Historical Events of India

Hi I would like to have the details of the historical events which have taken place since the britishers invaded India till 1996?

The details of the historical events which have taken place since the britishers invaded India till 1996 are as follows:

1757
Battle of Plassey–British victory over Mughal forces in Bengal; British rule in India begins.

1835
Institution of British education and other reform measures.

1857-58
Revolt of Indian sepoys (soldiers) against East India Company.

1858
East India Company dissolved; rule of India under the British crown–the British Raj–begins with Government of India Act; formal end of Mughal Empire.

1885
Indian National Congress (Congress) formed.

1905
Partition of Bengal into separate provinces of Eastern Bengal and Assam, West Bengal.

1906
All-India Muslim League (Muslim League) founded.

1909
Morley-Minto Reforms; separate electorates for Muslims.

1912 Partition of Bengal annulled; new province of Bihar and Orissa formed; plans to move capital from Calcutta to Delhi announced.

1916
Congress-League Scheme of Reforms (often referred to as Lucknow Pact) signed.

1919
Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms; Government of India Act.

1935
Government of India Act of 1935.

1940
Muslim League adopts Lahore Resolution; “Two Nations” theory articulated by Muslim League leader Mohammad Ali Jinnah and others.

August 16, 1946
“Direct Action Day” of Muslim League.

INDEPENDENT INDIA
August 15, 1947
Partition of British India; India achieves independence and incorporates West Bengal and Assam; Jawaharlal Nehru becomes prime minister of India. Pakistan is created and incorporates East Bengal (the East Wing, or East Pakistan) and territory in the northwest (the West Wing, or West Pakistan); Jinnah becomes governor general of Pakistan.

August 15, 1947-May 27, 1964
Jawaharlal Nehru serves as prime minister and leader of Congress-controlled government.

October 22, 1947-January 1, 1949
Undeclared war with Pakistan; ends with United Nations-arranged ceasefire.

January 30, 1948
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi.
October 20-November 21, 1962 Border war with China.

June 9, 1964-January 11, 1966
Lal Bhadur Shastri serves as prime minister of Congress-led government.

August 5-September 23, 1965
Second war with Pakistan.

January 24, 1966-March 24, 1977
Indira Gandhi serves as prime minister for first time, head of government initially led by Congress, later Congress (R).
December 3-16, 1971
Third war with Pakistan; Bangladesh becomes independent following Indian invasion of East Pakistan.

June 25, 1975-January 18, 1977
State of Emergency proclaimed by Indira Gandhi.

March 24, 1977-July 28, 1979
Morarji Desai serves as prime minister as head of a multiparty front, Janata Party, India’s first non-Congress government.

July 28, 1979-January 14, 1980
Chaudhury Charan Singh serves as prime minister as head of a Janata-led coalition government.

January 14, 1980-October 31, 1984
Indira Ganhdi serves as prime minister for second time, head of Congress (I) government.

October 31, 1984
Indira Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi.

October 31, 1984-December 2, 1989
Rajiv Gandhi serves as prime minister of Congress (I)-led government.

December 2, 1989-November 7, 1990
Vishwanath Pratap Singh serves as prime minister of National Front-led coalition government.

November 10, 1990-June 20, 1991
Chandra Shekhar serves as prime minister, heading Samajwadi Janata Party government.

May 21, 1991
Rajiv Gandhi assassinated near Madras.

June 20, 1991-May 15, 1996
P.V. Narasimha Rao serves as prime minister of Congress (I)-led government.

December 6, 1992
Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, destroyed by Hindu activists.

January-March 1993
Communal violence in wake of Babri Masjid destruction wracks Indian cities, especially Bombay, which suffered from a series of bomb blasts in March.

May 1995
Unpopular Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act of 1985 allowed to lapse

April 27-May 7, 1996
General elections for Lok Sabha oust Congress (I) government of P.V. Narasimha Rao.

May 15-28, 1996
Minority Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee resigns after thirteen days.

June 1, 1996
Haradanahalli (H.D.) Deve Gowda, head of thirteen-party United Front, sworn in as India’s eleventh prime minister

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