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| 1966 || || Facility || A synthetic fabrics mill is established at {{w|Naroda}} in {{w|Gujarat}}.<ref name="Reliance Industries Ltd"/>
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| 1966 || May 8 || {{w| Subsidiary }} || Reliance Textile Industries Ltd is incorporated in {{w|Karnataka}} state as a public limited company under the name Mynylon Ltd. to manufacture synthetic blended yarns and fabrics, polyester filament yarn, polyester glass shells and colour TV picture tubes.<ref name="Reliance Industries Ltd">{{cite web |title=Reliance Industries Ltd. Company History and Annual Growth Details |url=https://www.goodreturns.in/company/reliance-industries/history.html |website=goodreturns.in |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref>
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| 1966 || July 1 || [[w:Mergers and acquisitions|Merger]] || Reliance Textile Industries Ltd, is amalgamated with Mynylon Ltd.<ref name="Reliance Industries Ltd"/>
| 1973 || May 8 || {{w|Incorporation}} || RIL is incorporated as Mynylon Limited in the State of {{w|Karnataka}}.<ref name="Goodrich">{{cite journal |last1=Singh |first1=Manohar |last2=Goodrich |first2=James A. |title=Succession in Family-Owned Businesses: A Case Study of Reliance Industries-India |doi=10.2139/ssrn.954715 |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=954715}}</ref><ref name="RELIANCE INDUSTRIES"/>
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| 1973 || || {{w| Subsidiary }} || Reliance group incorporates Vimal Fabrics.<ref name="From “Outsider” to Insider: The Case of Reliance"/>
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| 1975 || June 28 || || RIL is converted into a public limited company.<ref name="Reliance Industries Ltd"/>
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| 1975 || October 15 || {{w| Subsidiary }} || Reliance group incorporates Anil Fabrics<ref name="From “Outsider” to Insider: The Case of Reliance"/><ref>{{cite web |title=ANIL FABRICS PRIVATE LIMITED |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/ANIL-FABRICS-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U01110MH1975PTC018603 |website=zaubacorp.com |accessdate=13 November 2019}}</ref>, Dipti Textile Industries<ref>{{cite web |title=Dipti Textile Industries Private Limited |url=https://finpinch.com/in/company/details/dipti-textile-industries-private-limited/U18101MH1975PTC018602 |website=finpinch.com |accessdate=13 November 2019}}</ref>, and Nina Textile Industries.<ref>{{cite web |title=NINA TEXTILE INDUSTRIES PRIVATE LIMITED |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/company/nina-textile-industries-private-limited-/U99999MH1975PTC018601 |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |accessdate=13 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 1975–1976 || || Financial || Reliance group crosses the Rs. 20 crores (200 million) mark in terms of value of assets.<ref name="From “Outsider” to Insider: The Case of Reliance"/>
| 1979 || || Facility || RIL establishes a texturizing/twisting facility.<ref name="Reliance Industries Ltd"/>
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| 1979 || || [[w:Mergers and acquisitions| Merger ]] || Sidhpur Mills amalgamates with RIL.<ref name="Reliance Industries Ltd"/>
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| 1980 || || Product || Reliance Textiles Industries receives a letter to intent from the manufacture of 10,000 tons per annum of {{w|polyester}} filament yarn. Financial and technical collaboration is finalized with {{w|E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company}}.<ref name="Reliance Industries Ltd"/>
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| 1982 || || Product || Reliance Textiles Industries launches phase-I of the Polyester Filament Yarn (PFY) plant at {{w|Patalganga}}.<ref name=Milestones/>
| 1985 || || Product || Reliance Textiles Industries enters phase-II of the {{w|polyester}} {{w|filament}} {{w|yarn}} (PFY) plant at {{w|Patalganga}}.<ref name=Milestones/>
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| 1985 || September 30 || {{w| Subsidiary }} || Devti Fibres Ltd becomes a subsidiary of RIL.<ref name="Reliance Industries Ltd"/>
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| 1985 || || Financial || RIL total Assets cross Rs. 1,000 crores.<ref name="ndtv.com"/>
| 1986 || || Product || RIL starts operating a purified terephthalic acid plant at {{w|Patalganga}}.<ref name=Milestones/><ref name="ndtv.com"/><ref name="referenceforbusiness.com"/>
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| 1987 || || {{w| Subsidiary }} || Reliance Petrochemical Limited is incorporated.<ref name="RAICHAUDHURI"/>
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| 1987 || || Product || RIL starts operating the {{w|linear alkylbenzene}} (LAB) plant at {{w|Patalganga}}.<ref name=Milestones/><ref name="ndtv.com"/><ref name="Reliance Industries Ltd"/>
| 1995 || || Product || RIL signs a {{w|Memorandum of understanding}} with the {{w|Government of Assam}} for implementation of RAPL (Reliance Assam Petrochemicals Ltd.) for manufacture of {{w|ethylene}}, {{w|polyethylene}} and {{w|oxoalchol}} based on ethylene and propylene products from the gas cracker.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reliance Industries |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/company-facts/relianceindustries/history/RI |website=moneycontrol.com |accessdate=13 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 1995–1996 || || {{w| Joint venture }} || RIL enters the telecom industry through a {{w|joint venture}} with {{w|NYNEX}} and promotes Reliance Telecom Private Limited in {{w|India}}.<ref name="RELIANCE INDUSTRIES"/>
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| 1996 || || {{w|Credit rating}} || RIL becomes the first private sector company to be rated by international credit rating agencies.<ref name=Milestones/><ref name="ndtv.com"/>
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| 1996 || || Financial || RIL net profit surpasses Rs.1,000 crore (about US$ 317 million), an unparalleled milestone in the Indian private sector.<ref name="ndtv.com"/><ref name=Milestones/>
| 1998 || || Financial || RIL Total Assets cross Rs. 35,000 crore and revenues cross Rs. 14,000 crore.<ref name="ndtv.com"/>
