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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.
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 ...
On 3 June 1947, Viscount Louis Mountbatten, the last British Governor-General of India, announced the partitioning of British India into India and Pakistan. With the speedy passage of the Indian Independence Act 1947 , at 11:57 on 14 August 1947 Pakistan was declared a separate nation.
2 Events. 3 Law. 4 Births. Toggle Births subsection ... List of years in India Timeline of Indian history: Events in the year 1938 in India. Indian independence ...
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.
List of years in India Timeline of Indian history: Events in the year 1947 in India. It was a very eventful year as it became independent from the British crown ...
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