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War declared between India and Pakistan
The 1965 war between India and Pakistan was the second conflict between the two countries over the status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. -
Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of the independent Republic of India. She became a national political figure in 1955, when she was elected to the executive body of the Congress Party. First female political leader for India -
Sainbari Murder
The Sainbari incident occurred in 1970 in Sainbari in Bardhaman in West Bengal in India, where several people were hacked to death, allegedly by CPI(M) supporters, their blood smeared on the face of their mother.[1][2] -
India and Soviet Union sign friendship pact.
India and Soviet Union signed this pact because of the cold war. -
India successfully tests atomic bomb
India made their first nuclear weapon, a fission bomb, similar to the one dropped on hiroshima by the USA -
Fatal Plane Crash, Bombay India
The plane crashed into the sea shortly after take-off, killing 190 passengers and 23 of the flight crew. Crash was supposedly due to a failure in the altitude detector. -
Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
Janata Party Splits after prime minister Morarji Desai was forced to resign. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister. Prime Minister Morarji Desai was forced to resign and his successor Chaudhary Charan Singh failed to sustain a parliamentary majority as alliance partners withdrew support. Popular disenchantment with the political in-fighting and ineffective government led to the resurgence of Gandhi and her new Congress (I) party, which won the general election called in 1980. -
Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).
After losing power to the Janata Party, Indira went out of power, However, later on the Janata Party also went out of power, and this is when Indira came back and did great. She came to power, and was doing well until she got assassinated. She was assassinated, and her son, Mahatma Ghandi, came to power. -
Prime Minister of India assassinated
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh bodyguards. A thousand Sikhs are killed in riots. Son Rajiv Gandhi succeeds his mother. -
Gas Leak in Bhopal
Then in December, toxic gas leaks from a Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India, killing 2,000 and injuring 150,000.
