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| 1896 | Birth India Desai, Morarji Ranchodji |  |
| Gujarat Birth of Morarji Ranchodji Desai, future Prime Minister of India |
| 1952 | Bharatiya Janata Party India Mookerjee, Syama Prasad | |
| The Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS, Indian People's Union) is founded by Syama Prasad Mookerjee, a Bengali nationalist leader, former Union Minister and freedom-fighter |
| 1953 | Bharatiya Janata Party India Mookerjee, Syama Prasad | |
| Fortunes of the young Bharatiya Janata Party flounder when Mookherjee dies in Kashmir in jail during a protest |
| Fortunes of the young Bharatiya Janata Party flounder when Mookherjee dies in Kashmir in jail during a protest |
| 1969 | Janata Party India Desai, Morarji Ranchodji | |
| Leads a split from the ruling Congress Party & forms the Janata Party |
| 1975 | Arrest India Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| When Indira Gandhi imposes a state of emergency, postponing elections and misusing major central powers granted to her by the Constitution, the BJS join coalition of parties in active protest, Vajpayee is arrested |
| When Indira Gandhi imposes a state of emergency, postponing elections and misusing major central powers granted to her by the Constitution, the BJS join coalition of parties in active protest, Vajpayee is arrested |
| 1977 | Bharatiya Janata Party India Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| When Gandhi calls elections, the BJS invests all its political and organizational capital in merging into the new Janata Party, a unified opposition party |
| When Gandhi calls elections, the BJS invests all its political and organizational capital in merging into the new Janata Party, a unified opposition party |
| 1977 | Janata Party India Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| When Indira Gandhi calls elections, virtually all opposition parties band together to form the Janata Party, which becomes a rainbow coalition of diverse political groups |
| 1980 | Bharatiya Janata Party India Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| Dec The BJP is re-founded under the direct leadership of the duumvirate of Vajpayee and Advani |
| 1998 | Bharatiya Janata Party India Advani, Lal Krishna | |
| The BJP, in Alliance with several other parties, led the Government of India between 1998 and 2004, under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani |
| 1998 | Bharatiya Janata Party India Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| The BJP, in Alliance with several other parties, led the Government of India between 1998 and 2004, under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani |
