- 2004 in India
"See also:"
2003 in India ,
other events of 2004,2005 in India and theTimeline of Indian history .----
Events
January to March
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17 January - The national executive of the BJP meets at Hyderabad.
*17 January -P.A. Sangma quits theNationalist Congress Party and decides to ally with the rulingNational Democratic Alliance .
*28 January -BJP presidentVenkaiah Naidu elected for 3 year term.
*28 January - TheBorder Security Force busts a hideout of pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen in Pulwama District of southKashmir and recovers a "huge quantity" of ammunition and explosives. Acting on a tip-off, the security personnel raided the hideout at Remu village in the early hours and recovered around 12,000 rounds of AK ammunition, 2.5 kgRDX and threegrenade s according to a BSF spokesman.
*28 January - Commerce ministerArun Jaitley announced the Cabinet decision to free gold and silver imports from all restrictions.
*28 January - TheLucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court fixed February 23 for further hearing of te revision petition filed against deputy prime minister L. K. Advani's discharge in theBabri Masjid demolition case by a specialCBI court at Rae Bareli.
*29 January - Congress presidentSonia Gandhi meetsDMK supremo Karunanidhi to finalise their electoral pact which also includes theMDMK ,PMK and the Left parties in the state.
*7 February -15 February -Kala Ghoda festival
*4 March - TheMaharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) refused to clear a project ofPepsi to expand their plant to triple production inChembur ,Mumbai on the grounds that the expansion will have a polluting effect on the environment.April to June
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6 April - The biggest ever Indo-French naval exerciseVaruna 2004 gets underway off the coast ofGoa .
*20 April - First phase of polling for fourteenthLok Sabha election s covering 141 constituencies.
*26 April - Second phase of polling for fourteenthLok Sabha election s covering 137 constituencies.
*5 May - Third phase of polling for fourteenthLok Sabha election s covering 83 constituencies.
*10 May - Fourth and last phase of polling for fourteenthLok Sabha election s covering 182 constituencies.
*13 May - Results for the fourteenthLok Sabha election s announced, the rulingNational Democratic Alliance (NDA) loses, as theCongress Party wins a surprise victory.
*20 May - Dr.Manmohan Singh sworn in as the newprime minister ofIndia , after Congress forms theUnited Progressive Alliance with the Left parties.
*1 June - JusticeRamesh Chandra Lahoti appointedChief Justice of India .July to September
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14 July -Lalu Prasad Yadav , amidst walkouts by the opposition in both houses orders a high-level departmental inquiry into theGodhra tragedy in2002 .
*15 July -Maninder Pal Singh Kohli , prime accused in the high profile rape and murder of British teenager Hannah Foster is arrested byWest Bengal police in Darjeeling District while trying to flee toNepal .
*18 July - UPBJP chiefVinay Katiyar resigns from his post on the direction of the partyhigh command .
*28 July - Maninder Pal Singh Kohli admits to having raped and murdered British teenager Hannah Foster in an interview to a private television channel.
*1 August - Thesenior citizen savings scheme offering a "high" nine percent taxable return is expected to be launched.
*31 August - Union ministerGhulam Nabi Azad 's brother Ghulam Abbas Azad is attacked by terrorists, seriously injuring his security guard in Doda District ofJammu and Kashmir .
*1 September - The Bombay High Court passes interim orders restrainingtelevision channel s from broadcasting "any adult TV programme and film without an appropriate certificate from the Indiancensor board ."
*22 September - Terrorists inJammu and Kashmir make an unsuccessful attempt on the life ofJammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed by firinggrenade s.October to December
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17 October - Assembly elections Congress and alliance win Maharastra electionMaharashtra .
*17 October - After the loss inMaharastra assemblyelection BJP presidentVenkaiah Naidu quits, Advani to leadBJP .
*11 November -Shankaracharya of Kanchi Jayendra Saraswathi is arrested on charges of murdering a temple manager.
