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| 15 Aug 1947 |
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India obtains Independence from the British; Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Indian Prime Minister
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| Oct 1947 |
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Maharaja of Kashmir accedes to Indian Sovereignty
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| Nov 1947 |
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John Mathai presents the First Railway Budget
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| Jan 1948 |
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Reserve Bank of India Nationalised
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| 30 Jan 1948 |
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Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi
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| Sep 1948 |
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Troops of Government of India enter Hyderabad state
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| Nov 1948 |
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B.R.Ambedkar presents first Draft Constitution to Constituent Assembly
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| 1 Jan 1949 |
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United Nations monitored cease fire takes effect in Kashmir
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| Sep 1949 |
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Rupee devalued by approximately 31 percent
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| 26 Nov 1949 |
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New Constitution of India adopted and signed
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| 26 Jan 1950 |
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Constitution of India comes into force
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| March 1950 |
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Planning Commission set up
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| July 1951 |
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First Five year plan set in motion
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| 25 Oct'51-21 Feb'52 |
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First General Election
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| 1952 |
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Atomic Energy establishment set up in Bombay; Chandernagar incorporated with India
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| 1953 |
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Private Airlines are Nationalised; Chandigarh inaugurated as Capital of Punjab
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| 29 Dec 1953 |
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The States Reorganisation Commission
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| April 1954 |
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India concludes treaty with China
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| July 1954 |
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Nehru inaugurates Bhakhra Dam
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| December 1954 |
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Imperial Bank renamed as State Bank of India
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| 1955 |
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Chinese troops enter India's Garhwal district in Uttar Pradesh
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| 18 May 1955 |
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Hindu marriage Act is amended
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| 1 June 1955 |
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Untouchability Act comes into force
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| 1956 |
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Second Five year Plan
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| Jan 1956 |
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Nationalisation of Insurance Companies
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| 17 June 1956 |
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Hindu Succession Act
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| Feb 24-June 9 1957 |
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Second General Election held
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| Sep 1957 |
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Wealth Tax Bill passed
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| Feb 1958 |
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Finance Minister T.T.Krishnamachari resigns following Mundhra LIC share scandal
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| 1959 |
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Oil and Natural Gas Corporation set up; Television transmission introduced in New Delhi; Indo-Portuguese dispute
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| March 1959 |
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Dalai Lama flees from Tibet to India
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| Oct 1959 |
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Military confrontation with China in Aksai Chin
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| 19 April 1960 |
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Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi
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| 1960 |
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Bombay Presidency bifurcated into Maharashtra and Gujarat states
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| 21 Jan 1961 |
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Arrival of Queen Elizabeth at New Delhi
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| 19 Dec 1961 |
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Liberation of Goa
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| Feb 16-June 6 1962 |
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Third General election
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| Oct 1962 |
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Indo-China war
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| Jan 1963 |
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Gold Control Order comes into force
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| 10 Aug 1963 |
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The Kamraj Plan
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| 27 May 1964 |
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Jawaharlal Nehru dies
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| 09 June 1964 |
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Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister
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| July 1964 |
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UTI and IDBI set up
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| April 1965 |
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Pakistan tanks penetrate India
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| 30 June 1965 |
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Ceasefire agreed under UN auspices
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| 1 Sep 1965 |
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Indo-Pak war
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| 4-10 Jan 1966 |
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Tashkent Conference between Pakistan and Indian leaders
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| 11 Jan 1966 |
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Lal Bahadur Shastri dies
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| 24 Jan 1966 |
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Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister
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| June 1966 |
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Rupee devalued by 36 percent
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| 15-28 Feb 1967 |
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Fourth General Election
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| June 1969 |
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Forward trading in shares banned
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| 16 July 1969 |
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Morarji Desai resigns from cabinet
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| 19 July 1969 |
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Fourteen Banks nationalised
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| 12 Nov 1969 |
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Indira Gandhi expelled from Congress party for indiscipline
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| Feb 1970 |
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Supreme court holds nationalisation of banks illegal
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| April 1970 |
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Privy Purses and special privileges of former Indian rulers abolished
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| 11 May 1970 |
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A bill for setting up of "North Eastern Council" passed
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| 1-13 March 1971 |
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Fifth General Election
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| April 1971 |
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General Insurance nationalised
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| May 1971 |
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Wealth Tax doubled to 8 percent of Net Income
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| Dec 1971 |
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India-Pakistan War; Formation of Bangladesh
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| 1972 |
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Pakistan and India sign Simla Accord ; Monsoon failure causes drought
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| 1973 |
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Coal mines nationalised; Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) passed
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| 18 May 1974 |
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Underground nuclear explosion at Pokhran
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| May 1974 |
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Jaiprakash Narayan starts Citizens for Democracy Movement
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| July 1974 |
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Indira Gandhi imposes 12 percent ceiling on dividends, Stockmarket crashes
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| April 1975 |
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Indian satellite Aryabhatta launched from a Soviet cosmodrome
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| 16 May 1975 |
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Sikkim joins India
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| 26 June 1975 |
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Emergency declared
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| July 1975 |
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Indira Gandhi announces 20-point economic programme
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| Jan 1976 |
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Private Oil companies nationalised
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| Feb 1976 |
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Urban Land Ceiling Regulation Act passed
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| Nov 1976 |
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Lok Sabha passes 42nd Constitution Amendment Bill
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| 18 Jan 1977 |
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Opposition politicians released from jail
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| 16-20 March 1977 |
