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India wins Independence from Britain after being divided into two separate nations, India and Pakistan

India and Pakistan go to war in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir

Mahatma Gandhi is shot dead by Nathuram Godse

India becomes a republic with its Constitution coming into effect

India holds its first general elections after Independence

A war breaks out between India and China over different perceptions of the border

First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies. Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes new PM on June 9, 1964

India and Pakistan fight war over Kashmir, which ends after a UN call for ceasefire

Shastri dies in Tashkent, a day after signing peace treaty to end 1965 India-Pakistan War. Indira Gandhi becomes next PM soon

India and Pakistan fight another major war over East Pakistan, which ends with the creation of Bangladesh

India conducts first successful nuclear bomb test

Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency, with press censorsed and thousands jailed. Congress loses the 1977 general elections

Indira Gandhi wins back power, becomes PM again

Indian cricket team makes history by clinching its first-ever World Cup title, beating West Indies in the finals at Lord's

Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, a former IAF pilot, flies aboard Soyuz T-11 as part of Soviet Interkosmos programme

Security forces launch military operation to remove Damdami Taksal, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and their followers from Golden Temple, the holiest site for Sikhs located in Amritsar

Indira Gandhi is assassinated by his Sikh bodyguards. Her son Rajiv takes over as PM. Anti-Sikh riots follow

Deadly gas leaks from a pesticide plant owned by US-based Union Carbide Corporation in Bhopal, killing about 6,500 people

Violence erupts in Kashmir valley, inflaming tensions with Pakistan

Former PM Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a Tamil suicide bomber during an election campaign

Congress party wins general elections and government launches sweeping economic reforms and dismantles decades of socialist control.

Karsevaks bring down 16th century mosque in Ayodhya, claiming it to be the birthplace of Lord Ram. Incident sparks nationwide tension

A series of bomb blasts, planted by the Muslim underworld, hit the country’s commercial capital of Bombay, killing 257 people.

Bharatiya Janata Party forms a coalition government with Atal Bihari Vajpayee as PM

India conducts a series of 5 nuclear bomb test explosions at Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range. Pakistan retaliates with own tests soon

India launches offensive against Pakistan backed infiltrators around Kargil in Indian Kashmir.

Gunmen attack Indian parliament. New Delhi blames Pakistan-based militants, snaps transport and diplomatic links with Islamabad.

59 Hindu pilgrims and karsevaks returning from Ayodhya are killed in Sabarmati Express train fire near Godhra in Gujarat

Day after Godhra train burning, state-wide riots begin in Gujarat, leaving over 1,000 people dead, officially. The victims were primarily Muslims.

Manmohan Singh becomes Prime Minister as Congress returns to power

A series of seven bomb blasts over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai kills 189 people

A series of terrorist attacks carried out by 10 gunmen rocks Mumbai and the nation

NIA and UAPA laws, the new anti-terror regime, come into force

ISRO launches Mars Orbiter Mission or Mangalyaan, India's first interplanetary mission

Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister as BJP-led NDA wins Lok Sabha elections with overwhelming majority

Modi govt announces demonetisation of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes, issues new ₹500 and ₹2,000 notes

5-judge SC Bench unanimously strikes down Section 377 of IPC, decriminalising same-sex relations between consenting adults

India records first case of Covid-19 infection, with a 20-year-old woman testing positive in Kerala