Lord Hastings, Mr. Adams acting Governor

General, Lord Amherst Governor General

1824
1826

Appointment of Sir Thomas Munro as governor of Madras

The first Burmese War (182426), Barrackpore Mutiny

Fall of Bharatpur, treaty of Yandabo, annexation of Assim
Arakan and Tennasserim

1827
Madras.

The Enterprise, a man-of-war propelled by steam, lay off

1828

Lord William Bentinck appointed Governor General (1828-36)

1829 Suppression of Thuggee (1829-37)

1830 Annexation of Cachar, Raja Rammohan Roy visited England
1831

Deposition of the Rajas of-Mysore and assumption of its

administration by the English, journey of flumes up the Indus,
meeting at Rupar between Ranjit Singh and Lord William Bentick

1832

Annexation of Jaintia

1833

Renewal of the Company's Charter, various reforms

1834

Annexation of Coorg, institution of L4w Member in Supreme

Council with Lord Macaulay as the first incumbent,

1835

Foundation of Calcutta Medical College, Education Resolution,

retirement of Lord William Bentinek, Sir Charles Metcalfe officiating
Governor General, abolition of Press restrictions

1836

Appointment of Lord Auckland as Governor Genral (1836-42)

1837 Famine in North India (1837-38)

1838
Singh

Tripartite treaty of the English with Saha Shuja and Ranjit

1839

New treaty forced on the Amirs of Sind; death of Ranjit Singh,

First Afghan War (1839-42), Capture of Ghazni and occupation of
Kabul

1840

Risings of Afghan tribes, deposition of Dost Muhammad

1841

Murders of thirties andMacnaghten by the Afghans

1842

British disaster in Afghanistan, retirement to Jalalabad of Dr.

Brydon alone, Lord Ellenborough became Governor General (184244), relief of Jalalabad, reoccupation of Kabul, restoration of Dost
Muhammad British evacuation of Afghanistan.

1843

War with the Amirs of Sind, battles of Miani and Dabo,

annexation of Sind battle of Maharpur, Suppression of slavery

1844
Recall of Lord Ellenborough, Lord Hardinge became Governor
General (1844-48)
1845

The First Sikh War (1845-46), battles of Mudki and Ferozpur

1846

Battles of Aliwal and Sobraon, treaty of Lahore

1848

Lord Dalhousie became Governor General (1848-56), revolt of

Mulraj, the Second Sikh War (1848-49), enunciation of the Doctrine
of Lapse and annexation of Satan by the application of doctrine

1849

Battles of Chillianwalla and Gujarat, annexation of the Punjab,

Bethune School for girls started in Calcutta, annexation of Jaitpur
and Sambalpur

1850

Penal annexation of a part of Sikkim

1852

Second Burnese War, annexation of Pegu, death of ex-Peshwa

Baji Rao II and stoppage of his pension

1853

Opening of first railway in India from Calcutta to Thana, laying

of telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra, annexation of Nagpur &
Jhansi, annexation of Berar by the Nizam, renewal of the Companys
Charter; entrance into 1.C.S. thrown open to competition - -

1854

Education Despatch of Sir Charles Wood

1855

The Santhal insurrection

1856

Annexation of Oudh, the Indian Universities Act, Religious

Disabilities Act, Hindu Widows Remarriage Act departure of Lord
Dalhousie and appointment of Lord Canning as Governor General.

End of Crimean War, General Service Order, Pension War, war in

China (1856-60), introduction of the Enfield rifle and greased
cartridges
1857

Beginning of the Revolt or Sepoy Mutiny, foundation of

Calcutta, Bombay and Madras Universities

1858

Trial of Emperor Bahadur Shah (Jan-March), proclamation of

peace by Lord Canning (July), Act for the better government of India
(August), Queens Proclamation (Nov), Lord Canning appointed
Viceroy

1859

Withdrawal of Doctrine of Lapse, gradual restoration of order,

indigo disputes in Bengal (1859-60)

1860

Enactment of Indian Penal Code-.

