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The Sino-Indian war in 1962, left a lasting legacy on Indian families of Chinese descent
In 2010, one of the oldest languages died after the death of its last remaining speaker
In the early 2000s, a woman known as ‘Lady Tarzan’ fought India’s so called timber mafia
In 1983, an estimated 3,000 people were massacred in Assam, India
The first World Laughter Day took place in Mumbai, India in January 1998
In 2008, 10 gunmen killed more than 100 people in Mumbai’s busiest hot spots
In 2013, acid attack survivors in India celebrated a landmark Supreme Court ruling
A democratically elected communist government came to power in eastern India in 1977
In May 1984, Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to stand on top of the world
Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys, describes the city's technology revolution
The longest running film in India was released in 1995
A first-hand account of the 1980s campaign against the sex-selective abortion of girls
In 1980 Indira Gandhi came into power in India, it became known as the "onion election"
In the late 1990s a businessman started a new industry in India
In 1973 PM Indira Gandhi launched a campaign to save the Bengal Tiger from extinction
Reita Faria was the first Indian to win the Miss World beauty competition in 1966
Rabindranath Tagore was one of India's greatest poets. He died in August 1941
The death of India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru
On 13 April 1919, the British Indian Army fired on an unarmed crowd, killing hundreds
How Gandhi's Salt March in 1930 showed the power of peaceful protest in India
When India gained independence it was split into two new countries, India and Pakistan
When India gained independence it was split into two new countries - India and Pakistan
The October 1947 crisis which led to the partition of Kashmir between India and Pakistan.
In 1995 the first disability rights legislation was passed by India's parliament.
