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I would say, India is the unexplored country. Every beauty and resource that nature brings with it is available here. Now with the growth of education, science and technology there also we can see some magnificent contributions from Indian Fora coming for the world. As we move on with the history of India what we come across is the legacy of Indian and foreign rulers ruling the land with no conviction and a centralized idea, structure and plan to build the country like Westerners have done.Otherwise if you see India in Pre-Christ era, you will find this land to be more prosperous and successful in many ways. The logical city structures old and monstrous temples and buildings built prove their power and knowledge. While with the growth of society these knowledge segment got dispersed across the land of India and could not build a strong and reasonably successful unified ruling class to think for India together.We also lacked the strength to move out of the land and go to other areas of the world to conquer and bring richness of those places for us. This is something well done by many other foreign countries. Their ruling class was able to move out, conquer and rule other places for centuries. This constant attack and rule over India land by other’s made India literally one of the poorest among all the countries of the world. This also did affected our thinking and working pattern.After achieving independence India struggled to stay together with all the states and it took a very very long time till the country stabilized and prepared itself to start the growth of modern era. This not only needed monumental steps to be taken but understanding that we are now one country that too need to be seeped into the mind of the people of the land.Changes that took place in india: [Ref]1000 BCE - Start of the Vedi Perio that continued for next 500 years.1000 – The Gold mines of megalithic sites in South India at Vijayanagar was discovered.Kuru, Panchala, Kosala, Videha ruled during the Iron age.877 BCE - Incarnation of the 23rd jain tirthankara Parsvanatha.700 BCE - Upanishads written and hinduism received the most valuable gift.600 BCE - Sixteen Maha Janapadas emerge. End of Vedic perios.599 BCE - Incarnation of Mahavira, 24th Tirthankar of Jainism.563 BCE - Incarnation of Gautam Budha at Lumbini ( now in nepal) in the royal family of the Shakyas.543 BCE - Marriage of Odisha-based Prince Vijaya (c. 543 BCE) with daughter of the Pandyan king of Madurai.538 BCE - Achaemenid Empire of rulled by Cyrus the Great, founder of the Persian reached upto northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, today's Afghanistan, which later proved to be his nemesis and caused his death.527 BCE - Nirvana of Mahavira273 BCE - Rise of Ashoka conquering many states. Chandragupta Maurya, ascends as emperor of the Mauryan Empire.266 BCE - Ashoka conquers and unifies most of South Asia with Afghanistan and Balochistan. He can be said to be the only Indian king who ventured out of India.265 BCE - Historic Kalinga War takes place between Ashoka and the kingdom of Kalinga. It changes ashoka the cruelest ruler of one time to the deep devotee and follower of Buddhism.180 BCE - In today's pakistan the Indo-Gree kingdom starte. In areas of Pakistan, afghanistan and turkmenistan, using languages such as Sanskrit, Pali and Greek and followed ancient Greek and Indian Religions.450 - Kind Huna invaded India.554 - Gupta empire Collapsed with the death of skandagupta.606 - Harshavardhana crowned Monarch.712 - First Muslim, Muhammad Bin Qasim defeats Raja Dahir, king of Sindh Region in modern day Pakistan736 - Delhi is re-established by Bilan Deo Tomar also known as Anangpal Tomar753 Establishment of Rashtrakuta Kingdom of Manyakhet by Danti Durga by defeating Chalukyas of Badami788 Birth of Adi Shankaracharya814 Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I becomes Rashtrakuta emperor. Kannada literature flourishes.836 Gurjara-Pratihara (to 910)985 Rajaraja Chola ascends to the throne of Chola empire. He expands the empire to Sri Lanka and to the north to include Kalinga kingdom1000 Invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni1021 Mahmud Ghazni defeats Tarnochalpal and annexes Punjab1025 Last invasion of Mahmud Ghazni, sacked and destroyed temple of Somnath1030 Alberuni arrives in India; death of Mahmud of Ghazni1058 Sumra Dynasty ends the Arab domination and establishes its own rule over Sindh.1120 Kalyani Chalukyas power at its peak. Vikramaditya VI ushers in Vikrama Chalukya era.1134 Life of Basaveshwara, philosopher and social reformer. (to 1196)1157 The Kalachuris of Kalyani under Bijjala II capture Kalyani1175 Mohammed Ghori invades India.[24]1191 "Victory of Prithviraj Chauhan". First battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithviraj III. Ghori is defeated by Prithivi Raj Chauhan III.1192 "Victory of Mohammed Ghori". Second battle of Tarain fought between Ghori and Prithivi Raj Chauhan III. Prithvi Raj Chauhan III is defeated by Mhammed Ghori.1194 Battle of Chandawar fought between Ghauri and Jaichand of Kannauj. Ghauri defeated Jayachandra and killed him.1206 15 March Gakhars kill Muhammad Ghori during a raid on his camp on the Jhelum River1206 12 June Qutb-ud-din Aibak establishes slave Dynasty later to be known as Delhi Sultanate1221 Genghis Khan invades Punjab1238 October Sri Madhwacharya born in Pajaka near Udupi, Karnataka1240 14 October Murder of Razia Sultan by Turkish nobles.1340 Birth of great mathematician Madhava of Sangamagrama.1494 9 June Babur becomes the King1498 20 May Vasco de Gama's first voyage from Europe to India and back (to 1499)1503 Kingdom of Kochi is taken over by the Portuguese creating the first European settlement in India.1508 The Christian-Islamic power struggle in Europe and the Middle East. Spills over into the Indian Ocean as Battle of Chaul during the Portuguese-Mamluk War1509 3 February Battle of Diu marks the beginning of the dominance of the Europeans in the Asian naval theater.1510 Portuguese India (to 1961)1522 Portuguese land on the Coromandel Coast1574 1 September Guru Ram Das becomes fourth Guru of Sikhs.Akbar annexes Bengal.1581 1 September Guru Arjan Dev becomes fifth Guru of Sikhs.1586 Akbar annexes Kashmir.1600 31 December East India company is formed in England. Gets exclusive trading rights with India.1605 27 October Akbar dies, and is succeeded by his son Jahangir.1606 25 May Guru Hargobind becomes sixth guru of Sikhs.1612 30 November British India (to 1947)East India Company (to 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857, Meerut)1627 February Birth of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.1628 Jehangir announces "Chain of Justice" outside his palace that anyone can ring the bell and get a personal hearing with the emperor. Jehangir dies, and is succeeded by his son Shah Jahan.1644 8 March Guru Har Rai becomes seventh guru of SikhsShivaji takes oath of Independence at Raireshwar.1658 Shah Jahan completes Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, and Red Fort. Imperial treasuries drained by architectural and military overexpenditures. Shah Jahan dies, and is succeeded by his son Aurangzeb.1659 Shivaji's ill-equipped and small Maratha army defeat numerically much larger Adilshahi troops at the Battle of Pratapgarh marking the first victory of the Maratha Empire. Shivaji personally kills Adilshahi commander Afzal Khan (general).1661 6 October Guru Har Krishan becomes eight guru of Sikhs.1665 20 March Guru Tegh Bahadur becomes ninth Guru of Sikhs.1674 Forces led by Shivaji defeat Aurangzeb's troops, and establishes Maratha Empire.1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs is executed in Delhi by the order of Aurangzeb for his support for the Kashmiri Hindus to practice their religion.Guru Gobind Singh becomes tenth Guru of Sikhs.1680 3 April Shivaji dies of fever at Raigad.20 July Sambhaji becomes 2nd Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire1681 Aurangzeb invades the Deccan1689 11 March Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj dies.1696 20 November Danish India (to 1869)1699 Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs creates Khalsa, the saint-soldier at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.1700 3 March Rajaram Chhatrapati dies1705 Mughal army arrested for the act.[clarification needed]1707 3 March Death of Aurangzeb the mughal monarch.1708 7 October Guru Granth Sahib becomes Guru of Sikhs.1721 March – October Attingal Outbreak takes place13–14 November Madras cyclone occurs1720 Bajirao I appointed by Shahu Maharaj as Peshwa(prime minister) who later will expand the Maratha empire .1756 Black Hole of Calcutta infamous incident where soldiers of East India Company were held hostage in tortuous conditions, later served as a precedent for the Battle of Plassey1757 23 June Battle of PlasseyCompany rule in India (to 1858)17581759 French India (to 1954)1760 Marathas comprehensively defeat the Nizam, Maratha Empire reaches its zenith.1760 Battle at Wandewash, British troops beat French1761 The Marathas are routed in the Third Battle of Panipat on 14 January 1761, by the Afghans led by Ahmad Shah Durrani, an ethnic Pashtun, also known as Ahmad Shah Abdali. The battle is considered one of the largest battles fought in the 18th century.1764 22 October Battle of Buxar (British victory against allied Mughal, Bengal and Oudh forces)1765 12 August Princely states (to 15 August 1947)1767 First Anglo-Mysore War begins, in which Haidar Ali of Mysore defeats the combined armies of the East India Company, the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad.1771 Marathas re-captures Delhi and parts of North India.1772 22 May Ram Mohan Roy Born (to 1833)1773 Narayanrao Peshwa is murdered by his uncle Raghunathrao's wife in front of Raghunathrao.Regulating Act of 1773Warren Hastings appointed as first Governor-General of India1774 Chief Justice of the Maratha Empire, Ram Shastri passes death sentence against the ruling Peshwa Raghunathrao for murdering his nephew.1775 First Anglo-Maratha War1779 Maratha sardar Mahadji Shinde routs the East India Company army at the Battle of Wadgaon War ends with the restoration of status quo as per Treaty of Salbai.1780 Second Anglo-Mysore War begins.1784 Second Anglo-Mysore War ends with the Treaty of Mangalore.1786 District collectors in Bengal were made responsible for settling the revenue and collecting it.1789 Third Anglo-Mysore War begins.1790 The Marathas under Holkar and General de Boigne defeat the Rajputs of Jaipur and Mughals at the Battle of Patan, where 3000+ Rajput cavalry is killed and the entire Mughal unit vanquished. The defeat crushes Rajput hope of independence from external influence1792 Third Anglo-Mysore War ends.1795 13 August Death of Ahilyabai Holkar1796 Ching-Thang Khomba moves Manipur's capital to Kangla1798 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War begins.1799 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ends with the death of Tipu Sultan, the victory of the East India Company, and the restoration of their ally, the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore.Polygar War1800 13 March Death of Nana Fadnavis1801 Maharaja Ranjit Singh establishes Khalsa rule of Punjab from Lahore. Khalsa army liberates Kashmiri Pundits and invades Afghanistan through Khyber Pass.1803 Second Anglo-Maratha War begins1805 Second Anglo-Maratha War ends1806 Vellore Mutiny1809 East India Company signs the first Treaty of Amritsar with Ranjit Singh1811 28 October Death of Yashwantrao Holkar1814 "Atmiya Sabha" Established by Raja Ram Mohan Roy1817 Third Anglo-Maratha War beginsEstablishment of Hindu College (Presidency College, now Presidency University, Kolkata)1818 Third Anglo-Maratha War ends with the defeat of Bajirao II and the end of the Maratha Empire leaving the East India Company with control of almost the whole of India1820 September Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar is born (to 1891)1823 Anglo–Burmese Wars (to 1826)1824 12 February Dayananda Saraswati is born (to 1883)1826 British rule in Burma (to 1947)1827 in Satara India 11 April Mahatma Jyotirao Govindrao Phule is born (to 1890)1836 Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa is born (to 1886)1839 First Anglo-Afghan War1845 First Anglo-Sikh Wars (to 1849)4 November Vasudev Balwant Phadke is born (to 1883)1853 Started Post Service1853 16 April First Railway estalblished between Bombay and Thane1855 30 June Santhal rebellion1856 25 July Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 185623 July Bal Gangadhar Tilak is born (to 1920)20 August Narayana Guru is born (to 1928)1857 10 May Indian Rebellion of 1857Established first three University of Mumbai, University of Madras and University of Calcutta in India1858 1 November British Raj (to 1947)7 November Bipin Chandra Pal is born (to 1932)1859 18 April Death of Tatya Tope1861 7 May Rabindranath Tagore is born.1863 12 January Swami Vivekanand is born (to 1902)1865 28 January Lala Lajpat Rai is born (to 1928)The high courts of Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay are established.[25]1867 "Prarthana Samaj" Established Earlier known as "Atmiya Sabha","Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq"was started1869 2 October Mahatma Gandhi is born (to 30 January 1948)Thakkar Bapa is Born (to 1951)1873 24 September "Satyashodhak Samaj" is a society established by Jyotirao Phule1875 "Arya Samaj" EstablishedAligarh Muslim UniversityDeccan Riots1877 1 January Delhi Durbar First time1885 28 December Indian National Congress Established[26]1889 3 December [[Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1 April 1889 – 21 June 1940) was the founding Sarsanghachalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Hedgewar founded the RSS in Nagpur in 1925, with the intention of promoting the concept of a united India rooted in indigenous ideology.[1] He drew upon influences from the Congress Party to start the RSS as a reaction to the Malabar riots.[2]]]Khudiram Bose is born (to 1908)1891 14 April B. R. Ambedkar is born (to 1956)1895 11 May jiddu krishnamurti is born (to 17 February 1986)1897 23 January Subhas Chandra Bose is born (to 1945)1st finger print bureau of India est in kolkata.1899 "Mithra Mela" Established by V.D.Savarkar.1902 Anushilan Samiti, organized revolutionary association formed.1903 British Expedition to TibetDelhi Durbar Second Time.1904 University Act1905 16 October Partition of Bengal1906 Jugantar formed.30 December Muslim League formed in Dacca.19071908Surat SplitAlipore bomb case1909 Morley-Minto Reforms1911 Cancellation of Partition of BengalDelhi Durbar Third Time1911 12 December British government change capital city from Calcutta to Delhi.[27]1912 Delhi conspiracy case1913 Gadar Party formed.Rabindranath Tagore won Nobel Prize in Literature1914 Hindu–German Conspiracy1915 Ghadar conspiracyProvisional Government of India formed in Kabul.Mahatma Gandhi returns to India.1916 Lucknow Pact1917 Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacreMontagu–Chelmsford ReformsRowlatt Act is passed1920 Non-cooperation movement Khilafat Movement1922 5 February Chauri Chaura incident1924 Hindustan Socialist Republican Association is formed1925 9 August Kakori conspiracy1927 November Simon Commission1928 Bardoli Satyagraha1929 Central Assembly Bombed by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt.Purna Swaraj resolution.1930 Salt Satyagraha, the civil disobedience movement, begins with the Dandi marchRound Table Conferences (India) First1931 March Gandhi–Irwin Pact23 March Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev MartyredSeptember–December Round Table Conferences (India) Second1932 24 September Poona Pact16 August Communal AwardNovember–December Round Table Conferences (India) Third1935 August Government of India Act 19351937 Indian provincial elections, 19371939 All India Forward Bloc Established by Subhas Chandra Bose1940 23 March Lahore Resolution8 August August offer 19401942Late March Cripps' missionAugust 1.Quit India movementand 2. Indian National Army Established by Subhas Chandra Bose1943 Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, the Provisional Government of Free India formed by Netaji.1944 Subhas Chandra Bose calls Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation.1945 Wavell Plan Simla Conference.1946 February Royal Indian Navy MutinyMarch Cabinet Mission16 August Direct Action Day/Great Calcutta Killings1947 July Indian Independence Act 1947 by British Raj.Partition of India and Pakistan becomes an independent state on 14 August 1947.[26]Freedom from British Raj.Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition. (to 1948)1948 30 January Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse.War with Pakistan over disputed territory of Kashmir.Telangana and other princely states integrated in Indian union1950 26 January India became Republic.1951 Congress Party wins first general elections under leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. (to 1952)1955 Nationalisation of Indian Insurance Sector. Establishment of LIC.1956 14 October Dr B.R Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with 600,000 followers.1962 war over disputed territory of Kashmir[26] with China.India won Diu, Daman and Goa from Portuguese India.1964 27 May Death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.1965 6–23 September Second war with Pakistan over Kashmir.1966 Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.1971 Third war with Pakistan over creation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.1974 India explodes first nuclear device in underground test.1975 Indira Gandhi declares state of emergency after being found guilty of electoral malpractice.Nearly 1,000 political opponents imprisoned and programme of compulsory birth control introduced. (to 1977)1977 Indira Gandhi's Congress Party loses general elections. Janata Party comes to power.Communist party of India comes into power in West Bengal.1979 Janata Party Splits. Chaudhary Charan Singh becomes Prime Minister.1980 Indira Gandhi returns to power heading Congress party splinter group, Congress (Indira).1983 N. T. Rama Rao NTR's 9 month old Telugu Desam Comes in to Power in AP marks a new Challenger post Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan against Indira1984 Troops storm Golden Temple – Sikhs' most holy shrine (after Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale amasses weapons inside this Holy Shrine)- to flush out Sikh terrorist pressing for self-rule, called Operation Blue Star. "Anti-Sikh Riots 1984".Indira Gandhi assassinated by Sikh bodyguards, following which her son, Rajiv, takes over.Many Sikhs were killed due to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. see 1984 anti-Sikh riots.1987 India deploys troops for peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict.1988 SEBI was established by The Government of India on 12 April 1988 and given statutory powers in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament.1989 Falling public support leads to Congress defeat in general election.1989 National