1861

Indian Councils Act, establishment of High courts, Civil Service

Act, Famine in N.W. India, enactment of the code of Criminal
Procedure

1862

Retirement of Lord Canning, Lord Elgin I appointed Viceroy

(1862-63), amalgamation of Supreme and Sadar Courts into High
Courts

1864

Sir John Lawrence appointed Viceroy (1864-68), Bhutan War

1865
Orissa famine (1865-67), operating of telegraphic
communication with Europe
1868

Opening of railway from Ambala to Delhi

1869
Lord Mayo became Viceroy (1869- 72), visit of the Duke of
Edinborough
1872
Murder of Lord Mayo, Lord Northbrook appointed Viceroy
(1872- 76)
1873

Famine in Bihar (1873-74)

1875
Wales

Deposition of Maihar Rao Gaekwad, visit to Edward, Prince of

1876

Retirement of Lord Northbrook, Lord Lytton I became Viceroy

(1876-80), the Royal Titles Act, occupation of Quetta, outbreak of
famine in the Deccan

1877
of India

Delhi Durbar (1 January), Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress

1878

Vernacular Press Act, Second Afghan War (1878-80)

1880

Resignation of Lord Lytton I, Lord Ripen Viceroy (1880-84)

1881

Rendition of Mysore, first Factory Act first General Census

1882

Repeal of Vernacular Press Ac Hunter Commission

1883
Beginning of legislation establishing local self-government in
India, the Ilbert Bill
1884

Resignation of Lord Ripen, Lord Duffer in Viceroy

1885

Foundation of the Indian National Congress.

1889
Foundation of British Committee of the Indian National
Congress at London.
1890
Publication of India from the Platform of British Committee of
National Congress
1891

a. Second Factory Act was passed.

b. Manipur rebellion
c. Passing of the Age of Consent Bill

1892

Indian Council Act was passed.

1893

Inauguration of the Ganipati festival by Tilak.

1895
1897

a. Inauguration of the Shivaji festival by Tilak.

b. Establishment of the Deccan Sabha" by Gokhale.
Imprisonment of Tilak for 18 months on ground of Treason

1905

a. (July) Announcement of revised scheme of partition of

Bengal by Lord Curzon.
b. (Oct.) Partition of Bengal came into force.
c. (Nov.) Establishment of the National Council of Education

1906

a. (Dec.) Foundation of Indian Muslim League at Dhaka,

b. Starting of a National College with Aurobindo Ghosh as principal
in Calcutta.

1907

a. Congress split in Surat

b. First Annual Session of the Muslim League at Karanchi.

1908

Imprisonment of Tilak for 6 years sent to Mandley Jail

1909

Indian Council Act or Morley Minto Reforms was passed.

1911

a. Coronation of Delhi Darbar.

b. Partition of Bengal was revoked
c. Announcement of transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi

1912

a. (Dee.) Bomb thrown on Lord Hardinge on his state entry

into Delhi.
b. Transfer of capital to Delhi.
c. Constitution of separate provinces of Bihar & Orissa,

1915

a. Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa.

b. Foundation of Sabarmati Ashram by Gandhi at Abmedabad.

1916

a. (April) Foundation of Home Rule League by Tilak.

b. (Sept) Foundation of Home Rule League by Annie Besant
c. Foundation of Banaras Hindu University by Pt Madan Mohan
Malviya.
d. Unity between moderates and extremists.
e. Lucknow Pact in which an agreement was made Congress &
Muslim league.
f. Foundation of women's university at Poona.

1917

a. (April) Champaran Satyagrah by Gandhiji.

b. (20 Aug) The Congress and the Muslim league dropped the
programme of passive resistance.
c. Formation of Rowlatt Committee.
d. Annie Besant dropped the Home Rule Movement.

1918

a. (March) Organisation of first All- India Depressed Classes

Conference,
b. Ahmedabad Satyagrah by Gandhi.
c. Khaira Satyagrah by Gandhi.

