1. India @ 64 - A visual chronology of post-Independence India JAN GAN MAN BY AR RAHMAN . ALL RIGHT BELONG TO ORIGNAL COMPOSER. RAJIV 747

2. 1947-Tryst with destiny

3. 1947-Train to Pakistan

4. 1948-49-Prodigal son patricide

5. 1950-Glory to the republic

6. 1950-The first missionary of charity

7. 1952-Democracys first dance

8. 1954-The china syndrome

9. 1956- Ambedkar embraces Buddhism, spearheads Dalit Buddhist movement

10. 1957 Mother India soothes India’s Kashmir woes

11. 1958- -AFSPA-empowers India to kill its children

12. 1959-Tibetans find a home in India

13. 1960-hamara Bajaj

14. 1961 – India marches into Goa

15. 1962 – Friends, brothers and enemies

16. 1963 – Nagaland joins the Indian family

17. 1964 – The passing of Nehru

18. 1965 War with Pakistan

19. 1966 – The cartoonist who drew ire , Bal-Thackeray

20. 1966 Woman on top

21. 1968 A boy band in India Beatles

22. 1969 A train to Delhi, Rajdhani Express

23. 1970 Indira Gandhi “They say Indira Hatao, I say Garibi Hatao”

24. 1971 Bollywood smokes a Chillum

25. 1972 – Putting the cat back in the bag

26. 1973 A landmark year for teeny bopper romances

27. 1974 A pox on India’s health

28. 1975 The year when controversy ruled

29. 1976 Pocketful of good intentions – Family planning

30. 1977 At the lotus feet of the Lord

31. 1978 Fertility’s triumph and shame

32. 1979 Nobility wins a Nobel

33. 1980 India shuttles to the top

34. 1981 Standing on the shoulders of 7 giants “Infosys”

35. 1982 Color me glad

36. 1983 Kapil’s Devils go from underdogs to top dogs

37. 1984The night of the living dead Union Carbide Tragedy

38. 1985 Blown apart in mid-air Air India's Kanishka flight to Montreal

39. 1989 A small town’s pride

40. 1990 Caste inferno engulfs the nation

41. 1991 The budget that opened up the world. Dr Manmohan Singh, turned India’s economy as fastest growing nation of the world.

42. 1992 When the roof of secular India fell down

43. 1993 Mumbai blasts scar the nation

44. 1994 Queen of the universe

45. 1995 Delhi Metro

46. 1996 India does the moonwalk

47. 1997 Arundhati Roy brings home the Booker

48. 1998 M S Subbulakshmi A jewel for the Nightingale awarded the Bharat Ratna (the first singer to receive India’s highest civilian award) for her extraordinary contribution to music.

49. 1999 The story of a hijacking, an Indian Airlines Ic-814 flight. The plane was force-landed in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

50. 2000 India’s chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand.

51. 2001 A nation shaken On republic Day 26jan . Gujarat Earthquake.

52. 2002 Communal violence tears Gujarat apart Train ablazed by mob in Godhra

53. 2004 The ocean rises The Tsunami hits South India and Andaman's islands.

54. 2005 - Aam aadmi ka mobile. TRAI’s slashing of tariffs came as good news to mobile phone subscribers.

55. 2006 Nathu La, a mountain pass in the Himalayas connecting the Indian state of Sikkim with China was opened

56. 2007 India’s First Lady PratibhaDevisinghPatil, the 12th President of India and the first woman to hold the office, was sworn in on July 25. With a degree in Law, and Political Science and Economics, she began her political career at age 27. Patil has represented India in several international forums and has actively worked for the welfare of women, children and underprivileged sections of society.

57. 2008 - Terror in Mumbai left the country bruised and nearly broken, with wounds that have still not healed..

58. 2009 - Queer Pride. In a landmark move, the Delhi High Court decriminalized homosexuality in India. as guaranteed by the Constitution of India.

59. 2010 The massacre in Dantewada. 80 men from the Central Reserve Police Force were brutally ambushed by Maoist rebels near the village of Chintalnar in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. Seventy-five police personnel were killed before reinforcements arrived in what is regarded as one of the most vicious attacks by the Naxals.

60. 2010 -The State of Indian Economy. It is time to take stock of the state of our economy-the achievements in 2010 and the challenges we face in 2011.The most outstanding achievement has been the recovery from the economic slowdown that we have been facing since 2008, as a consequence of the global downturn. It is now being recognised the world over that the management of our economy during this period has been appreciable and we have been able to minimise the effects of global recession on our economy. India continues to be the 2nd fastest growing economy of the world.