2006 in India

See also: 2005 in India, other events of 2006, 2007 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

[edit] Events

• 2 January - Rajnath Singh assumes office as BJP chief.
• 7 January-9 January - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is organized in Hyderabad.
• 26 January - Soudi monarch King Abdullah is chief guest at Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
• 2 March-5 March - President of the United States, George W. Bush visits India. USA signs landmark nuclear deal with India pending approval from the US Congress and Indian Parliament.
• 7 March - Terrorist attack in Varanasi kills at least 15 people and leaves more than 50 injured.
• 10 April - 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.
• 6 July - The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
• 11 July - A series of coordinated bomb attacks strikes several commuter trains in Mumbai, India during evening rush hour.
• 20 November - A suspected terrorist attack kills five people on a train in a remote area of West Bengal.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January to June

• 3 January - Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande, physicist (b.1940).
• 3 February - Nadira, actress (b.1932).
• 25 March - Chandrakant Bakshi, author (b.1932).
• 12 April - Rajkumar, actor and singer (b.1929).
• 3 May - Pramod Mahajan, politician (b.1949).
• 5 May - Naushad, musician and composer (b.1919).
• 1 June - Vivek Moitra, secretary of Pramod Mahajan.

[edit] July to December

• 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).

[edit] Observance

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

• January 13 - Lohri, Punjab
• January 13 - Arudra Darisanam, Tamil Nadu
• January 13-14 - Bikaner Camel Festival
• January 14 - International Kite Festival, Ahmedabad and Jaipur
• January 14 - Uttarayan Kite Festival, Gujarat
• January 16 - Jallikattu festival, Alanganallur
• January 16 - Modhera Dance Festival, Modhera
• January 31 - Muharram
• February 2 - Basant Panchami
• February 26 - Maha Shiv Ratri
• March 15 - Holi

[edit] Scheduled events

• Golden Quadrilateral slated to be completed by December.