Compilation of all the dates/ years mentioned in the books of Class 12 Political Science recommended by CBSE (in random order). Let me know if I skipped any. Also, this list will be updated as soon as I get more information. All the best to those appearing for exams!
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- 1st World War: 1914-18
- 2nd World War: 1939- 1945
- Cold War: 1945-91
- Cuban Missile Crisis: 1962
- Korea War: 1950-53
- Berlin War: 1958-62
- Congo War: Early 1960s
- 2001: Energy Conservation Act
- 2003: Electricity Act
- 1962: Sino- Indian Conflict
- Jan 1965: Rann- Kutch dispute
- Aug 1965: Indo- Pak War
- 1952-67: Opposition parties succeeded in gaining only a token representation in Lok Sabha.
- After 2004: Coalition government achieved consensus.
- 1965-67: Bihar faced acute food crisis.
- 1 Jan 1997: Kofi Annan UN Secretary General initiated an enquiry.
- 1991: Soviet Union's disintegration
- 1972: UN Conference on Trade & Development
- By mid 1970s: NAM became an economic pressure group.
- 25 June 1975: National Emergency was imposed under Article 352
- 1st FYP: 1951-56
- 2nd FYP: 1956-61
- 3rd FYP: 1961-66 (badly affected)
- 29 April 1954: Panchsheel was signed
- 1945-91: Cold War era
- 1961: First NAM Summit in Belgrade
- 2006: 14th Summit held in Havana
- 1989: beginning of Coalition governments
- Late 1940s: Babri Masjid was locked
- 1986: Faizabad district ordered to unlock Babri Masjid
- December 1992: Demolition by Karsevaks
- Aug 1990: National Front decided to implement one of the recommendations of Mandal Commission, reservation for OBCs.
- 1974: First democratic elections in Sikkim
- 1975: Assembly passed a resolution for full integration with India.
- 1969:Differences between Indira Gandhi & Syndicate
- May 1967: Ten point programme
- 1969: Presidential elections, V.V. Giri won
- 1969: Formal split of Congress, Congress (Organisation) vs Congress (Requisitionists)
- 1977: Janta Party & its allies won the elections
- Jan 1980: Congress Party won in Lok Sabha elections
- 1985: South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation
- 9/11 2001: WTC attack.
- 1972: China-US relationship
- 1982: Privatisation of agriculture
- 1998: Privatisation of industries
- 2006: UN General Assembly membership increased
- 1944: Big industrialists drafted Bombay Plan
- 1979-85: Assam Movement against outsiders
- December 1924: CPI
- 1992: Earth Summit
- 1997: Kyoto Protocol (Japan)
- 1999: World Trade Organisation Ministerial Meeting at Seattle
- 1946-64: Jawaharlal Nehru's foreign policy
- March 1947: Asian Relations Conference
- 1971: Treaty of Friendship (India & USSR) for next 20 years.
- 1987: New democratic initiative
- 1977: Shah Commission by Janta Party
- 1950s: Unease in Indo- US relations
- May 14, 1955: Warsaw Pact
- 1949: NATO
- 1989: Fall of Berlin Wall
- 1963: Limited Test Ban Treaty
- 1968: Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
- Oct 1972: SALT 1
- 18 June 1979: SALT 2
- 31 July 1991: START 1
- 3 Jan 1993: START 2
- Russian/ Bolshevik Revolution: 1917
- 1979: Soviet invasion in Afghan
- 1985: Reforms in USSR by Mikhail Gorbachev (Perestroika, Glasnost)
- 2001: Indo- Russian Strategic Agreement
- 9 Nov 1989: Berlin Wall toppled by people
- 1991-99: President of Russia- Boris Yeltsin
- 1971: USSR supported India during Indo- Pak war
- Aug 1990: Iraq invaded Kuwait
- 1814: British burning of Washington DC
- 1941: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
- 1998: Bombing of US embassies in Kenya & Nairobi
- 1950: MBA courses outside US started
- 19 March 2003: Operation Iraqi Freedom
- 1957: Establishment of EEC
- 1992: Establishment of EU
- 1994: Birth of ASEAN Regional Forum
- 2001: China's accession to WTO
- 1967: ASEAN
- 1948: European Economic Cooperation
- 2003: 3 pillars of ASEAN were established- a) ASEAN Security Community, b) ASEAN Economic Community & c) ASEAN Socio- Cultural Community
- 1949: Council of Europe
- 1957: European Economic Community
- 1951: Bharatiya Jana Sangh
- 1978: China's economic success
- 1950: Chinese takeover of Tibet
- 1981: Talks initiated between India & China
- 7 February 1992: Treaty of Maastricht signed.
