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This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.
List of years in India Timeline of Indian history: Events in the year 1938 in India. Indian independence – Government of India Act gives Indians a role in governing ...
Independent India's first years were marked with turbulent events—a massive exchange of population with Pakistan, the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and the integration of over 500 princely states to form a united nation. [10] Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi also ensured that the constitution of independent India would be ...
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returns to India from South Africa to spearhead the Indian independence movement. Calcutta School of Music is established by Phillpe Sandre. The Home Rule League is founded by Annie Besant (it was formally launched in 1916).
26 January – The Indian National Congress declares January 26 as Independence Day, or the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence). 28 February - Sir C V Raman Received Nobel Prize in Physics. 2 March – Mohandas Gandhi informs British viceroy of India that civil disobedience would begin nine days later.
The Indian independence movement was a series of historic events in British India with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule. It lasted until 1947, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed. The first nationalistic movement for Indian independence emerged in the Province of Bengal.
Printable version; In other projects ... List of years in India Timeline of Indian history: Events in the year 1960 in the Republic of India.(post Independence period)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 December 2024. Public holiday celebrated on 15 August "15 August 1947" and "August 15, 1947" redirect here. For other uses, see August 1947 § August 15, 1947 (Friday). The flag of India hoisted at the Red Fort in Delhi ; hoisted flags are a common sight on Independence Day. Observed by India Type ...