Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
List of tallest buildings in India
Table title:
Timeline of tallest buildings of India
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Name </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Image </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > City </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Height </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Floors </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Years as Tallest </th></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > LIC Building </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Chennai </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 54 metres (177 ft) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 15 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1959-1961 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Usha Kiran </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mumbai </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 80 metres (262 ft) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 25 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1961–1970 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > World Trade Center Mumbai </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mumbai </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 156 metres (512 ft) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 35 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1970–2008 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Planet Godrej </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mumbai </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 181 metres (594 ft) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 51 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2008–2009 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Imperial Tower 1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mumbai </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 254 metres (833 ft) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 61 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2009–2019 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > The 42 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Kolkata </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 268 metres (879 ft) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 63 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2019-Present </td></tr>
</table>
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.