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1902

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Anushilan Samiti, organized revolutionary association formed.

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1903

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British Expedition to Tibet.

Delhi Durbar Second Time.

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1905

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Partition of Bengal

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1906

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Jugantar formed.

Muslim League formed in Dacca.

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1908

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Alipore bomb case

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1909

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Morley-Minto Reforms

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1911

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Cancellation of Partition of Bengal.
Delhi Durbar Third Time.
British government change capital city from Calcutta to Delhi.

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1912

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Delhi conspiracy case

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1913

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Gadar Party formed.

Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature.

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1914

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Hindu?German Conspiracy

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1915

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Ghadar conspiracy.
Provisional Government of India formed in Kabul.
Mahatma Gandhi returns to India.

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1916

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Lucknow Pact

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1917

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Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha

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1919

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Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms.
Rowlatt Act is passed.

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1920

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Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement

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1922

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Chauri Chaura incident

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1924

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Hindustan Socialist Republican Association is formed

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1925

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Kakori conspiracy

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1927

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Simon Commission

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1928

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Bardoli Satyagraha

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1929

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Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.
Purna Swaraj resolution.

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1930

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Salt Satyagraha, the civil disobedience movement, begins with the Dandi march.
Round Table Conferences (India) First.

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1931

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Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev Martyred.
Round Table Conferences (India) Second.
Gandhi-Irwin Pact

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1932

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Poona Pact.
Round Table Conferences (India) Third.
Communal Award.

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1935

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Government of India Act 1935

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1937

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Indian provincial elections, 1937

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1939

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All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose.

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1940

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Lahore Resolution.

August offer 1940

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1942

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Quit India Movement.
Cripps’ mission.
Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose.

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1943

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Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji.

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1944

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Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.

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1945

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Wavell Plan Simla Conference.

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1946

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Royal Indian Navy Mutiny.
Cabinet Mission.
Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings.

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1947

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Indian Independence Act 1947 by British Raj.

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1947

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Partition of India and Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14 August 1947.
Freedom from British Raj.
Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948).

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1948

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Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse.
War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.
Telangana and other princely states integrated in Indian union.

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1950

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India became Republic.

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1951

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Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)

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1955

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Nationalisation of Indian Insurance Sector. Establishment of LIC.

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1962

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War over disputed territory of Kashmir with China.

India won Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese India.

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1964

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Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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1965

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Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.

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1966

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Nehru’s daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.

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1971

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Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.

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1974

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India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.

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1975

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Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice.
Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977).

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1977

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Indira Gandhi’s Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party of India comes into power in West Bengal.

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1979

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Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.

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1980

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Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).

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1983

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N. T. Rama Rao NTR’s 9 month old Telugu Desam Comes in to Power in AP marks a new Challenger post Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan against Indira

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1984

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Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, following which her son, Rajiv, takes over.
Many Sikhs were killed due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. see 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs’ most holy shrine (after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale amasses weapons inside this Holy Shrine)- to flush outSikh terrorist pressing for self-rule, called Operation Blue Star. “Anti-Sikh Riots 1984”.

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1987

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India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict.

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1988

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SEBI was established by The Government of India on 12 April 1988 and given statutory powers in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by theIndian Parliament.

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1989

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Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.
National Front (India) Headed by V. P. Singh and led by Janata Dal formed and stormed into power with outside support from BJP and CPI.
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1990

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Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.

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1991

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Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers.
Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.

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1992

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Babri Mosque in Ayodhya is demolished, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
Over 200 people die in Cuttack in Odisha, after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the 1992 Odisha liquor deaths incident.

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1995

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West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu made the first call from Kolkata to inaugurate the cellular services in India

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1996

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Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party.
The Amarnath Yatra tragedy in which at least 194 pilgrims are reported to have frozen to death in northern Kashmir after being stranded by violent rain and snow storms.

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1998

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BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
India carries out nuclear tests, leading to widespread international condemnation.

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1999

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Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil in Indian-held Kashmir.
Cyclone devastates eastern state of Odisha, leaving at least 10,000 dead.

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2000

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US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties.
India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.

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