India’s economic liberalization in 1991 was a comprehensive stabilization-and-reform program launched amid a balance-of-payments crisis, orchestrated by Prime Minister P.V....

The Emergency was a 21‑month period from 25 June 1975 to 21 March 1977 during which Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,...

India conducted its first nuclear test—code-named Smiling Buddha (MEA designation: Pokhran-I)—on 18 May 1974 at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test...

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a 13-day conflict from 3–16 December 1971 that culminated in the surrender of Pakistan’s...

On 19 July 1969, the Government of India nationalized 14 of the country’s largest private commercial banks via the Banking...

The Green Revolution in India refers to the rapid adoption of high‑yielding varieties (HYV) of wheat and rice, alongside expanded...

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 erupted after Pakistan’s August infiltration into Jammu & Kashmir (Operation Gibraltar), escalated into large-scale conventional fighting across the international border in early September, and ended...

The Sino-Indian War erupted on 20 October 1962 with simultaneous Chinese offensives in the western sector (Aksai Chin, Ladakh) and...

India’s Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and came into effect on 26 January 1950,...

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti) in New Delhi, when Nathuram Vinayak...