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26-08-2022
India@75 - At a milestone (August 26, 2022)
Independence Day Special.
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Briefing
1951-52: First ever general election
India
Conducted over a period of four months, a total of 17.3 crore voters were registered.
1967: First performance of Vijay Tendulkar’s Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe
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India at 75 | Timeline: Science
Science & Technology
Tracking India’s remarkable progress through milestones in its scientific journey.
India at 75 | Timeline: Gender
Gender
Gender continues to be a deeply contested and unjust space.
India at 75 | Timeline: Environment
Environment
There have been innumerable hurdles, but the battle remains spirited.
India at 75 | Timeline: Art
Art
It overcame a colonial hangover to create a unique and vibrant place for itself.
India at 75 | Timeline: Cinema
Cinema
Indian cinema never wavered from its role as cultural unifier.
India at 75 | Timeline: Labour
Social Issues
Working-class movements played a key role in giving an impetus to the national movement.
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Letters
2006: Forest Rights Act
Social Justice
The main objective is to recognise the rights of the forest dwelling tribal communities.
2019: Special status of Jammu and Kashmir revoked
India
The erstwhile State was also bifurcated into two Union Territories—J&K and Ladakh.
2018: Section 377 struck down
India
The Supreme Court bench placed emphasis on the dignity and choice of individuals.
2000: Vishy and the chess revolution
Sports
Anand is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest chess players ever.
2000: Irom Sharmila begins fast for repeal of AFSPA
India
From a normal, life-loving, gentle young woman, she became the “Iron Lady of Manipur”.
2006: Rural job scheme MGNREGA introduced
Social Justice
It is credited with enabling a second term for Manmohan Singh’s government in 2009.
2003: Anju Bobby George wins India’s first medal in World Athletics
Sports
She was one of the most consistent performers in Indian athletics history.
2002: Godhra riots
India
It is considered India’s worst riot since Partition.
2021: COVID-19 second wave
Health
Cremation grounds and burials were so overburdened that they had to turn away bodies.
1985: Assam Accord signed
Politics
At the core of the Accord was the “Foreigners Issue”.
1980: Prakash Padukone wins All England Championship
Sports
The year 1980 turned out to be the turning point for both Padukone and Indian sports.
1983: First Maruti 800 car rolls out
India
It was a giant leap for the collective aspirations of the Indian middle class.
1999: The Y2K moment
India
As the 1990s ended, there was panic across the world.
1994: S.R. Bommai judgment
Politics
The case ended peremptory dismissals of State governments by an antagonistic Centre.
1991: Economic reforms
Economy
In hindsight, India’s liberalisation has been a mix of hits and misses.
1990: Lal Krishna Advani embarks on rath yatra
Politics
The yatra was the biggest mass mobilisation of Hindutva forces.
1990: Anti-Mandal agitation and identity politics
Politics
The Mandal moment fragmented north Indian voters decisively on caste lines.
1992: The Harshad Mehta scam
India
The securities scam introduced a bouquet of historic changes.
1984: First TV soap ‘Hum Log’ aired
India
The serial dealt deftly with issues that were prevalent at the time.
1984: Hanging of Maqbool Bhat
India
Bhat’s body was not returned to his family, which sparked widespread fury in Kashmir.
1984: P.T. Usha misses Olympic medal by a whisker
Sports
Usha galvanised an entire generation to take to track and field.
1991: Coming of satellite television
India
The fight for TRPs resulted in channels adding more and more programmes.
2021: Death of Stan Swamy
India
His death marked the lowest point in the judicial process of the Bhima Koregaon case.
1983: India wins cricket World Cup
Sports
That day on, cricket rose from being just a popular sport to a national obsession.
2007: Nandigram protest
Politics
The Left in Bengal never quite managed to fully recover from the turn of incidents.
1984: Kanshi Ram launches Bahujan Samaj Party
Politics
The Dalit cause became a political movement in north India with the BSP.
1985: Shah Bano case
India
The judgment was a landmark in India’s constitutional history.
2012: Nirbhaya case
India
The memory continues to sear the conscience of Indians.
2012: Mary Kom wins Olympic medal
Sports
She had already become a sporting legend in India before winning an Olympic medal.
2016: Demonetisation
Economy
The government was not prepared to handle the mayhem that followed the announcement.
2020: Farmers take the country by storm
Agriculture
It showed how a peaceful and democratic protest could challenge the might of the state.
1982: Festival of India
India
The festivals were the first attempts to present India through Indian eyes.
1989: Binaca Geetmala
India
The story of its success is that of the triumphant march of Hindi film music.
1987: Airing of ‘Ramayan’
India
It laid the foundation for Hindu nationalism and reshaped the public sphere irrevocably.
1986: Babri Masjid unlocked
India
It generated a political energy that culminated in the mosque’s ultimate destruction.
1985: Narmada Bachao Andolan
Environment
The Narmada Valley project was conceived in 1946, but work on it started only in 1978.
FLQ - The Frontline Quiz!
Other
Of national days, colonial legacies, and cricket teams.
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