🃏 Post-independence consolidation and reorganisation

When: Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi? — 1948 · Delhi

When: Hyderabad integrated (Operation Polo)? — 1948 · Hyderabad

When: Constitution of India adopted? — 1949 · New Delhi

When: Constitution comes into force? — 1950 · New Delhi

When: India's first general election (1951–52)? — 1951 · New Delhi

When: Andhra State formed? — 1953 · Kurnool

When: French settlements transferred to India? — 1954 · Puducherry

When: Panchsheel agreement with China? — 1954

When: States Reorganisation Act? — 1956

When: The Dalai Lama takes refuge in India? — 1959 · Tawang

When: Bombay State split into Maharashtra and Gujarat? — 1960 · Mumbai

When: Goa liberated? — 1961 · Goa

When: Sino-Indian War? — 1962 · Tawang

When: Death of Jawaharlal Nehru? — 1964 · New Delhi

When: Tashkent Declaration? — 1966

When: Naxalbari uprising? — 1967 · Naxalbari

When: ISRO founded? — 1969 · Bengaluru

When: Nationalisation of 14 major banks? — 1969

When: Simla Agreement? — 1972 · Shimla

When: Smiling Buddha nuclear test? — 1974 · Pokhran

When: Sikkim becomes a state of India? — 1975 · Gangtok

When: The Emergency declared in India? — 1975 · New Delhi

When: Emergency lifted; Janata Party wins? — 1977 · New Delhi

When: Assassination of Indira Gandhi? — 1984 · New Delhi

When: Bhopal gas tragedy? — 1984 · Bhopal

When: Operation Blue Star? — 1984 · Amritsar

When: Rakesh Sharma flies to space? — 1984

When: Economic liberalisation? — 1991

When: Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi? — 1991 · Sriperumbudur

When: Panchayati Raj amendments (73rd and 74th)? — 1992

When: Pokhran-II nuclear tests? — 1998 · Pokhran

When: Kargil War? — 1999 · Kargil

When: Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand created? — 2000

When: Attack on the Indian Parliament? — 2001 · New Delhi

When: Right to Information Act? — 2005

When: Afghanistan joins SAARC? — 2007 · New Delhi

When: Mangalyaan reaches Mars orbit? — 2014 · Bengaluru

When: Telangana becomes India's 29th state? — 2014 · Hyderabad

When: Demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes? — 2016

When: Goods and Services Tax introduced? — 2017