⚔ Battle
Kargil War
1999 – present · 📍 Kargil
What it led to: India recaptured the heights that had been occupied.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1991 Economic liberalisation · Republic of India
- 1998 Chagai nuclear tests · Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests · Republic of India
- 2000 Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand created · Republic of India
- 2001 Bamiyan Buddhas destroyed · Afghanistan
- 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
- 2008 Nepal becomes a republic · Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- 2009 End of the Sri Lankan civil war · Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Alive at the time
M. S. Subbulakshmi
1916 – 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'
Lata Mangeshkar1929 – 2022
Legendary playback singer awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2001
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam1931 – 2015
'Missile Man' and 11th President of India
🕸 Connections 36 links
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🗂 Era 1
- Modern IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Republic of IndiaBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 9
- Kingdom of Nepal 1816 – 2008Existed at the same time (58 years)
- Kingdom of Bhutan 1907 – presentExisted at the same time (76 years)
- Pakistan (West & East) 1947 – 1971Existed at the same time (21 years)
- Dominion of Ceylon 1948 – 1972Existed at the same time (22 years)
- Republic of Maldives 1968 – presentExisted at the same time (58 years)
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1971 – presentExisted at the same time (55 years)
- People's Republic of Bangladesh 1971 – presentExisted at the same time (55 years)
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 1972 – presentExisted at the same time (54 years)
- Afghanistan 1973 – presentExisted at the same time (53 years)
👑 Rulers 6
- Jawaharlal Nehru 1950 – 1964Ruled it
- Lal Bahadur Shastri 1964 – 1966Ruled it
- Indira Gandhi 1966 – 1977Ruled it
- Morarji Desai 1977 – 1979Ruled it
- Charan Singh 1979 – 1980Ruled it
- Indira Gandhi 1980 – 1984Ruled it
👤 People 8
- Rajendra Prasad 1884 – 1963Lived under it
- Jawaharlal Nehru 1889 – 1964Lived under it
- B. R. Ambedkar 1891 – 1956Lived under it
- Vinoba Bhave 1895 – 1982Lived under it
- Potti Sriramulu 1901 – 1952Lived under it
- Syama Prasad Mookerjee 1901 – 1953Lived under it
- Jayaprakash Narayan 1902 – 1979Lived under it
- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay 1903 – 1988Lived under it
⚔ Events 6
- Constitution comes into force 1950Happened in it
- States Reorganisation Act 1956Happened in it
- Goa liberated 1961Happened in it
- Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 1971Happened in it
- Assassination of Indira Gandhi 1984Happened in it
- Economic liberalisation 1991Happened in it
🔧 Technology 3
- TIFRAC: India's first working computer 1954–1960Made or discovered in this time
- Chandrayaan-1 22 October 2008Made or discovered in this time
- Mars Orbiter Mission 5 November 2013Made or discovered in this time
📚 Books 2
- India After Gandhi Ramachandra GuhaRecommended reading
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading