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Royal Indian Navy Mutiny
The Royal Indian Navy mutiny was a strike and mutiny by Indian sailors of the Royal Indian Navy on board ship and shore establishments at Bombay harbour on 18 February 1946. From the initial beggining in Bombay, the mutiny spread and found support throughout British India, from Karachi to Calcutta and ultimately came to involve 78 ships, 20 shore establishments and 20,000 sailors -
Partition of India
the Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation on Agust 15, 1947 of the sovereign states. this partition displaced 12.5 million people in the former British Indian empire, -
Indo-Pakistani War
The India-Pakistan War, sometimes known as the First Kashmir War, was fought between India and Pakistan over the region of Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first of four wars fought between the two newly independent nations. The result of the war still affects the political philosophies of both the countries. -
Mohandas Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was political and social leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha, resistance to tyranny through mass civil resistance. Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 by Nathuram Godse. -
Congress party wins
Nehru was elected by the Indian National Congress to assume office as independent India's first Prime Minister, and re-elected when the Congress Party won India's first general election in 1952. Creating the Planning commission of India, which charted the government's investments in industries and agriculture. Increasing business and income taxes. -
Sino-Indian War
The SIno-Indian War was a war between China and India that occurred in 1962. A disputed Himalayan border was the main idea for war, but other issues played a role. -
Indo-Pakistani war (2)
this war was known as the second kashmir war fought by India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir. Much of the war was fought by the countries' land forces in Kashmir and along the International Border between India and Pakistan. -
Indo-pakistani war (3)
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military conflict between India and Pakistan. During the course of the war, Indian and Pakistani forces clashed on the eastern and western fronts. The war effectively came to an end after the Eastern Command of the Pakistani Armed Forces signed the Instrument of Surrender, the first and perhaps the only public surrender to date -
Smiling Buddha
On 7 September 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi gave the ok to the scientists at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to manufacture the nuclear device they had designed and prepare it for a test. Throughout its development, the device was formally called the "Peaceful Nuclear Explosive", but it was usually referred to as the Smiling Buddha. -
Indira Ganghi
Gandhi resumed the office of the Prime Minister. In June 1984, under Gandhi's order, the Indian army forcefully entered the Golden Temple, the most sacred Sikh Gurdwara, to remove armed insurgents present inside the temple. She was assassinated on 31 October 1984 in retaliation for this operation.
