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During the period 2000–500 BCE, in terms of culture, many regions of the subcontinent transitioned from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Age The Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism,
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The Indian early medieval age, 600 CE to 1200 CE, is defined by regional kingdoms and cultural diversity.
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Quadratic equations were created by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. We use these same techniques for solving these equations still today like in algebra, trigonometry and calculus.
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The Mughal Empire was between the years of 1526 to 1858. The major contribution of the Mughals to India was their architecture. The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and completed in 1653. India's famous architecture would have never been created if it wasn't for the Muhal Empire.
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Mohandas Gandhi was a leader of a non-violent movement to free India from British rule. He would often do hunger strikes to make his point. But when going on a platform to give a speech, one of his followers shot and killed him. One year later, India gained independence from the British due to the hard work of Gandhi and his followers
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This was the first nuclear testing for India. This was called Operation Shatki and was authorized by Prime Minister Vajpayee. This series of tests and nuclear expolsions were followed by many more tests. This was also when India was included in one of eight countries to have nuclear powers, which would make them very dangerous during wars or terrorism.
