INDIA POISED

BEST OF TIMES: INDIA'S MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS
Showcasing the best moments in Indian history as reported by TOI

	Birth of India's freedom: Aug 15, 1947

	Historic birth of Indian Republic, 894 days after this country became a dominion by withdrawal of British Power: Jan 26, 1950

	First Asian Games at Delhi: March 4, 1951

	India wins first Test match against England by an innings, with a day to spare: Feb 10, 1952 (Madras Test)

	Military action liberates Goa, Daman-Diu and Nagar Haveli from Portuguese rule: December 17, 1961

	First ascent of Mt. Everest by an Indian- M.S. Kohli: May 20, 1965

	Bangladesh born: Pakistan surrenders unconditionally leading to the end of the 1971 war on December 16.

	India joins the Nuclear club. We conducted our first nuclear test in Pokharan: May 18, 1974.

	India enters Space Age. India's first satellite Aryabhatta was launched: April 19, 1975.

	First Non Congress government in power: March 24, 1977

	India regains Olympic Hockey Gold: July 29, 1980

	India dethrones West Indies to win the Cricket World Cup: June 25, 1983

	Rakesh Sharma becomes the first Indian to go to space: April 2, 1984

	Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first to score 10,000 runs in Test Cricket: March 7, 1987

	Miss India becomes Miss Universe. Sushmita Sen becomes the First Indian to be crowned Miss Universe: May 21, 1994

	First cellular phone service in Calcutta: Aug 23, 1995

	Amartya Sen becomes the sixth Indian to win the Nobel prize and the first Asian to merit it for Economics: October 14, 1998.


	The country's most wanted Sandalwood smuggler Veerappan was shot dead: October 18, 2004.
	At Last, Justice for Jessica. Manu Sharma gets convicted in the Jessica Lall murder case: Dec 18, 2006

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