1936 June 22: Subhash Ghising was born in Darjeeling, British India.
1947 Aug 15: India got independence from UK.
1964 July 17: Bimal Gurung was born.
Communist Rule in West Bengal
1977: CPI Marxist won majority 178 seats among total 294 seats in West Bengal legislative assembly defeating ruling Congress I. Jyoti Basu became the chief minister of West Bengal. CPI-M rule was ended only after 34 years by 2011 election.
1980: Subhash Ghising established "Gorkha National Liberation Front - GNLF", a political party demanding separate Gorkhaland State in India.
1st Gorkhaland people's movement
1986-1988: people's movement led by GNLF erupted in the Darjeeling hills demanding separate State on the basis of ethno-linguistic rights. About 1,200 people lost their lives.
1988 Aug 22: Darjeeling Hill Accord was signed. "Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council - DGHC", a semi-autonomous body for the administration of Darjeeling district, was established. GNLF gave up its demand for separate Gorkhaland State.
2nd Gorkhaland People's movement
2007 Oct 7: Bimal Gurung established Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चा).
2009 Apr/May: 15th Lok Sabha election. National level leader Jaswant Singh from BJP won the Darjeeling constituency with 51.5% popular vote.
Rule of Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal State
2011 May 20: Mamata Banerjee appointed as the Chief Minister of West Bengal state as her party All India Trinamool Congress pulled off a landslide victory defeating 34 years long Communist rule in the state.
2011 July 18: "Memorandum of Agreement" for "Gorkhaland Territorial Administration- GTA" was signed near Siliguri in the presence of Home Minister of India P. Chidambaram, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders. GTA replaced 23 years old "Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council - DGHC". The new GTA will have 50 members: 45 of them will be elected and the rest nominated. (Link) (Link)
2013 July 30: Mangal Singh Rajput (45) set himself in fire demanding Gorkhaland State (he died Aug 3 in Siliguri in Hospital) (Link)
2014 Apr/May: 16th Lok Sabha election held. S. S. Ahluwalia from BJP won the Darjeeling constituency(wiki) with 42.75% popular vote. Ex football player Bhai Chung Bhutia, contested from West Bengal's ruling All India Trinamool Congress, got second in the competition with 25.48% popular vote.
2016 Apr/May: West Bengal Sate's 294-seat Legislative Assembly election held. All three candidates from GJM in Gorkhaland GTA area (Sarita Rai, Amar Singh Rai, Rohit Sharma) won the election.
(This story is being developed... All relevant events of Gorkhaland will be covered by this timeline.)
See Also:-
Timeline of Sikkim in India (1975 - present)
1947 Aug 15: India got independence from UK.
1964 July 17: Bimal Gurung was born.
Communist Rule in West Bengal
1977: CPI Marxist won majority 178 seats among total 294 seats in West Bengal legislative assembly defeating ruling Congress I. Jyoti Basu became the chief minister of West Bengal. CPI-M rule was ended only after 34 years by 2011 election.
1980: Subhash Ghising established "Gorkha National Liberation Front - GNLF", a political party demanding separate Gorkhaland State in India.
1st Gorkhaland people's movement
1986-1988: people's movement led by GNLF erupted in the Darjeeling hills demanding separate State on the basis of ethno-linguistic rights. About 1,200 people lost their lives.
1988 Aug 22: Darjeeling Hill Accord was signed. "Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council - DGHC", a semi-autonomous body for the administration of Darjeeling district, was established. GNLF gave up its demand for separate Gorkhaland State.
2nd Gorkhaland People's movement
2007 Oct 7: Bimal Gurung established Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (गोर्खा जनमुक्ति मोर्चा).
2009 Apr/May: 15th Lok Sabha election. National level leader Jaswant Singh from BJP won the Darjeeling constituency with 51.5% popular vote.
Rule of Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal State
2011 May 20: Mamata Banerjee appointed as the Chief Minister of West Bengal state as her party All India Trinamool Congress pulled off a landslide victory defeating 34 years long Communist rule in the state.
2011 July 18: "Memorandum of Agreement" for "Gorkhaland Territorial Administration- GTA" was signed near Siliguri in the presence of Home Minister of India P. Chidambaram, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders. GTA replaced 23 years old "Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council - DGHC". The new GTA will have 50 members: 45 of them will be elected and the rest nominated. (Link) (Link)
2013 July 30: Mangal Singh Rajput (45) set himself in fire demanding Gorkhaland State (he died Aug 3 in Siliguri in Hospital) (Link)
2014 Apr/May: 16th Lok Sabha election held. S. S. Ahluwalia from BJP won the Darjeeling constituency(wiki) with 42.75% popular vote. Ex football player Bhai Chung Bhutia, contested from West Bengal's ruling All India Trinamool Congress, got second in the competition with 25.48% popular vote.
2016 Apr/May: West Bengal Sate's 294-seat Legislative Assembly election held. All three candidates from GJM in Gorkhaland GTA area (Sarita Rai, Amar Singh Rai, Rohit Sharma) won the election.
See Also:-
Timeline of Sikkim in India (1975 - present)