Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1991 Economic liberalisation · Republic of India
- 1992 Panchayati Raj amendments (73rd and 74th) · Republic of India
- 1998 Chagai nuclear tests · Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests · Republic of India
- 1999 ⚔ Kargil War · Republic of India
- 2000 Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand created · Republic of India
- 2001 Bamiyan Buddhas destroyed · Afghanistan
- 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
Alive at the time
Aruna Asaf Ali
1909 – 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
M. S. Subbulakshmi1916 – 2004
Carnatic vocalist, the first musician awarded the Bharat Ratna
Ustad Bismillah Khan1916 – 2006
Shehnai maestro of Varanasi
Pandit Ravi Shankar1920 – 2012
Sitar maestro who took Indian classical music to the world
Verghese Kurien1921 – 2012
Father of the White Revolution (Operation Flood)
M. S. Swaminathan1925 – 2023
Agricultural scientist who led India's Green Revolution
Milkha Singh1929 – 2021
Sprinter known as the 'Flying Sikh'
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🗂 Era 1
- Modern IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- British Crown Rule (Raj)Belongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 12
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (152 years)
- Mewar (Sisodia) 1326 – 1949Existed at the same time (133 years)
- Kingdom of Mysore 1399 – 1950Existed at the same time (134 years)
- Portuguese Estado da Índia 1505 – 1961Existed at the same time (145 years)
- Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857Existed at the same time (41 years)
- British East India Company 1600 – 1858Existed at the same time (42 years)
- Hyderabad State (Nizams) 1724 – 1948Existed at the same time (132 years)
- Sikh Empire 1799 – 1849Existed at the same time (33 years)
- British Raj (Crown Rule) 1858 – 1947Existed at the same time (89 years)
- Kingdom of Bhutan 1907 – presentExisted at the same time (101 years)
- Republic of India 1950 – presentExisted at the same time (58 years)
- Republic of Maldives 1968 – presentExisted at the same time (40 years)
👑 Rulers 5
- Jung Bahadur Rana 1846 – 1877Ruled it
- Tribhuvan 1911 – 1955Ruled it
- Mahendra 1955 – 1972Ruled it
- Birendra 1972 – 2001Ruled it
- Gyanendra 2001 – 2008Ruled it
👤 People 1
- Bhanubhakta Acharya 1814 – 1868Lived under it
⚔ Events 6
- Treaty of Sugauli 1816Happened in it
- Kot massacre; Rana rule begins in Nepal 1846Happened in it
- Democracy restored in Nepal 1951Happened in it
- First ascent of Everest 1953Happened in it
- Jana Andolan restores democracy in Nepal 1990Happened in it
- Civil war begins in Nepal 1996Happened in it
🔧 Technology 3
- The first passenger train 16 April 1853Made or discovered in this time
- Electric light arrives 1879Made or discovered in this time
- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 1881Made or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- Law, State and Agrarian Society in Colonial India D. A. Washbrook · 1981Research on this topic
- Archaeology and identity in colonial India Nayanjot Lahiri · 2000Research on this topic
- Landownership and Inequality in Madras Presidency: 1853-54 to 1946-47 Dharma Kumar · 1975Research on this topic
📚 Books 1
- A History of Nepal John WhelptonRecommended reading