Chronological Events: BC: Satyagraha and Civil Disobedience Movement
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Chronological Events
BC
1919 | “Satyagraha Movement” started by Gandhiji. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on 13th April 1919 at Amritsar. |
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1930 | “Civil Disobedience Movement” started by Gandhiji. “Dandi March” by Gandhiji on 6.4. 1930. Burma separated from India. |
1939 | Death of Rabindranath Tagore (The first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for his work “Gitanjali” ) . |
1942 | “Quit India Resolution” . |
1947 | 15.8. 1947 India attained Independence. |
1948 | 30.1. 1948 Assassination of Gandhiji. |
1949 | 26.11. 1949 Indian Constitution passed. |
1950 | 26.1. 1950 India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic. |
1952 | Free India holds her First General Elections. |
1956 | State Reorganisation Act came into force on 1.11. 1956. |
1957 | Decimal system of coinage introduced. |
1966 | January 4th Indo-Pak Summit, Tashkent Declaration signed on January 10. Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri. |
1972 | Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan (July 3) |
1974 | India՚s first Satellite “Aryabhatta” launched from Cosmo drome in Soviet Union on April 19. |
1975 | “Aryabhatta” . Sikkim becomes 22nd State of the Indian Union. State of Emergency declared. |
1976 | India-China-re-establishes diplomatic relations. |
1977 | Sixth General Elections, Morarji Desai sworn in as the first non- Congress Prime Minister. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy elected Sixth President of India. |
1979 | “Bhaskara” , India՚s second Satellite launched into space.India՚s first coalition Government between Janata (S) and the Congress sworn in with Mr. Charan Singh as P. M. |
1980 | Seventh General Elections held; Indira Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister. |
1982 | Giani Zail Singh elected as Seventh President of India. IX Asian Games opened in New Delhi. |
1984 | Bachendri Pal, first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest. Mrs.Indira Gandhi assassinated. Rajiv Gandhi becomes the Prime Minister. |
1985 | Congress completes 100 years. |
1987 | Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh become 23rd and 24th States. Goa becomes 25th State. Mr. R. Venkataraman sworn in as Eleventh President. |
1988 | M. G. Ramachandran (MGR.) was given Bharat Ratna Award posthumously. |
1989 | Ninth Lok Sabha constituted. National Front Leader V. P. Singh sworn in as 10th Prime Minister. |
1990 | Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress was set free after 27 years of imprisonment by the South African Government. - Iraq captured Kuwait. |
1991 | Tenth Lok Sabha constituted. P. V. Narasimha Rao becomes the Twelfth Prime Minister of India. Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, assassinated at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. |
1992 | India՚s First indigenous multi-purpose Satellite “INSAT 2A” was launched successfully from Kourou in French Guyana. - Festival of India was held in China. The disputed Babri Masjid in Ayodhya (UP) was demolished by Kar-sevaks. |
1993 | The world՚s biggest ever trade deal General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was signed on 15th December at Geneva, nearly 117 nations participated. |
1994 | Sushmita Sen (18) first Indian selected for Miss. Universe held at Manila, Philippines. Brazil won the World Cup Football held at United States, Shoemaker-Levy Comet collided with the Gaseous Planet Jupiter on July 17,19, 20 & 31. |
1995 | Jan.26: Nelson Mandela was the Chief Guest on the Republic Day celebrations at New Delhi. |
1996 | Jan. 10 - 21: 27th International Film Festival held at New Delhi. July 19 - Aug. 4: Atlanta Olympics held - India won 1 bronze medal. |
1997 | Jan 10: The 28th International Film Festival of India held at Thiruvananthapuram. July 25: Mr. K. R. Narayan sworn in as 13th President of India. Aug 15: India celebrates Golden Jubilee of Indian Independence. |
1998 | Jan 10 - 20: The 29th International Film Festival of India held at New Delhi. Jan 26: India celebrates its 49th Republic Day, Chief Guest: French President Mr. Jacques Chirac. Mar 01: Bharat Ratna conferred on Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Mar 19: Mr. A. B. Vajpayee becomes 16th Prime Minister of India. May 11: India conducts three nuclear tests at Pokhran. May 13: India conducts two more tests at Pokhran. May 28: Pakistan conducts nuclear atom bomb test. July 12: France won World Cup-1998. |
1999 | May 26-July 17 India - Pakistan Kargil War. ; Oct.10: 13th Lok Sabha Elections - Mr. Vajpayee sworn in as Prime Minister. ; Dec.5: Mumbai girl Yukta Mookhey becomes Miss World. - Dec.24 - 31: Indian Airlines (IC-814) hijacked by terrorists and hostages released at Kandahar. |