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| 1923 | Secretary INC |  |
| Appointed Secretary of the INC, 1st term |
| 1927 | Secretary of INC | |
| Appointed Secretary of the INC, 2nd term |
| 1929 | Independence | |
| 28th Dec Lahore The Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of INC |
| 1929 | Indian National Congress | |
| 28th Dec Lahore The Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of INC |
| 1929 | President | |
| Appointed President of the INC |
| 1930 | Independence | |
| 29th Jan The 26th January 1930 is declared as "Poorna Swaraj Diwas," Independence Day |
| 1930 | Poorna Swaraj Diwas | |
| 29th Jan The 26th January 1930 is declared as "Poorna Swaraj Diwas," Independence Day |
| 1941 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "The Independence of India" |
| 1945 | Indian National Congress Defence Committee | |
| INA Defence Committee, later INA Defence and Relief Committee, is established by the Indian National Congress to defend those officers of the Indian National Army who were to be charged during the INA trials |
| The committee declares the formation of the Congress ' defence team for the INA and includes famous lawyers of the time, including Bhulabhai Desai, Asaf Ali, Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1946 | Vice President | |
| 2nd Sep Appointed Vice President of India to the Viceroy Lord Wavell |
| 1947 | Declaration of War | |
| Kashmir War is declared over the rule of Kashmir |
| 1947 | Independence | |
| 15th Aug 1st day of the existence of the Dominion of India |
| 1947 | Indian National Congress | |
| 29th Jan At the time of independence, the INC (led by Jawaharlal Nehru) becomes a major political organization in the country, and was established as the major political party |
| 1947 | Partition | |
| Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition |
| 1947 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of India, the first under Indian independence |
| 1947 | Resignation | |
| 15th Aug Mountbatten announces his intention to resign as Governor General of India |
| 1947 | Rule of Kashmir | |
| Kashmir War is declared over the rule of Kashmir |
| 1947 | Rule of Tibet | |
| Tibet requests India to return land annexed by India as part of several Indian states |
| 1948 | Fast Gandhi | |
| 12th Jan Gandhi threatens to starve if the government does not pay œ44 million owed to Pakistan |
| 15th Jan The Indian government agrees to Gandhi's demands & pays Pakistan œ44 million |
| 1948 | Independence | |
| 15th Aug Independence day for India |
| 1948 | Rebellion | |
| Kashmir India refuses to allow the plebiscite in Kashmir and Kashmir separatism is born (40,000 people will die in 55 years) |
| 1948 | Rule of Kashmir | |
| Kashmir India refuses to allow the plebiscite in Kashmir and Kashmir separatism is born (40,000 people will die in 55 years) |
| 1948 | Rule of Sri Lanka | |
| Sri Lanka SriLanka becomes independent and the government of Don Stephen Senanayake revokes the citizenship of the Tamil minority |
| 1949 | Ceasefire | |
| Kashmir A ceasefire is established in Kashmir |
| 1949 | Commonwealth | |
| India become a republic within the Commonwealth |
| 1949 | Diplomacy | |
| India signs a treaty with Bhutan to conduct its foreign policy |
| 1949 | Independence | |
| India become a republic within the Commonwealth |
| 1949 | Invasion of Sikkim | |
| Sikkim To quell an uprising, India invades the independent country of Sikkim |
| 1949 | Rebellion | |
| Kashmir A ceasefire is established in Kashmir |
| 1949 | Rule of Kashmir | |
| 1st Jan Kashmir The UN establishes a truce line, 2/3 of Kashmir remains Indian |
| 1949 | Rule of Sikkim | |
| Sikkim To quell an uprising, India invades the independent country of Sikkim |
| 1949 | Treaty of Bhutan | |
| India signs a treaty with Bhutan to conduct its foreign policy |
| 1950 | Diplomacy | |
| 8th April India & Pakistan sign the Delhi Pact committing to uphold the rights of minorities |
| 1950 | Indian National Congress | |
| After the murder of Gandhi in 1948 and the death of Sardar Patel in 1950, Jawaharlal Nehru is the sole remaining iconic national leader, and soon the situation became so that Nehru was key to the political potency and future of the Congress |
| 1950 | Invasion of Tibet | |
| Mao's China invades Tibet |
| 1952 | Constitution | |
| 1st Mar India's 1st general elections |
| 1955 | Conference of Bandung | |
| 24th April Bandung 10-point "declaration on promotion of world peace & cooperation" |
| 1955 | Polygamy | |
| Polygamy is abolished in India |
| 1956 | Constitution | |
| The Indian states are organized on a linguistic basis |
| 1956 | Diplomacy | |
| Prime minister Nehru of India fosters a neutral stance between communism and capitalism and founds the Non-Aligned Movement |
| 1956 | Non Aligned Movement | |
| Prime minister Nehru of India fosters a neutral stance between communism and capitalism and founds the Non-Aligned Movement |
| 1957 | Capture of Kashmir | |
| Kashmir India annexes Kashmir |
| 1957 | Rule of Kashmir | |
| Kashmir India annexes Kashmir |
| 1961 | Diplomacy | |
| India invades the Portuguese colonies of Goa, Daman and Diu |
| Pakistani president Ayub Khan signs a cooperation pact with the USA to counterbalance Soviet influence in India |
| 1961 | Rule of Daman | |
| Daman India invades the Portuguese colonies of Goa, Daman and Diu |
| 1961 | Rule of Diu | |
| Diu India invades the Portuguese colonies of Goa, Daman and Diu |
| 1961 | Rule of Goa | |
| Goa India invades the Portuguese colonies of Goa, Daman and Diu |
| 1962 | Battle of Aksai Chin | |
| Aksai Chin A dispute over the Himalayan border in the Aksai Chin ends in a Chinese victory |
| 1962 | Capture of Aksai Chin | |
| 20th Nov Aksai Chin The war ends when the Chinese capture both disputed area of Aksai Chin and unilaterally declared a ceasefire |
| 1962 | Declaration of War | |
| Aksai Chin A dispute over the Himalayan border in the Aksai Chin ends in a Chinese victory |
| 10th Oct McMahon Line Fighting begins between the Chinese People's Liberation Army and Military of India, the first heavy engagement of the war was a Chinese attack on an Indian patrol north of the McMahon Line |
| 1962 | Invasion of India | |
| India loses brief border war with China |
| Oct The conflict widens to include the region of Aksai Chin which the PRC regard as a strategic link, via the China National Highway route G219, between the Chinese-administered territories of Tibet and Xinjiang |
| Nov The aftermath of the war sees sweeping changes in the Indian military to prepare it for similar conflicts in the future, and places pressure on Jawaharlal Nehru, who is seen as responsible for failing to anticipate the Chinese invasion |
| 20th Nov Aksai Chin The war ends when the Chinese capture both disputed area of Aksai Chin and unilaterally declared a ceasefire |
| 1962 | Rule of Aksai Chin | |
| Aksai Chin A dispute over the Himalayan border in the Aksai Chin ends in a Chinese victory |
| 1964 | Death | |
| 27th May Death of Jawaharlal Nehru, age 74 |
| 1964 | Indian National Congress | |
| After Nehru's death in 1964, the party's future comes into question, no leader is competitive enough to touch Nehru's iconic status, so the second-stage leadership mustered around the compromise candidate, Lal Bahadur Shastri |
