ied years

• Battle of Plassey: 1757
• Introduction of zamindari system or permanent settlement system by Lord Cornwallis: 1793
• Introduction of Railways in India by the British: 1850
• First Railway Bridge linking Bombay with Thane: 1853
• Opening of Suez Canal: 1869
• First Official Census: 1881
• Setting up of Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO): 1907
• Year of Great Divide: 1921
• First Industrial Policy Resolution: 1948
• Setting up of Planning Commission in India with Prime Minister as its Chairperson: 1950
• Launch of First Five Year Plan: 1951
• Industries (Development and Regulation) Act: 1951
• Karve Committee or Village & Small-Scale Industries committee constituted: 1955
• Duration of First Five Year Plan: 1951-56
• Second Industrial Policy Resolution: 1956
• First Phase of Green Revolution (Adopted High Yield Variety Programme): 1966
• New Economic Policy (NEP): 1991
• Planning Commission replaced by NITI Aayog: 2015
• Establishment of General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT) with 23 countries as the global trade organisation: 1948
• World Trade Organisation (WTO) was founded as successor to GATT: 1995
• Removal of quantitative restrictions on imports of manufactured consumer goods and agricultural products: 2001
• Launch of 'Make in India' Initiative: 2014
• Demonetisation of Currency by Indian Government: 2016
• GST: 2017
• Education Commission recommendation to spend at least 6% of GDP on education: 1964-66
• Tapas Majumdar Committee appointed by Indian Government: 1998
• 'Right to Education Act' was enacted by the Indian Government to make free education a fundamental right of all children in the age group of 6-14 years: 2009
• India was declared a 'Polio Free' country by WHO: 2014
• Nationalisation of Banks: 1969
• Operation Flood or White Revolution started by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) under the guidance of Dr. Verghese Kurien to create a nationwide milk grid: 1970
• Establishment of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD): 1982
• Period of Golden Revolution: 1991-2003
• Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana' was launched by Indian Government to ensure access to various financial services like availability of basic savings bank account, financial literacy, access to credit, insurance and pension: 2014
• MGNREGA: 2005
• PMKVY or Skill India: 2015
• Government set up CPCB: 1974
• Environment Protection Act: 1986
• India signed 'Montreal Protocol' along with its London amendment: 1992
• Establishment of People's Republic of China: 1949
• Five year plan India: 1951