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| 1999 || || Gas discovery {{w|Hydrocarbon exploration}} || The Indian government auctions off 25 blocks for oilfield exploration. Bids are given in the form of royalty percentage offers. RIL wins 12 of the blocks and promptly sets in place its own team of exploration experts. The investment would quickly pay off with the discovery of natural gas reserves estimated at some 14 trillion cubic feet, the largest natural gas field discovered in India in decades, in the {{w|Krishna Godavari Basin}} in the {{w|Bay of Bengal}}.<ref name="referenceforbusiness.com"/>
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| 1999 || || Facility || RIL commissions the world's largest 1.4 million tons per annum {{w|paraxylene}} (PX) plant at its new integrated petrochemicals complex at {{w|Jamnagar}}.<ref name="RELIANCE INDUSTRIES"/><ref name=Milestones/>
| 2001–2002 || || Product || RIL signs a {{w|Memorandum of understanding}} with [[w:DuPont (1802–2017)|DuPont Polyester Technologies]] to license the revolutionary resin technology NG-3 from DuPont. Reliance announces its plan for the expansion of {{w|polyethylene terephthalate}} capacity by 220,000 tons per year.<ref name=Milestones/>
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| 2002 || || [[w:Mergers and acquisitions|Merger]] || Reliance Petroleum Limited merge with Reliance Industries. As of date, this is the largest ever merger in India. Reliance Industries becomes the largest private sector company in the country on all major financial parameters including sales, profits, net worth, assets, and exports.<ref name=Milestones/><ref name="ndtv.com"/>
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| 2002 || || Gas discovery {{w|Hydrocarbon exploration}} || RIL announces one of the largest gas discoveries in the world, with a volume in excess of 7 trillion cubic feet, equivalent to about 1.2 billion barrels of crude oil. This is the first ever discovery by an Indian private sector company.<ref name=Milestones/>
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| 2002 || July 31|| Expansion || RIL launches its own phone service, Reliance Infocomm, which would be later renamed {{w|Reliance Communications Limited}} (popularly, R.Comm). Beginning with {{w|Gujarat}}, the Infocomm revolution would cover thousands of villages and hundreds of cities across India.<ref name=Milestones/><ref name="MAMMOTH"/><ref name="referenceforbusiness.com"/>
| 2004 || || Recognition || RIL becomes the first Indian private sector organization to be listed in the {{w|Fortune Global 500}} list.<ref name="RELIANCE INDUSTRIES">{{cite web |title=RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD. (RELIANCE) - COMPANY HISTORY |url=https://www.business-standard.com/company/reliance-inds-476/information/company-history |website=business-standard.com |accessdate=16 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="MAMMOTH"/>
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| 2004 || || Gas discovery {{w|Hydrocarbon exploration}} || RIL locates a new gas field in the {{w|Bay of Bengal}}, off the Orissa Coast.<ref name="referenceforbusiness.com"/>
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| 2004 || || [[w:Mergers and acquisitions| Acquisition ]] || RIL acquires the polyester major {{w|Frankfurt}}-based {{w|Trevira}}, which has the capacity of 130000 tons per annum of polyester staple fibers polyester filament yarns and polyester chips.<ref name="RELIANCE INDUSTRIES"/>
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| 2004 || October || Recognition || RIL is recognized as India's Greenest private sector company amongst the private sector with an overall rank of number two in a BT–ACNielsen ORG-MARG survey of shareholder perception.<ref name="ndtv.com"/>
| 2007 || February 15 || Subsidiary || {{w|Telecommunications}} company {{w|Reliance Jio}} is incorporated as a subsidiary of RIL.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited Disclosure Document |url=https://www.bseindia.com/downloads/ipo/2015127141059im%20reliance%20jio.pdf |website=bseindia.com |accessdate=7 November 2019}}</ref> It operates a national [[w:LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] network with coverage across all 22 {{w|telecom circle}}s.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.coai.com/content/reliance-jio-infocomm-limited|publisher={{w|Cellular Operators Association of India}}|title=Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited}}</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.rcrwireless.com/20150616/network-infrastructure/lte/reliance-jio-infocomm-plans-to-launch-pan-india-lte/|publisher=RCR Wireless News|title=Reliance Jio Infocomm plans to launch pan-India LTE}}</ref>
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| 2007 || April 1 || [[w:Mergers and acquisitions| Merger ]] || {{w|Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited}} (IPCL) merges with RIL. Post merger, RIL’s share capital is expected to increase from Rs 1,393.5 crore to Rs 1,453.6 crore.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/ipcl-to-merge-with-reliance-industries/25015/ | title=IPCL to merge with Reliance Industries | date=8 March 2007 | newspaper=The Indian Express | accessdate=17 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IPCL merger with RIL from April 1 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/IPCL-merger-with-RIL-from-April-1/articleshow/1746644.cms |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |accessdate=7 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RIL-IPCL merger to be effective from April 1, swap ratio at 1:5 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/companies/ril-ipcl-merger-to-be-effective-from-april-1-swap-ratio-at-15/articleshow/1746619.cms?from=mdr |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |accessdate=7 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2007 || September || Acquisition || RIL announces agreement to acquire assets of {{w|Malaysia}}’s leading {{w|polyester}} producer, Hualon Corp.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reliance to acquire assets of Malaysia's Hualon |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-29438220070910 |website=reuters.com |accessdate=7 November 2019}}</ref>
