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Indo - Aryan
nearly half of the people in modern india speak either hindi or bengali -
india wins
india wins independence and jawaharlal nehru becomes prime minister -
gandhi is assassinated
gandhi is assassinated by a hindu extremist -
The Parliament Building
It’s corny how the building most indispensable to modern Indian democracy came up as an afterthought. -
hindu festival
Pongal is one of the most popular harvest festival of South India, mainly Tamil Nadu. Pongal falls in the mid-January every year and marks the auspicious beginning of Uttarayan – sun's journey northwards. -
goa independence
goa gains independence from portuguese rule -
indira gandhi
indira gandhi is voted into office by a landslide -
civil war in east pkistana
civil war in east pakistan drives nine million refugees into india and ends with the creation of bangladesh -
the bid of punjab
the bid to turn punjab into a sikh nation ends when indira gandhi orders a siege on a sikh temple, which kills 600 people soon after, she is assassinated -
indian's minister
indian's current prime minister, shri atal bilhari vajpayee is voted into office
