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India comes under direct rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny.
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Mahatma Gandhi launches anti-British civil disobedience campaign.
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Congress launches "Quit India" movement.
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End of British rule and partition of sub-continent into mainly Hindu India and Muslim-majority state of Pakistan.
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Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Hindu extremist.
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Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
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Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
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India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.
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Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
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The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and its candidate for prime minister, Narendra Modi, win parliamentary elections by a landslide.
