List of tallest buildings in India
Timeline of tallest buildings of India

Name
Image
City
Height
Floors
Years as Tallest
LIC Building
-
Chennai
54 metres (177 ft)
15
1959-1961
Usha Kiran
-
Mumbai
80 metres (262 ft)
25
1961–1970
World Trade Center Mumbai
-
Mumbai
156 metres (512 ft)
35
1970–2008
Planet Godrej
-
Mumbai
181 metres (594 ft)
51
2008–2009
Imperial Tower 1
-
Mumbai
254 metres (833 ft)
61
2009–2019
The 42
-
Kolkata
268 metres (879 ft)
63
2019-Present

Question: What happened in 1961?
Answer: The LIC Building was the tallest building in India in 1959 and was surpassed by Mumbai's first skyscraper, the Usha Kiran Building, in 1961, which is 80 m high.