*20 November - Policemen and soldiers recover 300 kg ofRDX from a grocery store nearAnantnag .
*25 November - TheIndia npolitical party Congress Jananayaka Peravai merges into theIndian National Congress .
*27 November -Lieutenant General Joginder Jaswant Singh is named the nextChief of the Army Staff of Indian Army . He will succeed GeneralN C Vij when he retires onJanuary 31 .
*21 December -Zahira Sheikh , key witness inBest Bakery case is declared hostile by theprosecution after she went back on her police statement during the retrial.
*26 December - The strongest earthquake in 40 years originates from theIndian Ocean off the west coast ofSumatra island in Indonesia, measuring 9.0 on theRichter Scale and creatingtsunami tidal waves that sweep across much of the coastlines ofSouth Asia . More than 15,000 reported killed in India and 250,000 across the globe.Arts and Literature
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12 November -Veer-Zaara is released in Indian cinemas and is a huge blockbuster.port
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28 January - Formerall-rounder Robin Singh appointed coach of the under-19 Indiancricket team for thejunior World Cup to be played inBangladesh in April.
*24 March - India win the ODIcricket series inPakistan .
*2 April - India win the 1st Test Match.
*10 October -Australia winsFirst Test Match betweenIndia andAustralia by 217 runs.
*18 October -Second Test Match betweenIndia andAustralia drawn because of rain.Deaths
January to March
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9 January -Nissim Ezekiel , poet, playwright and art critic (b.1924).
*31 January -Suraiya , actress and singer (b.1929).
*23 February -Vijay Anand ,filmmaker , producer,screen writer , editor andactor (b.1934).
*23 February -Sikander Bakht , politician (b.1918).
*26 February -Shankarrao Chavan , politician and twiceChief Minister ofMaharashtra (b.1920).
*5 March -Kongara Jaggayya , actor (b.1928).April to June
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7 April -Kelucharan Mohapatra ,Odissi dancer and guru (b.1926).
*17 April -Soundarya , actress (b.1971).
*27 April -J. V. Somayajulu , actor (b.1928).
*1 May -Ram Prakash Gupta ,Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and governor ofMadhya Pradesh (b.1923).
*16 May -Kamala Markandaya , novelist and journalist (b.1924).
*19 May -E. K. Nayanar , politician and three timesChief Minister ofKerala (b.1919).
*2 June -Dom Moraes , poet, writer and columnist (b.1938).
*2 June -Shrikant Jichkar , politician (b.1954).
*26 June -Yash Johar , film producer (b.1929).July to September
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3 July -Priyamvada Birla , chairperson ofBirla Corp .
*23 July -Mehmood , actor, director and producer (b.1932).
*29 July -Nafisa Joseph , model,MTV VJ,Miss India 1997 (b.1978).
*31 July -Allu Rama Lingaiah , actor (b.1922).
*15 August -Amarsinh Chaudhary , politician andChief Minister of Gujarat (b.1941).
*23 September -Raja Ramanna , nuclear scientist (b.1925).
*28 September -Mulk Raj Anand , novelist in English (b.1905).October to December
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11 October -Gulshan Rai , film producer and distributor (b.1924).
*13 October -Nirupa Roy , actress (b.1931).
*18 October -Veerappan , bandit (b.1952).
*11 December -M. S. Subbulakshmi , Carnatic singer (b.1916).
*16 December -Laxmikant Berde , comic actor (b.1954).
*18 December -Vijay Hazare , cricketer (b.1915).
*23 December -P. V. Narasimha Rao , politician, 12thPrime Minister of India (b.1921).Observances
The following events which are observed according to the
Hindu calendar were observed on the following dates in 2004.*
Basant Panchami -January 26
*Maha Shivratri -February 18
*Holi -March 6
*Ram Navami -March 30
*Raksha Bandhan -August 30
*Janmashtami -September 7
*Ganesh Chaturthi -September 18
*Dassera -October 22
*Deepavali -November 12
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