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Sixth General Election; First Non-Congress Govt, led by Morarji Desai
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| Jan 1978 |
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Currency notes in denominations of Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and RS 10,000 demonetised
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| June 1979 |
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Bhaskara, India's second satellite, launched from a Soviet cosmodrome
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| 19 June 1979 |
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Morarji Desai resigns after split in Janata Party
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| Oct 1979 |
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Operation Flood II launched
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| Jan 1980 |
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Seventh General Election; Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister again
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| 23 June 1980 |
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Sanjay Gandhi, younger son of Indira Gandhi, dies in plane crash
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| Feb 1981 |
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Maruti Udyog set up
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| Feb 1982 |
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Datta Samant leads Bombay's 300,000 textile workers on strike
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| Dec 1982 |
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The Ninth Asian games held in Delhi
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| 25 June 1983 |
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India wins the Cricket World Cup
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| 6 Oct 1983 |
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Indira Gandhi imposes President's rule on Punjab
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| Oct 1983 |
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Government nationalises 13 textile mills in Bombay
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| 5 June 1984 |
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Operation Blue Star: Indian army storms Golden Temple in Amritsar, killing hundreds of people
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| 31 Oct 1984 |
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Indira Gandhi assassinated in Delhi; Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister
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| 2 Dec 1984 |
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India's biggest Industrial disaster: Bhopal gas tragedy
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| 24-28 Dec 1984 |
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Eighth General Election: Congress wins
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| 1985 |
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Narmada Bachao Andolan
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| July 1985 |
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Rajiv Gandhi signs Punjab Accord
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| Oct 1986 |
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V.P.Singh elected as President of Janata Dal, a new opposition party
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| May 1987 |
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The Bofors Deal
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| Nov 1987 |
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IPKF deployment and Operation Pawan
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| April 1988 |
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Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) comes into existence
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| July 1988 |
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Insat-IC launched
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| 22 Aug 1988 |
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The Darjeeling Accord
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| 22-26 Nov 1989 |
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Ninth General Election: Congress loses; V.P. Singh becomes Prime Minister
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| 1990 |
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Mandal Commission Report
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| May 1991 |
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V P Singh clears Rs 13,000 crore Sardar Sarovar project
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| 21 May 1991 |
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Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by LTTE
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| 20 May-15 June'91 |
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Tenth General Election: Congress wins; Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister; Liberalisation initiated by Finance Minister Dr Manmohan Singh
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| Sep 1991 |
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Konkan Railway launched
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| Jan 1992 |
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Prices of steel and iron decontrolled
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| April 1992 |
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Stock market scandal causes losses to banks
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| July 1992 |
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Government allows private producers time slots on TV and Radio
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| 6 Dec 1992 |
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Demolition of Babri Masjid
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| Jan 1993 |
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Hindu-Muslim Riots in Bombay
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| Feb 1993 |
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Rupee made convertible on trade account
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| March 1993 |
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Over 300 people killed in bomb blasts
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| April 1993 |
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Motor cars and consumer goods delicensed
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| 30 Sep 1993 |
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The Latur earthquake
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| Jan 1994 |
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Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies
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| May 1994 |
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Telecom services sector opened to private companies
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| 21 Sep 1994 |
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Outbreak of Pneumonic Plague in Surat
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| March 1995 |
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Lok Sabha passes the Patents Bill
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| July 1995 |
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Rajan Pillai dies in Delhi jail
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| Jan 1996 |
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Revised carry forward system introduced
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| 27 Jan 1996 |
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Prithvi test-fired
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| 29 Feb 1996 |
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Jain Hawala case
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| 27 April-21 May'96 |
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Eleventh General Election; BJP's Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Prime Minister
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| June 1996 |
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BJP loses confidence vote; Deve Gowda takes over as Prime Minister of United Front coalition government
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| Jan 1997 |
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Veteran labour leader Datta Samant shot dead
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| 30 March 1997 |
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Congress withdraws support to UF government
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| 21 April 1997 |
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I.K.Gujral appointed Prime Minister
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| 15 Aug 1997 |
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Nation celebrates 50 years of Independence
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| 5 Sep 1997 |
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Mother Teresa dies
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| 14 Oct 1997 |
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Arunadati Roy wins Booker Prize
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| 7 Nov 1997 |
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Bimal Jalan is the new Reserve Bank of India governor; C Rangarajan becomes Andhra governor
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| 27 Nov 1997 |
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Femina Miss India Diana Hayden wins Miss World 1997
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| 28 Nov 1997 |
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Gujral government falls as Congress withdraws support
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| 29 Dec 1997 |
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Sonia Gandhi stepped into active politics
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| 14 Jan 1998 |
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MS Subbualakshmi awarded Bharat Ratna
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| 15 Feb 1998 |
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Tennis duo Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupati were ranked No. 2 when they won Dubai Open
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| 9 Mar 1998 |
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Chess legend Vishwanathan Anand wins teh Super Grand Master Title
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| 19 Mar 1998 |
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BJP-led alliance government is sworn in. Atal Behari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister of India
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| 28 Mar 1998 |
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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.
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| 11 May 1998 |
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India conducted three underground Nuclear tests at teh Pokhran Range in Rajasthan
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| 1 June 1998 |
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Finance Minister announced the Swadeshi budget
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| 9 June 1998 |
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Gujarat was hit by cyclone killing 1000 people in six days
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| 29 June 1998 |
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Three new states were announced -- Delhi, Uttaranchal and Vananchal
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| 22 July 1998 |
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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
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| 6 Aug 1998 |
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SriKrishna Commission report was tabled by teh Maharashtra government. It was rejected by the ruling alliance whom it heavily indicted.
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