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beginning
India comes under direct rule of the British crown after failed Indian mutiny. -
Gandhi
Gaundhi launches anti-British civil disobedience campaign. -
Congress
Congress launches "Quit India" movement. -
End
End of British rule. -
war
War with Pakistan over disputed territory. -
lose
India loses brief border war with china -
death
Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. -
sorrow
Indira Gandhi"s Congress party loses general election. -
kill
Indira Gandhi was assinated by bodyguards and following her death her son took over power. -
greif
Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.