2006 in India

2006
in
India

Centuries:	19th • 20th • 21st
Decades:	1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s
See also:	Other events of 2006 List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 2006 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

January 2 – Rajnath Singh assumes office as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief.
January 7–9 – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is organized in Hyderabad.
January 26 – Soudi monarch King Abdullah is chief guest at Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
March 2–5 – President of the United States, George W. Bush visits India. United States signs landmark nuclear deal with India pending approval from the US Congress and Indian Parliament.
March 7 – 2006 Varanasi bombings: Terrorist attack in Varanasi kills at least 15 people and leaves more than 50 injured.
April 10 – Fire at Brand India Fair at Meerut Victoria Park in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, kills 100.
May –Medical doctors started strike against central government decision on reservation for OBC (other backward classes) in Medical Institution.
July 6 – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
July 11 – 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings: A series of coordinated bomb attacks strikes several commuter trains in Mumbai, India during evening rush hour.
November 20 – 2006 West Bengal train disaster: A suspected terrorist attack kills five people on a train in a remote area of West Bengal.

3 January - Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande, physicist (b.1940).
3 February - Nadira, actress (b.1932).
25 March - Chandrakant Bakshi, author (b.1932).
28 March - Bansi Lal, Haryana's four time chief minister, and defence minister of India during Indian Emergency (1975 - 77) (b.1927)
12 April - Rajkumar, actor and singer (b.1929).
3 May - Pramod Mahajan, politician (b.1949).
5 May - Naushad, musician and composer (b.1919).
8 July - Raja Rao, novelist and short story writer (b.1908).
21 August - Bismillah Khan, shehnai musician and Bharat Ratna winner (b.1916).
27 August - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, film director (b.1922).
24 September - Padmini, actress and dancer (b.1932).
9 October - Kanshi Ram, politician and founder of Bahujan Samaj Party (b.1934).
19 October- Srividya, South Indian actress (b.1953).

Following days of religious or cultural significance were observed in 2006.