Create a time line of events in the Independe
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Timeline of Indian Freedom Movement from 1885 to 1947
Formation of Indian National Congress. ...
Lord Randolph Churchill becomes Secretary of State for India.
Partition of Bengal announced by Curzon.
Answer:
(Reuters) - India marks 60 years of independence on August 15, celebrating the end of British colonial rule in 1947.
Following is a chronology of major events during the last six decades.
August 15, 1947 - India wins independence from Britain after being divided into two separate nations, India and Pakistan. Jawaharlal Nehru is appointed the first prime minister.
October 27, 1947 - India and Pakistan go to war in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
January 30, 1948 - Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the independence movement, is assassinated.
January 26, 1950 - India becomes a republic as its constitution comes into effect.
1952 - India holds its first general elections.
1962 - India and China fight a brief border war.
1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru dies after a five-month illness.
October 27, 1947 - India and Pakistan go to war in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.
January 30, 1948 - Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the independence movement, is assassinated.
January 26, 1950 - India becomes a republic as its constitution comes into effect.
1952 - India holds its first general elections.
1962 - India and China fight a brief border war.
1964 - Jawaharlal Nehru dies after a five-month illness.
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September 1965 - India and Pakistan fight war over Kashmir, which ends after a U.N. call for ceasefire.
January 1966 - Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, becomes prime minister.
December 1971 - India and Pakistan fight another major war over East Pakistan which ends after 90,000 Pakistani troops surrender and leads to the creation of Bangladesh.
May 18, 1974 - India conducts underground nuclear test.
June 26, 1975 - Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency, in which the press is censored and 100,000 people are jailed.
1977 - First non-Congress party government sweeps to power following Indira Gandhi's defeat in general elections.
January 1980 - Indira Gandhi wins back power, becomes PM.
October 31, 1984 - Indira Gandhi is assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, her son Rajiv takes over as prime minister. Hindus kill around 2,700 Sikhs in revenge riots.
December 1984 - Deadly gas leaks from a pesticide plant owned by U.S.-based Union Carbide Corp. in central city of Bhopal, killing about 6,500 people in the world's worst industrial disaster.
October 1989 - An uprising against Indian rule erupts in the Kashmir Valley, inflaming tensions with Pakistan.
May 21, 1991 - Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a Tamil suicide bomber during an election campaign.
1991 - Congress party wins general elections and government launches sweeping economic reforms and dismantles decades of socialist control.
December 6, 1992 - Hindu zealots tear down a 16th century mosque in the northern town of Ayodhya, sparking nationwide riots in which about 3,000 people, mostly Muslims, are killed.
March 12, 1993 - A series of bomb blasts, planted by the Muslim underworld, hit the country's commercial capital of Bombay, killing 257 people.
1998 - Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party forms a coalition government.
May 1998 - India conducts nuclear tests, Islamabad retaliates with its own tests.
May 1999 - India launches offensive against Pakistan-backed infiltrators around Kargil in Indian Kashmir.
Dec 2001 - Gunmen attack Indian parliament. New Delhi blames Pakistan-based militants, snaps transport and diplomatic links with Islamabad and the rivals come close to war
Feb/March 2002 - Fire on train kills 59 Hindu activists in western state of Gujarat. About 2,500 people, mostly Muslims, are killed in retaliatory riots.
November 2003 - Pakistan announces ceasefire in Kashmir and India reciprocates.
May 2004 - BJP loses power to Congress. Manmohan Singh becomes prime minister.
Source: Reuters