1960s
Dec 19, 1961: Goa is liberated from Portuguese rule
March 1962: Parliament passes a Bill to incorporate Goa as a Union Territory in the Republic of India
Oct 24, 1962: Goa’s first democratic election held for the village panchayats
Nov 15, 1963: Francisco Xavier da Piedade Rebelo appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Goa
Dec 3, 1963: First general elections held in Goa, Daman, and Diu. MGP gets 13 seats followed by United Goans with 13
Dec 20, 1963: Dayanand Bandodkar is sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa, Daman and Diu
Jan 23, 1965: Assembly passes resolution in favour of merger of Goa with Maharashtra
Jan 1, 1966: National Institute of Oceanography, India is set up at Dona Paula
1966: Goa Industrial Development Corporation is formed
1966: Eight Finger Eddie credited with beginning the hippie trail in Goa settles in Anjuna
Jan 16, 1967: Opinion Poll is held. Goa rejects merger with Maharashtra and votes to retain Union Territory status
Jan 26, 1967: Bakibab becomes first Goan to be awarded Padma Shri
March 28, 1967: MGP wins second term in government
Apr 5, 1967: Dayanand Bandodkar is CM again
1967: Goa Engineering College
1969: Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary declared first Wildlife Sanctuary of Goa
1970s
February 1970: Kala Academy established
1971: First Mandovi Bridge built
Mar 23, 1972: MGP wins third mandate. Dayanand Bandodkar becomes CM again
Aug 12, 1973: Dayanand Bandodkar dies in office. His daughter Shashikala Kakodkar sworn-in as CM
Dec 28, 1974: Treaty signed in New Delhi providing resumption of diplomatic relations between India and Portugal
Dec 1975: Goenchea Ramponnkarancho Ekvott formed mainly to protect rights of traditional fishermen
Jun 1, 1977: MGP wins again
Jun 7, 1977: Shashikala Kakodkar sworn in as CM
1977: Ravindra Kelekar's ‘Himalayant’ (Travelogue) wins 1st Sahitya Akademi Award for Konkani
Jan 30, 1978: Pope Paul VI names Raul Nicolau Gonçalves as first Goan Archbishop of Goa and Patriarch of the East Indies
1978: Core area of the Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary notified as Mollem National Park
Apr 23, 1979: MGP loses majority, Kakodkar resigns
April 28, 1979: President’s Rule imposed
1980s
Jan 3, 1980: Congress U wins a majority, as MGP stands defeated for the first time
Jan 17, 1980: Pratapsingh Rane sworn in as CM
1980: Kadamba Transport Corporation established
Mar 6, 1983: Goa lifts Santosh Trophy for the first time, declared joint winners with West Bengal
Nov 26-27, 1983: Commonwealth Heads of Government retreat hosted
1983: Zuari Bridge inaugurated
Nov 1984: The first air charter lands
Dec 24, 1984: Congress returns to power
Jan 8, 1985: Pratapsingh Rane is CM again
June 5, 1985: Goa University established
1985: Goa cricket team debuts in Ranji Trophy
Feb 6, 1986: Pope John Paul II visits Goa, Mass held at Campal
Mar 8, 1986: Mother Teresa visits Goa
Jul 5, 1986: Span of Mandovi Bridge collapses
Nov 1986: Old Goa churches and convents declared UNESCO World Heritage Site
1985-1986: Long agitation to make Konkani official language. In December 1986 Goa almost shut down
May 1986: Eduardo Faleiro is first Goan to becomes a Union Minister
Dec 20, 1986: First Konkani martyr Floriano Vaz killed in Gogol, Margao
Dec 23, 1986: Seven persons killed in Agassaim during language agitation
Feb 4, 1987: Assembly passes Bill to make Konkani in Devanagri script official language, after 555-day agitation
May 30, 1987: Goa becomes a State
1988: Western Ghats declared one of the 25 original biodiversity hotspots of the world
1989: Fatorda Stadium inaugurated, hosts Jawaharlal Nehru invitation international football tournament
Nov 1989: Congress, MGP emerge with equal seats. Decider is by-election
1990s
Jan 9, 1990: Pratapsingh Rane is CM again, as Congress wins by-election
March 27, 1990: Churchill Alemao sworn in as CM, as group of MLAs break away from Congress
