⚔ Battle · ★ Major
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
1971 – present · 📍 Dhaka
What it led to: Pakistan's Eastern Command surrendered on 16 December 1971.
The large dot is this battle; small dots are other battles fought at the same place.
♻ Fought over again and again
Other battles within 40 km of this place.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1961 Goa liberated · Republic of India
- 1965 Maldives becomes independent · Sultanate of the Maldives
- 1969 ISRO founded · Republic of India
- 1971 Independence of Bangladesh · People's Republic of Bangladesh
- 1971 ⚔ Bangladesh Liberation War · Republic of India
- 1972 Simla Agreement · Republic of India
- 1972 Ceylon becomes the Republic of Sri Lanka · Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- 1979 ⚔ Soviet intervention in Afghanistan · Afghanistan
Alive at the time
E. V. Ramasamy (Periyar)
1879 – 1973
Founder of the Self-Respect Movement
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan1890 – 1988
'Frontier Gandhi' who led the Khudai Khidmatgars
Satyendra Nath Bose1894 – 1974
Physicist of Bose-Einstein statistics
Vinoba Bhave1895 – 1982
Founder of the Bhoodan (land gift) movement
Kazi Nazrul Islam1899 – 1976
The 'Rebel Poet', national poet of Bangladesh
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
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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