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