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| 2 | List of tallest buildings in India - Timeline of tallest buildings of India |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Name | Image | City | Height | Floors | Years as Tallest |
| 4 | LIC Building | - | Chennai | 54 metres (177 ft) | 15 | 1959-1961 |
| 5 | Usha Kiran | - | Mumbai | 80 metres (262 ft) | 25 | 1961–1970 |
| 6 | World Trade Center Mumbai | - | Mumbai | 156 metres (512 ft) | 35 | 1970–2008 |
| 7 | Planet Godrej | - | Mumbai | 181 metres (594 ft) | 51 | 2008–2009 |
| 8 | Imperial Tower 1 | - | Mumbai | 254 metres (833 ft) | 61 | 2009–2019 |
| 9 | 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.