1919

a. (Feb.) Foundation of Satyagrah Sabba by Gandhiji against

the of Rowlatt Bill
b. (6thApril) Beginning of Rolatt Satyagrah
c. (13 April) Jalianwala Baghmassacre
d. (15 April) Martial law in Punjab.
e. (Oct.) Appointment of the Hunter Committee for the investigation
of Punjab wrongs.
f. (Nov) Foundation of All India Khilafat Committee.
g. (Dec.) Montague - Chelmsford Reforms or the Govt. of India Act
1919 was passed
h. Gandhi elected as the President of All India Khilafat Committee

at Delhi
i. Formation of National Liberation Federation.
1920

a. (June) Passing of Non-cooperation proposal by Khilafat

committee in Allahabad
b. (1 August) Launching of Non-cooperation Movement by the
Congress
c. (Dec.) Approval and ratification of the policy of non-violent noncooperation by the congress in the Nagpur Session.
d. First meeting of All India Trade Union Congress
e. Foundation of the Aligarh Muslim University:

1921

a. (3 Jan) The inauguration of the new constitution according

to the Government of India Act 919
b. (1 Feb) Gandhi decided to embark on Mass Civil Disobedience at
Bardoli.
c. (July) Passing a resolution by All India Khilafat Committee
prohibited Muslim to serve British Indian Army
d. (Aug.) Moplahs rebellion in Malabar Coast
e. Foundation of Chamber of Princess

1922

a. (Feb.) Announcement of starting of mass civil disobedience

by Gandhi
b. (Feb) Chauri-Choura incident and suspension of the Noncooperation Movement
c. Opposition of Congress Programmes in Gaya Session d. (May) Vishva Bharti University started by Rabindranath Tagore e. (Dec) Foundation of Swaraj Partyf. Liberty given to the people of
native states to become a member of Congress.

1923 Compromise between Swarajijsts and the NoChangers in the

congress in the special session of the Congress in Delhi
1925

a. Foundation of the Communist Party byM.N. Roy

b. Foundation of Hindustan Association by Chandra Shekhar Azad
c. Vitthalbhai Patel elected as the President in Centre Legislature-

1926

a. First All India Non-Brahmin Conference held at Belgaum

under the President ship of Ramaswamy
b. Announcement of four-point programme k co-operation with the
congress by Md. Au Jinnah lathe Nagpur session of Muslim league

1927

a. (Nov.) Appointment of the Simon Commission (the statutory

commission)
b. (Dec.) Passing of "Delhi Proposals by Muslim leaders
c. Boycott of Simon Commission in Madras session of Congress

d. Foundation of All India Praja Conference, First session under the

President ship of Diwan Bahadur M. Ramachandra
1928

a. (Feb.) Arrival of Simon Commission in Bombay

b. (Feb.) All Party Conference in Delhi and demand of Dominion
Status
c. Formation of 8 members committee for framing of Constitution
under Motilal Nehru
d. (Aug.) Presentation of Nehru Report
e. Assault on Lala Lajpat Rai in Punjab during the Boycott of the
Simon Commission
f. (Nov.) Foundation of Independence League by Subhash and Nehru
g. Appointment of Butler Committee
h. Baradoli Satyagraha under the leadership of Vallabhai Patel on
the issue of increase of revenue attempted by Government.
i. (Dec.) Demand given by Jinnah in All India Party Conference in
Calcutta for the development of Muslim majority areas and
reservation for Muslims.
j. (Dec.) Warning given to the Government in Calcutta session of
Congress that if Government did not accept,-Nehru Report till 31st
Dec, 1.929, Congress would begin Civil Disobedience Movement

1929

a. (Jan.) Announcement of 14 points demands by Jinnah in the

Muslim League meeting at Delhi.
b. (April) Dropping of the bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly
by Bhagat Singh Batukeshwar Dun.
c. (18 Aug.) Observation of Political Sufierers Day by the All India
Congress Committee
d. (31 Oct.) Announcement the goal of British policy in India that is
granting of the Dominion status by Lord Irwin.
e. (Dec.) Passing the resolution for of Puma Swarajaya (complete
independence) by the Indian National Congress in Lahore Session
under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru.
f. (3 1 Dec.) Dropping on Nehru Report
g. Report of Butler Committee
h. Hoisting of tricolour flag for the first time on 31 Dec.

1930

a. (26 Jan.) The Congress observed Indian Independence Day

(14 Feb.) Passing of the Civil Disobedience resolution by the working
committee of the congress.
b. (2 March) Eleven Points demands of Gandhi given to Irwin
c. (12 March) Launching of the Civil Disobedience Movement with
the famous Dandi March for Salt Satyagraha (6 April) Violation of
Salt Law
d. (May) Publication b (Simon Commission Report
e. (Nov.) The first Round Table Conference in London without the
participation of the Congress.

1931

a. (5 March) Gandhi & Irwin pact

b. Suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement by Gandhi
c. Gandhi took part in the Second Round Table Conference as the
sole representative of the Congress
d. Execution of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdeo and Rajguru
e. (Sept) Second Round Table Conference

1932

a. (Jan.) Beginning of Second phase of the Civil Disobedience

Movement
b. (Aug.) Announcement of Communal Award" by the British Prime
Minister Rarnay Mac Donald
c. (Sept.) Gandhi began fast to protest against Award (Sept.) Poona
Pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar and other scheduled castes
representatives
d. (Nov.) Third Round Table Conference without the participation of
the Congress ends without any settlement

1933

a. White paper on constitutional development

b. (May) Suspension of the Civil Disobedience Movement by the
Congress
c. (Aug.) Beginning of Individual Civil Disobedience

1934

a. (May) Withdrawal of civil disobedience Movement

b. Beginning of Harijan work by Gandhiji
c. (17 May) Foundation of Congress Socialist Party by Acharya
Narendra Dev and Jai Prakash Narain first meeting in Patna.
d. (21-22 Oct.) First open session of Congress Socialist Party in
Bombay under the Presidentship of Sampoorna Nand.

1935

(Aug.) The Government of India Act was passed

1936

Formation of the first All India Peasant Organisation, the All

India Kisan Sabba with Sahjananda as the President.

1937

a. (April) Provincial autonomy according to the Government of

India Act 1935 - Came into force.
b. (3 Sept.) WorldWar II broke out and the viceroy declared India a
belligerent country.
c. Resignation of the Congress Ministries in the province against the
war policy
d. (22 Dec.) Observance of the Day of Deliverance from the tyranny
of the Congress rule at the instance of Jinnah by the Muslim League
e. All India Praja Conference under the Presidentship of Jawaharlel
Nehru

1940 a. (March) Passing of the Pakistan Resolution in the Lahore session

by the Muslim League

b. (10 Aug.) Announcement of August Offer

c. (Aug. 18-22) Rejection of August Offer by the Congress working
committee
d. (17 Oct.) Launching of Individual Satyagraha movement by the
congress starting with Vinoba Bhave as first President and
Jawaharlal Nehru on the second.
1941

a. Death of Rabindranath Tagore

b. (17 Jan.) Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India
c. Suspension of Individual Satyagraha Movement in Bardoli session

1942

a. (March) Arrival of Cripps Mission

b. (April) The Congress President, Maulana Azad rejected the Cripps
Commission Draft Declaration
c. (July) The Congress working committee passed the Qult India
Resolution
d. (8 August) The passing of the Quit India Resolution at the All India
Congress Committee at Bombay
e. (12 August) Cripps left India on the failure of his mission
f. Beginning of Quit India Movement
g. (1 Sept.) Formal Establishment of Indian National Army (And Hind
Fauj) by Subhash Chandra Bose.

