2009 in India
Events in the year 2009 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
Events
- 13 February – 2009 Orissa train derailment: A passenger train derails in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, killing at least 15 people and injuring 150 others.[2]
- 23 February – India approves a £1.7-billion plan to launch its first astronauts into outer space by 2015.[3]
- 25 February – A bus crashes in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 35 people and injuring 15.[4]
- 25 February – Former Indian Communications Minister Sukhram is jailed for three years for corruption.[5]
- 24 March – Sixteen militants and eight Indian Army soldiers are killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara District.[6]
- 1 April – No additional charges on withdrawing money from an ATM of a different bank[7]
- April–May – General Elections held
- 16 April – The Naxalite movement kills 17 people as India's general election begins.[8]
- 20 April – India's Space Research Organization launches its RISAT-2 reconnaissance satellite.[9]
- 19 May – Manmohan Singh of the National Congress is reelected as Prime Minister of India.[10]
- 21 May – The Communist Party kills 16 police officers near Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.[11]
- 25 May - Cyclone Aila ravages the east coast killing at least 149[12][13][14] and hundreds others were left homeless as torrential rains led to flooding.
- 3 June – Indian Member of Parliament Meira Kumar becomes the first female Speaker of the House of the People.
- 4 June – Two hundred thousand people attend the funeral of Dera Sach Khand leader Sant Ramanand Dass in Jalandhar, Punjab, India.[15][16]
- 17 June – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.[17]
- 20 June – Indian troops enter Lalgarh, a Maoist stronghold in West Bengal, claiming a partial victory.
- 2 July – A 148-year old colonial law banning homosexual intercourse in India is overturned by the High Court in New Delhi.[18][19]
- 3 July – Three people die and over a dozen are injured in riots after a dead pig is thrown into an under-construction mosque in Mysore, India.[20]
- 5 July – At least eight people die in blasts at two explosives factories in Madhya Pradesh, India.[21]
- 9 July – The death toll from a mass poisoning involving home-brewed alcohol in Gujarat, India rises to 71.[22]
- 12 July – Five people are killed and several injured in India after a bridge being constructed for the Delhi Metro collapses.[23]
- 20 July – Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, pleads guilty in an Indian court, ending months of denials.[24]
- 20 July – India and the United States sign a defence pact.[25]
- 26 July – India launches its first nuclear submarine, the INS Arihant.[26]
- 6 August – An Indian court sentences to death three people for carrying out bombings that killed more than 50 people in Mumbai in 2003.[27][28]
- 11 August – 2009 Andaman Islands earthquake: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake occurs in the Andaman Islands of India. No casualties or injuries were reported, although there were complaints about minor damages to buildings.
- 24 August – At least 200 children are killed and around 900 hospitalised by Japanese encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh, India.[29]
- 1 September – An outbreak of diarrhoea in Orissa, India, kills at least 26 people and hospitalises 237.[30]
- 2 September – 2009 Andhra Pradesh helicopter crash: A Bell 430 helicopter crashes during a flight in southern India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[31][32]
- 10 September – At least five girls are killed and 30 other students injured in a stampede at a state-run school in the Indian capital, New Delhi.[33][34]
Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned lunar probe, discovers large amounts of water on the
Moon.
- 14 September – Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned lunar probe, discovers large amounts of water on the Moon.[35][36]
- 30 September – 2009 Thekkady boat disaster: the double-decker passenger boat Jalakanyaka capsized in Lake Thekkady, killing A total of 45 passengers.
- 17 October – 32 people are killed in a fire at a fireworks warehouse in southern India, during the Diwali celebrations.[37][38]
- 19 October - VA Shiva Ayyadurai publishes report alleging CSIR corruption.[39][40][41]
- 30 October – Indian Oil Fire in Jaipur: A large fire at an oil depot on the outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, leaves six people dead and around 135 injured.[42]
- 6 November – At least 34 people are killed and 29 are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh.[43]
- 22 November – At least seven people are killed and more than 55 injured in a bombing in Assam, northeastern India.[44]
- 24 November – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had the first official state visit to the White House during the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama. Several discussions took place during the meeting, including on trade and nuclear power.
- 10 December – India announces it is to create a new state, Telangana, out of Andhra Pradesh.[45]
- 13 December – India successfully test fires its nuclear-capable "Dhanush" missile off the Orissa coast.[46]
Deaths
- 15 January - Tapan Sinha, 84, film director (born 1924)
- 27 January - R. Venkataraman, 98, the 8th President of India (born 1910)
- 31 January - Nagesh, actor (born 1933)[47]
- 9 April - Shakti Samanta, 83, film director and producer (born 1926)
- 27 April - Feroz Khan, 69, film actor and producer (born 1939)
- 17 May - Prakash Mehra, 69, film director and producer (born 1939)
- 31 May - Kamala Das, 75, writer and poetess (born 1934)
- 8 June - Habib Tanvir, 85, dramatist and actor (born 1923)
- 28 June - A. K. Lohithadas, 54, filmmaker in Malayalam cinema (born 1955)
- 16 July - D. K. Pattammal, 90, Carnatic musician, one of the "female trinity of Carnatic Music" (born 1919)
- 21 July - Gangubai Hangal, 96, Hindustani classical singer (born 1913)
- 28 July - Leela Naidu, 69, film actress (born 1940)
- 29 July - Rajan P. Dev, 56, film actor in South Indian films (born 1953)
- 29 July - Gayatri Devi, 90, Rajmata of Jaipur (born 1919)
- 9 August - Gulshan Bawra, 72, songwriter (born 1937)
- 9 August - Murali, 55, film and theatre actor, author (born 1954)
- 2 September - Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, 60, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1949)
- 25 October - Adoor Bhavani, 82, film actress (born 1927)
- 10 November - Simple Kapadia, 51, film costume designer and actress (born 1958)
- 7 December - Bina Rai, 73, film actress (born 1936)
- 29 December - C. Aswath, 72, Kannada music director and singer (born 1938)
- 30 December - Vishnuvardhan, 59, Kannada film actor and singer (born 1950)
See also
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