| 1871 | The Government of India created the Department of Agriculture |
| 1905 | The Imperial Agricultural Research Institute was establish in Pusa, Bihar |
| 1934 | The buildings of the institute damaged in earthquake |
| 1936 | Shifted to New Delhi |
| 1946 | Name was changed Indian Agricultural Research Institute |
| 1901-05 | Agricultural Colleges were established at Kanpur, Pune, Sabour, Llyalpur, Coimbatore |
| 1929 | Imperial council of Agricultural Research was established |
| 1946 | Name was change to Indian Council Agricultural Research |
| 1921 | Indian Central Cotton Committee was established – Notable researches on breeding and cultivation of cotton. Eg. 70 improved varieties of cotton |
| 1956 | Project for intensification of regional research on cotton, oilseeds and millets (PIRRCOM) was initiated to intensify research on these crops – located at 17 different centres through out the country |
| 1957 | All India Coordinated maize improvement project was started with objective of exploiting heterosis |
| 1961 | – The first hybrid maize varieties released by the project – ICAR initiated coordinated projects for the improvement of the other crops |
| 1960 | First Agricultural University established at Pantnagar, Nainital, U.P. |
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