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6th January 1915 : Mahatma Gandhi returns from South Africa.

12th January 1863 : Swami Vivekanand was born.

23rd January 1897 : Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was born.

26th January 1950 : India becomes a republic.

30th January 1948 : Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by a right wing Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse.
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8th February 1936 : Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party.

12th February 1940s : Non Cooperation movement came to an end.

19th February 1949 : Mass arrests of communists in India.

25th February 1962 : India Congress Party wins elections.

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8th March 1930 : Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India.

11th March : Gandhi begins his Dandi March.

18th March 1922 : Brit magistrates in India sentence Gandhi to 6 years for disobedience.

19th March 1972 : India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty.

22nd March 1977 : Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India.

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7th April 1934 : In India, Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience.

13th April : Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

15th April 1948 : Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created.

19th April 1975 : India launches 1st satellite with help of USSR.

30th April : Khudiram Bose was executed.

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1st May 1960 : India’s Bombay state split into Gujarat & Maharashtra states.

8th May 1933 : Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest against British oppression in India.

10th May : Gandhiji accepted to present primary report of enquiry.

13th May 1952 : Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India.

20th May 1498 : Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calcutta India
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2nd June 1964 : Lal Bahadur Sjastri elected premier of India.

7th June 1955 : India premier Nehru visit USSR.

11th June 1866 : The Allahabad High Court (then Agra High Court) is established in India.

30th June 1914 : Mahatma Gandhi’s 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa.

30th June : Death of Dada Bhai Naoroji.

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2nd July 1940-Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.

6th July 1892 : Dadabhai Naoroji elected as first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.

10th July 1800 : The British Indian Government establishes the Fort William College to promote Urdu, Hindi

and other vernaculars of sub continent.

18th July 1947 : king George VI signs Indian Independence Bill.

22nd July : Tilak sentenced 26 years of charges sedination..

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2nd August 1858 : Govt of India transferred from East India Company to Crown.

14th August 1947 : India granted independence within British Commonwealth.

15th August 1947 : India became independent.

17th August 1947 : The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is re-

vealed. 24th August 1608 : 1st English convoy lands at Surat India.
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1st September 1798: England signs Treaty with Nizam of Hyderabad.

2nd September 1946: Nehru forms the Government.

12th September 1948 : Invasion of the State of Hyderabad by the Indian Army on the day after the Paki-

stani leader Jinnah’s death.

17th September 2004 : Tamil is declared the first classical language in India.

27th September: Bhagat Singh was born.

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1st October 1953 : Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras.

8th October 1932: Establishment of the Indian Air Force.

15th October : Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.

16th October 1905: partition of Bengal occurred.

26th October 1947 : Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India.

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1st November 1858 : Queen Victoria lays down principles for working of government in India.

3rd November 1838 : The Times of India is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.

6th November 1913 : Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa. .

24th November 1941 : Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar.

26th November 1949 : The Indian Constitution was made.

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4th December 1924 : Opening of the Gateway of India.

13th December 1947 : Nehru moves his Objective Resolution.

26th December 1925 : Communist Party of India was formed.

30th December 1925: All India Muslim League was formed.