2009 in India

None April 2020 2009 Events in the year 2009 in the Republic of India. Incumbents Photo Post Name 50px IND President Pratibha Patil 50px IND Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari 50px IND Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh 50px IND Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan Governors Post Name Andhra Pradesh N. D. Tiwari (until 28 December)E. S. L. Narasimhan (starting 28 December) Arunachal Pradesh Joginder Jaswant Singh Assam Shiv Charan Mathur (until 25 June)Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (26 June-27 July)Syed Sibtey Razi (starting 27 July) Bihar R. L. Bhatia (until 28 June)Devanand Konwar (starting 28 June) Chhattisgarh E. S. L. Narasimhan Goa Shivinder Singh Sidhu Gujarat Nawal Kishore Sharma (until 24 July)S. C. Jamir (30 July-30 November)Kamala Beniwal (starting 27 November) Haryana Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (until 27 July)Jagannath Pahadia (starting 27 July) Himachal Pradesh Prabha Rau Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra Jharkhand Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (until 21 January)M. O. H. Farook (starting 22 January) Karnataka Rameshwar Thakur (until 24 June)Hansraj Bhardwaj (starting 24 June) Kerala R. S. Gavai (until 7 September)M. O. H. Farook (starting 7 September) Madhya Pradesh Balram Jakhar (until 29 June)Rameshwar Thakur (starting 30 June) Maharashtra S.C. Jamir Manipur Gurbachan Jagat Meghalaya Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Mizoram M. M. Lakhera Nagaland K. Sankaranarayanan (until 28 July)Gurbachan Jagat (28 July-14 October)Nikhil Kumar (starting 15 October) Odisha Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare Punjab Sunith Francis Rodrigues (until 22 January)Shivraj Vishwanath Patil (starting 22 January) Rajasthan Shilendra Kumar Singh (until 1 December)Prabha Rau (starting 2 December) Sikkim Balmiki Prasad Singh Tamil Nadu Surjit Singh Barnala Tripura Dinesh Nandan Sahay (until 14 October)Kamla Beniwal (15 October-26 November)Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil (starting 27 November) Uttar Pradesh T. V. Rajeswar (until 27 July)Banwari Lal Joshi (starting 27 July) Uttarakhand Banwari Lal Joshi (until 6 August)Margaret Alva (starting 6 August) West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi (until 14 December)Devanand Konwar (starting 14 December) Events National income - 63,664,065 million January - June 1 January – National Investigation Agency (NIA) Bill and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA) Bill, the new anti-terror regime came into force with President Pratibha Patil giving her assent. (The Hindu) 1 January – 2009 Guwahati bombings: Five persons, including a boy and a woman, were killed and about 50 injured in serial bomb blasts in Guwahati, Assam.The Hindu https://web.archive.org/web/20121104100910/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010256950100.htm 4 November 2012 1 January – Indian Government decides to place officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel and their equivalents in the other two services on a higher pay band and constitute a separate pay commission in a move to redress the grievances of Indian Armed Forces personnel over anomalies in pay structures. (The Hindu) 2 January – Indian Government in tandem with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announces the much-awaited second Stimulus Package aimed at reversing the economic slowdown. (The Hindu) 2 January – Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi figure among the 55 players in the ICC's inaugural Hall of Fame list. (The Hindu) 4 January – All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) decided to go ahead with its indefinite strike from midnight of 5 January. (The Hindu) 4 January – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) formally dissociates itself from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). (The Hindu) 5 January – Indian Government summons Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik to hand over evidence about Pakistan's involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks. (The Hindu) 7 January – Satyam Scandal: In a letter to the Satyam board and the market regulator, SEBI, Ramalinga Raju, the founder and CEO of Satyam Computer Services, confessed that he has been creating fake invoices and that the company cash was all fictitious. The BSE crashed 749 points, wiping out about $23bn of investors wealth.(The Times of India) 24 January - Mangalore pub attacked by Hindutva group headed by Pramod Muthalik.2009-01-27 The 'Talibans' of Mangalore https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/the-talibans-of-mangalore/ 2024-12-13 The Indian Express en 13 February – 2009 Orissa train derailment: A passenger train derails in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, killing at least 15 people and injuring 150 others.Thaindian News http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/15-killed-150-injured-in-orissa-train-tragedy-night-lead_100154929.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110524101622/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/15-killed-150-injured-in-orissa-train-tragedy-night-lead_100154929.html 24 May 2011 23 February – India approves a £1.7-billion plan to launch its first astronauts into outer space by 2015.Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110810095814/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5789385.ece 10 August 2011 25 February – A bus crashes in Indian-administered Kashmir, killing 35 people and injuring 15.25 February 2009 Many killed in Kashmir bus crash https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7909330.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090930131832/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7909330.stm 30 September 2009 BBC News 25 February – Former Indian Communications Minister Sukh Ram is jailed for three years for corruption.25 February 2009 India ex-minister given jail term https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7910204.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090930131844/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7910204.stm 30 September 2009 BBC News 24 March – Sixteen militants and eight Indian Army soldiers are killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district.25 March 2009 Militants claim Kashmiri attack https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7960557.