DATES:-
1. 1770 : Joseph Priestley - Essential role of air in growth of green plant.
2. 1774 : Joseph Priestley - Discovered O2.
3. 1831 : Robert Brown - Ist discovered and described nucleus.
4. 1838 : Schleiden (German Botanist) - Work on plants.
5. 1839 : Schwann(British Zoologist) - Work on both plants & animals.
6. 1855 : Rudolf Virchow - Omnis cellula-e-cellula (cells arises from pre-
existing cells).
7. Life originate from pre-existing life : Pasteur (Yeast).
8. Life originate from non-living (decaying & rotting matter) : Spontaneous
generation.
9. Life originate from pre-existing non-living organic molecules (RNA,
Protein)- Oparin (Russia) & Haldane (England)- Chemical Evolution.
10. 1856 - 1863 : Mendal experiment on garden pea. (7 years)
11. 1860 : Julius von Sachs - Developed hydroponics.
12. 1865 : Mendal published his work.
13. 1866 : Langdon Down - Down’s syndrome.
14. 1869 : Friedrich Meischer - Ist identified DNA and named it nuclein.
15. 1891 : Henking - Discovered X-body.
16. 1891 : Fossil discovered in Java - Homo erectus.
17. 1892 : Ivanowsky - Discovered virus.
18. 1898 : Beijerinek - Contagium vivum fluidum (infectious living fluid).
19. 1898 : Camillo Golgi - Discovered (observed) G.B.
20. 1900 : de Vrie s, Correns and von Tschermak inde pende ntly
rediscovered Mendel’s results.
21. 1902 : Chromosome movement during meiosis has been worked out.
22. 1905 : Law of limiting factor (Blackmann).
23. 1928 : Fredrick Griffith - Transforming experiment with Streptococcus
pneumoniae (Diplococcus).
24. 1935 : Stanley - Crystallised viruses.
25. 1937 : Ramdeo Misra obtained Ph.D. in Ecology from Leeds university
(U.K.).
26. 1938 : Coelocanth fish caught in South Africa.
27. 1945 : Fleming, Chain & Florey - Awarded Nobel prize.
28. 1950 : Watson obtained Ph.D. on a study of the effect of hard X-rays on
bacteriophage multiplication.
29. 1951 : Family planning programme started in India.
30. 1952 : Hershey & Chase-experiment on bacteriophage or Bacterial virus
gives unequivocal proof that DNA is the genetic material.
31. 1953 : Miller experiment - Methane, ammonia, hydrogen & water
vapour.
32. 1953 : Watson & Crick - Double helical structure of B-DNA & replication
scheme.
33. 1953 : Palade : Discovered ribosome.
34. 1954 : Ramachandran - Triple helical model of collagen, published in
Nature.
35. 1954 : Crick completed Ph.D. on a the sis “X-rays diffraction :
polypeptides and proteins.
36. 1958 : Meselson & Stahl - Work on E.coli proves semiconservative
replication of DNA in prokaryotes.
37. 1958 : Taylor - Work on Vicia faba proves semiconservative replication
of DNA in eukaryotes.
38. 1960 : Katherine Esau - Published “Anatomy of Seed Plants.”
39. 1961 : Melvin Calvin - Nobel Prize.
40. 1962 : Watson, Crick and Wilikins - Nobel Prize.
41. 1963 : Wheat varieties (Sonalika & Kalyan sona) introduced.
42. 1963 : Two enzyme responsible for restricting growth of bacteriophage
in E.coli were isolated.
43. 1966 : Derivative of IR-8 & Taichung native-I introduced.
44. 1969 : Whittaker - Five kingdom classification.
45. 1971 : Govt. of India legalized MTP.
46. 1971 : Diener- Discovered Viroid(free RNA without capsid).
47. 1972 : Singer & Nicolson - Fluid mosaic model.
48. 1972 : Stanley Cohen & Herbert Boyer - Formed Ist recombinant DNA.
49. 1972 : Establishment of NCEPC - National Committee for Environmental
Planning & Coordination.
50. 1974 : Water act.
51. 1980 : Joint forest management, (JFM).
52. 1981 : AIDS was Ist reported.
53. 1981 : Air act.
54. 1983 : Eli Lily (An American company) produces insulin in E.coli by
recombinant DNA technology.
55. 1984 : Establishment of MOEF : Ministry of Environment & Forest.
56. 1986 : Environment Protection Act.
57. 1987 : Montreal protocol. Held in Montreal, Canada.
58. 1987 : Air act amended to include noise as an air pollutant.
59. 1988 : National Forest Policy.
60. 1989 : Montreal protocol effective.
61. 1990 : Ist clinical gene therepy.
62. 1990 : HGP launched.
63. 1992 : The Earth summit : Rio de Janeiro.
64. 1997 : Ist transgenic cow- Rosie. It produces human protein enriched
milk (2.4 grams per litre ). The milk contain the human alphalactalbumin
65. 1997 : An American company got patent rights on Basmati Rice.
66. 1997 : Kyoto protocol : Held in Kyoto(Japan).
67. 2002 : World summit. Held in Johannesburg (South Africa).
68. 2002 : All buses of Delhi were converted by CNG.
69. 2005 : Nobel prize of chemistry given to ‘Green chemists’ Chauvin,
Grubbs & Schrock.