- January 2002: Euro was introduced
- 2003: ASEAN Community was established
- April 1951: European Coal & Steel Community
- March 1957: European Economic Community
- June 1985: Schengen Agreement
- 1991: India's Look East Policy
- 1988: Rajiv Gandhi's visit to China
- 1985: Establishment of SAARC
- 2004: SAFTA Agreement was signed
- 1 January, 2006: SAFTA came into effect
- September 1960: Indus Water Treaty
- 1966: Tashkent Agreement
- 1989: IPKF was pulled out of Sri Lanka
- 2006: Restoration of democracy in Nepal
- 1983: Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka
- 1 November 1994: Trusteeship Council suspended
- 1 January 2007: Ban Ki-moon was appointed as General Secretary of UN
- 1945: United Nations (successor to League of Nations)
- 1995: WTO (successor to General Agreement on Trade & Tariffs)
- 1957: IAEA was established
- 1945: World Bank
- 1959: Swatantra Party
- 1992: Chemical Weapons Convention
- 1972: Biological Weapons Convention
- 1972: Anti- ballistic missile (ABM) Treaty
- 1992: Rio Declaration
- 1987: Brundtland Report
- 1959: Antarctic Treaty
- 1987: Montreal Protocol
- 1991: Antarctic Environmental Protocol
- 1975: World Council of Indigenous People
- 1991: Globalisation began
- 1969: Privatisation of 14 banks
- 3 July 1972: Shimla Agreement
- 1956: Suez Canal Crisis
- 1945: UNO was established
- 1959: Dalai Lama sought asylum in India
- May 1974: Railway strike (George Fernandes)
- Jan 1974: Protests in Gujarat
- March 1974: Protests in Bihar
- 1975: JP led massive demonstration
- 1967: Naxalite movement
- 1971: Garibi Hatao
- 1971: Bangladesh war
- 1977: Janata party won
- 1960s: Green revolution
- 1988: BKU organised Meerut agitation
- 1990: RTI movement started by Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghathan (MKSS)
- Jan 18, 1977: Emergency was lifted
- June 2005: RTI got president's consent
- 1979-85: Asssm movement
- 1985: Asom Gana Sangram Parishad
- 1966: Creation of Punjab, Haryana
- 1985: Longowal Accord
- 1974: Indira Gandhi & Sheikh Abdullah Agreement
- 1984: Operation Blue Star
- 1986: Agreement between Rajiv Gandhi & Laldenga
- 1989: J & K came into the grip of militant movement
- 1960: Creation of Nagaland
- 1972: Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura
- 1987: Arunachal Pradesh & Mizoram
- 1959: Famine in Mizo hills
- 1989: Formation of Janta Dal
- Aug 1990: Mandal Recommendation
- 6 December 1992: Demolition of Babri Masjid by Karsevaks
- 1978: BAMCEF (Backward & Minority Communities Employees Federation)
- 27 May 1964: Jawaharlal Nehru died
- 10 January 1966: Lal Bhadur Shastri died
- 30 January 1948: Nathuram Vinayak Godse shot Mahatma Gandhi
- 31 October 1984: Assassination of Indira Gandhi
- May 1991: Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
- 1st General Election: 1952
- 2nd GE: 1957
- 3rd GE: 1962
- 4th GE: 1967 (Political Earthquake)
- 5th GE: 1971
