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ment for 2009 to Bangladesh PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina in NewDelhi.

Jan. 13: Prominent Right to In-formation activist Satish Shetty diesin an attack in Talegaon, near Pune.

Letika Saran takes charge as TamilNadu’s first woman DGP.

Jan. 15: The millennium’s long-est annular solar eclipse covers aswathe of 1,000 km and the 11-min-ute spectacle enthrals millions.

The Car of the Year award for TataNano is presented to Tata GroupChairman Ratan Tata in Mumbai.

Jan. 16: National Security Advi-sor M.K. Narayanan is appointed

West Bengal Governor; Shivraj Patilis named Punjab Governor. M.O.H.Farook to be Jharkhand Governor.Urmila Patel gets Himachal Pradeshand Shekhar Dutta Chhattisgarh.

E.S.L. Narasimhan is shifted to the Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan, PrabhaRau is to be Rajasthan Governor andK. Sankaranarayanan is made Mah-arashtra Governor.

Jan. 17: Jyoti Basu (95), veteranMarxist leader and Chief Minister of

West Bengal for 23 years (June 1977– November 2000) dies of septicae-mia due to pneumonia resulting inmulti-organ failure at a private hos-pital in Kolkata after battling for lifeover the last 17 days.

Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam

Singh Yadav accepts Amar Singh’sresignation.

Jan. 19: CPI(M) patriarch JyotiBasu is given a state funeral withmilitary honours in Kolkata.

Cinematographer V.K. Murthy ischosen for the 2008 Dada SahebPhalke Lifetime Achievement

Award.Jan. 20: The Osmania University

campus in Hyderabad witnesses see-saw battles even as all the 10 districts

in the Telangana region observe abandh against the delay in bifurcat-ing the State.

India and Malaysia sign an extra-dition treaty, an MoU on higher edu-cation after talks between PrimeMinisters Manmohan Singh andMohammad Najib Tun Abdul Razak,in New Delhi.

Pilot error led to the crash of thethen Andhra Pradesh Chief MinisterY.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s helicopteron September 2, 2009, says the R.K.Tyagi probe panel report.

Jan. 21: Former Foreign Secre-tary Shiv Shankar Menon is appoint-ed National Security Adviser.

Jan. 22: Lieutenant General V.K.

Singh is named the next Chief of Army Chief.

Sensex loses 353 points to end be-low the 17000-mark at 16859.68.

Jan. 23: Mrinal Pande, veteran journalist and writer is appointedPrasar Bharati chairperson.

Bengali film Antaheen is chosenbest feature film at the 56th NationalFilm Awards for 2008 in New Delhi.

The former Foreign SecretaryShiv Shankar Menon takes over asthe National Security Adviser atSouth Block in New Delhi.

Jan. 24: The former National Se-curity Adviser M.K. Narayanan issworn in West Bengal Governor.

Jan. 25: Padma Vibhushan forformer RBI Governor, Y.V. Reddy,

Prathap C. Reddy, Nobel laureate Venkataraman Ramakrishnan,Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Ebrahim

Alkazi and Zohra Segal. PadmaBhushan for Ilaiyaraja, A.R. Rah-man, Aamir Khan, Bipan Chandraand 39 others. Resul Pookutty, Vi-render Sehwag, Venu Srinivasan,Saina Nehwal among 81 Padma Shriawardees.

JANUARY

an. 1: The Gujarat Assemblys special session heralding be-ing of Swarnim Gujarat

brations.an 3: C.R. Rao, statistician getsIndian Science Award declaredonnection with the 97th Indiannce Congress being held inuvananthapuram.

an 4: A bandh for the contin-ce of a united Andhra Pradeshlife in 13 coastal and Rayalasee-istricts.

elhi Chief Minister Sheila Diksh-

augurates Twizy Z.E. Concept, aelectric car from Renault.

he Lokmanya Tilak nationalnalism award is conferred on theor-in-Chief of The Hindu N. in Pune.nsex ends day at a 20-monthof 17558.73, gaining 94 points.

an 5: Sensex gains 128 points toe at a 23-month high of 17686.24.an 6: At least 600 people areuated after militants strike at

Chowk in Srinagar leaving a po-man dead and nine othersred.majwadi Party leader Amarh quits all party posts.hok Leyland unveils ‘Hybus’ the

on’s first plug-in CNG hybrid bus

e 10th Auto Expo in New Delhi.an 7: The 22-hour gunbattle inChowk, Srinagar ends with therity personnel killing two mil-

ts holed up in a hotel.he Supreme Court stays theh sentence awarded to Surinder, key accused in the Nithari seri-lings.

an 8: The Prime Minister Man-an Singh calls upon Non-Resi-Indians to return home to join

tics and public life inauguratingighth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas inDelhi.

JP’s Gopinath Munde is appoint-Chairman, Public Accounts

mmittee.etika Saran is Tamil Nadu’s new

.an 9: Bollywood actor Sanjay

quits as Samajwadi Party gen-secretary.an. 11: India and Bangladesh

five pacts to add thrust to tieswing talks between Prime Min-s Manmohan Singh and Sheikhna Wajed in New Delhi.

an 12: President Pratibha Patilents the Indira Gandhi Prize for

ce, Disarmament and Develop-

Eight litterateurs are presentedthe first Tagore Literature Awards2009 instituted by Sahitya Akademiand Samsung Electronics, in NewDelhi.

Fight Lacunae in electoral processto make democracy stronger, saysthe President Pratibha Patil inaugu-rating the diamond jubilee fete of theElection Commission of India.

The Supreme Court orders statusquo on deemed universities.

India, South Korea sign four pacts,including one on peaceful uses of outer space after talks betweenPrime Minister Manmohan Singhand President Lee Myung-bak, in

New Delhi.Jan. 26: The trial run of the first

Monorail in Mumbai is carried out.Jan. 27: Sensex crashes by 491

points to end day at 16289.82. Niftycloses at 4853.10.

Jan. 29: Court martial proceed-ings are ordered against MilitarySecretary Lieutenant General Ava-desh Prakash for his alleged role in a

land scam in Darjeeling, Wgal.

FEBRUARY

Feb. 2: Samajwadi ParSabha MP Amar Singh andMP Jayaprada are expelledparty.

.Feb. 3: The governmentutes a five-member commder Justice Srikrishna Telangana issue.

P. Sainath, Rural Affairs The Hindu is given the Bhata national award for usingmedia for public awakenfunction in Pune. He sharefilm and theatre directoPatel.

Feb. 5: The Calcutta Hiupholds death sentence forsons for their role in the Ja2002 attack on the AmericaThree get lifer and two free

Feb. 8: The Andhra PradCourt strikes down quotations of Muslims in educapublic employment.

Feb. 9: Nitin Gadkari iBJP President for a three-y

Feb. 10: S. C. Sinha is aDirector-General of the Na

vestigation Agency.Feb. 11: India signs a

tion” on civilian nuclear coowith the U.K. in New Delhi

The defence lawyer of cused Fahim Ansari, Shahi

shot dead at his house in TColony in Kurla, Mumbai.

Feb. 13: Nine personsyouth, including four wokilled and 40 injured in a bowhich ravages the famousBakery on North Main APune’s Koregaon Park near

Ashram.Feb. 14: Fourteen MLAs

Telangana region resign tagainst the terms of referenSrikrishna Committee.

Feb. 16: The toll in the Pgoes up to 10 with the deatishek Kumar of Lucknow.

India offers a $250-millicredit to Nepal following tween Nepalese President,

ran Yadav and Prime Manmohan Singh in New D

Feb. 17: The toll in the Ptouches 11 with the death Mehta of New Delhi.

The Supreme Court sets member empowered comgo into all issues concerMullaperiyar dam.

Feb.18: The Supreme Cpoints the former Chief JIndia A.S. Anand as the Cha

NATIONAL

R. Seshasayee, MD, Ashok Leyland at the launch of ‘Hybus’ India’s first plug-inCNG hybrid bus.

Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit during the unveiling of Renault Electric Car in New Delhi.

Police and rescue workers inspecting the site of an explosion inGerman Bakery in Pune.

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the Empowered Committee on Mul-laperiyar issue.

Feb. 19: Shyam Saran, the SpecialEnvoy of the Prime Minister on Cli-mate Change quits.

Feb. 20: Students of OsmaniaUniveristy clash with police on thecampus.

Feb. 21: A body recovered fromthe Porur lake on February 13 is con-firmed by the Chennai Police to be

that of CPI(M) leader W.R.VaradaRajan.BJP leader L.K.Advani is elected

NDA working Chairman and SharadYadav the coalition’s convenor.

Siripuram Yadagiri who attempt-ed self-immolation in support of theTelangana issue dies.

Feb. 22: The former RajasthanChief Minister, Vasundhra Raje,steps down as the Leader of the Op-position in the Assembly.

The Armed Forces Tribunalquashes the Court of Enquiry pro-ceedings against Lt. General Ava-desh Prakash in the Sukna land scamand orders a de novo probe.

Lalmohan Tudu, a senior leader of the Police Santrash Birodhi Jana-sadharaner committee is killed infiring by security forces to foil anattack on the Katapahari camp nearLalgarh in West Bengal’s PaschimMedinipur district.

Feb. 23: Sushma Swaraj takesover as the Leader of the Oppositionin the Lok Sabha.

Feb. 24: A record plan outlay of Rs.41,426 crore is proposed for thecurrent year in the Railway Budget.

Feb. 25: The Union Cabinetclears the Women’s Reservation Billwhich had been hanging fire for closeto 14 years.

Feb. 26: A sum of Rs.66,100 croreis provided for rural developmentand allocation for defence goes up toRs.1,47,344 crore in the Union Bud-get for 2010-11.

The toll in the German Bakeryblast in Pune goes up to 17 with the

death of Aditi Jindal from Ambala atthe Inlaks Budhrani Hospital.

Feb. 27: Fifty two persons ac-cused of being involved in the 2008riots in Orissa’s Kandhamal districtare freed.

Rajan Bharti Mittal takes over asthe FICCI president.

MARCH

March 3: Pravin Mahajan (50)convicted of the murder of his broth-er and BJP leader Pramod Mahajandies of brain haemorrhage at a hospi-tal in Thane.

The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi, launches the Kalaig-

nar Housing Scheme at a function inTiruchi.

March 4: Sixtythree people, in-cluding 37 children and 26 womenare killed and 74 injured during astampede at a religious gathering atan ashram at Mangarh in Uttar Pra-desh’s Pratapgarh district.

United Liberation Front of Asom Vice-Chairman Pradip Gogoi is freedon bail from Guwahati Central Jailtemporarily ending his 12-yeardetention.

March 5: The Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa presentsa Rs. 9,708.46 crore deficit budget forthe year 2010-11.

Kerala Finance Minister T. M.Isaac presents a “red and green bud-get” for 2010-11.

March 8: The 108th Constitution Amendment Bill (Women’s Reserva-tion Bill) is tabled in the Rajya Sabhaamid bedlam.

Air India creates history by hand-ing charge to an all-women crew onthe Mumbai-New York flight andcontrol of the cockpit of 22 domesticand international flights on Interna-tional Women’s Day.

March 9: The Rajya Sabha votes191-1 to amend the Constitution toreserve one-third of seats in Parlia-ment and the State Assemblies forwomen. The RJD withdraws support

to the government.March 12: India and Russia sign

agreements in the defence and stra-tegic spheres, in the presence of Prime Ministers Manmohan Singhand Vladimir Putin, in New Delhi.

March 13: The Prime MinisterManmohan Singh, inaugurates theTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly-Secretariat Complex on the Oman-durar Government Estate inChennai.

March 15: The Government de-cides against introducing in the LokSabha the Civil Liability for NuclearDamage Bill, 2010.

March 19: The creation of a de-partment for the differently abled, Anna University of Technology forMadurai and a medical college forTiruvannamalai highlights of the Ta-mil Nadu budget for 2010-11.

