2010-14

  1. India launches 2011 biometric census, the largest census in the world, 2010
  2. Longest rail (4286 km) of India, Vivek Express, is flagged off, 2011
  3. India test-launched the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Agni V, 2012 4. Launched INS Vikrant, the first aircraft carrier built in India, 2013
  4. Mars Orbiter Mission/Mangalyaan, 2013 - India became the first nation to reach Mars orbit in its first attempt
  5. India's first all-women commercial bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank, starts its operations, 2013
  6. India declared 'polio free' by World Health Organization, 2014

2000's

  1. Punita Arora became the first woman Lieutenant General of Indian Army, 2004
  2. Bula Chowdhury became world's first woman swimmer to conquer five continents, 2005
  3. Nathula Pass, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after 44 years, 2006
  4. India became one of the few nations to return a craft (SRE 1) from orbit, 2007
  5. Pratibha Patil sworn in as India's first woman president, 2007
  6. Viswanathan Anand became the undisputed champion in World Chess Championship, 2007
  7. India's first mission to Moon, Chandrayaan-1, launched successfully, 2008
  8. Abhinav Bindra brings India’s first individual Olympic Gold, 2008
  9. India sets a world record by successfully sending 10 satellites into orbit in a single launch, 2008
  10. Sachin Tendulkar becomes the leading scorer and the first batsman to score 12000 runs in Test Cricket, 2008
  11. Meira Kumar becomes the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha, 2009
  12. India’s first nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Arihant, launched, 2009

90's

  1. Kerala became the first fully literate state, 1991
  2. Satyajit Ray won an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, 1992
  3. India’s share of global GDP in PPP terms was 5.9% in 2005, the fourth highest in the world.
  4. In 2020 India had become the 5th largest world economy https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/india-gdp-economy-growth-uk-france/
  5. Sushmita Sen became the first Indian to win the Miss Universe pageant, 1994
  6. VSNL launched internet service for public, 1995
  7. India became a WTO member, 1995

80's

  1. Smallpox was eradicated, 1977 2. Launched India’s first telecom satellite APPLE, 1981
  2. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) established, 1982
  3. Dakshin Gangotri Antarctic research base constructed, 1983
  4. Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel in space, 1984
  5. Bachendri Pal became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest, 1984
  6. India became 7th country in the world to possess a Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor, 1985
  7. Established Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, an idea conceived by former PM Rajiv Gandhi, 1986
  8. Sunil Gavaskar became the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in Test matches, 1987
  9. India launched Asia's first remote sensing satellite IRS-1A in 1988
  10. Kottayam in Kerala became the first fully literate district in India, 1989

70's

  1. Bajaj Auto rolls out its 100,000th vehicle, 1970
  2. The Indian Navy destroyer INS Rajput sinks Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi, 1971
  3. PIN code was introduced in India, 1972
  4. Project Tiger - India's most successful animal conservation program, 1973
  5. Smiling Buddha - India detonated its first nuclear weapon in Thar Desert and became the sixth nation to do so, 1974
  6. ARYABHATTA - first Indian satellite, launched, 1975
  7. The Satellite Instructional Television Experiment or SITE launched - made available informational television programmes to rural India, 1975
  8. Minimum age for marriage raised to 21 years for men and 18 years for women, 1978
  9. Michael Ferreira won the World Billiards Championship in Melbourne, 1977
  10. Nehru Planetarium commissioned, 1977
  11. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979

60's

  1. Milkha Singh became the first Indian to break pre-Games Olympic record in Rome Olympics 1960.
  2. India piloted the first ever meeting of Non-Aligned Countries, 1961 . Although it’s said the first ever meet was orchestrated by Yogoslavia, Egypt and Indian premieres.
  3. India's football team won gold and reached its highest ranking at the Asian Games, 1962
  4. Dedication of the Bhakra-Nangal Dam project to the country by Nehru, 1963
  5. Sucheta Kriplani became the first woman chief minister, 1963
  6. The first Indian jet trainer HJT-16 took flight, 1964
  7. Border Security Force was formed, 1965
  8. Rita Faria became the first Indian to win the Miss World crown, 1966
  9. Pandit Ravi Shankar won India's first Grammy award, 1967
  10. Har Gobind Khorana won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, 1968
  11. ISRO was established, 1969