1943

a. Beginning of Gandhis historical 21 day fast (To show flith in

nonviolence and purification of self)
b. (Oct.21) Proclamation of S.C. Rose to form the Provisional
Government of Free India
c. (Dec.) Adoption of the slogan Divide and Quit by the Muslim
League in Karachi session

1944 (Sept) Gandhi met Jinnah to discuss the C. Rajagopalachari Formula

1945

a. (Dec.) The (vial of the I.N.A. prisoners

b. General Election in India
c. Viceroy Wavell organised the Shimla Conference to discuss Wavell
Plan

1946

a. (Feb. 18) Mutiny of the Indian naval ratings n Bombay

(Talwar)
b. (15 March) Announcement of Cabinet Mission by the British Prime
Minister Attlee
c. (24 March) Arrival of Cabinet Mission to Delhi
d. (16 May) The Cabinet Mission Plan was announced
e. (16 June) The Cabinet Mission outlined the procedure for fanning
the interim Government
f. (24 July) Muslim League withdraw its acceptance of the Cabinet
Mission Plan and called for direct action to achieve Pakistan.

g. (July) Elections to the Constituent Assembly as provided in the

Cabinet Mission Plan
h. (14 Aug.) Jawaharlal Nehru invited to form the interim
Government at the centre
i. (16 Aug.) The Direct Action Day observed by the Muslim League
j. (2 Sept.) Formation of the interim Govt.
k. (26 Oct.) Muslim League joined the interim Govt.
l. (9.Dec.) First Session of the Constituent Assembly m. Muslim
League Boycotted Constituent Assembly
l947 a. (20 Feb.) Declaration of granting freedom to India before June
1948 by Attlee.
b. (24 March) Appointment of Mountbatten as a viceroy
c. (3 June) Mountbatten Plan for the partition of India
d. (June) the Congress and the Muslim League accepted the
Mountbatten Plan
e. (4 July) Introduction of Indian Independence Bill
f. (15 July) Passing of Indian Independence Bill
g. (15 Aug.) freedom to India

1947 (1947-64) Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India.

1948 a. (January 30) Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
b. (June 21) Raja Gopalachari appointed first Indian GovernorGeneral.
1949 New Constitution of India adopted and signed (November 26).
1950 a. India become a Republic. New Constitution comes into force
(January 26).
b. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of Indian Republic.
c. Planning Commission was set up
1951 Inauguration of First Five Year Plan.
1952 a. First General Election in India
b. National Development Council (NDC) set up.
c. Family Planning is launched.
1953 a. Conquest of Mount Everest.
b. University Grants Commission (UGC) is set up
c. CBI is set up
d. Formation of Andhra Pradesh on linguistic basis
1954 a. Chou En-lai, the Chinese Premier visits India.
b. Panchashila signed between China and India.
1955 Hindu Marriage Act and Indian Citizenship Act.
1956 a. Reorganisation of Indian States on linguistic basis
b. 2nd Five Year Plan launched.
c. Nationalisation of insurance companies.

1957 a. Second General election. Introduction of decimal system of

coinage.
b. National Calender based on Saka era adopted.
1959 a. Dalai Lama reaches India for political asylum, Indo-Chinese
relations worsen.
b. Panchayat Raj introduced in Rajasthan.
1961 a. Goa, Daman and Diu liberated from Portuguese possession.
b. Arjun Award introduced.
1962 Indo-China War.
1964 a. Death of Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister.
1965 Indo-Pak War.
1966 a. Tashkent Declaration
b. Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri
c. Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister.
1969 a. First Nationalisation of 14 Banks.
b. First Dada Sahib Phalke Award was given to Davika Rani
1971 a. Indo-Pak War
b. Birth of Bangladesh.
1972 Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan.
1973 Project Tiger
1974 Underground nuclear explosion carried out at Pokhran (May 18).
1975 a. Emergency declared in the country.
b. Aryabhatta goes to orbit.
1977 a. Janata Party comes to power.
b. Vajpayee address UNO in Hindi.
1978 Denomination of high value notes of Rs. 1,000, Rs. 5,000 and Rs.
10,000 demonetised.
1979 a. Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister.
b. Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
c. Death of Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan.
d. Bhakara I launched
1980 a. Mother Theresa gets Bharat Ratna.
b. Six more commercial banks nationalised.
1981 a. Apple was launched
b. First Indian Antartic Expedition to Qusim. Dakshin Gangothri,
Indias first permanent station at Antartica was set up.
1983 a. Bharat Ratna posthumously awarded to Acharya Vinoba Bhave.
b. INSAT-IB successfully launched.
1984 a. Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma becomes first Indian cosmonaut to go
into space.
b. Bachendri Pal becomes first Indian woman to scale Mount
Everest.