Veteran cinematographer V.K.Murthy is presented the Dada SahebPhalke Lifetime Achievement Awardat the 55th National Film Awards2008 in New Delhi.

March 23: A devastating fire rag-es through Stephen Court, a colonialbuilding in Kolkata’s Park Street,leaving 33 dead and 20 injured.

Kanu Sanyal (78), one of the a rchi-tects of the naxal movement is founddead at his residence in the Nax alba-ri area of West Bengal’s Darjeelingdistrict.

March 25: The Supreme Courtlifts stay on quota for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh.

March 27: Lifer for three formurdering National Highways Au-thority of India engineer SatyendraDubey.

March 28: Rukshana and herbrother Aijaz are awarded the Sarvo-tam Jeevan Raksha Padak and theUtam Jeevan Raksha Pathak for kill-ing a LeT Commander Abu Usma onSeptember 27, 2009 in Jammu .

March 29: Sensex surges to atwo-year high of 17711.35, the high-est closing level since February 29,2008.

March 31: President Pratibha Pa-til presents the Padma Awards to agalaxy of personalities.

General Vijay Kumar Singh takescharges as the Chief of the ArmyStaff at function in New Delhi.

The year long 26/11 trial con-cludes.

APRIL

April 1: The Right of Children toFree and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 comes into effect.

India launches “Census 2011”, thebiggest-ever census attempted in thehistory of mankind. The first-everNational Population Register will al-so be prepared to create a biometricnational database.

April 5: Sensex gains 243.06points to end day at 17935.68, itshighest close since February 2008.

April 6: Maoists ambush and kill75 CRPF personnel in the Mukranaforest 3 km from Chintalnar villagein Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.

Mammootty-starrer Pazhassi Ra- ja wins eight awards at the State filmawards for 2009.

April 7: The Centre halts the HPV(Human Papilloma Virus) vaccineprogramme meant to prevent cervi-cal cancer among women.

Sensex touches the 18000-level af-ter a gap of two years before closingat 17970.02.

April 8: The Union Cabinet givesnod for the big ticket disinvestment

in Steel Authority of India Ltd. April 11: Indian scientists

nounce the first-ever detailed mping of mycobacterium tubercu

April 12: The Tamil Nadusembly passes a resolution seeto revive the Legislative Counci

April 15: The mission to put cmunication satellite GSAT-4 in ends in fiasco after India’s own cgenic engine in the GSLV-D3 fa

ignite and the vehicle tumblesthe sea. April 18: Union Minister of

for External Affairs Shashi Thaunder a cloud for his alleged invment in the Kochi IPL franchisquits.

April 19: The Supreme Courholds life term for Manu Sharmthe murder of Jessica Lal onnight of April 29-30, 1999 at a sDelhi restaurant.

D. D. Lapang resigns as MeghaChief Minister.

April 20: Mukul Sangma is swin Meghalaya Chief Minister.

April 21: Self-styled godNithyananda ‘embroiled in ascandal’ and on the run since M3 is held from the house of a Dbased businessman at Mamliglage in Solan, Himachal Pradesh

April 22: Madhuri Gupta, judiplomat in the Indian High Cmission in Islamabad is picked uthe Delhi police for ‘spying’

April 23: Opposition stalls bness in both Houses of Parliamdemanding a JPC probe intoirregularities.

April 26: The Unique Identtion Authority of India unveils(AADHAR) and brand name fo16-digit unique identification nber in New Delhi.

April 27: The UPA governmsurvives a trial of strength in theSabha as the cut motions movethe Opposition are defeated.

The 12-hour nationwide bcalled by 13 non-UPA, non-NDA

ties against price rise hits life. April 29: A Delhi-based jou

ist Nirupama Pathak is found under mysterious circumstancher parents’ house at TilayJharkhand’s Koderma district.

April 30: Supreme Court JuSarosh Homi Kapadia is appoithe 38th Chief Justice of India.

The Lok Sabha adopts the Natal Green Tribunal Bill, 2009.

MAY

May 1: Gujarat celebrates go jubilee of the Statehood.

May 2: The Karnataka Food, Supplies and Consumer Affairs

President Pratibha Patil presenting the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award to V. K. Murthy.

Kanu Sanyal

President Pratibha Patil being enumerated for the Census 2011and National Population Register (NPR) by officials at

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ister, H. Halappa resigns following areport in a daily alleging sexualmisconduct.

May 3: A Mumbai sessions courtpronounces Mohammad Ajmal AmirKasab guilty of waging war againstIndia. Two other accused Fahim Ar-shad Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmedare acquitted of all charges.

May 4: Parliament passes the2010-11 Union Budget.

The Union Cabinet gives nod forTamil Nadu Government’s proposalto revive the State LegislativeCouncil.

May 5: The use of narco analysis,brain-mapping and polygraph testson accused unconstitutional, rulesthe Supreme Court.

Rajya Sabha passes a Bill for set-ting up the 78-member LegislativeCouncil in Tamil Nadu.

Bangladesh authorities hand overNational Democratic Front of Boro-land chairman Ranjan Daimary tothe Assam police.

May 6: The Special SessionsCourt in Mumbai sentences to deathMohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, thelone surviving gunman of the No-vember 26, 2008 terror attacks. Alsoawarded lifer on five counts.

Shah Faesal, a medical graduatefrom Kupwara becomes the firstKashmiri Muslim to top the UPSCExamination this year.

May 7: Supreme Court upholdsGovernment’s right to fix gas priceand asks the Ambani brothers to re-negotiate gas supply deal.

The Civil Liability for NuclearDamage Bill, 2010 is introduced inthe Lok Sabha amid protests.

May 9: India begins year-long cel-ebrations of Rabindranath Tagore’s150th birth anniversary.

May 11: The Supreme upholdsquota in local bodies.

Justice K. G. Balakrishnan retires

as Chief Justice of India.May 12: Justice Sarosh Homi Ka-

padia is sworn in the 38th Chief Jus-tice of India.

May 13: Ketan Desai resigns asMedical Council of India president.

May 15: President signs ordi-nance empowering the governmentto dissolve the MCI.

The former Vice-President andthree time Chief Minister of Rajas-than Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (86),dies of heart attack in Jaipur.

May 18: President Pratibha Patilgives assent to the revival of the Ta-mil Nadu Legislative Council.

May 20: The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court frees BJPleaders L.K. Advani, M.M. Joshi andothers of conspiracy charge in theBabri Masjid demolition case.

May 21: Madan Tamang, presi-dent of the Akhil Bharatiya GorkhaLeague, is fatally stabbed inDarjeeling.

May 22: One hundred and fiftyeight persons are killed as an AirIndia Express plane from Dubaiovershoots the table-top runway atthe Mangalore airport splits, andplunges into a valley. Eight personssurvive miraculously.

May 23: The first indigenouslybuilt Light Combat Helicoptermakes its inaugural flight inBangalore.

May 24: The BJP withdraws sup-port to the JMM-led government inJharkhand.

Abdul Samad Siddi Bawa, the‘prime suspect’ in the February 13German Bakery blast in Pune is ar-rested by Maharashtra police atMangalore’s Bajpe airport.

May 25: The former HaryanaDGP S.P.S. Rathore is sent to jailafter a sessions court in Chandigarhenhances sentence to 18 months RIin the case of molestation of a 14-year-old tennis player.

The Supreme Court stays thedeath sentence of Aftab Ahmed An-

sari in the case of the January 22,2002 attack on the American Centerin Kolkata.

Air India staff go on a flash strikeaffecting flight schedule.

May 26: Seventeen Air India em-ployees are sacked and 15 suspendedand the strike called off.

The 500-year-old Rajagopuram of the Srikalahasteeswaraswamy tem-ple in Chittoor district, Andhra Pra-

desh collapses.May 27: Air India dismisses 41more staff and derecognises two major unions.

May 28: One hundred and for-tyeight persons are killed and 180injured as a goods train rams 13 de-railed coaches of Howrah-KurlaJnaneswari Express near Sardiha in West Bengal’s West Midnaporedistrict.

May 29: Dr. Anil Kakodkar, for-mer Chairman of the Atomic EnergyCommission is presented Goa’shighest civilian award – Gomant Vibhushan Award.

May 30: Three-time JharkhandChief Minister Shibu Soren resigns aday ahead of a trust vote in the Assembly.

JUNE

June 1: Jharkhand is placed un-der President’s rule and the Assemb-ly kept under suspended animation.

The Gujarat High Court confirmsthe death sentence for three personsin the September 24, 2002 terroristattack on the Akshardham temple.

June 3: India unveils indigenous A (H1N1) Vaccine – Vaxiflu – S, theegg-based inactivated vaccine.

The former CJI K.G. Balakrishnanis appointed National Human RightsCommission chairperson.

June 4: India, South Africa signthree pacts after a summit-levelmeeting between Prime MinisterManmohan Singh and President Ja-cob Zuma, in New Delhi.

June 7: The former Chairman of Union Carbide, Keshub Mahindra

and six others are handed down twoyears RI for the December 2-3 Bho-pal gas tragedy that claimed 16,000lives. No mention of Warren Ander-son chairman of the U.S.-basedUnion Carbide group.

The former CJI K.G. Balakrishnantakes over as the NHRC chairperson.

Sensex tanks 337 points and endsday at 16781.07.

June 9: India and Sri Lanka signseven pacts. Joint Declaration is-sued after talks between Prime Min-ister Manmohan Singh andPresident Mahinda Rajapaksa inNew Delhi.

June 10: The Union Cabinetclears amendments to Hindu Mar-riage Act and Special Marriage Act tomake divorce easier.

June 11: Mukesh Ambani-led RILacquires 95 per cent stake in InfotelBroadband for Rs. 4,800 crore.

June 12: Godman Nithyananda isfreed on bail by the Karnataka HighCourt and returns to his ashram inBidadi, near Bangalore.

June 13: A string of earthquakes jolts Andaman & Nicobar Islandsover a 12-hour period. A mild tremoris felt in many parts of Chennai city.

The German Bakery, Pune gets aRs. 14-lakh compensation from theMaharashtra Government.

June 15: The Naga Students Fed-eration temporarily suspends block-ade of National Highway 39, thelifeline of Manipur. All-Naga Stu-dents Association Manipur contin-ues blockade for the 65th day.

June 18: The All-Naga students Association Manipur suspendsblockade of National Highways 39and 53, the lifelines of Manipur.

June 20: Bapi Mahato, one of theprime accused in the Jnaneswari Ex-press derailment, is held at Jam-shedpur by the West Bengal police.

June 23:The first World ClassicalTamil Conference is inaugurated bythe President Pratibha Patil inCoimbatore. The Kalaignar M. Karu-nanidhi Classical Tamil Award ispresented to renowned Indologist Asko Parpola.

The Karnataka Lokayukta San-tosh Hegde quits.

June 24: Jaswant Singh rejoinsthe BJP ten months after his expul-sion from the party.

June 25: The Centre deregulatespetrol and goes in for partial dereg-ulation in the case of diesel.

June 27: Tamil Nadu Chief Mister M. Karunanidhi announcroadmap for Tamil promotion acurtains come down on the World Classical Tamil Conferen

June 28: Two boys are killefiring by CRPF personnel on peprotesting shootings by secforces in Sopore. Thirteen hourslier another youth too had diefiring.

June 29: Three youth are kin police firing to break up a demstration in Anantnag, JammuKashmir against the death ofyouth in north Kashmir in thethree days.

JULY

July 2: Cherukuri Rajkumar Azad, a top naxalite, is killed exchange of fire with police in a terrain near Sarkepally villag Adilabad district, Andhra Prade

All convicts in the Bhopal gas tedy case are granted bail.

July 3: Former Goa TouMinister Fransisco Pacheco wain connection with the May 30 dof a friend Nadia Torrado surrenbefore a local court in Margao.

Karnataka Lok Ayukta N. SanHegde takes back resignation.

July 5: The nationwide bacalled by the Opposition againsfuel price hike hits life in many pof the country.

July 6: Four killed, 70 injurepolice open fire in different parSrinagar.

India’s first indigenous LCombat Aircraft designed specily for the Navy, rolls out fromHindustan Aeronautics LimiteBangalore.

July 7: For the first time iyears, the Army is ordered ouassist civilian authority in Srin

The CJI S. H. Kapadia

Former Vice-President BhaironSingh Shekhawat.

Civilians look on as firefighters and rescue personnel try to put the fire after an Air India plane crashes in Mangalore.






after three weeks of urban violence.July 8: The former Goa Tourism

Minister Fransisco Mickky Pachecois arrested at the Hospicio Hospital,Margao.

July 9: ‘Soleckshaw’ (solar rick-shaw) solar-powered postal deliveryrickshaws launched in New Delhi.

July 12: ISRO’s Polar SatelliteLaunch Vehicle (PSLV-C 15) puts inorbit five satellites, including the ti-ny Studsat a pico satellite built byengineering college students of And-hra Pradesh and Karnataka, after asuccessful liftoff from Sriharikota.

Sensex touches 18000-mark forthe first time in three months beforeclosing at 17937.20.

July 14: The Nagpur bench of theBombay High Court commutes thedeath sentence of six accused in theSeptember 29, 2006 Khairlanji Dalitkillings to 25-year imprisonment.

July 15: Rupee joins an elite clubas the Union Cabinet gives nod forthe symbol with a blend of Devanagi-ri ‘Ra’ and Roman ‘R’ designed by aBombay IIT postgraduate D. UdayaKumar.

July 16: The Maharashtra policearrests a Telugu Desam Party dele-gation led by Chandrababu Naidu in

Nanded and foils its bid to visit thedisputed Babli project across the Go-davari.

July 19: At least 67 persons arekilled and 121 injured as the Sealdah-bound New Cooch Behar-SealdahUttarbanga Express rams the Bha-galpur-Ranchi Vananchal Express atSainthia station in West Bengal’sBirbhum district.

July 22: Sensex surges by 136points to close above the 18000 levelfor the first time in two-and-a half years.

Siddharth Varadarajan, the Delhibureau chief of The Hindu is award-

ed the Ramnath Goenka Journalistof the Year Award.

July 24: Gujarat Minister of Statefor Home, Amit Shah, resigns fromthe Narendra Modi Cabinet.

July 25: The former Gujarat Min-ister of State for Home, Amit Shah, isarrested in Ahmedabad and sent to judicial custody.

July 27: Shahabuddin YaqoobQuraishi is appointed the next Chief

Election Commissioner.July 28: A pact for the supply of 57 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer air-craft to the IAF and the Navy issigned in the presence of BritishPrime Minister David Cameron atthe HAL centre in Bangalore.

July 29: Parliament passes reso-lution granting approval for imposi-tion of President’s rule inJharkhand.

Chief Election Commissioner Na- vin Chawla demits office.

India and the U.K. decide to giveimpetus to their security and tradeties after Manmohan Singh-DavidCameron talks in New Delhi.

The RJD is derecognised as na-tional party, the Trinamool Con-gress and six other parties loserecognition in some states.

July 30: The Supreme Court ac-quits educationist S.A. Raja cited asthe key accused and sentenced toundergo double life imprisonment inthe Aladi Aruna murder case.

S.Y. Quraishi assumes charge asthe 17th Chief Election Commis-sioner in New Delhi.

The Karnataka Chief Justice P.D.Dinakaran is transferred as Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.

July 31: Konkani litterateur Ra- vindra Kelekar is presented the 42ndJnanpith Award for the year 2006 inthe Goa capital Panaji.

Two youth are killed and 40 in-

jured in police firing in Kashmir asprotesters defy curfew.

AUGUST

Aug. 1: Eight persons, including awoman are killed in two separateincidents in the Kashmir valley.

Aug. 2: Seven civilians are killedin continuing violence in the Kash-mir valley.

The CBI files a curative petition inthe Supreme Court in the ‘ Bhopalgas tragedy case’.

Parliament resumes business. LokSabha nod for the SBI ( Amendment)Bill, 2010.

Aug. 4: A civilian is killed in firingby CRPF personnel on protestors atthe Bemina Cowk in Srinagar.

Aug. 5: The CommonwealthGames Organising Committee sus-pends three officials and the treasur-er resigns.

Aug. 6: At least 165 persons arekilled and over 500 injured as flashfloods triggered by torrential rainhits Leh in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Amanjot Singh and Sahil Wadhwa,students of Ryan International inRohini, New Delhi discover the main

belt asteroid named 2010 P024. Aug. 7: Two merchant vessels,

MSC Chitra (laden with 26,000tonnes of oil) and MV Khalijia IIIcollide in the Arabian Sea off theMumbai coast resulting in a massiveoil spill.

Aug. 9: A legislation to protectwhistle-blowers gets the Centre’snod.

Justice P.D. Dinakaran is sworn inSikkim Chief Justice.

Aug. 13: Four civilians are killedin firing by the police and the CRPFin Kashmir. The toll in clashes sinceJune 11 rises to 56.

The oil spill from MSC Chitra in-flicts massive damage on the 25 kmstretch of mangroves in and aroundMumbai.

Aug. 14: Major Lishram JyotinSingh who laid down his life in theFebruary 26 terror attack in Kabul isawarded the Ashok Chakra.

Aug. 15: Dialogue is the only op-tion, be it with Pakistan, Kashmiriseparatists or naxalites, says thePrime Minister Manmohan Singh inhis address to the nation on the 64thIndependence Day.

Aug. 16: The theme song for theCommonwealth Games is releasedin New Delhi.

Commander Dilip Dhonde of Maharashtra is awarded ShauryaChakra for becoming the first Indianto undertake a solo circumnaviga-tion of the globe.

Aug. 18: B. Ramalinga Raju, mainaccused in the accounting fraud inthe erstwhile Satyam Computersgets conditional bail.

Aug. 19: Sensex gains nearly 200points to close at 18454.94, a 30-

month high, on strong global cu Aug. 20: MPs stall Lok Sabha

ceedings dissatisfied with the UCabinet clearing a 300 per centin salary. Mock session held.

Aug. 21: Rajya Sabha passeNalanda University Bill.

Aug. 24: The Union Governmsays ‘no’ to Vedanta Alumina’sbillion plan to mine bauxite inNiyamgiri Hills of Orissa.

Former Arunachal Pradesh CMinister Gegong Apang is arrein the Rs.1,000 crore PDS scathe State.

Aug. 25: The Lok Sabha pathe Civil Liability for Nuclear Dage Bill, 2010.

Harishankar Brahma assumefice as Election Commissioner.

Aug. 26: Mother Teresa’s bcentenary celebrations beginKolkata.

Aug. 27: Parliament nod for eign Contribution (Regulation)2010.

Aug. 28: Music composer Rahman unveils the theme sonthe Commonwealth Games atKingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon

Aug. 29: Seven police persoare killed in an encounter with nlites in Bihar’s Lakhisarai disFour policemen are taken hosta

Aug. 30: The Supreme Courtfirms death sentence for t AIADMK men in the Februar2000 Dharmapuri bus burningin which three TNAU girl studdied.

Parliament adopts the Civilbility for Nuclear Damage Bill, the Rajya Sabha approving it.

Aug. 31: S. Malathi assumes oas the 39th Chief Secretary of TNadu.

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 1: The Supreme Courtaside Allahabad High Court orstaying the carving out of a newtrict from Amethi named after leader Chhatrapati Shahuji Mah

K.S. Sripathi is sworn in Tamidu’s Chief InformaCommissioner.

Sept. 2: Havildar Lucas Teteof the four taken hostage by nlites in Bihar, is shot dead.

Sept. 3: The IAF awards the orary rank of Group Captain tochin Tendulkar.

Sonia Gandhi is elected Congpresident for the fourth consecuterm.

Sept. 5: Homi Nusserwanji Sna (86), the former Chairman o Atomic Energy Commission,played a key role in the May 18,

The rescue teams are trying tosave the people stuck incompartment no. 6 of Jnaneswari Express.

Cargo-boxes on board the MSC Chitra, fall from the deck into the Arabian sea off the Mumbai coast, following a collision withanother vessel MV Khalijia III.

D. Udaya Kumar, displaying thenew symbol of Rupee, designed by him. CEC S.Y. Quraishi.





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Pokhran nuclear explosion dies athis home in Mumbai.

Sept. 6: Naxalites set free thethree policemen held hostage foreight days in Lakhisarai forests, atSimra Rai, near Patna.

The Supreme Court stays thedeath sentence awarded to two per-sons in the 2002 Akshardham tem-ple attack case.

Sept. 7: P.J. Thomas is sworn inthe 14th Central VigilanceCommissioner.

Mirza Himayat Baig, key accusedin the February 13 German Bakeryblast case, is held in Pune. Anotherarrested in Nashik.

Sept. 8: Sensex closes at 18666.71,its best close since January 18, 2008.

Sept. 9: The Union Cabinet givesnod for inclusion of caste in Census2011. Recommends the revocation of President’s rule in Jharkhand.

Veteran filmmaker Daggubati Ra-manaidu is chosen for the Dadasa-heb Phalke Award 2009.

The Union Sports MinisterM.S.Gill, launches a song ‘Shera’ forthe Commonwealth Games, in NewDelhi.

Sept. 11: Violence erupts again inJammu and Kashmir.

Irom Sharmila on a fast-unto-death since November 4, 2000, de-manding the repeal of the ArmedForces (Special Powers) Act in Ma-

nipur is presented the RabindranathTagore Award 2010.

Arjun Munda is sworn in Jhark-hand Chief Minister.

Sept. 12: Residents of low-lyingareas are evacuated as the Yamunariver crosses the danger mark in NewDelhi.

Sept. 14: Jharkhand Chief Minis-ter Arjun Munda wins trust vote inthe Assembly.

Sept. 15: Kutty Srank, a Malaya-lam drama bags the best feature filmaward at the National Film AwardsFestival for 2009 in New Delhi.Bol-lywood star Amitabh Bachchan gets

best Actor award for his role in Paa. An award in the name of the

‘queen of song’ The Hindu SaregamaM.S. Subbulakshmi Award’ is insti-tuted in Chennai.

Sept. 18: Divya Ajith Kumar of Chennai becomes the first woman inthe history of the Indian Army toreceive the “Sword of Honour’ forthe best cadet passing out of theOTA, St. Thomas Mount.

A woman is killed and eight injured as CRPF opens fire in Sopore,north Kashmir. The toll in clashessince June 11 up to 108.

Sept. 21: Sensex touches20001.55 for the first time in 32months.

Sept. 24: Malayalam litterateurO.N.V. Kurup and Urdu poet AklaqKhan Shahryar are chosen for theJnanpith Award for 2007 and 2008.

Sensex gains 184.17 points to closeat 200045.18 recording its highestlevel since January 2008.

Sept. 25: One thousand artistesperform Bharatanatyam as part of the Millennium Celebrations of theBig Temple, Thanjavur.

Sept. 26: The release of a specialpostal stamp and a five rupee coinmark the conclusion of the five-day-long celebration on the ThanjavurBig Temple Millennium.

Three women among nine scien-

tists chosen for the Shanti SwarupBhatnagar Prize 2010.

Sept. 27: Many schools in Jammuand Kashmir reopen after 100 days.

Sept. 28: Veteran actor ShreeramLogoo, danseuse Yamini Krishna-murti and musician Lalgudi G. Jaya-raman are among a host of artisteshonoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships, awards for2009.

Sept. 29: Ranjana Sonawane of Tembhli village in Maharashtra’sNandurbar district becomes the firstIndian to get the Unique Identifica-tion card.

Wajahat Habibullah demits officeas Information Commissioner.

Sept. 30: A Special Full Bench of the High Court of Allahabad awardstwo-thirds of disputed Ayodhya siteto Hindu parties and one-third toSunni Waqf Board.

The Manipur Asembly SpeakerSapam Budhichandra passes away.

OCTOBER

Oct. 1: Aruna Roy, political andsocial activist, is presented the LalBahadur Shastri National Award forExcellence in Public Administration, Academia and Management by thePresident Pratibha Patil, in NewDelhi.

The Supreme Court stays a Ma-dras High Court judgment ordering

the closure of the copper plant of Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. atTuticorin.

Oct. 3: The CommonwealthGames gets off to a colourful start atthe Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium inNew Delhi.

Oct. 5: The Union Cabinet ap-proves the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill.

Oct. 6: The Supreme Court com-mutes to life imprisonment thedeath sentence awarded to SantoshKumar Singh for the January 23,1996 rape and murder of law studentPriyadarshini Mattoo in New Delhi.

K. Vijay Kumar assumes office asthe new CRPF Director-General inNew Delhi.

Music director A.R. Rahman andthe Ramakrishna Mission Ashram,Chhattisgarh are jointly chosen forthe 25th Indira Gandhi Award forNational Integration for the year

2009.The B.S. Yeddyurappa Govern-

ment in Karnataka in crisis as 18MLAs withdraw support.

Oct. 8: The Madras High Courtsets aside a January 8, 2010 orderappointing Letika Saran as TamilNadu DGP.

Oct. 10: The BJP sweeps the localbody polls in Gujarat. E-voting in-troduced for the first time in thenation.

Oct. 11: The BJP government inKarnataka wins trust vote amid un-ruly scenes in the Assembly.

Oct. 12: The Karnataka govern-

ment to seek trust vote again.Oct. 13: The Centre names

Padgaonkar, M. M. Ansari and DPolicy Group trustee Radha KuJammu and Kashmir interlocut

Oct. 14: The BJP governmeKarnataka wins trust vote again

The biggest ever CommonweGames end on a dazzling note. Ibags 101 medals.

Oct. 15: The Centre appoinhigh-level committee under themer CAG, V.K. Shungloo, to pinto Commonwealth Games issu

Oct. 19: India launches thetional Green Tribunal.

Oct. 20: The Union Cabinet nod for The Enemy Prop(Amendment and Validation) ond Bill, 2010.

Oct. 21: Peaceful polling infirst phase of Bihar Asseelection.

Oct. 22: President Pratibha

presents the Dada Saheb Ph Award to D. Ramanaidu at theNational Films Award 2009 funcin New Delhi. Pasanga bags the RKamal for the best Tamil film.

Oct. 23: The National AdvCouncil reaches consensus on a versal food security system witgal guarantees.

Oct. 24: Despite Naxal th52.5 per cent polling is recordephase II of the Bihar Assembly tions.

Oct. 28: Fifty four per cent voin third phase of Bihar Assempolls.

Dr. Homi Sethna

Union Sports Minister M.S. Gill with Shera, the mascot of Commonwealth Games 2010, during the launch of ‘‘Shera’’ song in

New Delhi.

Padma Subramanyam and a group of Bharatanatyam dancers performing as part of the Millennium celebrations of the BigTemple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.






Nonagenarians among four pre-sented with the Jamnalal Bajajaward for 2010 in Mumbai.

Oct. 29: The Gujarat High Courtgrants conditional bail to the formerMinister of State for Home AmitShah.

Two school students are kid-napped and murdered in Coimba-tore, Tamil Nadu.

.NOVEMBERNov. 1: Fiftyone per cent polling

is recorded in fourth phase of BiharAssembly elections.

Manu Joseph bags The HinduBest Fiction Award for his debutnovel Serious Men.

Nov. 4: The Union Cabinet givesnod for the Protection of Womenagainst sexual Harassment at Work-place Bill, 2010.

Nov. 6: Mumbai a symbol of in-credible energy and optimism thatdefines India, says the U.S. PresidentBarack Obama commemorating the26/11 terror attack at the Taj MahalPalace and Towers.

Nov. 8: I look forward to Indiabecoming a permanent member in areformed United Nations SecurityCouncil, says the U.S. President Ba-rack Obama addressing a joint ses-sion of Parliament.

Nov. 9: The Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan resigns own-

ing responsibility for the AdarshCooperative Housing Society scam.

The Congress sacks Suresh Kal-madi as secretary of the CongressParliamentary Party.

Fifty per cent polling in Bihar As-sembly election fifth phase.

Mohan, the prime accused in theOctober 29 murder of siblings inCoimbatore, is killed in an encoun-ter on the Podanur–Vellore road.

Nov. 10: A parliamentary probepanel holds Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court guilty of ‘misconduct’ tantamount to‘misbehaviour’.

B. Ramalinga Raju, prime accusedin the Satyam Computer fraud issent to jail after his surrender in acourt in Hyderabad.

Nov. 11: Prithviraj Chavan and Ajit Pawar are sworn in MaharashtraChief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister.

The Supreme Court grants bail tothe former Haryana DGP S.P.S.Rathore in a molestation case.

A fast track court in Dharmsala,Himachal Pradesh sentences to fouryears RI four senior medicos for theragging of Aman Kachroo, a juniorstudent leading to his death.

Nov. 12: The former HaryanaDGP, S.P.S. Rathore is freed from theBurail jail in Chandigarh.

Shyamoli Gupta is elected AIDWA president.

Nov. 14: The Union Telecommu-nications Minister A. Raja resignsfrom Cabinet over the 2G spectrumallocation scam.

Nov. 15: The HRD Minister KapilSibal is given additional charge of Telecommunications, IT Ministry.

Nov. 16: The CAG report on the2008 2G spectrum allocation indict-ing former Communications Minis-ter A. Raja is tabled in Parliament.

Nov. 19: The outgoing BrazilianPresident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ischosen for the Indira Gandhi Prizefor Peace, Disarmament and Devel-opment for 2010.

‘Sabla’ or Rajiv Gandhi’s Schemefor Adolescent Girls’ is launched inNew Delhi.

Nov. 20: Fiftyone per cent of theelectorate cast ballots in the sixthand final phase of the Bihar Assemb-ly polls.

Nov. 22: Interbank Mobile Pay-ment Service, a first-of-its-kind service in the country is launched inMumbai.

Nov. 23: Huge oil spill as two car-go ships collide on the Hooghly riverat Nurpur in West Bengal’s South 24Parganas district.

Sensex collapses by 600 points –its steepest fall in 15 months, beforegaining 265 points to end at19691.84.

Nov. 24: The Janata Dal (United)– BJP alliance bulldozes to power inBihar winning 206 seats in the 243-member House.

Andhra Pradesh Chief MinisterKonijeti Rosaiah resigns and the As-sembly Speaker Nallari Kiran Ku-mar Reddy to succeed him.

The CBI arrests eight bank andfinancial firm officials after unearth-ing a multi-crore housing financebribery racket.

Nov. 25: Nallari Kiran KumarReddy is sworn in Andhra PradeshChief Minister.

India launches the Mobile Num-ber Portability service, with UnionMinister Kapil Sibal making it avail-able from Rohtak, Haryana.

Nov. 26: Nitish Kumar is swornin Bihar Chief Minister for a secondconsecutive term. Sushil Kumar Mo-di is Deputy Chief Minister again.

Nehchal Sandhu is new Intelli-gence Bureau Chief.

Nov. 27: The Tamil Nadu Gov-ernment reappoints Latika Saran,DGP.

Nov. 28: The 9900 MWe JaitapurNuclear Power Project in Maharash-tra gets environmental clearance.

Rain wreaks havoc in Tiruvarur,Madurai and Thanjavur leaving pad-dy on thousands of hectares flooded.

Nov. 29: Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddyresigns the Kadapa Lok Sabha seatand also quits the Congress.

DECEMBER

Dec.1: The Union Cabinet givesnod for India-Sri Lanka ferryservice.

The Judicial Standards and Ac-countability Bill is tabled in the LokSabha.

Dec. 2: Bengali filmmaker Gau-tam Ghose’s “Moner Manush” (The Quest) bags the Golden Peacock Award for Best Film at the 41st IFFI2010, in Panaji, Goa.

Dec. 6: India, France sign sevenpacts, including five in the area of nuclear energy, presided over byPrime Minister Manmohan Singhand President Nicolas Sarkozy inNew Delhi.

Actor Saroja Devi is selected forthe NTR National Award for 2009.Media baron Ch. Ramoji Rao gets theNagi Reddy and Chakrapani Nation-al Award.

Dec. 7: A child is killed and 21injured as a powerful blast rocks Va-ranasi’s Shiela Ghat during ‘Gangaaarti’.

The Protection of Women againstSexual Harassment at WorkplaceBill, 2010 is introduced in Lok Sabha.

The Madras High Court orderssuspension of Chairman of BarCouncil of Tamil Nadu and Pondi-cherry R.K. Chandramohan.

Dec. 8:The CBI conducts search-es at former Telecom Minister, A.

Raja’s residences in Delhi andChennai.

Dec. 9: The Union Governmentforms a one-member committee toexamine spectrum allotment be-tween 2001 and 2009.

Dec. 13: Parliament sessionplagued by the 2G Spectrum logjamends.

Satyanand Mishra is chosen thenext Chief InformationCommissioner.

Dec. 15: India and China sign 50deals worth $16 billion in the pres-ence of the Chinese Premier WenJiabao in New Delhi. China-IndiaFriendship Award for nine persons.

The Supreme Court stays the sus-pension of R.K. Chandramohan asChairman of the Bar Council of Ta-mil Nadu and Pondicherry.

Dec. 16: The Supreme Courttakes charge of the 2G Spectrumprobe.

Dec. 17: Lifer for killers of mara-thoner Budhia Singh’s coach Biran-chi Das.

Dec. 19: Sachin Tendulkar cre-ates history by becoming the firstbatsman to score 50 Test centuriesduring his unbeaten knock at Centu-rion in South Africa.

Dec. 20: The former Union Min-ister M.P. Veerendra Kumar and Ta-mil writer Nanjil Nadan among this

year’s Sahitya Akademi winners Amitabh Mattoo is named

Vice-Chancellor of the Central versity in Jammu.

Mullaperiyar panel begins woDec. 21: India and Russia sig

contract for the preliminary deof the Fifth Generation Fightercraft after talks between Prime Mister Manmohan Singh President Dmitry Medvedev, in

Delhi. Twentynine other pinked.The Prasar Bharati CEO B.S.

is suspended on charges of irregities.

Dec. 22: The Rajasthan Court suspends for a year legislaon quota for Gujjars, even ascommunity continues for the tday siege of the Delhi-Mumbatrack in Bharatpur.

Dec. 23: The former Kerala CMinister K. Karunakaran (93),ses away at a hospital in Thiruvathapuram.

Irengbam Hemochandra is eed Manipur Assembly Speaker.

Dec. 24: The CBI questionformer Communications Min A. Raja, for over eight hours.

A Chhattisgarh court hands dlifer for human rights activistBinayak Sen for plotting to comsedition.

Sanjeev Tripathi is appointethe new chief of RAW.

Dec. 25: The launch of the GF06 from Sriharikota ends failure.

Gujjars step up stir demandiper cent quota in governmentployment.

Dec. 26: A Kuchipudi danceformance by 2,800 dancers in Herabad enters the Guinness Bo World Records.

Dec. 27: ‘Jal Hans,’ the natfirst seaplane service is launchthe Juhu aerodrome in Mumbai

Dec. 29: The CBI files closurport in the Aarushi murder case

Kolkata Metro gets railway status.

Shaukat Hussain Guru, a coin the 2001 Parliament attack cafreed from the Tihar jail in Delhi.

Dec. 30: The Srikrishna Comtee on the Telangana issue subreport.

The Krishna Water Disputesbunal II grants highest share to Ahra Pradesh.

The ULFA chairman ArabRajkhowa is granted conditionaby the designated TADA couGuwahati.

Manu Joseph Newly appointed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.

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