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090329193035/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7960557.stm 29 March 2009 BBC News 1 April – No additional charges on withdrawing money from an ATM of a different bank.Sudeep Jain 12 October 2009 Free ATM era ends on Tuesday http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/12/free-atm-era-ends-on-tuesday.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20111007082522/http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/12/free-atm-era-ends-on-tuesday.htm 7 October 2011 Business Standard April–May – General Elections held. 16 April – The Naxalite movement kills 17 people as India's general election begins.Times Online https://web.archive.org/web/20110918082348/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6105367.ece 18 September 2011 20 April – India's Space Research Organization launches its RISAT-2 reconnaissance satellite.CNN-IBN https://web.archive.org/web/20120930024251/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indias-spy-in-the-sky-isro-launches-risat2/90656-11.html?from=rssfeed 30 September 2012 19 May – Manmohan Singh of the National Congress is re-elected as Prime Minister of India.AFP https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iDWXHBMTp0meYXRxgeACjBoUE7_Q dead https://archive.today/20130125101755/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iDWXHBMTp0meYXRxgeACjBoUE7_Q 25 January 2013 21 May – The Communist Party kills 16 police officers near Nagpur, Maharashtra.21 May 2009 Police die in India Maoist attack https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8062321.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090529081427/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8062321.stm 29 May 2009 BBC News 25 May – Cyclone Aila ravages the east coast killing at least 149Staff Writer 26 May 2009 West Bengal: Cyclone toll rises to 45, rescue ops begin https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cyclone-Aila-death-toll-reaches-82-rescue-on/articleshow/4579233.cms live https://web.archive.org/web/20090529203518/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/West-Bengal-Cyclone-toll-rises-to-45-rescue-ops-begin/articleshow/4579233.cms 29 May 2009 2009-05-26 The Times of India25 May 2009 21 killed, over a lakh hit as cyclone Aila strikes http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/21-killed-overlakh-hit-as-cyclone-aila-strikes/62777/on dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100915062953/http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/21-killed-overlakh-hit-as-cyclone-aila-strikes/62777/on 15 September 2010 2009-05-25 Business Standard Press Trust of IndiaStaff Writer 25 May 2009 Aila claims 29 in B;Statesman News Service http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=1&theme=&usrsess=1&id=255704 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040331200719/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=1 31 March 2004 2009-05-25 The Statesman 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.4 June 2009 Funeral held for Punjab preacher https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8082493.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090930130741/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8082493.stm 30 September 2009 BBC NewsTimes of India 17 June – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.The Times https://archive.today/20111006162716/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6520545.ece 6 October 2011 20 June – Indian troops enter Lalgarh, a Maoist stronghold in West Bengal, claiming a partial victory. July - December 2 July – A 148-year-old colonial law banning homosexual intercourse in India is overturned by the High Court in New Delhi.2 July 2009 Gay sex decriminalised in India https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20170823130317/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8129836.stm 23 August 2017 News.BBC.co.ukThe Times https://web.archive.org/web/20111016172633/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6623241.ece 16 October 2011 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.Thrown pig leads to religious riots in India - CNN.com http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/india.pig.religious.riot/index.html?iref=mpstoryview dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121017125252/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/india.pig.religious.riot/index.html?iref=mpstoryview 17 October 2012 CNN thumb|right|250px|Manmohan Singh with American President Barack Obama at the White House, 24 November 2009 5 July – At least eight people die in blasts at two explosives factories in Madhya Pradesh.6 July 2009 Fatal blasts at India factories https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8135536.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20091022081405/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8135536.stm 22 October 2009 News.BBC.co.uk 9 July – The death toll from a mass poisoning involving home-brewed alcohol in Gujarat rises to 71.9 July 2009 71 die from illegal alcohol in India https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0709/119365-india/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111017124255/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0709/india.html 17 October 2011 RTÉ News 12 July – Five people are killed and several injured in India after a bridge being constructed for the Delhi Metro collapses.12 July 2009 Metro bridge collapses in Delhi https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8146362.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090713110733/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146362.stm 13 July 2009 News.BBC.co.uk 20 July – Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, pleads guilty in an Indian court, ending months of denials.June 2024 medicmedic 20 July – India and the United States sign a defence pact.20 July 2009 US and India agree defence pact https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8158489.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090720100424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8158489.stm 20 July 2009 News.BBC.co.uk 26 July – India launches its first nuclear submarine, the INS Arihant.The Times of India 6 August – An Indian court sentences to death three people for carrying out bombings that killed more than 50 people in Mumbai in 2003.6 August 2009 India to execute 2003 bomb trio https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8186871.