c. Indira Gandhi assassinated

d. Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as new Prime Minister.
e. Bhopal Gas tragedy
1985 a. Centenary celebrations of Indian National Congress held.
b. Dhronachary Award instituted
1986 Centre and Laldenga sign Mizo Accord.
1987 Frontier Gandhi, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan given Bharat Ratna. First
foreigner to get Bharatratna.
1988 a. Bharat Ratna conferred on M.G.Ramachandran.
b. Contingent of Indian Army flown to Maldives to help
President Abdul Gayoom.
c. Lok Sabha passes Constitutional Amendment Bill reducing voting
agefrom 21 to 18 years.
1989 V.P. Singh sworn in as seventh Prime Minister with Devi Lal as his
Deputy.
1990 a. Nelson Mandela honoured with Bharat Ratna.
b. V.P. Singh resigns after losing vote of confidence in Lok
Sabha.
c. Chandra Shekhar is sworn as New Prime Minister.
1991 a. Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.
b. Bharat Ratna is conferred on Morarji Desai. Rajiv Gandhi and
Sardar Patel are awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously.
1992 a. Maulana Azad posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna.
b. Kar Sevaks demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya
1993 a. Battle tank Arjun inducted into Indian Army.
b. Job Quota for OBCs becomes operative.
C. Earth quake at Lathur, Maharashtra
1994 Panchayati Raj Act becomes operational.
1995 Morarji Desai, dies. Bombay becomes mumbai.
1996 a. Atal Bihari Vajpayee became PM on 16 May and resigns on May
28.
b. H D Deve Gowda became PM on June 1, Madras became Chennai.
1997 a. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C1) is launched from
Sriharikota (Andhra
Pradesh).
b. Arundhati Roy bagged the 29th Booker Prize,
c. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian born US woman to
go into space.
1998 a. Indias second (May 11) and third (May 13) nuclear explosion at
Pokhran.
b. M.S. Subhalekshmi and Jaya Prakash Narayan win Bharat
Ratna.
c. Vajpayee becomes 12 Prime Minister of India.

d. Param 10000 Indias new super computer unveailed.

e. Konkan Railway (760 km) inaugurated.
1999 a. INSAT 2E was launched on April 3
b. PSLV-C2 launched IRS P4.
c. India becomes leading producer of milk in the world.
d. Amarthya Sen wins Bharat Ratna.
e. India launched Operation Vijay to repel the Pak intruders from
Kargil.
2000 a. Bill Clinton visits India.
b. Lara Dutta of India becomes Miss Universe.
c. Formation of the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and
Uttaranchal.
d. Karnam Malleswary wins bronze medal in Sydney olympics.
e. Priyanka Chopra of India becomes Miss world.
2001 GSLV D1 launches GSAT. Indian parliament attacked.
2002 a. Ms. Poornima Advani is appointed Chairperson of the National
Commission for women.
b. Former Indian Air Force Chief, Arjan Singh, is made the first ever
marshal of the IAF.
c. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 11th President
d. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat is sworn in the 12th VicePresident.
e. The first exclusive 1,060 kg. Meteorological satellite
(METSAT) is successfully
launched from the Sriharikotta by PSLV.
f. Justice V.N. Khare is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
2003 a. L.K. Advani is appointed Deputy Prime Minister.
b. INSAT 3E, was launched (September 28)
c. Air Marshal T.M. Asthana is named the first Commander-in-Chief
of the Strategic Forces Command.
d. The Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee Christens METSAT, Kalpana I
after Kalpana Chawla.
e. Mehbooba Mufti takes over as president of the Peoples
Democratic Party thus becoming the first woman to head a political
party in J and K.
f. INS Talwar the Navys first stealth warship is inducted into
western fleet.
g. G. Madhavan Nair assumes office as Chairman, Space
Commission and ISRO
h. The government constitutes the 17th Law Commission with Justice
M. Jayannatha Rao as Chairman.
i. The LokSabha passes the POTA Amendment Bill, 2003, providing
for safeguard against misuse.

