Important Years in Indian History And World History

Important Years in Indian History 1851 to 2000

Year	Event
1851	First telegraph line in India is operational between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour.
1853	First train in India runs from Bombay to Thane.
1857	First war of Indian independence also called the Sepoy Mutiny by the British.
1881	The first complete census of population conducted on a uniform basis throughout India.
1885	Formation of Indian National Congress by A.O. Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, W.C. Bonnerjee and others.
1905	Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon. Swadeshi Movement launched.
1909	Indian Council Act popularly known as Minto Morley reforms allowing a limited increase in the involvement of Indians in governance passed.
1911	Visit of King George V to India, Shifting of capital from Calcutta to Delhi. Jana Gana Mana first sung at Calcutta session of INC. Launch of first air mail in India & World from Bumraulli to Allahabad.
1919	Government of India Act, 1919 introducing dyarchy, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh tragedy.
1920	Khilafat movement, Launch of Non-cooperation movement.
1922	Chauri Chaura outrage in UP, Suspension of Non-cooperation movement.
1928	Visit of Simon Commission to India, Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929	Resolution of complete independence at Lahore session of Indian National Congress.
1930	Dandi March, Launch of the Civil Disobedience Movement.
1931	Gandhi Irwin pact, execution of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru.
1935	Government of India Act.
1942	Quit India movement, Formation of Azad Hind Fauz.
1943	Visit of Cripps Commission to India.
1946	British Cabinet mission visited India.
1947	Independence and partition of India.
1948	Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, 1st Pak aggression
1950	India became republic
1951	1st Five year plan and 1st Asian Games in Delhi
1952	1st General elections
1954	Panchasheel signed by India and China
1956	Reorganisation of Indian states on linguistic basis
1957	Introduction of decimal system in currency
1959	First television service started in India in New Delhi.
1961	Liberation of Goa from the Portuguese
1962	Chinese aggression
1964	Death of Jawaharlal Nehru
1965	Indo-Pak war
1966	Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri
1969	Split in Indian National Congress and nationalisation of 14 banks. India's first Atomic Power Station Tarapur commences commercial operation.
1971	Indo-Pak war
1972	Simla agreement signed between India and Pakistan
1974	First nuclear test codenamed Smiling Buddha carried out at Pokhran (Rajasthan)(May 18).
1975	First Indian satellite Aryabhatta launched, Imposition of Emergency in the country.
1977	Congress loses power for the first time at the centre
1980	Return of Congress to power, nationalisation of six more banks.
1982	Colour television comes to India. IX Asian Games held in Delhi.
1984	Death of Indira Gandhi.
1991	Death of Rajiv Gandhi. Commencement of economic liberalisation in India.
1992	Demolition of Babri Masjid.
1995	Internet comes to India.
1998	India’s second nuclear test codenamed Operation Shakti.
1999	Kargil invasion by Pakistani troops.

Important Years in World History

Event	Year
Birth of Jesus Christ	4 B.C.
Death of Jesus Christ	29 A.D.
Birth of Prophet Mohammed	570
Emigration of Mohammed to Madina, Beginning of Hijri era	622
Death of Prophet Mohammed	632
Magna Carta, first document limiting the powers of KIng of Enland was signed	1215
Black Death, most devastating pandemic in Europe killed over 100 million people	1348-50
100 years war between England and France	1337-1453
Christopher Columbus discovers the New World	1492
Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route from Europe to India	1497-98
Defeat of Spanish Armada also known as Invincible Fleet by England	1588
Great Plague of London which killed about 1 million people in the city	1665-66
Great fire of London which destroyed about 70000 homes in the city	1666 (2 - 5 Sep)
7 years war involving the great powers of the time	1757-1763
Declaration of independence of United States of America	1776
Beginning of the French Revolution	1789
Battle of Waterloo in which Napolean was defeated	1815
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published	1848
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin published	1859
Slavery is abolished by the 13th Amendment in the United States of America	1865
First modern Olympic Games held at Athens	1896
Robert Peary reached the North Pole	1909
Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole	1911
Republic of China is established, Titanic sinks	1912
1st World War	1914-1918
Russian Revolution ending the Tsarist autocracy	1917
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) came into existence	1922
Beginning of the Great Depression	1929
2nd World War	1939-1945
Dropping of Atom Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki	1945
Launch of Sputnik 1, marking the beginning of space age	1957
Chernobyl disaster	1986
World Wide Web invented	1990
End of apartheid in South Africa	1994
9/11 attack on World Trade Center	2001
Tsunami in Indian Ocean	2004