1951 - 1952 : This period saw the first general election of
independent India
1948 :India's first Olympic gold medal in hockey
1965: Indo-Pak war
1971: Indo-Pak War ? Bangladesh was born with India?s support.
1974: India explodes a nuclear device in an underground test.
1975: Indira Gandhi declares emergency
1983: India wins the World Cup in cricket
1988: Viswanathan Anand becomes India's first Grandmaster in Chess
2004: Thousands of people killed in the Tsunami.
2007:
Taj Mahal, Indian monument elected as no1 out of Seven Wonders of the World.
India win Asian hockey tournament.
India win first Twenty-20 world tournament.
2007:
India sets a world record by sending 10 satellites into orbit in a single launch.
Abhinav Bindra won 1st ever individual gold medal for country in olympics.
Arvind Adiga won man booker award 2008 for his debut novel ? the white tiger?.
India, US signs nuclear deal.
Stock market crash in India caused BSE sensex to fall below 9K , which had once touched 22K mark
Mumbai terror attacks of 26/11 shook the whole nation, killing 183 people leaving the whole city in stress for 60 hrs.
2009:
January 1: National Investigation Agency (NIA) Bill and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA) Bill, the new anti-terror regime came into force with President Pratibha Patil giving her assent.
January 1: Five persons, including a boy and a woman, were killed and about 50 injured in serial bomb blasts in Guwahati, Assam.
January 1: Indian Government decides to place officers in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and their equivalents in the other two services on a higher pay band and constitute a separate pay commission in a move to redress the grievances of Indian Armed Forces personnel over anomalies in pay structures.
January 2: Indian Government in tandem with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announces the much-awaited second Stimulus Package aimed at reversing the economic slowdown. (The Hindu)
January 2: Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi figure among the 55 players in the ICC?s inaugural Hall of Fame list.
January 4: All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has decided to go ahead with its indefinite strike from midnight of January 5.
January 4: The People?s Democratic Party (PDP) formally dissociates itself from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
January 5: Indian Government summons Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik to hand over evidence about Pakistans involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.
1 April - No additional charges on withdrawing money from an ATM of a different bank[1]
