Timeline- History
7500
BC : Civilization at Gulf of Khambar
2500-1500
BC: Indus Valley Civilisation.
2000-1500:
Aryans arrive from central Asia.
1500-1000:
The Early Vedic Age – Rigveda.
1000-500:
Later Vedic Period - Samaveda,
Yajurveda and
Atharvaveda,
Brahmanas, Aranyakas,
Samhitas, early
Upanishads and Sutras.
563-483
: Gautama Buddha – born at Lumbini
(Nepal); attainment of
knowledge –
Bodh Gaya (Bihar);
first sermon –
Sarnath, near Varanasi
(UP); Nirvana –
Kusinagar (Gorakhpur,
Uttar Pradesh).
540-468
: Mahavira – born at Kundagrama near
Vaishali (Bihar) and
nirvana at Pavapuri
(Patna, Bihar).
492-460
: Rule of Ajatasatru, son of Bimbisara,
king of Magadha.
364-321
: Rule of Nandas of Magadha
326 : Invasion
of India by Alexander Battle
of Hydaspes.
322-298
: Reign of Chandragupta Maurya, the
founder of the Mauryan
dynasty.
273-232
: Reign of Ashoka , son of Bindusara
261 : Kalinga
war.
257 : Asoka's
conversion to Budhism by
Upagupta.
250 : Third
Buddhist council at Pataliputra
90 : Sakas
invade India.
58 : The Vikrama
Samvat (vikram era) introduced
by King Vikramaditya of
Ujjain.
20-46
AD : Gondophernes, the king of Indo-
Parthians.
78 : Accession of Kanishka,
The Saka era begins.
100-300
: The Sangam Age in south India.
50
BC-250 AD : Satavahana dynasty in the Deccan.
320-335
: Reign of Chandragupta-I.
335-380
: Reign of Samudragupta known as Indian
Napoleon.
380-414
: Reign of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya).
405-411
: The visit of the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien
to India.
500-527
: Rule of Huns over North India.
606-647
: Harsha Vardhana of Kanauj. Hiuen-Tsang
visited India (AD 630-644).
500-757
: First Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi
630 : Harsha's
clash with PulakesinII
973-1190
: Chalukya dynasty of Kalyani
760-1142
: Palas of Eastern India.
985-1014
: Reign of Rajaraja, the Great. Starts a
great land survey (AD
1000).
1014-1044
: Reign of Rajendra Chola. Naval campaign
against Sri Vijaya
kingdom.
788-820
: Sankaracharya and his philosophy of
Advaita.
712 : Arabs
occupy Sindh.
871-1173
: Imperial cholas of Tanjore.
916-1203
: Construction of Khajuraho Temples.
1000-1027:
Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni.
1191 :
Prithviraj III, defeated Muhammad Ghori
in the first battle of
Tarain .
1192 :
Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj in
theSecond Battle of
Tarain in 1192.
1206 :
Foundation of the Sultanate of Delhi by
Qutub-ud-din Aibak.
1210 :
Death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak.
1210-1236:
Reign of Iltutmish.
1221 :
Mongol invasion under Chenghis Khan.
1231 :
Iltumish completed the construction of
Qutub Minar at Delhi.
1236-1240:
Reign of Empress Raziya, daughter of
Iltutmish, the first
and last woman ruler
of Medieval India.
1266-1287:
Reign of Sultan Balban.
1288-1293:
Visit of Marco Polo in India.
1290-1296
: Sultan Jalal-ud-din Firuz Khalji, founder
of the Khalji dynasty.
1296 :
Alauddin Khalji invades Devagiri.
1296-1316:
Reign of Sultan Alauddin Khalji.
1309-1311:
Malik Kafur's expedition into South India.
1320-1325:
Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (Ghazi Malik),
founder of the Tughlaq
dynasty.
1325-1351:
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. Transferred
the capital from Delhi
to Daulatabad-
1327. Issue of token
currency – 1329.
1333 :
Ibn Batuta arrives in India.
