508 |
2024 |
Economic Policies: Implementation of policies to boost economic growth, attract foreign investment, and enhance India's manufacturing capabilities under the "Make in India" initiative. |
507 |
2024 |
Space Missions: India’s space agency, ISRO, launched several key missions, including Chandrayaan-3 and Gaganyaan, India's first manned space mission. |
506 |
2023 |
19 November, Australia defeats India and wins the 2023 Cricket World Cup. |
505 |
2023 |
2 September, The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1, India's first solar observation mission. |
504 |
2023 |
23 August, Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first spacecraft to land near the south pole of the Moon, carrying a lunar lander named Vikram and a lunar rover named Pragyan. |
503 |
2023 |
3 July, Indian oil refiners start payments for Russian oil imports in Chinese yuan as an alternative to the US dollar due to increasing sanctions against Russia. |
502 |
2023 |
2 June, A train collision in Odisha results in at least 296 deaths and more than 1,200 others injured. |
501 |
2023 |
Elections: Continued political activities and elections in various states, influencing the national political landscape. |
500 |
2023 |
Technology and Innovation: Growth in the technology sector, with India strengthening its position as a global hub for IT services and startups. |
499 |
2023 |
National Education Policy (NEP) Implementation: Continued efforts to implement the National Education Policy 2020, aiming to transform India's education system. |
498 |
2023 |
G20 Presidency: India assumed the presidency of the G20, focusing on issues such as global economic recovery, climate action, and digital transformation. |
497 |
2022 |
30 October, The collapse of a suspension bridge in Gujarat, leaves at least 135 dead. |
496 |
2022 |
18th July, Droupadi Murmu is elected as President of India, making her the first tribal woman and youngest person to the office. |
495 |
2022 |
Climate Commitments: India emphasized its climate change commitments, including initiatives to increase renewable energy capacity and reduce carbon emissions. |
494 |
2022 |
Elections: Assembly elections in several states, including Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, with significant political implications. |
493 |
2022 |
Economic Recovery: Focus on economic recovery with various government initiatives to support industries and small businesses hit by the pandemic. |
492 |
2022 |
COVID-19 Management: Continued efforts to manage the pandemic, including vaccination drives and the introduction of booster doses to combat new variants. |
491 |
2021 |
COVID-19 pandemic in India(12 May 2021): The country's death toll exceeds 250,000. Delhi cremation grounds were running out of places while hundreds of bodies were reported washed up on the banks of the Ganges. |
490 |
2021 |
Vaccination Drive: India's vaccination efforts ramped up, with the government aiming to vaccinate the vast majority of the population. |
489 |
2021 |
COVID-19 Second Wave: India faced a devastating second wave of COVID-19, with a significant rise in cases and deaths, overwhelming the healthcare system. The crisis highlighted issues like oxygen shortages and insufficient medical facilities. |
488 |
2021 |
Farmers' Protests: Massive protests by farmers against three farm laws passed by the Indian government, arguing that they would dismantle the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system and leave them at the mercy of large corporations. The government eventually repealed the laws in November. |
487 |
2020 |
Galwan Valley Clash: A deadly clash between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley, leading to heightened tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). |
486 |
2020 |
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) Protests: Continued protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, which provides a path to Indian citizenship for religious minorities from neighboring countries, excluding Muslims. |
485 |
2020 |
COVID-19 Pandemic: The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted India, leading to lockdowns, a strained healthcare system, and significant economic challenges. India initiated one of the world's largest vaccination drives. |
484 |
2020 |
30 January 2020, The first COVID-19 case of the country was reported in Kerala's Thrissur district. |
483 |
2019 |
11 December 2019, The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 by providing a path to Indian citizenship for members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhiist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities, who had fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 2014. |
482 |
2019 |
5 August 2019, The state of Jammu and Kashmir divided into two separate union territories known as Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh by scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution of India. |
481 |
2019 |
22 May 2019, Narendra Modi re-elected as the Prime Minister of India, Congress routed once again |
480 |
2019 |
27 February 2019, The 2019 Balakot strike from Indian side was given a reply named "Swift Retort". After a dog fight between Pakistani and Indian Fighter Pilots. Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was captured by the Pakistani side. However acting to the pressure of various global leaders and bound by the Vienna Convention. Pakistan was Forced to release the Indian Pilot with all due respect. |
479 |
2019 |
26 February 2019, The 2019 Balakot airstrike was conducted by India, when Indian warplanes crossed the de facto border in the disputed region of Kashmir, and dropped bombs in the vicinity of the town of Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. |
478 |
2019 |
14 February 2019, A convoy of vehicles carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. |
477 |
2017 |
30th June 2017, The Goods and Services Tax (GST) launched, the biggest tax reform in history of India. |
476 |
2016 |
8th November 2016, In a surprise announcement, the government withdraws high denomination notes from circulation causing chaotic scenes at banks across the country as customers try to exchange old notes. |
475 |
2016 |
27th September 2016, India launches its first space laboratory Astrosat in its biggest project since its Mars orbiter mission in 2014. |
474 |
2016 |
23rd September 2016, India signs a billion-dollar defence deal with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets. |
473 |
2016 |
27th June 2016, India becomes member of Missile Technology Control Regime. |
472 |
2016 |
7th June 2016, Unrest in Kashmir. |
471 |
2016 |
2nd - 5th January 2016, Terror Attacks on Pathankot Air Base.[Pathankot is a city as well as a district in the Indian state of Punjab] |
470 |
2015 |
Arvind Kejriwal elected as Chief minister of Delhi |
469 |
2014 |
16th May: Narendra Modi elected as prime minister of India |
468 |
2013 |
5th November: Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). |
467 |
2013 |
21st February: Terror attacks on Hyderabad in Dilsukhnagar area. |
466 |
2013 |
12th February: Indian helicopter bribery scandal comes to light. |
465 |
2012 |
November: Ajmal Kasab the lone surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is hanged on 21 November 2012 at 7:30 in at Yerwada Jail. |
464 |
2012 |
July: Pranab Mukherjee, the former Finance Minister is elected as the 13th president of India. |
463 |
2011 |
May: After 34 years of Left Front Government, Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance come to power in West Bengal |
462 |
2010 |
May: Surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is convicted of murder, possession of explosives and waging war |
461 |
2010 |
February: 16 people are killed in a bomb explosion at German Bakery in the city of Pune, Maharashtra. |
460 |
2009 |
July: Delhi court decriminalizes gay sex |
459 |
2009 |
May: Resounding general election victory gives governing Congress-led alliance of PM Manmohan Singh an enhanced position in parliament, only 11 seats short of an absolute majority. |
458 |
2009 |
April: Trial of sole surviving suspect in Mumbai attacks begins. |
457 |
2009 |
February: India and Russia sign deals worth $700 million, according to which Moscow will supply uranium to Delhi. |
456 |
2008 |
December: India announces "pause" in peace process with Pakistan. Indian cricket team cancels planned tour of Pakistan. |
455 |
2008 |
November: Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area of India's financial capital Mumbai. India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad take strong action against those responsible. |
454 |
2008 |
October: India successfully launches its first mission to the moon, the unmanned lunar probe Chandrayaan-1. |
453 |
2008 |
October: Following approval by the US Congress, President George W Bush signs into law a nuclear deal with India, which ends a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with Delhi. |
452 |
2008 |
July: Series of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The little-known group Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility. |
451 |
2007 |
July: Pratibha Patil becomes first woman to be elected president of India. |
450 |
2007 |
July: India says the number of its people with HIV or AIDS is about half of earlier official tallies. Health ministry figures put the total at between 2 million and 3.1 million cases, compared with previous estimates of more than 5 million. |
449 |
2007 |
May: At least nine people are killed in a bomb explosion at the main mosque in Hyderabad. Several others are killed in subsequent rioting. |
448 |
2007 |
May: Government announces its strongest economic growth figures for 20 years - 9.4% in the year to March. |
447 |
2007 |
April: India's first commercial space rocket is launched, carrying an Italian satellite. |
446 |
2007 |
March: Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack. |
445 |
2007 |
18th February: 68 passengers, most of them Pakistanis, are killed by bomb blasts and a blaze on a train travelling from New Delhi to the Pakistani city of Lahore. |
444 |
2007 |
February: India and Pakistan sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war. |
443 |
2006 |
March: US and India sign a nuclear agreement during a visit by US President George W Bush. The US gives India access to civilian nuclear technology while India agrees to greater scrutiny for its nuclear programme. |
442 |
2006 |
February: India's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of poverty. |
441 |
2006 |
Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurates the three - day first Asian Mayor's meet in Dehra Dun. |
440 |
2006 |
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, presents the 21st Indira Gandhi Prize for National Integration to lyricist Javed Akhtar. |
439 |
2006 |
The protection of women from Domestic Violence Act 2006 comes into effect. |
438 |
2006 |
Actor Shabana Azmi is chosen for the Gandhi International Peace Prize 2006. |
437 |
2006 |
The President A.P.J Abdul Kalam, confers the 39th Jnanapith Award on Marathi writer Vinda Karandikar. |
436 |
2006 |
Social activist Arvind Kajriwal is elected for the 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Emergent Leadership category. |
435 |
2006 |
The GSLV - FO2 launch from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh ends in failure after the vehicle crashes into the Bay of Bengal. |
434 |
2006 |
N. Gopalaswami takes over as the new Chief Election Commissioner. |
433 |
2006 |
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. |
432 |
2006 |
The President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, returns the Office of Profit Bill for reconsideration. |
431 |
2006 |
The world's longest rail is flagged off from Bhilai steel plant. |
430 |
2006 |
The first-ever-Lahore- Amritsar bus service begins. |
429 |
2006 |
Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy is awarded the 2005 Sahitya Akademi Award for English for her book of essays The Algebra of Infinite Justice. |
428 |
2006 |
India's first rubber dam is installed across the Janjhavati river in Andhra Pradesh's Vizianagaram district. |
427 |
2005 |
The trial-run, of the first Amritsar- Lahore service begins linking the two cities for the first time nearly six decades. |
426 |
2005 |
The Government comes out with the first ever Outcome Budget. |
425 |
2005 |
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, launches the National Knowledge Commission. |
424 |
2005 |
The Lok Sabha passes the Right to information Bill. |
423 |
2005 |
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. |
422 |
2005 |
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. |
421 |
2005 |
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. |
420 |
2005 |
President's rule was imposed on Goa and the Assembly kept under suspended animation, even after the Pratapsingh Rane Government wins the trust vote. |
419 |
2005 |
Cabinet decided to offer dual citizenship for all overseas Indians who migrated after January 26, 1950. |
418 |
2004 |
Lakshya pilotless target aircraft, test flown. |
417 |
2004 |
Over 80,000 people are killed following an undersea earthquake off Sumatra in Indonesia, over 19,000 people are killed in India. |
416 |
2004 |
The Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Award to the former Botswana President Sir Ketimile Masire. |
415 |
2004 |
Kerala's Palakkad district collectorate is the first in India to be totally computerised. |
414 |
2004 |
Tata Motors becomes the first company in the Indian engineering sector to list its securities on the New York Stock Exchange. |
413 |
2004 |
EDUSAT - India's first exclusive satellite for educational services, placed in orbit. |
412 |
2004 |
Major Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathore gets the silver medal for India in shooting (double trap category) at the Olympic Games. |
411 |
2004 |
India wins its first ever test series in Pakistan. |
410 |
2004 |
India becomes the first developing country to import LNG. |
409 |
2003 |
Rajya Sabha passes dual citizenship bill. |
408 |
2003 |
The LokSabha passes the POTA Amendment Bill, 2003, providing for safeguard against misuse. |
407 |
2003 |
The government constitutes the 17th Law Commission with Justice M.Jayannatha Rao as Chairman. |
406 |
2003 |
G. Madhavan Nair assumes office as Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO. |
405 |
2003 |
INS Talwar the Navy's first stealth warship is inducted into western fleet. |
404 |
2003 |
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. |
403 |
2003 |
The Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee Christens METSAT, Kalpana I after Kalpana Chawla. |
402 |
2003 |
Air Marshal T.M. Asthana is named the first Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Forces Command. |
401 |
2003 |
INSAT 3E, was launched (September 28). |
400 |
2003 |
L.K. Advani is appointed Deputy Prime Minister. |
399 |
2002 |
Justice V.N. Khare is sworn in Chief Justice of India. |
398 |
2002 |
The first exclusive 1,060 kg. meteorological satellite (METSAT) is successfully launched from the Sriharikotta by PSLV. |
397 |
2002 |
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat is sworn in the 12th Vice-President. |
396 |
2002 |
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 11th President. |
395 |
2002 |
Former Indian Air Force Chief, Arjan Singh, is made the first ever marshal of the IAF. |
394 |
2002 |
Ms. Poornima Advani is appointed Chairperson of the National Commission for women. |
393 |
2001 |
GSLV D1 launches GSAT. Indian parliament attacked. |
392 |
2000 |
Priyanka Chopra of India becomes Miss world. |
391 |
2000 |
Karnam Malleswary wins bronze medal in Sydney olympics. |
390 |
2000 |
Formation of the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal. |
389 |
2000 |
Lara Dutta of India becomes Miss Universe. |
388 |
2000 |
Bill Clinton visits India. |