| Name of the event
|
Year
|
| Setting up of first municipal corporation in India (in Madras) |
1687-88 |
| Regulating act |
1773 |
| Pitt’s India act |
1784 |
| Introduction of Budget |
1860 |
| Lord Rippon’s resolution |
1882 |
| Royal Commission on Decentralization |
1907 |
| Morley Minto Reforms |
1909
|
| Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms |
1919 |
| Simon Commission |
1927 |
| Resolution of Poorna Swaraj at Lahore session of INC |
1929 |
| Communal award |
1932 |
| idea of a Constituent Assembly for India was put forward for the first time in |
1934 |
| Indian National Congress officially demanded for constituent assembly |
1935 |
| Elections under Government of India act-1935 |
1937 |
| Establishment of federal court |
1937 |
| August offer of British government |
1940 |
| Cripps Mission |
1942 |
| India Became member of UNO |
1945 |
| Cabinet Mission |
1946 |
| First meeting of constituent assembly |
Dec 9th 1946 |
| Election of Rajendra Prasad as president of Constituent assembly |
Dec 11th 1946 |
| Nehru moved Objectives of resolution on |
Dec 13th 1946 |
| Adoption of objectives of resolution |
Jan 22nd 1947 |
| Indian Independence act |
1947 |
| Acceptance of Mountbatten Plan of Partition |
June 3rd 1947 |
| Adoption of National flag of India |
July 22nd 1947 |
| Setting up of Drafting committee |
August 29th 1947 |
| Instrument of accession of Jammu & Kashmir |
26th Oct 1947 |
| Ratification of India’s membership of Commonwealth |
1949 |
| Adoption of constitution |
Nov 26th 1949 |
| Abolition of Privy council Jurisdiction act |
1949 |
| Formation of Planning commission |
1950 |
| Adoption of Indian National anthem |
Jan 24th 1950 |
| Adoption of National song |
Jan 24th 1950 |
| Election of Dr. Rajendra Prasad as first president of India |
Jan 24th 1950 |
| Final session of Constituent assembly |
Jan 24th 1950 |
| India ceased to be British Dominion |
Jan 26th 1950 |
| India became republic on |
Jan 26th 1950 |
| Gopalan case |
1950 |
| President rule first time imposed in Punjab in |
1951 |
| First Constitutional amendment act |
1951 |
| Finance commission act |
1951 |
| Representation of People’s act |
1951 |
| First General elections in India |
1952 |
| Starting of community development program |
1952 |
| First Backwards class commission under chairmanship Kaka kalekar appointed in |
1953 |
| Formation of first linguistic state (Andhra Pradesh) |
1953 |
| Panchasheel signed by India & China |
1954 |
| Protection of Civil rights act |
1955 |
| State reorganization act |
1956 |
| Rajasthan (First state to establish Panchayat Raj) |
October 2nd 1959 |
| Liberation of Goa from Portuguese |
1961 |
| First Proclamation of National emergency |
1962 |
| Emergence of central vigilance commission |
1964 |
| Formation of Haryana |
1966 |
| First Administrative commission |
1966 |
| Golaknath case |
1967 |
| Kesavananda Bharati case |
1973 |
| Emergency during Indira Gandhi as PM |
1975 to 1977 |
| Sikkim became full-fledged state of India |
1975 |
| 42nd Constitutional amendment act |
1976 |
| Bonded labour system (abolition act) |
1976 |
| Congress losses power for the first time |
1977 |
| Right to Property was deleted from Fundamental rights by 44th amendment in |
1978 |
| Menaka Gandhi case |
1978 |
| Second Backwards class commission under chairmanship BP Mandal appointed in |
1979 |
| Sarkaria commission on centre-state relations |
1983 |
| Child labour (Prohibition & Regulation) act |
1986 |
| Reduction of voting age from 21 years to 18 years |
1989 |
| Establishment of Interstate council |
1990 |
| 69thConstitutional amendment act (Special status to UT Delhi) |
1991 |
| 73rdConstitutional amendment act (Panchayats) |
1992 |
| 74thConstitutional amendment act (urban local bodies) |
1992 |
| National Commission for women |
1992 |
| National Commission for minorities |
1993 |
| National Commission for Backwards classes |
1993 |
| National Human Rights Commission |
1993 |
| PESA act |
1996 |
| Formation of Chattisgarh |
2000 |
| Formation of Jharkhand |
2000 |
| Formation of Uttarakhand |
2000 |
| Article 21 A(Right to education through 86th amendment act) in |
2002 |
| National Commission for SCs |
2003 |
| National Commission for protection of child rights |
2007 |
| Second Administrative reforms commission |
2007 |
| Right of children to free and compulsory education act |
2009 |
| 97th Amendment act (Cooperative societies) |
2011 |
| Formation of Telangana |
2014 |
| Implementation of Goods and service tax |
July 1st 2017 |