Front (India) Headed by V. P. Singh and led by Janata Dal formed and stormed into power with outside support from BJP and CPI.1990 Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassinated by suicide bomber sympathetic to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers.Economic reform programme begun by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao.1992 Babri Mosque in Ayodhya is demolished, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.Over 200 people die in Cuttack in Odisha, after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the 1992 Odisha liquor deaths incident.1995 July West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu made the first call from Kolkata to inaugurate the cellular services in India1996 Congress suffers worst ever electoral defeat as BJP emerges as largest single party.1996 August The Amarnath Yatra tragedy in which at least 194 pilgrims are reported to have frozen to death in northern Kashmir after being stranded by violent rain and snow storms.1998 BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.India carries out nuclear tests, leading to widespread international condemnation.1999 February Vajpayee makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to meet Premier Nawaz Sharif and to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration.May Tension in Kashmir leads to brief war with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil in Indian-held Kashmir.October Cyclone devastates eastern state of Odisha, leaving at least 10,000 dead.2000 March US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties.May India marks the birth of its billionth citizen.November States of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh & Uttranchal(Uttrakhand) were created on 15 November 20002001 A high-powered rocket is launched, adding India to the club of countries able to fire big satellites deep into space.26 January The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.July Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in the first summit between the two neighbours in more than two years. The meeting ends without a breakthrough or even a joint statement because of differences over Kashmir.July Vajpayee's BJP party declines his offer to resign over a number of political scandals and the apparent failure of his talks with Pakistani President Musharraf.September US lifts sanctions which it imposed against India and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests in 1998. The move is seen as a reward for their support for the US-led anti-terror campaign.October India and Pakistan fire at each other's military posts in the heaviest firing along the dividing line of control in Kashmir for almost a year.[28]October Pakistani forces shelled the village of Arnia about three km (two miles) from the border in the early hours of Monday June 6, killing five and wounding at least two dozen civilians.[28]December Suicide squad attacks parliament in New Delhi, killing several police. The five gunmen die in the assault.December India imposes sanctions against Pakistan, to force it to take action against two Kashmir militant groups blamed for the suicide attack on parliament. Pakistan retaliates with similar sanctions, and bans the groups in January.December India, Pakistan mass troops on common border amid mounting fears of a looming war.2002 War of words between Indian and Pakistani leaders intensifies. Actual war seems imminent.January India successfully test-fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile – the Agni – off its eastern coast.February Inter-religious bloodshed breaks out after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire in Godhra, Gujarat. More than 1,000 people, die in subsequent riots. (Police and officials blamed the fire on a Muslim mob; a 2005 government investigation said it was an accident, though later court and SIT report held Muslim mob responsible.)May Pakistan test-fires three medium-range surface-to-surface Ghauri missiles, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.June UK, US urge their citizens to leave India and Pakistan, while maintaining diplomatic offensive to avert war.July Retired scientist and architect of India's missile programme A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is elected president.2003 August At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.November India matches Pakistan's declaration of a Kashmir ceasefire.December India, Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights.2004 January Groundbreaking meeting is held between government and moderate Kashmir separatists.May Surprise victory for Congress Party in general elections. Manmohan Singh is sworn in as prime minister.September India, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, launches an application for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.November India begins to withdraw some of its troops from Kashmir.December Thousands are killed when tsunami, caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake off the Indonesian coast, devastate coastal communities in the south and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.2005 July More than 1,000 people are killed in floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in Mumbai (Bombay) and Maharashtra region.8 October The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake strikes with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.2006 February India's largest-ever rural jobs scheme is launched, aimed at lifting around 60 million families out of poverty.March US and India sign a nuclear agreement during a visit by US President George W Bush. The US gives India access to civilian nuclear technology while India agrees to greater scrutiny for its nuclear programme.2007 February India and Pakistan sign an agreement aimed at reducing the risk of accidental nuclear war.18 February 68 passengers, most of them Pakistanis, are killed by bomb blasts and a blaze on a train travelling from New Delhi to the Pakistani city of Lahore.March Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.April India's first commercial space rocket is launched, carrying an Italian satellite.May Government announces its strongest economic growth figures for 20 years – 9.4% in the year to March.May At least nine people are killed in a bomb explosion at the main mosque in Hyderabad. Several others are killed in subsequent rioting.July India says the number of its people with HIV or AIDS is about half of earlier official tallies. Health ministry figures put the total at between 2 million and 3.1 million cases, compared with previous estimates of more than 5 million.July Pratibha Patil becomes first woman to be elected president of India.2008 July Series of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The little-known group Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility.October Following approval by the US Congress, President George W Bush signs into law a nuclear deal with India, which ends a three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with Delhi.October India successfully launches its first mission to the moon, the unmanned lunar probe Chandrayaan-1.November Nearly 200 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of coordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area of India's financial capital Mumbai. India blames militants from Pakistan for the attacks and demands that Islamabad take strong action against those responsible.December India announces "pause" in peace process with Pakistan. Indian cricket team cancels planned tour of Pakistan.2009 February India and Russia sign deals worth $700 million, according to which Moscow will supply uranium to Delhi.April Trial of sole surviving suspect in Mumbai attacks begins.May Resounding general election victory gives governing Congress-led alliance of PM Manmohan Singh an enhanced position in parliament, only 11 seats short of an absolute majority.July Delhi court decriminalizes gay sex2010 February 16 people are killed in a bomb explosion at German Bakery in the city of Pune, Maharashtra.May Surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is convicted of murder, possession of explosives and waging war2011 May After 34 years of Left Front Government, Trinamool Congress and Congress alliance come to power in West Bengal2012 July Pranab Mukherjee, the former Finance Minister is elected as the 13th president of India.November Ajmal Kasab the lone surviving gunman of 2008 Mumbai attacks is hanged on 21 November 2012 at 7:30 in at Yerwada Jail.2013 12 February Indian helicopter bribery scandal comes to light.21 February Terror attacks in Hyderabad in Dilsukhnagar area.5 November Mars Orbiter Mission, is successfully launched into Mars orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[29][30][31]2014 16 May Narendra Modi elected as prime minister of India, Congress was routed in the general elections.2 June Telangana The state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014.2016 2–5 January Terror Attacks on Pathankot Air Base.[32]27 June India becomes a member of Missile Technology Control Regime.7 June Unrest in Kashmir.27 September India launches its first space laboratory Astrosat in its biggest project since its Mars orbiter mission in 2014.23 September India signs a billion-dollar defence deal with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets.8 November In a surprise announcement, the government withdraws high denomination notes from circulation causing chaotic scenes at banks across the country as customers try to exchange old notes.