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Jan 1, 1498
Vasco-de-Gama lands at Calicut.
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Period: Jan 1, 1498 to
Indian
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Jan 1, 1510
Portuguese captured Goa.
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Jan 1, 1526
First battle of Panipat. Establishment of the Mughal Dynasty.
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Jan 1, 1526
Mughal rule in India.
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East India Company constituted.
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Battle of Plassey.
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First War of Independence.
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India comes under direct rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny.
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Indian National Congress founded.
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First partition of Bengal.
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Formation of Muslim League.
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The massacre at Jalianwallabagh.
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India gains freedom, and Jawaharlal Nehru is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of independent India.
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India becomes a Republic. Dr Rajendra Prasad is the first President of India.
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First general elections; Congress government comes to power.
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War with China and India loses.
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War with Pakistan; ceasefire declared.
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Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
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India's first atomic device exploded at Pokhran in Rajasthan.
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Rajiv Gandhi's Congress defeated in ninth general elections; minority government led by Janata Dal's V.P Singh comes to power.
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Indian troops withdrawn from Sri Lanka.
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The dome of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya demolished by hindu fanatics; triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.
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Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP emerges as largest single party. In May 16 AB Vajpayee is PM, until May 28; United Front Coalition forms government under Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda.
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Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration.
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Intense fighting in Kargil.
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Congress Party win in general elections. Dr. Manmohan Singh is sworn in as Prime Minister.
