Timeline of Indian History

Timeline of Indian History:

7500 BC Civilization at Gulf of Khambar
2500-1500 BC Indus Valley Civilisation.
2000-1500 Aryans arrive from central Asia.
1500-1000 The Early Vedic Age – Rigveda.
1000-500 Later Vedic Period – Samaveda, Yajurveda and Atharvaveda, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, Samhitas, early Upanishads and Sutras.
563-483 Gautama Buddha – born at Lumbini (Nepal); attainment of knowledge – Bodh Gaya (Bihar); first sermon – Sarnath, near Varanasi (UP); Nirvana – Kusinagar (Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh).
540-468 Mahavira – born at Kundagrama near Vaishali (Bihar) and nirvana at Pavapuri (Patna, Bihar).
492-460 Rule of Ajatasatru, son of Bimbisara, king of Magadha.
364-321 Rule of Nandas of Magadha
326 Invasion of India by Alexander Battle of Hydaspes.
322-298 Reign of Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan dynasty.
273-232 Reign of Ashoka , son of Bindusara
261 Kalinga war.
257 Asoka’s conversion to Budhism by Upagupta.
250 Third Buddhist council at Pataliputra
90 Sakas invade India.
58 The Vikrama Samvat (vikram era) introduced by King Vikramaditya of Ujjain.
20-46 AD Gondophernes, the king of Indo- Parthians.
78 Accession of Kanishka, The Saka era begins.
100-300 The Sangam Age in south India.
50 BC-250 AD Satavahana dynasty in the Deccan
320-335 Reign of Chandragupta-I.
335-380 Reign of Samudragupta known as Indian Napoleon.
380-414 Reign of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya).
405-411 The visit of the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien to India.
500-527 Rule of Huns over North India.
606-647 Harsha Vardhana of Kanauj. Hiuen-Tsang visited India (AD 630-644).
500-757 First Chalukya dynasty of Vatapi
630 Harsha’s clash with PulakesinII
973-1190 Chalukya dynasty of Kalyani
760-1142 Palas of Eastern India.
985-1014 Reign of Rajaraja, the Great. Starts a great land survey (AD 1000).
1014-1044 Reign of Rajendra Chola. Naval campaign against Sri Vijaya kingdom.
788-820 Sankaracharya and his philosophy of Advaita.
712 Arabs occupy Sindh.
871-1173 Imperial cholas of Tanjore.
916-1203 Construction of Khajuraho Temples.
1000-1027 Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni.
1191 Prithviraj III, defeated Muhammad Ghori in the first battle of Tarain .
1192 Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj in theSecond Battle of Tarain in 1192.
1206 Foundation of the Sultanate of Delhi by Qutub-ud-din Aibak.
1210 Death of Qutub-ud-din Aibak.
1210-1236 Reign of Iltutmish.
1221 Mongol invasion under Chenghis Khan.
1231 Iltumish completed the construction of Qutub Minar at Delhi.
1236-1240 Reign of Empress Raziya, daughter of Iltutmish, the first and last woman ruler of Medieval India.
1266-1287 Reign of Sultan Balban.
1288-1293 Visit of Marco Polo in India.
1290-1296 Sultan Jalal-ud-din Firuz Khalji, founder of the Khalji dynasty.
1296 Alauddin Khalji invades Devagiri.
1296-1316 Reign of Sultan Alauddin Khalji.
1309-1311 Malik Kafur’s expedition into South India.
1320-1325 Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (Ghazi Malik), founder of the Tughlaq dynasty.
1325-1351 Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq. Transferred the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad- 1327 Issue of token currency – 1329.
1333 Ibn Batuta arrives in India.
1351-1388 Sultan Firuz Tughlaq.
1398 Invasion of Timur during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud
1414-1451 Reign of Sayyid dynasty.
1420 Visit of Nicolo Conti.
1451-1526 Bahlul Lodhi (1451-89), Sikandar Lodhi (1489-1517), and Ibrahim Lodhi (1517-26)
1526 The first Battle of Panipat (1526) Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodhi.
1336 Foundation of the empire of Vijayanagar by Harihara and Bukka
1438-1468 Reign of Rana kumbha in Mewar.
1509-1530 Reign of Krishnadeva Raya, the greatest king of Vijayanagar.
1565 Battle of Talikota, decline of the empire of Vijayanagar.
1346 Foundation of the Bahmani kingdom by Ala-ud-din Hasan Bahman Shah (1347-1358).1498 Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut
1505 De Almeida, the first Viceroy of Portuguese in India
1510 Conquest of Goa from the Adilshahi Sultan of Bijapur – 1510.
1526 Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodhi at the first battle of Panipat. Formation of Mughal empire.
1527 Battle of Khanwa. Babur defeats Rana Sanga of Mewar.
1530 Accession of Humayun.
1538 Death of Guru Nanak.
1539 Sher Shah defeats Humayun at Chausa and assumes sovereignty.
1540 Humayun’s defeat near Kanauj.
1542 Birth of Akbar.
1545 Battle of Kalinjar.
1545 Death of Sher Shah.
1555 Battle of Sirhind. Sikandur Suri was defeated by Humayun, Humayun recovers the throne of Delhi.
1556 Death of Humayun and accession of Akbar. Second Battle of Panipat.
1556-1605 Akbar’s reign.
1564 Abolition of Jezyah.
1565 Battle of Talikota Vijayanagar destroyed.
1571 Foundation of Fatehpur Sikri.
1576 Battle of Haldighati and defeat of Maharana Pratap.
1579 Infalliability decree issued by Akbar.
1581 Din-i-Ilahi promulgated by Akbar.
1600 Deccan expedition and siege of Ahmadnagar Charter to British East India company.
1605 Death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir.
1605-1627 Reign of Jahangir.
1609 William Hawking visited Jahangir.
1615 Sir Thomas Roe in the court of Jahangir.
1627 Death of Jahangir.
1628 Shah Jahan proclaimed Emperor.
1631 Death of Mumtaz Mahal.
1636 Treaties with Bijapur and Golcunda.
1658 Coronation of Aurangzeb.
1659 Murder of Afzal Khan by Shivaji.
1663 Death of Mir Jumla.
1663 Attack on Poona by Shivaji.
1663 Shaista Khan appointed Governor of Bengal.
1665 Conclusion of the treaty of Purandhar – signed between Sivaji and Jai Singh.
1666 Death of Shah Jahan.
1674 Sivaji’s Coronation and assumption of the title of Chatrapati.
1675 Execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur.
1679 Jeziah imposed on the Hindus by Aurangzeb.
1680 Death of Sivaji.
1686 Conquest of Bijapur by Aurangzeb.
1687 Golconda annexed to the Mughal empire.
1707 Death of Aurangzeb at Ahmadnagar.
1739 Invasion of Nadirshah.
1740-1761 Peshwaship of Balaji Baji Rao (Nana Saheb).
1746-48 First Carnatic war.
1748-54 Second Carnatic war.
1756-63 Third Carnatic war.
1757 Battle of Plassey.
1760 Battle of Wandiwash.
1761 Third Battle of Panipat: The Marathas defeated by the combined troops of Ahmad Shah Abdali; the Mughals, and other Muslim chiefs of India.
1764 Battle of Buxar. The English defeat Shah Alam, Shuja-ud-daulah and Mir Qasim.
1765 Grant of the ‘Diwani’ of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa to the East India Company by Shah Alam II under Treaty of Allahabad.
1765 Clive, Company’s Governor in Bengal.
1765-72 Dual Government of Bengal.
1767-69 The First Anglo Mysore War.
1770 The Great Bengal Famine.
1771 Marathas occupy Delhi and restore Shah Alam who was till then under English protection at Allahabad.
1772-73 Warren Hastings as Governor of Bengal.
1772-73 Abolition of Dual Government of Bengal(1772).
1773 The Regulating Act was passed, bringing the company partially under Parliament’s control and the Presidencies under Calcutta’s control.
1773-85 Warren Hastings Governor-General.
1773-85 Establishment of Supreme Court,Calcutta.
1775-82 The First Anglo-Maratha War.
1776 Treaty of Purandar
1780-84 Second Mysore War.
1783 Fox’s India Bills give more powers to Parliament and to the Governor-General.
1784 Treaty of Mangalore between Tipu and the English.
1784 Pitt’s Act passed, Setting up Board of Control for East India Company.
1784 Asiatic Society of Bengal founded by Sir William Jones.
1786-93 Lord Cornwalis, Governor-General.
1790-92 Third Mysore War.
1792 Treaty of Srirangapatnam signed between Tipu and English.
1793-98 Sir John Shore, Governor-General.
1793 The Permanent Zamindari Settlement of Bengal.
1798 Lord Wellesley as Governor-General and brought subsidiary alliance.
1799 Fourth Mysore War. Fall of Srirangapatnam. Death of Tipu.
1800 Establishment of the College of Fort William.
1802 The Treaty of Bassein between Peshwa and English.
1803 Occupation of Delhi by Lord Lake.
1803-05 Second Anglo-Maratha War.
1807-13 Lord Minto as Governor-General.
1809 Treaty of Amritsar-Ranjit Singh and British sign treaty of perpetual amity.
1813-23 Lord Hastings as Governor-General.
1814-16 Anglo-Gurkha War.
1817-18 Pindari War – Peshwa defeated at Kirkee.
1818-19 Last Anglo-Maratha War.
1823-28 Lord Amherst Governor-General.
1824-26 First Burmese War.
1828-35 Lord William Bentinck as Governor-General.
1829 Prohibition of Sati.
1829-37 Suppression of Thuggee.
1833 Renewal of Company’s charter. Abolition of the Company’s trading rights.
1835-36 Sir Charles Metcalf Governor-General.
1835 Macaulay’s Education Resolution. English made official language instead of Persian.
1835 Foundation of Calcutta Medical College.
1836-1842 Lord Auckland as Governor-General.
1839 Death of Ranjit Singh.
1842-44 Lord Ellenborough as Governor-General.
1844-48 Lord Hardinge as Governor-General.
1845-46 First Anglo-Sikh War. Treaty of Lahore.
1848-49 Second Anglo-Sikh War. Defeat of Sikhs and annexation of the Punjab.
1848-49 Opening of a Hindu Girls’ School in Calcutta by Bethune.
1848-56 Lord Dalhousie as Governor-General.
1852 Second Anglo-Burmese War.
1853 Railway opened from Bombay to Thana. Telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra.
1854 Charles Wood’s despatch on Education.
1855 Santhal insurrection in Bihar.
1856 Annexation of Awadh. Indian University Act. Hindu Widow’s Remarriage Act.
1856-58 Lord Canning – Governor-General.
1857-58 Revolt of 1857. Revolt at Meerut begins on May 10, 1857.
1858 British India placed under the direct government of the Crown. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation.
1858-62 Lord Canning as Viceroy.
1861 Indian Councils Act.
1861 Archaeological Survey of India set up.
1861 Indian Civil Service Act.
1861 Introduction of the Penal code.
1862-63 Lord Elgin as Viceroy.
1864-69 Sir John Lawrence Viceroy.
1865 Telegraphic communication with Europe opened.
1869-72 Lord Mayo as Viceroy.
1875 Visit of the Prince of Wales.
1875 Arya Samaj founded by Swami Dayananda.
1877 Lord Lytton held Durbar at Delhi where Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India.
1878 Vernacular Press Act.
1879 Theosophical Society at Adayar, (was set up) Madras.
1880-84 Lord Ripon as Viceroy.
1881 Factory Act.
1883 Indian National Conference held in Calcutta.
1883-84 Ilbert Bill controversy.
1884-88 Lord Dufferin Viceroy.
1885 First session of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay.
1887 Queen Victoria’s Jubilee.
1888-93 Lord Landsdowne Viceroy.
1892 Indian Councils Act.
1894-99 Lord Elgin II Viceroy.
1896 Ramakrishna Mission founded.
1899-1905 Lord Curzon Viceroy.
1905 Partition of Bengal.
1905-10 Lord Minto II Viceroy.
1906 Muslim League formed at Dacca.
1907 Surat Congress, moderates-extremists clash.
1908 Newspapers Act. Tilak convicted of sedition.
1909 Morley-Minto Reforms.
1909 Indian Councils Act passed.
1910-16 Lord Hardinge II Viceroy.
1911 Delhi Durbar.
1911 Partition of Bengal annulled. Census of India.
1911 Transfer of Capital to Delhi announced
1914 Gandhi arrives in India.
1916 Lucknow Pact of Indian National Congress and All-India Muslim League.
1916 Foundation of Women’s University at Poona.
1916 The Home Rule League founded.
1916-21 Lord Chelmsford as Viceroy.
1919 Montague-Chelmsford Reforms.
1919 Rowlatt Act passed.
1919 Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar (April 13).
1920 Khilafat Movement and Non Co-operation Movement.
1921 Moplah Rebellion and Wagon Tragedy.
1921-26 Lord Reading Viceroy.
1921 Harappa excavations begin.
1922 Mohenjodaro excavations begin.
1922 Chauri Chaura incident.
1923 Swarajists in Indian Councils.
1926-31 Lord Irwin Viceroy
1927 Appointment of Simon Commission.
1928 Simon Commission comes to India.
1928 Death of Lala Lajpat Rai following police assault. Nehru Report.
1929 Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt drops bombs in the Legislative Assembly.
1929 Congress on December 31 at Lahore declaring its objective of Poora Swaraj for India.
1930 Gandhiji’s Dandi March. Civil Disobedience Movement.
1930-31 First Round Table Conference.
1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact signed.
1931 Second Round Table Conference.
1931-36 Lord Wellingdon Viceroy.
1932 Third Round Table Conference.
1932 Communal Award announced.
1932 Poona Pact signed.
1934 Civil Disobedience Movement called off.
1935 Government of India Act, 1935 passed by British Parliament.
1936-44 Lord Linlithgow Viceroy.
1937 Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy. Congress Ministries formed in seven out of eleven provinces.
1938 Haripura session of the Congress.
1939 Second World War begins (September).
1940 Pakistan resolution passed by Muslim League at Lahore.
1941 Subhash Chandra Bose escapes from India.
1942 Cripps comes to India with his proposals in March.
1942 Congress rejects Cripps Proposal (11April).
1942 “Quit India” resolution passed by Congress on August 8.
1944-47 Lord Wavell Viceroy.
1944 INA reaches Indian soil.
1945 Labour Government in Britain. INA surrenders to the British (May). First trial of INA men (November 5).
1946 Cabinet Mission’s plans announced (June 16).
1947-48 Lord Mountbatten Viceroy
1947 Announcement of Lord Mountbatten’s plan for Partition of India (June 3).
1947 Indian Independence Act passed (July).
1947 Creation of free India and Pakistan on midnight of August 14/15, 1947 as dominions.
1947-64 Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India.
1948 Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (January 30).
1948 Raja-gopalachari appointed first Indian Governor-General (June 21).
1949 New Constitution of India adopted and signed (November 26).
1950 India become a Republic. New Constitution comes into force (January 26).
1950 Dr. Rajendra Prasad, first President of Indian Republic.
1950 Planning Commission was set up
1951 Inauguration of First Five Year Plan.
1952 First General Election in India
1952 National Development Council (NDC) set up.
1952 Family Planning is launched.
1953 Conquest of Mount Everest.
1953 University Grants Commission (UGC) is set up
1953 CBI is set up
1953 Formation of Andhra Pradesh on linquiestic basis
1954 Chou En-lai, the Chinese Premier visits India.
1954 Panchashila signed between China and India.
1955 Hindu Marriage Act and Indian Citizenship Act.
1956 Reorganisation of Indian States on linguistic basis
1956 2nd Five Year Plan launched.
1956 Nationalisation of insurance companies.
1957 Second General election. Introduction of decimal system of coinage.
1957 National Calender based on Saka era adopted.
1959 Dalai Lama reaches India for political asylum, Indo-Chinese relations worsen.
1959 Panchayat Raj introduced in Rajasthan.
1961 Goa, Daman and Diu liberated from Portu guese possession.
1961 Arjuna Award introduced
1962 Indo-China War.
1964 Death of Jawaharlal Nehru
1964 Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister.
1965 Indo-Pak War.
1966 Tashkent Declaration
1966 Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri
1966 Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister.
1969 First Nationalisation of 14 Banks.
1969 First Dada Sahib Phalke Award was given to Davika Rani
1971 Indo-Pak War
1971 Birth of Bangladesh.
1972 Shimla Agreement between India and Pakistan.
1973 Project Tiger
1974 Underground nuclear explosion carried out at Pokhran (May 18).
1975 Emergency declared in the country.
1975 Aryabhatta goes to orbit.
1977 Janata Party comes to power.
1977 Vajpayee address UNO in Hindi.
1978 Denomination of high value notes of Rs 1,000, Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 10,000 demonetised.
1979 Morarji Desai resigns as Prime Minister.
1979 Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.
1979 Death of Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan.
1979 Bhakara I launched
1980 Mother Theresa gets Bharat Ratna.
1980 Six more commercial banks nationalised.
1981 Apple was launched
1981 First Indian Antartic Expedition to Qusim. Dakshin Gangothri, India’s first permanent station at Antartica was set up.
1983 Bharat Ratna posthumously awarded to Acharya Vinoba Bhave.
1983 INSAT-IB successfully launched.
1984 Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma becomes first Indian cosmonaut to go into space.
1984 Bachendri Pal becomes first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest.
1984 Indira Gandhi assassinated
1984 Rajiv Gandhi sworn in as new Prime Minister.
1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy
1985 Centenary celebrations of Indian National Congress held.
1985 Dhronachary Award instituted
1986 Centre and Laldenga sign Mizo Accord.
1987 Frontier Gandhi, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan given Bharat Ratna. First foreigner to get Bharatratna.
1988 Bharat Ratna conferred on M.G. Ramachandran.
1988 Contingent of Indian Army flown to Maldives to help President Abdul Gayoom.
1988 Lok Sabha passes Constitutional Amendment Bill reducing voting age from 21 to 18 years.
1989 V.P. Singh sworn in as seventh Prime Minister with Devi Lal as his Deputy.
1990 Nelson Mandela honoured with Bharat Ratna.
1990 V.P. Singh resigns after losing vote of confidence in Lok Sabha.
1990 Chandra Shekhar is sworn as New Prime Minister.
1991 Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated at Sriperum budur in Tamil Nadu.
1991 Bharat Ratna is conferred on Morarji Desai. Rajiv Gandhi and Sardar Patel are awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously.
1992 Maulana Azad posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna.
1992 Kar Sevaks demolished Babri Masjid in Ayodhya
1993 Battle tank “Arjun” inducted into Indian Army.
1993 Job Quota for OBC’s becomes operative.
1993 Earth quake at Lathur, Maharashtra
1994 Panchayati Raj Act becomes operational.
1995 Morarji Desai, dies. Bombay becomes mumbai.
1996 Atal Behari Vajpayee becomes Prime Minister on May 16 and resigns on May 28.
1996 H.D. Deve Gowda becomes Prime Minister on June 1. Madras becomes Chennai.
1997 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C1) is launched from Sriharikota (AndhraPradesh).
1997 Arundhati Roy bagged the 29th Booker Prize,
1997 Kalpana Chawla became the first Indianborn US woman to go into space.
1998 India’s second (May 11) and third (May 13) nuclear explosion at Pokhran.
1998 M.S. Subhalekshmi and Jaya Prakash Narayan win Bharat Ratna.
1998 Vajpayee becomes 12 Prime Minister of India.
1998 Param 10000 India’s new super computer unveailed.
1998 Konkan Railway (760 km) inaugurated.
1999 INSAT 2E was launched on April 3
1999 PSLV-C2 launched IRS P4.
1999 India becomes leading producer of milk in the world.
1999 Amarthya Sen wins Bharat Ratna.
1999 India launched Operation Vijay to repel the Pak intruders from Kargil.
2000 Bill Clinton visits India.
2000 Lara Dutta of India becomes Miss Universe.
2000 Formation of the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal.
2000 Karnam Malleswary wins bronze medal in Sydney olympics.
2000 Priyanka Chopra of India becomes Miss world.
2001 GSLV D1 launches GSAT. Indian parliament attacked.
2002 Ms. Poornima Advani is appointed Chairperson of the National Commission for women.
2002 Former Indian Air Force Chief, Arjan Singh, is made the first ever marshal of the IAF.
2002 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 11th President
2002 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat is sworn in the 12th Vice-President.
2002 The first exclusive 1,060 kg. meteorological satellite (METSAT) is successfully launched from the Sriharikotta by PSLV.
2002 Justice V.N. Khare is sworn in Chief Justice of India.
2003 L.K. Advani is appointed Deputy Prime Minister.
2003 INSAT 3E, was launched (September 28)
2003 Air Marshal T.M. Asthana is named the first Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Forces Command.
2003 The Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee Christens METSAT, Kalpana I after Kalpana Chawla.
2003 Mehbooba Mufti takes over as president of the Peoples Democratic Party thus becoming the first woman to head a political party in J and K.
2003 INS Talwar the Navy’s first stealth warship is inducted into western fleet.
2003 G. Madhavan Nair assumes office as Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO
2003 The government constitutes the 17th Law Commission with Justice M. Jayannatha Rao as Chairman.
2003 The LokSabha passes the POTA Amendment Bill, 2003, providing for safeguard against misuse.
2003 Rajya Sabha passes dual citizenship bill.
2004 India becomes the first developing country to import LNG.
2004 India wins its first ever test series in Pakistan.
2004 Major Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathore gets the silver medal for India in shooting (double trap category) at the Olympic Games.
2004 EDUSAT – India’s first exclusive satellite for educational services, placed in orbit.
2004 Tata Motors becomes the first company in the Indian engineering sector to list its securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
2004 Kerala’s Palakkad district collectorate is the first in India to be totally computerised.
2004 The Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Award to the former Botswana President Sir Ketimile Masire.
2004 Over 80,000 people are killed following an undersea earthquake off Sumatra in Indonesia, over 19,000 people are killed in India
2004 ‘Lakshya’ pilotless target aircraft, test flown.
2005 Cabinet decided to offer dual citizenship for all overseas Indians who migrated after January 26, 1950.
2005 President’s rule was imposed on Goa and the Assembly kept under suspended animation, even after the Pratapsingh Rane Government wins the trust vote.
2005 Tamil writer D. Jayakanthan is selected for the 38th Jnanapith Award for 2002. He is the second Tamil author after P.V. Akhilandan to receive the honour.
2005 Dandi March route (384 km) is declared a heritage path and the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, announces a Rs 10 crore package for Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram renovation, on the 75th anniversary day of the breaking of the salt act by Mahatma Gandhi.
2005 India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLVC-6 is launched from the spaceport in Sriharikota, and it injects two satellites CARTOSAT – 1 and HAMSAT into
2005 The Lok Sabha passes the Right to information Bill.
2005 The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, launches the National Knowledge Commission.
2005 The Government comes out with the first ever Outcome Budget.
2005 The trial-run, of the first Amritsar- Lahore service begins linking the two cities for the first time nearly six decades.
2006 India’s first rubber dam is installed across the Janjhavati river in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district.
2006 Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy is awarded the 2005 Sahitya Akademi Award for English for her book of essays begins. The Algebra of Infinite Justice.
2006 The first-ever-Lahore- Amritsar bus service
2006 The world’s longest rail is flagged off from Bhilai steel plant.
2006 The President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, returns the Office of Profit Bill for reconsideration
2006 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam becomes the first President to make a sortie in a combat aircraft after flying in a Sukhoi-30 MKT after take off from Lahegaon airbase, Pune.
2006 N. Gopalaswami takes over as the new Chief Election Commissioner.
2006 The GSLV – FO2 launch from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh ends in failure after the vehicle crashes into the Bay of Bengal.
2006 Social activist Arvind Kajriwal is elected for the 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Award in the Emergent Leadership category.
2006 The President A.P.J Abdul Kalam, confers the 39th Jnanapith Award on Marathi writer Vinda Karandikar.
2006 Actor Shabana Azmi is chosen for the Gandhi International Peace Prize 2006.
2006 The protection of women from Domestic Violence Act 2006 comes into effect.
2006 The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, presents the 21st Indira Gandhi Prize for National Integration to lyricist Javed Akhtar.
2006 Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa inaugurates the three – day first Asian Mayor’s meet in Dehra Dun.

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