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| 1917 | Birth |  |
| Allahabad Birth of Indira Nehru Gandhi, daughter of Nehru |
| 1930 | Arrest | |
| 4th May Arrested by the British |
| 1930 | Demonstrations | |
| Leads the salt march 240 miles to the coast in defiance of the salt tax |
| 1930 | March Salt | |
| Leads the salt march 240 miles to the coast in defiance of the salt tax |
| 1931 | Conference of London | |
| London Attends the London Conference in a loin cloth |
| 1931 | Independence | |
| 26th Jan Released from prison to have discussions with the British |
| 1932 | Arrest | |
| 4th Jan Arrested by the British |
| 1932 | National Congress | |
| 4th Jan The National Congress of India is declared illegal |
| 1939 | Arrest | |
| Imprisoned for political actions during the war |
| 1939 | Congress Party Gandhi | |
| Joins the Congress Party |
| 1942 | Independence | |
| Congress launches "Quit India" movement |
| 1942 | Marriage | |
| Marries Feroze Gandhi |
| 1942 | Rebellion | |
| Congress launches "Quit India" movement |
| 1942 | Rule of India | |
| Congress launches "Quit India" movement |
| 1947 | Hostess Gandhi | |
| Serves her father, the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1959 | Party President | |
| Appointed Party President of the Congress Party |
| 1964 | Minister of Broadcasting | |
| Appointed Minister of Broadcasting |
| 1966 | Indian National Congress | |
| 19th Jan A broad Congress Party election opts for Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, over the right-wing, conservative Morarji Desai |
| 1966 | President | |
| A broad Congress Party election opts for Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, over the right-wing, conservative Morarji Desai |
| 1966 | Prime Minister | |
| 24th Jan Appointed Prime Minister of India, 1st term |
| 1967 | Election | |
| 15th Feb The ruling Congress Party sustains heavy losses |
| 1967 | Exile of Gandhi | |
| 6th Mar Delhi Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, requests asylum at the USAEmbassy |
| 1969 | Congress of India | |
| A dissident Congress movement is formed & led by Desai |
| 1970 | Independence | |
| Pakistan is forced to accept the creation of a separate state of Bangladesh in the former eastern province of Pakistan |
| Pakistan reacts by launching a surprise attack on Indian air bases, the attack fails, and India responds with a full-scale attack on East Pakistan, routing the Pakistani army |
| The Awami leadership fled to India along with millions of refugees and declared the independent state of Bangladesh, the Indians give the declaration full support and help to equip a guerrilla army |
| 1970 | Invasion of Pakistan | |
| Pakistan is forced to accept the creation of a separate state of Bangladesh in the former eastern province of Pakistan |
| Pakistan reacts by launching a surprise attack on Indian air bases, the attack fails, and India responds with a full-scale attack on East Pakistan, routing the Pakistani army |
| 1971 | Alliance | |
| Supports Bangladeshi freedom fighters (Mukti Bahini) with resources & training |
| 1971 | Bombing of India | |
| 3rd Dec Pakistan bombs Indian airfields |
| 1971 | Ceasefire | |
| 16th Dec India orders a ceasfire on the West Pakistan border |
| 1971 | Declaration of War | |
| Declares war with Pakistan which leads to the creation of Bangladesh |
| 6th Dec Defended by India, East Pakistan separates from West Pakistan and becomes the independent country of Bangladesh under the rule of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| 6th Dec War breaks out along the border between India & Pakistan |
| 1971 | Diplomacy | |
| India hosts refugees from eastern Pakistan |
| Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union |
| 2nd April Pakistan protests against India's support for Bangladeshi independence |
| 22nd Nov Pakistan accuses India of invading Bangladesh |
| 1971 | Election | |
| 10th Mar Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had leads her Indian National Congress to a landslide majority in the Parliament of India in the elections, and after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, her popularity is meteoric |
| 1971 | Independence | |
| India's support results in Pakistan's defeat & the independence of Bangladesh |
| 2nd April Pakistan protests against India's support for Bangladeshi independence |
| 6th Dec India recognizes the independence of Bangladesh |
| 17th Dec End of the Indo-Pakistan War, Bangladesh gains its independence |
| 1971 | Indian National Congress | |
| 10th Mar Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had leads her Indian National Congress to a landslide majority in the Parliament of India in the elections, and after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, her popularity is meteoric |
| 1971 | Invasion of Bangladesh | |
| 22nd Nov Pakistan accuses India of invading Bangladesh |
| 1971 | Peace | |
| 17th Dec End of the Indo-Pakistan War, Bangladesh gains its independence |
| 1971 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of India, 2nd term |
| 1971 | Rebellion | |
| 5th April Left wing rebellion in SriLanka |
| 1971 | Refugees | |
| India hosts refugees from eastern Pakistan |
| 1971 | Rule of Bangladesh | |
| 6th Dec Defended by India, East Pakistan separates from West Pakistan and becomes the independent country of Bangladesh under the rule of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman |
| 1971 | Treaty of Fiendship | |
| Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union |
| 1972 | Agreement Simla | |
| Simla Signed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto & Indira Gandhi |
| 1974 | Nuclear Suppliers Group | |
| The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is founded after India's first "peaceful nuclear explosion" |
| 1974 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| India becomes the world's 6th nuclear power |
| Pokhran India detonates an underground nuclear weapon |
| 18th May Pokhran India conducts an underground nuclear test at Pokharan in the Rajasthen desert, code named the "Smiling Buddha" |
| 18th May Pokhran India detonates an underground nuclear weapon |
| 1974 | Operation Smiling Buddha | |
| India conducts an underground nuclear test at Pokharan in the Rajasthen desert, code named the "Smiling Buddha" |
| 1974 | Rule of Sikkim | |
| Sikkim Sikkim votes overwhelmingly to join India |
| 1974 | Trial | |
| The Allahabad High Court rules in a case that the Prime Minister had wrongfully used government machinery in her election campaign in 1971 |
| 1975 | Arrest | |
| 26th June During pre-dawn raids 676 political opponents are arrested |
| 1975 | Capture of Sikkim | |
| Sikkim India annexes Sikkim |
| 1975 | Constitution | |
| July Most political organizations are banned & dictatorial powers are given by Parliament |
| 1975 | Political Parties | |
| July Most political organizations |
| 1975 | Rule of Sikkim | |
| Sikkim India annexes Sikkim |
| 1975 | State of Emergency | |
| 26th June A state of emergency, 1975-77 |
| 26th June Allahabad The President declares state of emergency due to "internal disturbance threat" |
| 1975 | Trial | |
| 12th June Allahabad A judge rules the 1971 election victory invalid because of aid by civil servants |
| 12th June Allahabad Debarred from public office for 6 years |
| 12th June Allahabad Found guilty of electoral corruption during the 1971 campaign |
| 12th June Allahabad The President declares state of emergency due to "internal disturbance threat" |
| 1976 | Conference of Pugwash | |
| 14th Jan Madras In an address to the Pugwash Conference in Madras Indira Gandhi rebuts criticism of India's 1974 nuclear explosion and says that that India will not give up further experiments in peaceful uses of nuclear energy |
| 1976 | Constitution | |
| The word secular is inserted into the Preamble by the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976. It implies equality of all religions and religious tolerance |
| The word socialist is added to the Preamble by the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976, social and economic equality for all its citizens, no discrimination on the basis of caste, colour, creed, sex, religion, language etc |
| 8th Jan Basic rights guaranteed by the constitution are removed |
| 8th Jan Parliamentary elections are postponed for the 1st time since Indian independence |
| 1976 | Diplomacy | |
| India and Pakistan re-establish diplomatic relations |
| India's prime minister Indira Gandhi signs a cooperation pact with the Soviet Union |
| 1976 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| 14th Jan Madras In an address to the Pugwash Conference in Madras Indira Gandhi rebuts criticism of India's 1974 nuclear explosion and says that that India will not give up further experiments in peaceful uses of nuclear energy |
| 1976 | Population Control | |
| To curb population growth, Indira Gandhi initiates a program of forced sterilization |
| 1976 | Sterilization | |
| To curb population growth, Indira Gandhi initiates a program of forced sterilization |
| 1977 | Election | |
| End of the state of emergency |
| The 6th General Elections, the Janata Party comes to power |
| The Desai dissidents win a landslide victory over the official Congress candidates |
| When Indira Gandhi calls elections, virtually all opposition parties band together to form the Janata Party, which becomes a rainbow coalition of diverse political groups |
| 1977 | Janata Party | |
| When Indira Gandhi calls elections, virtually all opposition parties band together to form the Janata Party, which becomes a rainbow coalition of diverse political groups |
| 1977 | Resignation | |
| 22nd Mar Resigns from office |
| 1977 | State of Emergency | |
| End of the state of emergency |
| 1978 | Arrest | |
| Nov Imprisoned for 1 week for breach of Parliamentary privilege |
| Nov Leads to a sympathetic upturn in her political fortunes |
| 1980 | Election | |
| Leads the Congress Party to electoral victory at the 7th General Election |
| 1980 | Prime Minister | |
| 6th Jan Appointed Prime Minister of India, 3rd term |
| 1984 | Anti Sikh Pogrom | |
| 31st Oct Delhi Over the next four days Sikhs are massacred in retaliatory pogroms led by some Congress activists and sympathizers after the assassination of Indira Nehru Gandhi |
| 1984 | Assassination | |
| 31st Oct Delhi India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two of her Sikh guards acting in the aftermath of Operation Blues tar |
| 31st Oct Delhi Over the next four days Sikhs are massacred in retaliatory pogroms led by some Congress activists and sympathizers after the assassination of Indira Nehru Gandhi |
| 1984 | Battle of Siachen Glacier | |
| Siachen Glacier India captures the unmaned Pakistani side of the Siachen Glacier, Kashmir |
| 1984 | Bluestar | |
| 31st Oct Delhi India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two of her Sikh guards acting in the aftermath of Operation Blues tar |
| 1984 | Capture of Siachen Glacier | |
| Siachen Glacier India captures the unmaned Pakistani side of the Siachen Glacier, Kashmir |
| 1984 | Death | |
| 31st Oct Delhi Death of Indira Nehru Gandhi, assassinated |
| 1984 | Independence | |
| Punjab Gandhi resists Sikh claims for an independent Punjab state |
| 1984 | Massacre Amritsar | |
| 5th June Amritsar From 600 to 1,200 are killed during the government takeover of the temple of Amritsar |
| 1984 | Raid Golden Temple | |
| 5th June Amritsar Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site, Golden Temple |
| 1984 | Siege of Amritsar | |
| 5th June Amritsar From 600 to 1,200 are killed during the government takeover of the temple of Amritsar |
| 5th June Amritsar Orders an attack on the Golden Temple to counter demands for an autonomous Sikh state |
| 1984 | Siege of Golden Temple | |
| 5th June Amritsar Indira Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site, Golden Temple |
| 1986 | Assassination | |
| 22nd Jan 3 Sikhs are sentenced to death for the assassination of Indira Gandhi |
