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Important Events in India in 2012
2-Jan
India-Pakistan exchanged lists of nuclear installations.
3-Jan
President Pratibha Patil inaugurated ISROs SHAR Mission Control Centre at Satish Dhawan Space
Centre, Sriharikota.
9-Jan
10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held Jaipur. Pravasi Bartiya Divas is celebrated on 9th January every
year.
11-Jan
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh launched the Hunger and Malnutrition (HUNGaMA) report.
Report says 42 per cent of Indian children are malnourished.
19-Jan
Suresh Kalmadi granted bail by Delhi High Court granted bail in Commonwealth Games scam case.
26-Jan
Thailand PM, Yingluck Shinawatra invited as Chief Guest on the Republic Day
2-Feb
Supreme Court cancelled all 122 licenses granted by then minister A Raja in 2G spectrum scam.
8-Feb
Three Bharatiya Janata Party ministers caught watching objectionable video clip in KarnatakaAssembly. The ministers resigned.
11-Feb
Advanced Interceptor missile is successfully test-fired. The advanced interceptor is also known as
Advanced Air Defence (AAD).
14-Feb
Blast in a car belonging to the Israeli Embassy in Delhi.
March
State Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Goa.
March
Election results for five state assemblies are announced. Winners of elections as follows:
Uttar Pradesh - Samajwadi Party
Goa - Bhartiya Janata Party
Manipur & Uttrakhand - Indian National Congress
Punjab - Shiromani Akali Dal - BJP combine
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14-Mar
Rail Budget 2012-13 presented by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi. The budget proposed fare hikes
and is opposed by TMC despite the Railway Minister belonging to the same party.
16-Mar
Union Budget 2012-13 presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
18-Mar
Dinesh Trivedi stepped down as Railways Minister
21-Mar
Soumitra Chatterjee won Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2011.
22-Mar
United Nations Human Rights Councils resolution to investigate violations by Sri Lanka during the
war on LTTE goes to vote. India along with 23 other nations vote against Sri Lanks.
23-MarJhina Hikaka, BJD MLA abducted from Koraput district on March 23. He was finally released on 26
April
29-Mar
India hosted 4th BRICS summit at New Delhi
8-Apr
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visited India. The last Pakistani leader to visit India was President
Pervez Musharraf in 2005.
12-AprOde village massacre during 2002 Gujrat riots- 18 get life term, 5 accused get seven years
imprisonment.
17-Apr
RBI cut repo rate by 50 basis points. The cut came after three years.
19-Apr
Agni-V ICBM successfully test fired from Wheeler island. It can carry 1 ton of nuclear weapons.
21-Apr
Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon kidnapped by Maoists in Chhattisgarh. He was finally
released on 4th May.
26-Apr
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Actress Rekha and Industrialist Anu Aga nominated to Rajya Sabha by the
President of India.
1-May
Overy dead after a ferry capsized in Brahmaputra, Assam.
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7-May
GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rules) implementation postponed till 2013.
8-May
Over 160 Air India fail to report on duty. 10 sacked
13-May
60th anniversary of Indian parliament
15-May
A.Raja got bail in 2G scam
27-May
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the Indian Premier League
31-May
Bikram Singh takes over as Indian Army Chief from V.K. Singh
1-Jun
Brahmeshwar Singh, chief of banned Ranvir Sena killed by unidentified assailants.
11-Jun
VS Sampath becomes the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
19-Jun
India pledges $10 bn to IMF for Eurozone.
22-JunCalcutta High Court strikes down Singur Land Act of West Bengal government led by Mamata
Banerjee
26-Jun
Abu Jundal is arrested by Delhi Police.
28-Jun
Surjeet Singh returns to India after being jailed for 30 years in Pakistan.
30-Jun
20 Maoists killed in police operation in Chhattisgarh.
4-Jul
Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan charged in Adarsh
7-Jul
Time magazine dubs Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as 'underachiever'.
12-Jul
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Actor and former wrestler Dara Singh passed away.
12-Jul
Jagadish Shettar sworn in as new Karnataka Chief Minister after Yeddyurappa is asked to step down
18-Jul
Actor Rajesh Khanna passed away
20-Jul
Violent break outs in Kokrajhar district and adjoining areas of Assam
22-Jul
Pranab Mukherjee elected as 13th President of India
30-Jul
Gagan Narang wins bronze in shooting at London Olympics
4-AugVijay Kumar wins silver in shooting at London Olympics
4-Aug
Saina Nehwal wins bronze in badminton at London Olympics
8-Aug
Mass exodus of North-Eastern people from Bangalore. Rumours blamed
8-Aug
Mary Kom wins bronze in womens boxing at London Olympics
10-Aug
Hamid Ansari re-elected as vice-president
11-Aug
Violence in Azad Maidan in Mumbai. The mob was protesting Assam riots
11-Aug
Yogeshwar Dutt wins bronze in wrestling at London Olympics
12-Aug
Sushil Kumar wins silver in Wrestling at London Olympics
12-Aug
London Olympics end. India won highest number of medals than any other Olympics, 6 medels, 2
silver and 4 bronze.
14-Aug
Union Minister for Science and Technology and Ex Chief Minister Of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh
Passed Away.
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17-Aug
Bulk SMS & MMS banned in India to prevent rumours against North Eastern people.
3-Sep
MekongGanga sixth Cooperation meeting held in New Delhi
19-Sep
Agni-IV successfully test fired
19-Sep
he Supreme Court of India refused to review petitions challenging constitutional validity of Right to
Education from Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009
23-Sep
Deepika Kumari won Silver at Recurve World Cup in Tokyo
27-SepAssam Govt. ordered CBI probe into Rhino poaching
27-Sep
Delhi Transport Corporation started Ladies Special Buses with women conductors
27-Sep
Election commission prohibits use of animals in election campaigns
28-Sep
Minister of Water Resources released an atlas Aquifer System of India
28-Sep
Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia, retired
28-Sep
GSAT-10 successfully launched
29-Sep
Justice Altamas Kabirsworn-in as the new chief justice of India by President Pranab Mukherjee
30-Sep
Punjab Government started door-to-door cancer detection campaign
21-Oct
Filmmaker Yash Chopra passed away. His last movie Jab Tak hai Jaan released in November.
25-Oct
Noted satirist and comedian Jaspal Bhatti died in an accident
29-Oct
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PAnkaj Advani won seventh World Billiards Championship title
30-Oct
RBI left interest rates unchanged but cut the cash reserve ratio for banks by a quarter percent
14-Nov
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 came into force
17-Nov
Founder and chief of the Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray passed away
20-Nov
8th meeting of the India-UK Joint Working Group (JWG) on Counter Terrorism held in New Delhi
21-Nov
Ajmal Kasab hanged for 2008 Mumbai Attacks.
30-NovIK Gujral, Former Prime Minister of India passed away.
12-Dec
Agni-I successfully test fired
13-Dec
Retail inflation stood at 9.90 percent in November 2012
20-Dec
Narendra Modi (Chief Minister of Gujarat) wins third consecutive assembly election
26-Dec
Union Government exempted Service Tax for Janashree and Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana
27-Dec
According to Planning Commission of India, Bihars growth rate was highest amongst all other states
in Indiabetween 2006 and 2010. It grew at 10.9 per cent
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