Major Topics on India
(from the 1940s to 2000s)
1948 - Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu extremist.
January 30th, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a Hindu extremist, the 6th attempt to murder
Gandhi.
http://www.biography.com/people/mahatma-gandhi-9305898#awesm=~oB8sYjYaL0fqVD
1947 - Jawaharlal Nehru - first Prime Minister of India.
Nehru was born on the 14 of November 1889 and lived to May 27th, 1964. Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India in the year of 1947.
1966 - Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister.
Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi becomes the Prime Minister of India. She was born on the 19th of November, 1917 and lived until the 13th of October 1984.
http://www.biography.com/people/indira-gandhi-9305913#awesm=~oB8sGAzC2K9IZh
1971 - Twenty-year treaty of friendship signed with Soviet Union.
A treaty signed between India and the Soviet Union in August, 1971 that specified mutual strategic cooperation.