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| 1975 | Arrest |  |
| 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 |
| 1975 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Election | |
| 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 | Minister of External Affairs | |
| Vajpayee, the most senior BJS leader, becomes Minister for External Affairs |
| 1980 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dec The BJP is re-founded under the direct leadership of the duumvirate of Vajpayee and Advani |
| 1998 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 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 | Election | |
| Congress suffers worst ever defeat as Hindu nationalist BJP becomes the largest party |
| 1998 | Government | |
| BJP forms coalition government under Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee |
| 1998 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| India and Pakistan conduct nuclear tests |
| India becomes a declared nuclear state |
| India carries out nuclear tests, leading to widespread international condemnation |
| 1998 | Prime Minister | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of India |
| 1999 | Battle of Kargil | |
| May Kargil War with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil in Kashmir |
| 1999 | Declaration of Lahore | |
| Feb Lahore Makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration |
| 1999 | Diplomacy | |
| Feb Lahore Makes historic bus trip to Pakistan to sign bilateral Lahore peace declaration |
| 1999 | Disaster | |
| Oct Orissa Cyclone devastates eastern state of Orissa, leaving at least 10,000 dead |
| 1999 | Rebellion | |
| May Kashmir War with Pakistan-backed forces in the icy heights around Kargil in Kashmir |
| 1999 | Rule of Kashmir | |
| Kashmir Escalation of violence in Kashmir between Indian troops and freedom fighters backed by Pakistan |
| 2000 | Population | |
| May India marks the birth of its billionth citizen |
| 2001 | Diplomacy | |
| Sep USAlifts sanctions imposed against India and Pakistan after they staged nuclear tests |
| Dec India imposes sanctions against Pakistan |
| Dec India, Pakistan mass troops on common border amid mounting fears of a looming war |
| 2001 | Disaster | |
| Jan Gujarat Earthquakes hit western state of Gujarat, leaving at least 30,000 dead |
| 2001 | Rule of Kashmir | |
| Oct Kashmir India fires on Pakistani military posts |
| Dec Kashmir A suicide squad attacks parliament in New Dehli |
| 2001 | Sanctions | |
| Dec India imposes sanctions against Pakistan |
| 2002 | Bombing of Bombay | |
| Aug Bombay At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay |
| 2002 | Diplomacy | |
| June India & China reach de facto agreement over status of Tibet and Sikkim |
| June The UK & USAurge their citizens to leave India and Pakistan |
| 2002 | Nuclear Warfare | |
| Jan India fires a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, the Agni, off its eastern coast |
| 2002 | Rebellion | |
| Feb Ayodhya More than 800, mainly Muslims, die in revenge killings by Hindu mobs |
| Feb Ayodhya Muslims set fire to a train carrying Hindus returning from pilgrimage to Ayodhya |
| May Kashmir Kashmiri separatist leader Abdul Gani Lone shot dead in Srinagar by Islamist militants |
| May Kashmir More than 30 people killed in raid on Indian army camp in Kashmir |
| June Kashmir The UK & USAurge their citizens to leave India and Pakistan |
| 2002 | Rule of Sikkim | |
| June Sikkim India & China reach de facto agreement over status of Tibet and Sikkim |
| 2002 | Rule of Tibet | |
| June India & China reach de facto agreement over status of Tibet and Sikkim |
| 2003 | Ceasefire | |
| Nov Kashmir India matches Pakistan's declaration of a Kashmir ceasefire |
| 2003 | Diplomacy | |
| Dec India & Pakistan agree to resume direct air links and to allow overflights |
| 2004 | Rebellion | |
| Jan Kashmir Groundbreaking meeting held between government and moderate Kashmir separatists |
