1957
February   Finance Minister T.T. Krishnamachari resigns following
1958       Mundhra LIC share scandal
1959       Oil and Natural Gas Corporation set up; Television
           transmission introduced in New Delhi; Indo-Portuguese
           dispute
March      Dalai Lama flees from Tibet to India
1959
October    Military confrontation with China in Aksai
1959
April 19,  Chin Meeting of Afro-Asian Conference at New Delhi
1960
1960       Bombay Presidency bifurcated into Maharashtra and
           Gujarat states
January    Arrival of Queen Elizabeth at New Delhi
21,1961
December   Liberation of Goa
19, 1961
February   Third General Election
16-June 6,
1962
October    Indo—China war
1962
January    Gold Control Order comes into force
1963
August     Tile Kamraj Plan
10, 1963
May 27,    Jawaharlal Nehru dies
1964
June 09,   Lal Bahadur Shastri becomes Prime Minister
1964