India · crisis history

An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 aircraft crashes during landing, resulting in five deaths and one serious injury.

Protesters in New Delhi demand resignation of the education minister over irregularities with the NEET exam.

A bus crash in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India resulting in six deaths and 29 injuries.

A head constable is shot and killed by militants claiming responsibility for the attack.

Methyl isocyanate release at Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India — worst industrial chemical disaster in history.

The British Parliament passes the Government of India Act, providing for a degree of autonomy and establishing a 'Federation of India'.

A ship carrying Sikh immigrants from India was denied entry to Canada and forced to return.

Henri Pequet carried 6,500 letters between Allahabad and Naini in British India, marking the first official airmail flight.

Indian nationalist student Madan Lal Dhingra assassinates Curzon Wyllie, a political aide to the Secretary of State for India.

A major earthquake in the Kangra Valley, India, kills 20,000 and destroys most buildings.

A major earthquake in the Kangra Valley, India, killing 20,000 and destroying most buildings.

Edward VII is proclaimed as the first Emperor of India, marking a significant change in British imperial governance.

Under-construction warehouse collapses in West Bengal, India, killing five and injuring twenty.

Cross-border mass-tort litigation arising from the 1984 Bhopal disaster.

The Rowlatt Act is passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in London, indefinitely extending emergency provisions.