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20120213065210/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8186871.stm 13 February 2012 News.BBC.co.uk6 August 2009 Death Sentences for 3 in '03 India Attacks https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/world/asia/07mumbai.html The New York Times 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.24 August 2009 Encephalitis kills 200 in India https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8217453.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090824100536/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8217453.stm 24 August 2009 News.BBC.co.uk 1 September – An outbreak of diarrhoea in Orissa, kills at least 26 people and hospitalises 237.1 September 2009 India diarrhoea outbreak kills 26 https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230960.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20090903002651/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230960.stm 3 September 2009 News.BBC.co.uk 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.3 September 2009 Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S.R. Reddy missing, damaged helicopter found http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-42189320090903 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100113082512/http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-42189320090903 13 January 2010 Reuters3 September 2009 India politician killed in crash https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8235115.stm live https://web.archive.org/web/20120608012501/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8235115.stm 8 June 2012 BBC News 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.10 September 2009 Girls crushed to death in Delhi stampede https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-09-10/girls-crushed-to-death-in-delhi-stampede/1425136 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090913101811/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/10/2682571.htm?section=justin 13 September 2009 www.abc.net.au10 September 2009 Five schoolgirls die in New Delhi stampede https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0910/121618-india/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121023013017/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0910/india.html 23 October 2012 RTÉ News thumb|right|Chandrayaan-1, India's first uncrewed lunar probe, discovers large amounts of water on the Moon. 14 September – Chandrayaan-1, India's first uncrewed lunar probe, discovers large amounts of water on the Moon.Site Under Construction http://www.ptinews.com/news/298416_Water-detected-on-moon-by-Chandrayaan--ISRO-says-path-breaking dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090927080149/http://www.ptinews.com/news/298416_Water-detected-on-moon-by-Chandrayaan--ISRO-says-path-breaking 27 September 200924 September 2009 Discovery of water on moon boosts prospects for permanent lunar base http://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/sep/24/discovery-water-moon-lunar-base dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120417060755/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/24/discovery-water-moon-lunar-base 17 April 2012 the Guardian 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.Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/32-killed-in-godown-blaze-in-Tamil-Nadu/H1-Article1-466278.aspx dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110927160416/http://www.hindustantimes.com/32-killed-in-godown-blaze-in-Tamil-Nadu/H1-Article1-466278.aspx 27 September 2011Fireworks blaze kills 32 in India - CNN.com http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/india.fireworks.deaths/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121018184727/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/india.fireworks.deaths/ 18 October 2012 CNN 19 October – VA Shiva Ayyadurai publishes report alleging CSIR corruption.Ayyadurai VA Shiva Sardana Deepak 19 October 2009 CSIR-TECH Path Forward http://innovationdemandsfreedom.com/pdf/report-on-CSIR-by-VA-Shiva.pdf 15 April 2013Ayyadurai VA Shiva March 2013 Innovation Demands Freedom http://innovationdemandsfreedom.com/ 15 April 2013 innovationdemandsfreedom.comJayaraman K.S. 9 November 2009 Report row ousts top Indian scientist Nature 462 7270 152 10.1038/462152a 19907467 free 30 October – Indian Oil Fire in Jaipur: A large fire at an oil depot on the outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan, leaving six people dead and around 135 injured.Site Under Construction http://www.ptinews.com/news/355623_Fire-at-oil-depot-rages-on--to-be-allowed-to-burn-out dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120318150907/http://www.ptinews.com/news/355623_Fire-at-oil-depot-rages-on--to-be-allowed-to-burn-out 18 March 2012 6 November – At least 34 people are killed and 29 are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh.The Times of India https://web.archive.org/web/20091110035141/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/34-killed-as-bus-falls-into-gorge-in-Himachal/articleshow/5204496.cms 10 November 2009 22 November – At least seven people are killed and more than 55 injured in a bombing in Assam, northeastern India.Times of India https://web.archive.org/web/20091127113036/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Twin-blasts-rock-Assam-7-dead/articleshow/5258844.cms 27 November 2009 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.Indian Express https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112308/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/andhra-bifurcation-60-mlas-1-mp-resign-cong-on-back-foot/552479/0 4 March 2016 13 December – India successfully test fires its nuclear-capable "Dhanush" missile off the Orissa coast.Mallikarjun Y. Subramanian T. S. 13 December 2009 Dhanush missile test-fired successfully https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Dhanush-missile-test-fired-successfully/article16853171.ece dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100825223421/http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article64463.ece 25 August 2010 TheHindu.com Deaths thumb|right|200px|R. Venkataraman 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)Veteran comedian Nagesh dead in The Hindu 9 April – Shakti Samanta, 83, film director and producer (born 1926) thumb|199x199px|Feroz Khan27 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 poet (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) Gayatri Devi, 90, Rajmata of Jaipur (born 1919) 9 August – Gulshan Bawra, 72, songwriter (born 1937) 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) thumb|200px|Vishnuvardhan 30 December – Vishnuvardhan, 59, Kannada film actor and singer (born 1950) See also Bollywood films of 2009 References 30em 2009 in Category:Years of the 21st century in India India