1687 The first Municipal Corporation in India was set up in Madras. 1772 Lord Warren Hastings created the Office of District Colle...
| 1687 The first Municipal Corporation in India was set up in Madras. |
| 1772 Lord Warren Hastings created the Office of District Collector. |
| 1829 The office of the Divisional Commissioner was created by Lord William Bentick. |
| 1859 The Portfolio System was introduced by Lord Canning. |
| 1860 A system of Budget was introduced. |
| 1870 Lord Mayo's resolution on financial decentralisation, visualised the development of local self-government institutions in India. |
1872 First Census in India was conducted during Lord Mayo's period. |
| 1881 First regular Census was conducted during Lord Mayo's period. |
| 1882 Lord Ripon's resolution was hailed as the 'Magna Carta' of local self-government. He isregarded as the 'Father of local self-government in India'. |
1905 The tenure system was introduced by Lord Curzon. |
| 1953 The first linguistic state of Andra Pradesh was created. |
| 1959 Panchayat Raj was introduced in Rajasthan. |
| 1962 First emergency declared. |
| 1963 The first no confidence motion was moved in the Lok Sabha after independence. |
| 1975 Emergency due to internal disturbances |
| 1976 The Fundamental Duties of Indian citizens were incorporated in the Constitution. |
| 1978 Through the 44 th amendment Right to Property has been deleted from the list of Fundamental Rights. |
| 1989 Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 years for the Lok Sabha as well as Assembly elections. |
| 1991 Created the National Capital Territory of Delhi. |
| 1992 Formation of present day Panchyati Raj. |
| 1999 Extended the reservation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Anglo Indians in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for 10 more years ie. up to 2010. |
| 2000 The creation of new states of Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Uttaranchal. |
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