1351-1388:
Sultan Firuz Tughlaq.
1398 :
Invasion of Timur during the reign of
Sultan Nasiruddin
Mahmud
1414-1451:
Reign of Sayyid dynasty.
1420 :
Visit of Nicolo Conti.
1451-1526:
Bahlul Lodhi (1451-89), Sikandar Lodhi
(1489-1517), and
Ibrahim Lodhi (1517-26)
1526 :
The first Battle of Panipat (1526) Babur
defeats Ibrahim Lodhi.
1336 :
Foundation of the empire of Vijayanagar
by Harihara and Bukka
1438-1468:
Reign of Rana kumbha in Mewar.
1509-1530:
Reign of Krishnadeva Raya, the greatest
king of Vijayanagar.
1565 :
Battle of Talikota, decline of the empire
of Vijayanagar.
1346 :
Foundation of the Bahmani kingdom by
Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman
Shah (1347-
1358).
1498 :
Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut
1505 :
De Almeida, the first Viceroy of Portuguese
in India
1510 :
Conquest of Goa from the Adilshahi Sultan
of Bijapur – 1510.
1526 :
Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodhi at the first
battle of Panipat.
Formation of Mughal
empire.
1527 :
Battle of Khanwa. Babur defeats Rana
Sanga of Mewar.
1530 :
Accession of Humayun.
1538 :
Death of Guru Nanak.
1539 :
Sher Shah defeats Humayun at Chausa
and assumes
sovereignty.
1540 :
Humayun’s defeat near Kanauj.
1542 :
Birth of Akbar.
1545 :
Battle of Kalinjar.
1545 :
Death of Sher Shah.
1555 :
Battle of Sirhind. Sikandur Suri was defeated
by Humayun, Humayun
recovers
the throne of Delhi.
1556 :
Death of Humayun and accession of
Akbar. Second Battle of
Panipat.
1556-1605:
Akbar's reign.
1564 :
Abolition of Jezyah.
1565 :
Battle of Talikota Vijayanagar destroyed.
1571 :
Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri.
1576 :
Battle of Haldighati and defeat of
Maharana Pratap.
1579 :
Infalliability decree issued by Akbar.
1581 :
Din-i-Ilahi promulgated by Akbar.
1600 :
Deccan expedition and siege of
Ahmadnagar
: Charter
to British East India company.
1605 :
Death of Akbar and accession of
Jahangir.
1605-1627:
Reign of Jahangir.
1609 :
William Hawking visited Jahangir.
1615 :
Sir Thomas Roe in the court of Jahangir.
1627 :
Death of Jahangir.
1628 :
Shah Jahan proclaimed Emperor.
1631 :
Death of Mumtaz Mahal.
1636 :
Treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda.
1658 :
Coronation of Aurangzeb.
1659 :
Murder of Afzal Khan by Shivaji.
1663 :
Death of Mir Jumla.
: Attack
on Poona by Shivaji.
: Shaista
Khan appointed Governor of Bengal.
1665 :
Conclusion of the treaty of Purandhar -
signed between Sivaji
and Jai Singh.
1666 :
Death of Shah Jahan.
1674 :
Sivaji's Coronation and assumption of
the title of
Chatrapati.
1675 :
Execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur.
1679 :
Jeziah imposed on the Hindus by
Aurangzeb.
1680 :
Death of Sivaji.
1686 :
Conquest of Bijapur by Aurangzeb.
1687 :
Golconda annexed to the Mughal empire.
1707 :
Death of Aurangzeb at Ahmadnagar.
1739 :
Invasion of Nadirshah.
1740-1761:
Peshwaship of Balaji Baji Rao (Nana
Saheb).
1746-48
: First Carnatic war.
1748-54
: Second Carnatic war.
1756-63
: Third Carnatic war.
1757 :
Battle of Plassey.
1760 :
Battle of Wandiwash.
1761 :
Third Battle of Panipat: The Marathas
defeated by the
combined troops of
Ahmad Shah Abdali; the
Mughals, and
other Muslim chiefs of
India.
1764 :
Battle of Buxar. The English defeat Shah
Alam, Shuja-ud-daulah
and Mir Qasim.
1765 :
Grant of the ‘Diwani’ of Bengal, Bihar,
and Orissa to the East
India Company
by Shah Alam II under
Treaty of
Allahabad.
: Clive,
Company’s Governor in Bengal.
1765-72
: Dual Government of Bengal.
1767-69
: The First Anglo Mysore War.
1770 :
The Great Bengal Famine.
1771 :
Marathas occupy Delhi and restore Shah
Alam who was till then
under English
protection at
Allahabad.
1772-73
: Warren Hastings as Governor of Bengal.
: Abolition
of Dual Government of Bengal
(1772).
1773 :
The Regulating Act was passed, bringing
the company partially
under
Parliament’s control
and the Presidencies
under Calcutta’s
control.
1773-85
: Warren Hastings Governor-General.
: Establishment
of Supreme Court,
Calcutta.
1775-82
: The First Anglo-Maratha War.
1776 :
Treaty of Purandar
1780-84
: Second Mysore War.
1783 :
Fox’s India Bills give more powers to Parliament
and to the
Governor-General.
1784 :
Treaty of Mangalore between Tipu and the
English.
: Pitt’s
Act passed, Setting up Board of Control
for East India Company.
: Asiatic
Society of Bengal founded by Sir
William Jones.
1786-93
: Lord Cornwalis, Governor-General.
1790-92
: Third Mysore War.
1792 :
Treaty of Srirangapatnam signed between
Tipu and English.
1793-98
: Sir John Shore, Governor-General.
1793 :
The Permanent Zamindari Settlement of
Bengal.
1798 :
Lord Wellesley as Governor-General and
brought subsidiary
alliance.
1799 :
Fourth Mysore War. Fall of Srirangapatnam.
Death of Tipu.
1800 :
Establishment of the College of Fort William.
1802 :
The Treaty of Bassein between Peshwa
and English.
1803 :
Occupation of Delhi by Lord Lake.
1803-05
: Second Anglo-Maratha War.
1807-13
: Lord Minto as Governor-General.
1809 :
Treaty of Amritsar-Ranjit Singh and British
sign treaty of
perpetual amity.
1813-23
: Lord Hastings as Governor-General.
1814-16
: Anglo-Gurkha War.
1817-18
: Pindari War – Peshwa defeated at
Kirkee.
1818-19
: Last Anglo-Maratha War.
1823-28
: Lord Amherst Governor-General.
1824-26
: First Burmese War.
1828-35
: Lord William Bentinck as Governor-
General.
1829 :
Prohibition of Sati.
1829-37
: Suppression of Thuggee.
1833 :
Renewal of Company’s charter. Abolition
of the Company’s
trading rights.
1835-36
: Sir Charles Metcalf Governor-General.
1835 :
Macaulay’s Education Resolution. English
made official language
instead of Persian.
1835 :
Foundation of Calcutta Medical College.
1836-1842:
Lord Auckland as Governor-General.
1839 :
Death of Ranjit Singh.
1842-44
: Lord Ellenborough as Governor-General.
1844-48
: Lord Hardinge as Governor-General.
1845-46
: First Anglo-Sikh War. Treaty of Lahore.
1848-49
: Second Anglo-Sikh War. Defeat of Sikhs
and annexation of the
Punjab.
: Opening
of a Hindu Girls’ School in Calcutta
by Bethune.
1848-56
: Lord Dalhousie as Governor-General.
1852 :
Second Anglo-Burmese War.
1853 :
Railway opened from Bombay to Thana.
Telegraph line from
Calcutta to Agra.
1854 :
Charles Wood’s despatch on Education.
1855 :
Santhal insurrection in Bihar.
1856 :
Annexation of Awadh. Indian University
Act. Hindu Widow’s
Remarriage
Act.
1856-58
: Lord Canning – Governor-General.
1857-58
: Revolt of 1857. Revolt at Meerut begins
on May 10, 1857.
1858 :
British India placed under the direct government
of the Crown. Queen
Victoria’s
Proclamation.
1858-62
: Lord Canning as Viceroy.
1861 :
Indian Councils Act.
: Archaeological
Survey of India set up.
: Indian
Civil Service Act.
: Introduction
of the Penal code.
1862-63
: Lord Elgin as Viceroy.
1864-69
: Sir John Lawrence Viceroy.
1865 :
Telegraphic communication with Europe
opened.
1869-72
: Lord Mayo as Viceroy.
1875 :
Visit of the Prince of Wales.
: Arya
Samaj founded by Swami
Dayananda.
1877 :
Lord Lytton held Durbar at Delhi where
Queen Victoria was
proclaimed Empress
of India.
1878 :
Vernacular Press Act.
1879 :
Theosophical Society at Adayar, (was
set up) Madras.
1880-84
: Lord Ripon as Viceroy.
1881 :
Factory Act.
1883 :
Indian National Conference held in
Calcutta.
1883-84
: Ilbert Bill controversy.
1884-88
: Lord Dufferin Viceroy.
1885 :
First session of the Indian National Congress
held at Bombay.
1887 :
Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
1888-93
: Lord Landsdowne Viceroy.
1892 :
Indian Councils Act.
1894-99
: Lord Elgin II Viceroy.
1896 :
Ramakrishna Mission founded.
1899-1905:
Lord Curzon Viceroy.
1905 :
Partition of Bengal.
1905-10
: Lord Minto II Viceroy.
1906 :
Muslim League formed at Dacca.
1907 :
Surat Congress, moderates-extremists
clash.
1908 :
Newspapers Act. Tilak convicted of sedition.
1909 :
Morley-Minto Reforms.
: Indian
Councils Act passed.
1910-16
: Lord Hardinge II Viceroy.
1911 :
Delhi Durbar.
: Partition
of Bengal annulled. Census of India.
: Transfer
of Capital to Delhi announced
1914 :
Gandhi arrives in India.
1916 :
Lucknow Pact of Indian National Congress
and All-India Muslim
League.
: Foundation
of Women’s University at
Poona.
: The
Home Rule League founded.
1916-21
: Lord Chelmsford as Viceroy.
1919 :
Montague-Chelmsford Reforms.
: Rowlatt
Act passed.
: Massacre
at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar
(April 13).
1920 :
Khilafat Movement and Non Co-operation
Movement.
1921 :
Moplah Rebellion and Wagon Tragedy.
1921-26
: Lord Reading Viceroy.
1921 :
Harappa excavations begin.
1922 :
Mohenjodaro excavations begin.
: Chauri
Chaura incident.
1923 :
Swarajists in Indian Councils.
1926-31
: Lord Irwin Viceroy.
1927 :
Appointment of Simon Commission.
1928 :
Simon Commission comes to India.
: Death
of Lala Lajpat Rai following police
assault. Nehru Report.
1929 :
Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt drops
bombs in the
Legislative Assembly.
: Congress
on December 31 at Lahore declaring
its objective of Poora
Swaraj for
India.
1930 :
Gandhiji’s Dandi March. Civil Disobedience
Movement.
1930-31
: First Round Table Conference.
1931 :
Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed.
: Second
Round Table Conference.
1931-36
: Lord Wellingdon Viceroy.
1932 :
Third Round Table Conference.
: Communal
Award announced.
: Poona
Pact signed.
1934 :
Civil Disobedience Movement called off.
1935 :
Government of India Act, 1935 passed
by British Parliament.
1936-44
: Lord Linlithgow Viceroy.
1937 :
Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy.
Congress Ministries
formed in seven out
of eleven provinces.
1938 :
Haripura session of the Congress.
1939 :
Second World War begins (September).
1940 :
Pakistan resolution passed by Muslim
League at Lahore.
1941 :
Subhash Chandra Bose escapes from India.
1942 :
Cripps comes to India with his proposals
in March.
: Congress
rejects Cripps Proposal (11
April).
: “Quit
India” resolution passed by Congress
on August 8.
1944-47
: Lord Wavell Viceroy.
1944 :
INA reaches Indian soil.
1945 :
Labour Government in Britain. INA surrenders
to the British (May). First
trial
of INA men (November
5).
1946 :
Cabinet Mission’s plans announced
(June 16).
1947-48
: Lord Mountbatten Viceroy.
1947 :
Announcement of Lord Mountbatten’s
plan for Partition of
India (June 3).
: Indian
Independence Act passed (July).
: Creation
of free India and Pakistan on
midnight of August
14/15, 1947 as dominions.
1947-64
: Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India.
1948 :
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
(January 30).
: Raja-gopalachari
appointed first Indian
Governor-General (June
21).
1949 :
New Constitution of India adopted and
signed (November 26).
1950 :
India become a Republic. New Constitution
comes into force
(January 26).
: Dr.
Rajendra Prasad, first President of
Indian Republic.
: Planning
Commission was set up
1951 :
Inauguration of First Five Year Plan.
1952 :
First General Election in India
: National
Development Council (NDC)
set up.
: Family
Planning is launched.
1953 :
Conquest of Mount Everest.
: University
Grants Commission (UGC) is
set up
: CBI is
set up
: Formation
of Andhra Pradesh on
linquiestic basis
1954 :
Chou En-lai, the Chinese Premier visits
India.
: Panchashila
signed between China and India.
1955 :
Hindu Marriage Act and Indian Citizenship
Act.
1956 :
Reorganisation of Indian States on linguistic
basis
: 2nd
Five Year Plan launched.
: Nationalisation
of insurance companies.
1957 :
Second General election. Introduction of
decimal system of
coinage.
: National
Calender based on Saka era
adopted.
1959 :
Dalai Lama reaches India for political
asylum, Indo-Chinese
relations worsen.
: Panchayat
Raj introduced in Rajasthan.
1961 :
Goa, Daman and Diu liberated from Portuguese possession.
: Arjuna
Award introduced
1962 :
Indo-China War.
1964 :
Death of Jawaharlal Nehru
: Lal
Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister.
1965 :
Indo-Pak War.
1966 :
Tashkent Declaration
: Death
of Lal Bahadur Shastri
: Indira
Gandhi becomes Prime Minister.
1969 :
First Nationalisation of 14 Banks.
: First
Dada Sahib Phalke Award was
given to Davika Rani
1971 :
Indo-Pak War
: Birth
of Bangladesh.
1972 :
Shimla Agreement between India and
Pakistan.
1973 :
Project Tiger
1974 :
Underground nuclear explosion carried
out at Pokhran (May
18).
1975 :
Emergency declared in the country.
: Aryabhatta
goes to orbit.
1977 :
Janata Party comes to power.
: Vajpayee
address UNO in Hindi.
1978 :
Denomination of high value notes of Rs.
1,000, Rs. 5,000 and
Rs. 10,000
demonetised.
1979 :
Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister.
: Charan
Singh becomes Prime Minister.
: Death
of Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan.
: Bhakara
I launched
1980 :
Mother Theresa gets Bharat Ratna.
: Six
more commercial banks nationalised.
1981 :
Apple was launched
: First
Indian Antartic Expedition to
Qusim. Dakshin
Gangothri, India’s first
permanent station at Antartica
was set
up.
1983 :
Bharat Ratna posthumously awarded to
Acharya Vinoba Bhave.
: INSAT-IB
successfully launched.
1984 :
Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma becomes first Indian
cosmonaut to go into
space.
: Bachendri
Pal becomes first Indian woman
to scale Mount Everest.
: Indira
Gandhi assassinated
: Rajiv
Gandhi sworn in as new Prime
Minister.
: Bhopal
Gas tragedy
1985 :
Centenary celebrations of Indian National
Congress held.
: Dhronachary
Award instituted
1986 :
Centre and Laldenga sign Mizo Accord.
1987 :
Frontier Gandhi, Khan Abdul Gaffar
Khan given Bharat
Ratna. First foreigner
to get Bharatratna.
1988 :
Bharat Ratna conferred on M.G.
Ramachandran.
: Contingent
of Indian Army flown to
Maldives to help
President Abdul
Gayoom.
: Lok
Sabha passes Constitutional
Amendment Bill reducing
voting age
from 21 to 18 years.
1989 :
V.P. Singh sworn in as seventh Prime
Minister with Devi Lal
as his Deputy.
1990 :
Nelson Mandela honoured with Bharat
Ratna.
: V.P.
Singh resigns after losing vote of
confidence in Lok
Sabha.
: Chandra
Shekhar is sworn as New Prime
Minister.
1991 :
Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated at Sriperum
budur in Tamil Nadu.
: Bharat
Ratna is conferred on Morarji Desai.
Rajiv Gandhi and Sardar
Patel are awarded
Bharat Ratna
posthumously.
1992 :
Maulana Azad posthumously awarded
Bharat Ratna.
: Kar
Sevaks demolished Babri Masjid in
Ayodhya
1993 :
Battle tank “Arjun” inducted into Indian
Army.
: Job
Quota for OBC’s becomes operative.
: Earth
quake at Lathur, Maharashtra
1994 :
Panchayati Raj Act becomes operational.
1995 :
Morarji Desai, dies. Bombay becomes
mumbai.
1996 :
Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Prime
Minister on May 16 and
resigns on May.
: H.D.
Deve Gowda becomes Prime Minister
on June 1. Madras
becomes
Chennai.
1997 :
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C1) is
launched from
Sriharikota (Andhra
Pradesh).
: Arundhati
Roy bagged the 29th Booker
Prize,
: Kalpana
Chawla became the first Indianborn
US woman to go into
space.
1998 :
India’s second (May 11) and third (May
13) nuclear explosion
at Pokhran.
: M.S.
Subhalekshmi and Jaya Prakash
Narayan win Bharat
Ratna.
: Vajpayee
becomes 12 Prime Minister
of India.
: Param
10000 India’s new super computer
unveailed.
: Konkan
Railway (760 km) inaugurated.
1999 :
INSAT 2E was launched on April 3
: PSLV-C2
launched IRS P4.
: India
becomes leading producer of milk
in the world.
: Amarthya
Sen wins Bharat Ratna.
: India
launched Operation Vijay to repel
the Pak intruders from
Kargil.
2000 :
Bill Clinton visits India.
: Lara
Dutta of India becomes Miss Universe.
: Formation
of the states of Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand and
Uttaranchal.
: Karnam
Malleswary wins bronze medal
in Sydney olympics.
: Priyanka
Chopra of India becomes Miss
world.
2001 :
GSLV D1 launches GSAT. Indian parliament
attacked.
2002 :
Ms. Poornima Advani is appointed Chairperson
of the National
Commission for
women.
: Former
Indian Air Force Chief, Arjan
Singh, is made the
first ever marshal of
the IAF.
: A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam 11th President
: Bhairon
Singh Shekhawat is sworn in
the 12th
Vice-President.
: The
first exclusive 1,060 kg. meteorological
satellite (METSAT) is
successfully
launched from the
Sriharikotta by
PSLV.
: Justice
V.N. Khare is sworn in Chief Justice
of India.
2003 :
L.K. Advani is appointed Deputy Prime
Minister.
: INSAT
3E, was launched (September 28)
: Air
Marshal T.M. Asthana is named the
first
Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic
Forces Command.
: The
Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee Christens
METSAT, Kalpana I after
Kalpana
Chawla.
: Mehbooba
Mufti takes over as president
of the Peoples
Democratic Party thus becoming
the first woman to head
a political
party in J and K.
: INS
Talwar the Navy’s first stealth warship
is inducted into
western fleet.
: G.