j. Rajya Sabha passes dual citizenship bill.

2004 a. India becomes the first developing country to import LNG.
b. India wins its first ever test series in Pakistan.
c. Major Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathore gets the silver medal for India
in shooting (double trap category) at the Olympic Games.
d. EDUSAT - Indias first exclusive satellite for educational services,
placed in orbit.
e. Tata Motors becomes the first company in the Indian engineering
sector to list its securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
f. Keralas Palakkad district collectorate is the first in India to
be totally computerised.
g. The Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Award to the former
Botswana President Sir Ketimile Masire.
h. Over 80,000 people are killed following an undersea
earthquake off Sumatra
in Indonesia, over 19,000 people are killed in India.
i. Lakshya pilotless target aircraft, test flown.
2005 a. Cabinet decided to offer dual citizenship for all overseas Indians
who migrated after January 26, 1950.
b. Presidents rule was imposed on Goa and the Assembly
kept under suspended
animation, even after the Pratapsingh Rane Government wins the
trust vote.
c. Tamil writer D. Jayakanthan is selected for the 38th Jnanapith
Award for 2002. He is the second Tamil author after P.V. Akhilandan
to receive the honour.
d. Dandi March route (384 km) is declared a heritage path and the
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, announces a Rs 10 crore package
for Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram renovation, on the 75th anniversary
day of the breaking of the salt act by Mahatma Gandhi.
e. Indias Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLVC-6 is launched from
the spaceport in Sriharikota, and it injects two satellites CARTOSAT 1 and HAMSAT into their orbits.
f. The Lok Sabha passes the Right to information Bill.
g. The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, launches the National
Knowledge Commission.
h. The Government comes out with the first ever Outcome
Budget.
i. The trial-run, of the first Amritsar- Lahore service begins linking
the two cities for the first time nearly six decades.
2006 a. Indias first rubber dam is installed across the Janjhavati river in
Andhra Pradeshs Vizianagaram district.

b. Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy is awarded the 2005 Sahitya

Akademi Award for English for her book of essays The Algebra of
Infinite Justice.
c. The first-ever-Lahore- Amritsar bus service begins.
d. The worlds longest rail is flagged off from Bhilai steel plant.
e. The President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, returns the Office of Profit Bill for
reconsideration
f. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam becomes the first President to make a sortie in
a combat aircraft after flying in a Sukhoi-30 MK after take off from
Lahegaon airbase, Pune.
g. N. Gopalaswami takes over as the new Chief Election
Commissioner.
h. The GSLV - FO2 launch from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh ends in
failure after the vehicle crashes into the Bay of Bengal.
i. Social activist Arvind Kajriwal is elected for the 2006 Ramon
Magsaysay Award in the Emergent Leadership category.
j. The President A.P.J Abdul Kalam, confers the 39th Jnanapith Award
on Marathi writer Vinda Karandikar.
k. Actor Shabana Azmi is chosen for the Gandhi International
Peace Prize 2006.
l. The protection of women from Domestic Violence Act 2006
comes into effect.
m. The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, presents the 21st Indira
Gandhi Prize for National Integration to lyricist Javed Akhtar.
n. Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurates the three
day first Asian Mayors meet in Dehra Dun.