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1839First Anglo-Afghan War begins
→ Shah Shuja was installed in Kabul, but British forces were destroyed in 1842.
1878Second Anglo-Afghan War
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1971 Independence of Bangladesh · People's Republic of Bangladesh
- 1971 ⚔ Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 · Republic of India
- 1975 The Emergency declared in India · Republic of India
- 1975 Sikkim becomes a state of India · Republic of India
- 1977 Emergency lifted; Janata Party wins · Republic of India
- 1983 ⚔ Sri Lankan civil war begins · Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- 1984 Assassination of Indira Gandhi · Republic of India
- 1985 SAARC founded at Dhaka
Alive at the time
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
1890 – 1988
'Frontier Gandhi' who led the Khudai Khidmatgars
Vinoba Bhave1895 – 1982
Founder of the Bhoodan (land gift) movement
Jayaprakash Narayan1902 – 1979
Leader of the 'Total Revolution' movement of 1974
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay1903 – 1988
Freedom fighter who revived Indian handicrafts
J. R. D. Tata1904 – 1993
Founded Tata Airlines, India's first airline, in 1932
Major Dhyan Chand1905 – 1979
Hockey wizard who won three Olympic gold medals
Aruna Asaf Ali1909 – 1996
Hoisted the Congress flag at Gowalia Tank on 9 August 1942
Mother Teresa1910 – 1997
Nobel Peace laureate who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata
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🗂 Era 1
- Modern IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Republic of IndiaBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 8
- Kingdom of Nepal 1816 – 2008Existed at the same time (35 years)
- Kingdom of Bhutan 1907 – presentExisted at the same time (53 years)
- Republic of India 1950 – presentExisted at the same time (53 years)
- Republic of Maldives 1968 – presentExisted at the same time (53 years)
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1971 – presentExisted at the same time (53 years)
- People's Republic of Bangladesh 1971 – presentExisted at the same time (53 years)
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1972 – presentExisted at the same time (53 years)
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal 2008 – presentExisted at the same time (18 years)
⚔ Events 6
- Soviet intervention in Afghanistan 1979Happened in it
- Afghan monarchy ends 1973Happened in it
- Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan 1989Happened in it
- Bamiyan Buddhas destroyed 2001Happened in it
- Afghanistan joins SAARC 2007Happened in it
- Taliban take control of Kabul 2021Happened in it
🔧 Technology 3
- Chandrayaan-1 22 October 2008Made or discovered in this time
- Mars Orbiter Mission 5 November 2013Made or discovered in this time
- UPI: instant digital payments 25 August 2016Made or discovered in this time
📚 Books 2
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading