Jan 3: C.R. Rao, statistician gets the Indian Science Award declared in connection with the 97th Indian Science Congress being held in Thiruvananthapuram.
Jan 4: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurates Twizy Z.E. Concept, a new electric car from Renault.
The Lokmanya Tilak national journalism award is conferred on the Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu N. Ram in Pune.
Jan 6: Ashok Leyland unveils ‘Hybus’ the nation’s first plug-in CNG hybrid bus at the 10th Auto Expo in New Delhi.
Jan 8: BJP’s Gopinath Munde is appointed Chairman, Public Accounts Committee.
Jan. 11: India and Bangladesh sign five pacts to add thrust to ties following talks between Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Sheikh Hasina Wajed in New Delhi.
Jan 12: President Pratibha Patil presents the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Develop- Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi.
Jan. 15: The millennium’s longest annular solar eclipse covers a swathe of 1,000 km and the 11-minute spectacle enthrals millions.
The Car of the Year award for Tata Nano is presented to Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata in Mumbai.
Jan. 16: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan is appointed West Bengal Governor; Shivraj Patil is named Punjab Governor. M.O.H. Farook to be Jharkhand Governor. Urmila Patel gets Himachal Pradesh and Shekhar Dutta Chhattisgarh. E.S.L. Narasimhan is shifted to the Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan, Prabha Rau is to be Rajasthan Governor and K. Sankaranarayanan is made Maharashtra Governor.
Jan. 19: Cinematographer V.K. Murthy is chosen for the 2008 Dada Saheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jan. 20: Pilot error led to the crash of the then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s helicopter on September 2, 2009, says the R.K.Tyagi probe panel report.
Jan. 21: Former Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon is appointed National Security Adviser.
Jan. 23: Mrinal Pande, veteran journalist and writer is appointed Prasar Bharati chairperson.
Bengali film Antaheen is chosen best feature film at the 56th National Film Awards for 2008 in New Delhi.
Jan. 25: Padma Vibhushan for former RBI Governor, Y.V. Reddy, Prathap C. Reddy, Nobel laureate Venkataraman Ramakrishnan, Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Ebrahim Alkazi and Zohra Segal. Padma Bhushan for Ilaiyaraja, A.R. Rahman, Aamir Khan, Bipan Chandra and 39 others. Resul Pookutty, Virender Sehwag, Venu Srinivasan, Saina Nehwal among 81 Padma Shri awardees.
Eight litterateurs are presented the first Tagore Literature Awards 2009 instituted by Sahitya Akademi and Samsung Electronics, in New Delhi.
Fight Lacunae in electoral process to make democracy stronger, says the President Pratibha Patil inaugurating the diamond jubilee fete of the Election Commission of India.
Jan. 26: The trial run of the first Monorail in Mumbai is carried out.
Feb. 10: S. C. Sinha is appointed Director-General of the National Investigation Agency.
Feb. 11: India signs a “declaration” on civilian nuclear cooperation with the U.K. in New Delhi.
Feb. 16: India offers a $250-million line of credit to Nepal following talks between Nepalese President, Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.
Feb. 17: The Supreme Court sets up a five member empowered committee to go into all issues concerning the Mullaperiyar dam.
Feb.18: The Supreme Court appoints the former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand as the Chairman of Mullaperiyar issue.
Feb. 23: Sushma Swaraj takes over as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
Feb. 27: Rajan Bharti Mittal takes over as the FICCI president.
March 3: The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, launches the Kalaignar Housing Scheme at a function in Tiruchi.
March 4: United Liberation Front of Asom Vice-Chairman Pradip Gogoi is freed on bail from Guwahati Central Jail temporarily ending his 12-year detention.
March 5: Kerala Finance Minister T. M. Isaac presents a “red and green budget” for 2010-11.
March 8: The 108th Constitution Amendment Bill (Women’s Reservation Bill) is tabled in the Rajya Sabha amid bedlam.
Air India creates history by handing charge to an all-women crew on the Mumbai-New York flight and control of the cockpit of 22 domestic and international flights on International Women’s Day.
March 9: The Rajya Sabha votes 191-1 to amend the Constitution to reserve one-third of seats in Parliament and the State Assemblies for women. The RJD withdraws support to the government.
March 13: The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, inaugurates the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly- Secretariat Complex on the Omandurar Government Estate in Chennai.
March 15: The Government decides against introducing in the Lok Sabha the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010.
March 19: Veteran cinematographer V.K. Murthy is presented the Dada Saheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award at the 55th National Film Awards 2008 in New Delhi.
March 25: The Supreme Court lifts stay on quota for Muslims in Andhra Pradesh.
March 31: General Vijay Kumar Singh takes charges as the Chief of the Army Staff at function in New Delhi.
April 1: The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 comes into effect. India launches “Census 2011”, the biggest-ever census attempted in the history of mankind. The first-ever National Population Register will also be prepared to create a biometric national database.
April 11: Indian scientists announce the first-ever detailed mapping of mycobacterium tuberculosis.
April 15: The mission to put communication satellite GSAT-4 in orbit ends in fiasco after India’s own cryogenic engine in the GSLV-D3 fails to ignite and the vehicle tumbles into the sea.
April 19: D. D. Lapang resigns as Meghalaya Chief Minister.
April 20: Mukul Sangma is sworn in Meghalaya Chief Minister.
April 26: The Unique Identification Authority of India unveils logo (AADHAR) and brand name for the 16-digit unique identification number in New Delhi.
April 30: Supreme Court Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia is appointed the 38th Chief Justice of India.
The Lok Sabha adopts the National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009.
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May 1: Gujarat celebrates golden jubilee of the Statehood.
May 5: The use of narco analysis, brain-mapping and polygraph tests on accused unconstitutional, rules the Supreme Court.
May 7: The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 is introduced in the Lok Sabha amid protests.
May 9: India begins year-long celebrations of Rabindranath Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary.
May 12: Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia is sworn in the 38th Chief Justiceof India.
May 18: President Pratibha Patil gives assent to the revival of the TamilNadu Legislative Council.
May 23: The first indigenously built Light Combat Helicopter makes its inaugural flight in Bangalore.
May 29: Dr. Anil Kakodkar, former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission is presented Goa’s highest civilian award – Gomant Vibhushan Award.
June 1: Jharkhand is placed under President’s rule and the Assembly kept under suspended animation.
June 3: India unveils indigenous A (H1N1) Vaccine – Vaxiflu – S, the egg-based inactivated vaccine.
The former CJI K.G. Balakrishnan is appointed National Human Rights Commission chairperson.
June 10: The Union Cabinet clears amendments to Hindu Marriage Act and Special Marriage Act to make divorce easier.
June 11: Mukesh Ambani-led RIL acquires 95 per cent stake in Infotel Broadband for Rs. 4,800 crore.
June 23: The first World Classical Tamil Conference is inaugurated by the President Pratibha Patil in Coimbatore.
June 29: Three youth are killed in police firing to break up a demonstration in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir against the death of five youth in north Kashmir in the past three days.
July 9: ‘Soleckshaw’ (solar rickshaw) solar-powered postal delivery rickshaws launched in New Delhi.
July 12: ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C 15) puts in orbit five satellites, including the tiny Studsat a pico satellite built by engineering college students of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, after a successful liftoff from Sriharikota.
July 15: Rupee joins an elite club as the Union Cabinet gives nod for the symbol with a blend of Devanagiri ‘Ra’ and Roman ‘R’ designed by a Bombay IIT postgraduate D. Udaya Kumar.
July 28: A pact for the supply of 57 Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft to the IAF and the Navy is signed in the presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron at the HAL centre in Bangalore.
July 29: Parliament passes resolution granting approval for imposition of President’s rule in Jharkhand.
Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla demits office.
The RJD is derecognised as national party, the Trinamool Congress and six other parties lose recognition in some states.
July 30: S.Y. Quraishi assumes charge as the 17th Chief Election Commissioner in New Delhi.
The Karnataka Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran is transferred as Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.
July 31: Konkani litterateur Ravindra Kelekar is presented the 42nd Jnanpith Award for the year 2006 in the Goa capital Panaji.
Aug. 2: Parliament resumes business. Lok Sabha nod for the SBI (Amendment) Bill, 2010.
Aug. 6: Amanjot Singh and Sahil Wadhwa, students of Ryan International in Rohini, New Delhi discover the main belt asteroid named 2010 P024.
Aug. 7: Two merchant vessels, MSC Chitra (laden with 26,000 tonnes of oil) and MV Khalijia III collide in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast resulting in a massive oil spill.The oil spill from MSC Chitra inflicts massive damage on the 25 km stretch of mangroves in and around Mumbai.
Aug. 14: Major Lishram Jyotin Singh who laid down his life in the February 26 terror attack in Kabul is awarded the Ashok Chakra.
Aug. 20: MPs stall Lok Sabha proceedings dissatisfied with the Union Cabinet clearing a 300 per cent hike in salary. Mock session held.
Aug. 21: Rajya Sabha passes the Nalanda University Bill.
Aug. 24: The Union Government says ‘no’ to Vedanta Alumina’s $1.7 billion plan to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa.
Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang is arrested in the Rs.1,000 crore PDS scam in the State.
Aug. 25: The Lok Sabha passes the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010.
Harishankar Brahma assumes office as Election Commissioner.
Aug. 27: Parliament nod for Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill, 2010.
Aug. 28: Music composer A.R. Rahman unveils the theme song for the Commonwealth Games at the Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon.
Sept. 1: The Supreme Court sets aside Allahabad High Court orderstaying the carving out of a new district from Amethi named after Dalit leader Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj.
Sept. 3: The IAF awards the honorary rank of Group Captain to Sachin
Tendulkar.
Sonia Gandhi is elected Congress president for the fourth consecutive term.
Sept. 7: P.J. Thomas is sworn in the 14th Central Vigilance Commissioner.
Sept. 9: The Union Cabinet gives nod for inclusion of caste in Census 2011.
Recommends the revocation of President’s rule in Jharkhand.
Veteran filmmaker Daggubati Ramanaidu is chosen for the Dadasaheb
Phalke Award 2009.
Sept. 11: Irom Sharmila on a fast-untodeath since November 4, 2000, demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Manipur is presented the Rabindranath Tagore Award 2010.
Arjun Munda is sworn in Jharkhand Chief Minister.
Sept. 14: Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda wins trust vote in the Assembly.
Sept. 15: Kutty Srank, a Malayalam drama bags the best feature film award at the National Film Awards Festival for 2009 in New Delhi.Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan gets best Actor award for his role in Paa.
An award in the name of the ‘queen of song’ The Hindu Saregama M.S. Subbulakshmi Award’ is instituted in Chennai.
Sept. 18: Divya Ajith Kumar of Chennai becomes the first woman in the history of the Indian Army to receive the “Sword of Honour’ for the best cadet passing out of the OTA, St. Thomas Mount.
Sept. 24: Malayalam litterateur O.N.V. Kurup and Urdu poet Aklaq Khan Shahryar are chosen for the Jnanpith Award for 2007 and 2008.
Sept. 25: One thousand artistes perform Bharatanatyam as part of the Millennium Celebrations of the Big Temple, Thanjavur.
Sept. 26: The release of a special postal stamp and a five rupee coin mark the conclusion of the five-daylong celebration on the Thanjavur Big Temple Millennium.
Three women among nine scientists chosen for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010.
Sept. 28: Veteran actor Shreeram Logoo, danseuse Yamini Krishnamurti and musician Lalgudi G. Jayaraman are among a host of artistes honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowships, awards for 2009.
Sept. 29: Ranjana Sonawane of Tembhli village in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district becomes the first Indian to get the Unique Identification card.
Wajahat Habibullah demits office as Information Commissioner.
Sept. 30: A Special Full Bench of the High Court of Allahabad awards two-thirds of disputed Ayodhya site to Hindu parties and one-third to Sunni Waqf Board.
Oct. 1: Aruna Roy, political and social activist, is presented the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academia and Management by the President Pratibha Patil, in New Delhi.
Oct. 3: The Commonwealth Games gets off to a colourful start at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
Oct. 5: The Union Cabinet approves the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill.
Oct. 6: K. Vijay Kumar assumes office as the new CRPF Director-General in New Delhi.
Music director A.R. Rahman and the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Chhattisgarh are jointly chosen for the 25th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year 2009.
Oct. 10: The BJP sweeps the local body polls in Gujarat. E-voting introduced for the first time in the nation.
Oct. 14: The biggest ever Commonwealth Games end on a dazzling note. India bags 101 medals.
Oct. 15: The Centre appoints a high-level committee under the former
CAG, V.K. Shungloo, to probe into Commonwealth Games issues.
Oct. 19: India launches the National Green Tribunal.
Oct. 20: The Union Cabinet gives nod for The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Second Bill, 2010.
Oct. 22: President Pratibha Patil presents the Dada Saheb Phalke Award to D. Ramanaidu at the 57th National Films Award 2009 function in New Delhi. Pasanga bags the Rajat Kamal for the best Tamil film.
Nov. 4: The Union Cabinet gives nod for the Protection of Women against sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010.
Nov. 8: I look forward to India becoming a permanent member in a reformed United Nations Security Council, says the U.S. President Barack Obama addressing a joint session of Parliament.
Nov. 9: The Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan resigns owning responsibility for the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam.
Nov. 10: A parliamentary probe panel holds Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court guilty of ‘misconduct’ tantamount to ‘misbehaviour’.
Nov. 19: The outgoing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2010.
‘Sabla’ or Rajiv Gandhi’s Scheme for Adolescent Girls’ is launched in New Delhi.
Nov. 22: Interbank Mobile Payment Service, a first-of-its-kind service in the country is launched in Mumbai.
Nov. 23: Huge oil spill as two cargo ships collide on the Hooghly river at Nurpur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.
Nov. 24: The Janata Dal (United) – BJP alliance bulldozes to power in Bihar winning 206 seats in the 243- member House.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah resigns and the Assembly Speaker Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy to succeed him.
Nov. 25: Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy is sworn in Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister.
India launches the Mobile Number Portability service, with Union Minister Kapil Sibal making it available from Rohtak, Haryana.
Nov. 26: Nitish Kumar is sworn in Bihar Chief Minister for a second consecutive term. Sushil Kumar Modi is Deputy Chief Minister again.
Nehchal Sandhu is new Intelligence Bureau Chief.
Nov. 28: The 9900 MWe Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra gets environmental clearance.
Nov. 29: Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy resigns the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat and also quits the Congress.
Dec. 2: Bengali filmmaker Gautam Ghose’s “Moner Manush” (The Quest) bags the Golden Peacock Award for Best Film at the 41st IFFI 2010, in Panaji, Goa.
Dec. 6: India, France sign seven pacts, including five in the area of nuclear energy, presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Nicolas Sarkozy in New Delhi.
Actor Saroja Devi is selected for the NTR National Award for 2009.
Media baron Ch. Ramoji Rao gets the Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani National Award.
Dec. 13: Satyanand Mishra is chosen the next Chief Information Commissioner.
Dec. 15: India and China sign 50 deals worth $16 billion in the presence of the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in New Delhi. China-India Friendship Award for nine persons.
Dec. 19: Sachin Tendulkar creates history by becoming the first batsman to score 50 Test centuries during his unbeaten knock at Centurion in South Africa.
Dec. 20: The former Union Minister M.P. Veerendra Kumar and Tamil writer Nanjil Nadan among this year’s Sahitya Akademi winners.
Amitabh Mattoo is named first Vice-Chancellor of the Central University
in Jammu.
Dec. 21: The Prasar Bharati CEO B.S. Lalli is suspended on charges of irregularities.
Dec. 22: The Rajasthan High Court suspends for year legislation on quota for Gujjars, even as the community continues for the third day siege of the Delhi-Mumbai rail track in Bharatpur.
Dec. 24: Sanjeev Tripathi is appointed as the new chief of RAW.
Dec. 25: The launch of the GSLVF06 from Sriharikota ends in a failure.
Gujjars step up stir demanding 5 per cent quota in government employment.
Dec. 26: A Kuchipudi dance performance by 2,800 dancers in Hyderabad enters the Guinness Book of World Records.
Dec. 27: ‘Jal Hans,’ the nation’s first seaplane service is launched at the Juhu aerodrome in Mumbai.
Dec. 29: Kolkata Metro gets railway zone status.
Shaukat Hussain Guru, a convict in the 2001 Parliament attack case, is freed from the Tihar jail in New Delhi.
Dec. 30: The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal II grants highest share to Andhra Pradesh.
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