Madhavan Nair assumes office as
Chairman, Space
Commission and ISRO
: The
government constitutes the 17th
Law Commission with
Justice M.
Jayannatha Rao as
Chairman.
: The
LokSabha passes the POTA
Amendment Bill, 2003,
providing for safeguard
against misuse.
: Rajya
Sabha passes dual citizenship bill.
2004 : India
becomes the first developing country
to import LNG.
: India
wins its first ever test series in Pakistan.
: Major
Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathore gets
the silver medal for
India in shooting
(double trap category)
at the Olympic
370
Games.
: EDUSAT
- India’s first exclusive satellite
for educational
services, placed in
orbit.
: Tata
Motors becomes the first company
in the Indian
engineering sector to list
its securities on the
New York Stock Exchange.
: Kerala’s
Palakkad district collectorate is
the first in India to
be totally computerised.
: The
Mahatma Gandhi International
Peace Award to the
former Botswana
President Sir Ketimile
Masire.
: Over
80,000 people are killed following
an undersea earthquake
off Sumatra in
Indonesia, over 19,000
people are killed
in India.
: ‘Lakshya’
pilotless target aircraft, test
flown.
2005 : Cabinet
decided to offer dual citizenship
for all overseas
Indians who migrated after
January 26, 1950.
: President’s
rule was imposed on Goa and
the Assembly kept under
suspended
animation, even after
the Pratapsingh
Rane Government wins
the trust vote.
: Tamil
writer D. Jayakanthan is selected
for the 38th Jnanapith
Award for 2002.
He is the second Tamil
author after P.V.
Akhilandan to receive
the honour.
: Dandi
March route (384 km) is declared
a heritage path and the
Prime Minister,
Manmohan Singh,
announces a Rs 10
crore package for
Sabarmati Gandhi
Ashram renovation, on
the 75th anniversary
day of the breaking of
the salt act
by Mahatma Gandhi.
: India’s
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PSLVC-6 is launched
from the spaceport
in Sriharikota, and it
injects two satellites
CARTOSAT - 1 and HAMSAT
into
their orbits.
: The
Lok Sabha passes the Right to information
Bill.
: The
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh,
launches the National
Knowledge Commission.
: The
Government comes out with the first
ever Outcome Budget.
: The
trial-run, of the first Amritsar- Lahore
service begins linking
the two cities for
the first time nearly
six decades.
2006 : India’s
first rubber dam is installed across
the Janjhavati river in
Andhra Pradesh’s
Vizianagaram district.
: Booker
Prize winner Arundhati Roy is
awarded the 2005
Sahitya Akademi
Award for English for
her book of essays
The Algebra of Infinite
Justice.
: The
first-ever-Lahore- Amritsar bus service
begins.
: The
world’s longest rail is flagged off
from Bhilai steel
plant.
: The
President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, returns
the Office of Profit
Bill for reconsideration
: A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam becomes the first
President to make a
sortie in a combat
aircraft after flying
in a Sukhoi-30 MKT
after take off from
Lahegaon airbase,
Pune.
: N.
Gopalaswami takes over as the new
Chief Election
Commissioner.
: The
GSLV - FO2 launch from Sriharikota,
Andhra Pradesh ends in
failure after the
vehicle crashes into
the Bay of Bengal.
: Social
activist Arvind Kajriwal is elected
for the 2006 Ramon
Magsaysay Award
in the Emergent
Leadership category.
: The
President A.P.J Abdul Kalam, confers
the 39th Jnanapith
Award on
Marathi writer Vinda
Karandikar.
: Actor
Shabana Azmi is chosen for the
Gandhi International
Peace Prize 2006.
: The
protection of women from Domestic
Violence Act 2006 comes
into effect.
: The
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
presents the 21st
Indira Gandhi Prize for
National Integration to
lyricist Javed
Akhtar.
: Sri
Lankan President, Mahinda
Rajapaksa inaugurates
the three - day
first Asian Mayor’s
meet in Dehra Dun.
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