| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 26th January, 1950, New Delhi | Adoption of the Constitution, making India a Republic | 100%
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| 18th May, 1974, Pokhran, Rajasthan | India tests its first major nuclear weapon in Pokhran, Rajasthan | 73%
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| 26th November, 2008, Mumbai | Mumbai attacks take place in the Taj hotel | 65%
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| 6th December, 1992, Ayodhya, Uttarpradesh | The Babri Mosque demolition is conducted by Hindu extremists in Ayodhya which leads to over 10,000 people in the riots afterwards | 65%
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| 3rd May, 26th July 1999, Line of Control, J & K | The Kargil War is was fought between India and Pakistan in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control. | 65%
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| 7th January, 2002, Godhra, Gujarat | Riots occur after 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya are killed in a train fire supposedly set by Musilims in Godhra, Gujarat | 58%
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| 21st May, 1991, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu | Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by while campaigning in Tamil Nadu | 50%
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| 24th January, 1966, Raisina Hill, New Delhi | Indira Gandhi becomes the 4th Prime Minister of India | 50%
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| 3 December, 1971, Ramna Race Course, Dakha | 3rd Indo-Pak war. Ends with the formation of Bangladesh | 46%
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| 26th May, 2014, Raisina Hill, New Delhi | Narendra Modi becomes the 14th Prime Minister of India | 46%
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| 20th October, 1962, Ladakh and the McMahon Line | Sino-Indian War begins | 31%
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| 21st May, 1987, Swiss Bank Accounts | It is revealed that bribes have been paid by Bofors to Indian politicians, members of the Congress party, and bureaucrats | 27%
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| 9th June, 1964, Raisina Hill, New Delhi | Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister of India after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru | 27%
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| 8th August, 2016, Across India | The largest tax reform in India's history, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), is introduced | 23%
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| 3rd January, 1954, Mumbai | Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay is set up | 19%
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| 12th November, 1969, Akbar Rd (Congress Headquarters), New Delhi | The Congress splits into O and R, under Desai and Indira Gandhi respectively | 19%
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| 7th August, 1990, Mathura Rd, New Delhi | The Mandal Commission, a mandate to "identify the socially or educationally backward classes" of India, is implemented. | 15%
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| 22nd August, 2017, Mathura Rd, New Delhi | The Indian Supreme Court deems instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddah) unconstitutional | 12%
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| 30th September, 2010, Mathura, Uttarpradesh | The long-running Ayodhya dispute is settled in the Allahabad High Court | 12%
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| March, 1963, Punjab | The Green Revolution begins in India | 4%
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