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Jawaharlal Nehru and the War Years
Where the Nehrus Lived
Of Revolts and Conspiracies
The Satyagrahi
Darkness at Noon
The Brave heart
The Educator
The French Colony that Fought the British
The Frontier Gandhi
The Great Escape
The Princess Who Led Protest Rallies
The Mahatma's abode
The Queen's Final Battle
The Royal Arch
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Biography
Tryst with Destiny
The Tiger of Mysore's own den
Where the Flag was Raised
In Birsa Munda's Kingdom
The Nightingale of India
Bridging the Communal Divide
Freedom ... to be
The Mahatma and the Masses
The Speech That Defined A Nation
Swaraj he said, was his Birthright
The Iron Man of India
Freedom FOR THE Patrotic
The great India Truth
Kids Special
Mother India Speaks
64th Independence Day


Important Events
Important Events

1947 : India gains freedom on 15th August

1950 : India becomes a Republic.
1951 - 1952 : This period saw the first general election of independent India
1948 :India's first Olympic gold medal in hockey
1965: Indo-Pak war
1971: Indo-Pak War ? Bangladesh was born with India?s support.
1974: India explodes a nuclear device in an underground test.
1975: Indira Gandhi declares emergency
1983: India wins the World Cup in cricket
1988: Viswanathan Anand becomes India's first Grandmaster in Chess
2004: Thousands of people killed in the Tsunami.
2007:
  • Taj Mahal, Indian monument elected as no1 out of Seven Wonders of the World.
  • India win Asian hockey tournament.
  • India win first Twenty-20 world tournament.
2007:
  • India sets a world record by sending 10 satellites into orbit in a single launch.
  • Abhinav Bindra won 1st ever individual gold medal for country in olympics.
  • Arvind Adiga won man booker award 2008 for his debut novel ? the white tiger?.
  • India, US signs nuclear deal.
  • Stock market crash in India caused BSE sensex to fall below 9K , which had once touched 22K mark
  • Mumbai terror attacks of 26/11 shook the whole nation, killing 183 people leaving the whole city in stress for 60 hrs.
2009:
  • January 1: National Investigation Agency (NIA) Bill and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA) Bill, the new anti-terror regime came into force with President Pratibha Patil giving her assent.
  • January 1: Five persons, including a boy and a woman, were killed and about 50 injured in serial bomb blasts in Guwahati, Assam.
  • January 1: Indian Government decides to place officers in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and their equivalents in the other two services on a higher pay band and constitute a separate pay commission in a move to redress the grievances of Indian Armed Forces personnel over anomalies in pay structures.
  • January 2: Indian Government in tandem with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announces the much-awaited second Stimulus Package aimed at reversing the economic slowdown. (The Hindu)
  • January 2: Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi figure among the 55 players in the ICC?s inaugural Hall of Fame list.
  • January 4: All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has decided to go ahead with its indefinite strike from midnight of January 5.
  • January 4: The People?s Democratic Party (PDP) formally dissociates itself from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
  • January 5: Indian Government summons Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik to hand over evidence about Pakistans involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.
  • 1 April - No additional charges on withdrawing money from an ATM of a different bank[1]
  • April-May ? General Elections held


   
   
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