April 14, 1990: Dr Luis Proto Barbosa sworn in as CM, replacing Alemao
May 1990: Lata Mangeshkar, receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award
June 1990: Schools opt for mother tongue as medium of instruction as government revises grants-in-aid policy
Jun 23, 1990: DD Panaji launched
Dec 14, 1990: President’s Rule imposed in Goa as government reduced to minority
1991: Agitation begins for realignment of proposed Konkan Railway track
Jan 25, 1991: Ravi Naik sworn in as CM after defecting from MGP
Aug 20, 1992: Konkani is included in the VIII Schedule of the Constitution
May 17, 1993: Ravi Naik resigns as CM as High Court upholds his disqualification
May 18, 1993: Dr Wilfred de Souza sworn in as CM
1994: M Boyer is first Konkani stage actor to receive Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Apr 2, 1994: Dr Wilfred De Souza dismissed as CM and Ravi Naik appointed
Apr 8, 1994: Dr Wilfred De Souza returns as CM
Dec 16, 1994: Congress heads coalition government, comes to power again, with Pratapsingh Rane as CM
Jan 19, 1995: Congress gets majority following its alliance with MGP
July 1, 1995: Raghunath Mashelkar takes over as Director-General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
October 1996: Goa wins first Ranji Trophy match
1996: Bruno Coutinho first Goan to win AIFF Player of the Year award
1997: Brahmanand Sankhwalkar first Goan to win Arjuna Award
Jan 26, 1998: Konkan Railway starts operations in Goa
July 29, 1998: Wilfred de Souza of Goa Rajiv Congress takes oath as CM
23 Nov, 1998: Luizinho Faleiro takes oath as CM
Feb 10, 1999: President’s Rule imposed
Jun 6, 1999: Congress (I) returns to power
Jun 9, 1999: Luizinho Faleiro sworn in as CM
Nov 24, 1999: Francisco Sardinha is CM of breakaway Congress group supported by BJP
1999: First casino opens in Goa
2000s
Oct 24, 2000: Manohar Parrikar of BJP is sworn in as CM supported by breakaway Congress MLA
2000: Anil Kakodkar is Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India
2000: Selaulim Dam completed
Mar 2001: Lata Mangeshkar first Goan to get Bharat Ratna
June 2002: Manohar Parrikar returns as CM of BJP-led coalition
Dec 12, 2003: Filipe Neri Ferrão appointed Archbishop
Nov 2004: Goa hosts IFFI for first time
2004: Konkani film Alessha wins National Award for Best Feature Film in Konkani
Feb 2, 2005: Pratapsingh Rane returns as CM, after Manohar Parrikar is dismissed as CM
Feb 28, 2005: Crisis as Speaker and deputy resign
Mar 4, 2005 President’s Rule imposed
Jun 7, 2005 Pratapsingh Rane back as CM as Cong wins four of five by-elections
2006: Ravindra Kelekar awarded Jnanpith Award, highest literary honour in India
Dec 3, 2006: Goa Bachao Abhiyan formed to oppose Regional Plan 2011
Jun 2007: Digambar Kamat heads coalition government
Aug 18, 2007: Regional Plan scrapped
2009: Cashew feni gets Geographical Indication, the first Goan product to receive GI tag
2010s
May 25, 2011: Govt reverses medium of instruction policy in primary education
May 25, 2011: Two tribal youth killed in agitation in Balli
Mar 2012: BJP wins absolute majority, Manohar Parrikar is appointed Chief Minister
Mar 2012: Football declared official State sport
Apr 4, 2012: Dharbandora is 12th taluka
July 2012: Western Ghats declared natural UNESCO World Heritage Site
Oct 5, 2012: Supreme Court bans all mining operations
Nov 8, 2014: Laxmikant Parsekar becomes CM as Manohar Parrikar resigns to take charge as Defence Minister
Jan 7, 2016: Shevtto declared official State fish
Mar 14, 2017: BJP with 13 MLAs forms alliance and government, with Manohar Parrikar as CM
Feb 5, 2019: Atal Setu opens for traffic
Mar 17, 2019: Manohar Parrikar dies in office
Mar 19, 2019: Dr Pramod Sawant is new CM
Jun 11, 2019: Ten Congress MLAs defect to BJP
2020s
Nov 1, 2020: All night vigil kept at Guirdolim on SWR tracks to stop double tracking work
Source: Wikipedia, and various others