Events in India 2009

May 22, 2009

• A resurgent Congress leads UPA to retain power after a clear mandate in Lok Sabha polls; Manmohan Singh sworn in PM for Second Successive Term.

December 19, 2009

• BJP suffers successive poll debacles. LK Advani steps down as Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha; Nitin Gadkari takes over as party president.
• A resilient Indian economy starts to recover from the impact of global financial crisis. GDP growth looks up and stock markets stage a steady recovery.

January 7, 2009

• Large - scale fudging of Satyam accounts by chairman Ramalinga Raju rocks corporate India.

February 10, 2009

• Pandit Bhimsen Joshi gets Bharat Ratna.

February 23, 2009

• 'Slumdog Millionaire' sweeps Oscars with eight awards. Music maestro AR Rahman gets two, lyricist Gulzar and sound technician Resul Pookutty share one each.

March 23, 2009

• World's cheapest car Nano launched.

June 3, 2009

• Meira Kumar becomes the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha.
• Panic as Swine flu virus reaches India; disease claims close to 900 lives.

July 26, 2009

• India becomes the sixth country in the world to launch a nuclear - powered submarine.

Auguest 29, 2009

• India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan - 1 meets its premature end.

October 3, 2009

• Investigations in the Mumbai 26 / 11 terror attack take a new turn as FBI arrests Pakistani - American David Coleman Headley in Chicago.
• Heightened Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal.

November 24, 2009

• Liberhan Commission report tabled after 17 Years of Babri Masjid demolition, top BJP leaders indicted.
• Public outcry as former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore gets just six - month jail term for molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra 19 Years ago, who later committed suicide.

January 5, 2009

• National Conference and Congress form coalition government, in J & K following hung verdict, Omar Abdullah takes over as CM.

October 22, 2009

• 22 killed as Goa Express rams into stationary train near Mathura.
• Large scale construction of memorial parks leads to SC rap for UP CM Mayawati.

June 27, 2009

• Ramesh Pokhriyal replaces BC Khanduri as Uttarakhand CM.

May 20, 2009

• SDF wins all 32 Assembly seats in Sikkim, PK Chamling sworn in CM for fourth consecutive term.

May 13, 2009

• President's rule lifted in eghalaya, veteran Congress leader DD Lapang becomes CM.

December 4, 2009

• ULFA chief Arabinda Rajkhowa handed over to India after being held in Bangladesh.

October 25,2009.

• Congress wins Arunachal polls Dorjee Khandu becomes CM for consecutive second term.

November 30, 2009

• Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda arrested in mega money laundering case.

December 30, 2009

• JMM chief Shibu Soren sworn in CM with support of BJP and other parties after a fractured mandate in Jharkhand polls.

October 25, 2009

• Haryana Assembly dissolved prematurely, Augest 21, Congress manages to form government, after falling short of majority in polls, BS Hooda retained as CM.

October 29, 2009

• Huge fire at IOC fuel depot in Jaipur kills 12 and injures about 200, financial loss estimated to be about Rs.300 crore.

July 7, 2009

• Ahmedabad hooch tragedy claims over 130 lives.

November 7, 2009

• Congress - NCP alliance retains power in Maharashtra] Ashok Chavan takes oath as CM for a Second Term.

November 8, 2009

• Crisis for BJP government, in Karnataka after revolt against CM BS Yeddyurappa, compromise worked out by central leadership.

May 20, 2009

• Congress retains power in Andhra polls; YSR Reddy sworn in CM again, dies in a chopper crash, September 2, K.Rosaiah becomes CM.

May 21, 2009

• BJD sweeps Orissa polls; Naveen Patnaik takes over as CM for a 3rd Term.

December 10, 2009

• Centre agrees to statehood for Telangana after violent agitation sparked by K Chandrasekhar Rao's hunger strike, to move triggers protests, Centre's rethink on issue reignites agitation.

December 26, 2009

• ND Tiwari quits as Andhra governor after alleged sex video surfaces.

Sporting Hight

Tennis :

• January 31, 2009 : Yuki Bhambri first Indian to win Junior Australian Open.
• February 1, 2009 : Mahesh Bhupati - Sania Mirza win Australian Open mixed doubles.
• April 12, 2009 : Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy win French Open men's doubles, June 6, 2009.

Hockey : India lifts Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia.

Chess - May 8, 2009 : Viswanathan Anand wins Chess Oscar for sixth time.

Cricket : IPL - II shifted to South Africa, Deccan Chargers win the cup, May 24, 2009 India becomes No. 1 test team after series win against Sri Lanka, December 6, 2009.

Badminton - June 21, 2009 : Saina Nehwal wins Indonesian Open.

Billiards - September 7, 2009 : Pankaj Advani wins world professional championship.

Athletics - November 11, 2009 : Om Prakash wins shot put gold at Asian Championships in China.

Football - December 13, 2009 : India lifts South Asian Football Federation Cup.

Passed away in 2009 :

• Veteran film director Tapan Sinha.
• Former President R. Venkataraman.
• Actor - filmmaker Feroz Khan.
• Noted producer - director Prakash Mehra.
• Theatre legend Habib Tanvir.
• Icon of Indian classical music DK Pattammal.
• Doyen of Hindustani vocal music Gangubai Hangal.
• Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.
• Noted lyricist Gulshan Bawra.
• Ex - BCCl chief Raj Singh Dungarpur.
• Popular Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan.