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| 1998 | Advani, Lal Krishna Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
| The BJP, in Alliance with several other parties, led the Government of India between 1998 and 2004, under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani |
| 1896 | Desai, Morarji Ranchodji Birth | |
| Gujarat Birth of Morarji Ranchodji Desai, future Prime Minister of India |
| 1969 | Desai, Morarji Ranchodji Janata Party | |
| Leads a split from the ruling Congress Party & forms the Janata Party |
| 1977 | Gandhi, Indira Nehru 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 |
| 1952 | Mookerjee, Syama Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| The Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS, Indian People's Union) is founded by Syama Prasad Mookerjee, a Bengali nationalist leader, former Union Minister and freedom-fighter |
| Fortunes of the young Bharatiya Janata Party flounder when Mookherjee dies in Kashmir in jail during a protest |
| 1953 | Mookerjee, Syama Prasad Death | |
| Fortunes of the young Bharatiya Janata Party flounder when Mookherjee dies in Kashmir in jail during a protest |
| 1975 | Vajpayee, Atal Behari Arrest | |
| When Indira Gandhi imposes a state of emergency, postponing elections and misusing major central powers granted to her by the Constitution, the BJS join coalition of parties in active protest, Vajpayee is arrested |
| 1975 | Vajpayee, Atal Behari Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| When Indira Gandhi imposes a state of emergency, postponing elections and misusing major central powers granted to her by the Constitution, the BJS join coalition of parties in active protest, Vajpayee is arrested |
| When Gandhi calls elections, the BJS invests all its political and organizational capital in merging into the new Janata Party, a unified opposition party |
| Dec The BJP is re-founded under the direct leadership of the duumvirate of Vajpayee and Advani |
| The BJP, in Alliance with several other parties, led the Government of India between 1998 and 2004, under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani |
| 1977 | Vajpayee, Atal Behari Election | |
| When Gandhi calls elections, the BJS invests all its political and organizational capital in merging into the new Janata Party, a unified opposition party |
