UPDATED ON:
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
16:21 Mecca time, 13:21 GMT
 
FOCUS: INDIA 2009
Timeline: India's journey

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India goes to the poll in April and May this year to elect its 15th Lok Sabha, or lower house of parliament. 
    
Presented here is a chronology of major events in India during the last six decades.

MORE:
 India 2009 - a special report
 The Great Indian Open
 India's election in numbers

 Source: Al Jazeera