What were the watershed moments in Indian history post 1947?
Jawaharlal Nehru delivered the historic "Tryst with Destiny" speech in the midnight session of the Constituent Assembly on August 15, 1947, marking India's independence. India defeated Pakistan and liberated Bangladesh in 1971 and conducted a nuclear test in 1974. The country liberalised the economy in 1991 and implemented the biggest tax reform since independence, the GST in 2017.