| 1st September 1961 | The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) was established in Delhi. |
| 27th January 1967 | The Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research (Balbharati) was established in Pune. |
| 1986 | The National Policy on Education was adopted. |
| 1988 | The ‘Primary Education Curriculum was prepared. |
| 1995 | The Competency-based primary education curriculum. |
| 1975 | India met with success in its attempt to use a satellite for the purpose of education. |
| 1970 | The United Nations declared the year 1970 as the International Education Year. A seminar was organised in New Delhi and led to the establishment of an open university |
| 1974 | The government appointed a committee under the chairmanship of P. Parthasarathy |
