Events in the year 2011 in the Republic of India .
Incumbents
Governors
Events
National income - ₹ 87,363,287 million
January - June
1 January -
6 January - Union Home Ministry publishes Srikrishna committee on Telangana online.[ 4]
14 January- 102 pilgrims dies due to stampede in Sabarimala (Kerala ).[ 5]
20 January - Prime Minister of India , Dr. Manmohan Singh launches Mobile number portability in India.[ 6]
21 January - Karnataka Governor sanctions prosecution of CM B.S.Yeddyurappa .[ 7]
following submission of its report.[ 8]
25 January - Yashwant Sonawane , Additional District Collector of Malegaon burnt alive by oil mafia at Manmad near Nashik (Maharashtra ).[ 9]
Suresh Kalmadi sacked as Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee.[ 10] Former Telecom Minister A.Raja sent to Tihar Jail in 2G spectrum case .[ 11]
Bombay High Court upholds death penalty for Ajmal Kasab .[ 12] Ahmedabad court convicts 31, acquits 63 in Godhra train burning case.[ 13] 34th National Games Held in Ranchi , Jharkhand .[ 14] 22 February - Kidnapped Malkangiri Collector released by Maoists.[ 15]
3 March - Supreme Court strikes down CVC PJ Thomas ' appointment.[ 16]
The Prime Minister of India , Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of Pakistan , Mr. Yousuf Raza Gilani watching the Indo-Pak World Cup semi-final, at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium , in Mohali on March 30, 2011. Manmohan Singh and PM Gilani of Pakistan engage in cricket diplomacy on the occasion of India-Pakistan semi final match in Cricket World Cup 2011 .[ 17] Supreme Court dismisses Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea.[ 18]
Hasan Ali remanded to judicial custody.[ 19] Saina Nehwal clinches Swiss Open Grand Prix .[ 20] DGCA revokes licenses of 14 fake pilots.[ 21] Census 2011 shows increase of 181 million in total population.[ 22] 2 April – India beat Sri Lanka and wins the 2011 Cricket World Cup . 30 April - Dorjee Khandu , Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh since 2007, dies in a helicopter crash.
Anna Hazare undertakes fast for Jan Lokpal Bill at Jantar Mantar , New Delhi .Supreme Court grants bail to civil rights activist Binayak Sen .[ 23]
Visit of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand to India.
Five corporate honchos (Sanjay Chandra of Unitech ; Gautam Doshi, Surender Pipara and Hari Nair of Reliance ADAG ; Vinod Goenka of Swan Telecom ) arrested in 2G spectrum case .[ 24]
2011 I-League 2nd Division ends.
Mamata Banerjee sworn in as the first woman and 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal.[ 25] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announces aid of ₹ 225 billion for African countries to develop infrastructure facilities on the eve of IInd Indo-Africa summit . J.Jayalalithaa , Oommen Chandy , Tarun Gogoi and N. Rangaswamy takes over as Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu , Kerala , Assam and Puducherry respectively, as a result of assembly elections.Supreme Court quashes Karnataka Speaker's decision to disqualify 16 MLA's .[ 26]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel conferred Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 2009 by President Pratibha Patil .[ 27] India ratifies UN protocol against human trafficking .[ 28] Chennai Super Kings win the IPL for the second consecutive time.2010–11 I-League : Salgaocar FC won the title by beating JCT FC 2-0 in the final match of the season.30 May - West Bengal defeats Manipur to win Santosh Trophy
Senior journalist and investigations editor with English newspaper 'Mid-Day ', J. Dey , is shot dead in Mumbai .[ 29] [ 30]
Election Commission of India launches the IIDEM (India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management).[ 31]
June - December
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key visits India.[ 32]
India gets first e-waste management rules. [ 33] India ranks 123rd on the global environment index .[ 34] Supreme Court appoints committee to examine the secret chambers of Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple , Kerala.
26 killed in a series of bomb-blasts in Mumbai .[ 35]
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) agreement signed.[ 36] India-Bangladesh ink border management deal.[ 37]
18 July – India's 25th nuclear power plant being built at Rawatbhata , Rajasthan .[ 38] Newly formed National Green Tribunal (NGT) conducts its first sitting.[ 39] Reserve Bank of India issues draft guidelines for new bank licences.[ 40] Nation celebrates Independence Day on 15 August.[ 41]
Parliament passes sense of the house resolution on Lokpal bill .[ 42] Sustainable Competitiveness Report 2011 presented, Delhi is first.[ 43]
6.8 earthquake in Sikkim , tremors across India on 18 September.[ 44] Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 presented in lok sabha.[ 45] PM Manmohan Singh visits Dhaka on a landmark visit.[ 46]
2011 Durand Cup 2011 Indian Federation Cup 1 September - Bhanwari Devi murder case [ 47]
F1 2011 Race comes to India at the Buddh International Circuit , Noida .[ 48] 7 billionth baby born on 31 October 2011, Nargis in Uttar Pradesh .[ 49] Saving Bank Interest rate decontrolled by RBI .[ 50]
National Manufacturing Policy cleared by Cabinet.[ 51]
Planning Commission releases the second India Human Development Report (HDR) 2011.[ 52] President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai , visits India.[ 53]
Chhattisgarh police superintendent Ankit Garg is accused of the torture of schoolteacher and alleged Naxalite Soni Sori .[ 54] Maoist leader Kishenji killed in encounter in West Bengal .[ 55]
Companies Bill and Pension Bill cleared by Cabinet.[ 56]
Indian representative elected to head the Joint Inspection Unit , the UN's only external oversight body.[ 57]
India ranks 134th on UN Human Development Index .[ 58] Longest rail (4286 km) of India, Vivek Express , is flagged off.[ 59] Sonia Gandhi (11th) and Manmohan Singh (19th) figures among the top 20 most powerful people on earth in the Forbes list.[ 60] More than 50 killed in fire accident at AMRI hospital , Kolkata .[ 61]
14 December - More than 150 dies due to West Bengal hooch tragedy [ 62] [ 63]
Court directs 21 social networking websites to take off offensive content.[ 64]
Lok Sabha passes Lokpal Bill, Hazare cancels fast due to lukewarm response at Mumbai.[ 65] [ 66] 30 December - Cyclone Thane makes landfall andclaims 33 lives in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry .[ 67]
Date unknown
Sports
Athletics
3 January – National School Athletics Meet begin at Pune
Domestic season
International
Test matches
India – South Africa 3 Test Series, December 2010 – January 2011 (Result Drawn 1-1).[ 68]
India – West Indies 3 Test Series, June – July 2011 (Result India 1-0).[ 69]
India – England 4 Test Series, July – August 2011 (Result England 4-0).[ 70]
West Indies – India 3 Test Series, November 2011 (Result India 2-0).[ 71]
India – Australia 4 Test Series, December 2011 – January 2012 (Result Australia 4-0).[ 72] One Day matches
India – South Africa 5 match Series, January 2011 (Result South Africa 3-2).[ 73]
Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of Pakistan , Mr. Yousuf Raza Gilani interacting with the Indian Cricket Team before the World Cup semi-final match, at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium, in Mohali on March 30, 2011. ICC world cup 2011 defeating Sri Lanka in finals.[ 74] India – West Indies 5 match Series, June 2011 (Result India 3-2).[ 75]
India – England 5 match Series, September 2011 (Result England 3-0).
England – India 5 match Series, October 2011 (Result India 5-0).[ 76]
West Indies – India 5 match Series, November – December 2011 (Result India 4-1).[ 77] T-20 matches
West Indies v India at Port of Spain – 4 June 2011.[ 78]
England v India at Manchester – 31 August 2011.[ 79]
India v England at Kolkata – 29 October 2011.[ 80]
Senior
Youth
Deaths
2 January – Bali Ram Bhagat , 88, politician, member of the Indian National Congress (INC), and former Lok Sabha speaker[ 81]
10 January – Vivek Shauq , 47, actor, comedian, writer, and singer[ 82]
17 January – Gita Dey , 79, Bengali actress (born 1931)
21 January – E. V. V. Satyanarayana , 54, film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1956)
24 January – Bhimsen Joshi , 88, Hindustani Classical vocalist (born 1922)[ 83]
28 January – Sushil Kumar Dhara , 99, revolutionary in British India and a political leader after Indian Independence in 1947 (born 1911)
3 February – Machan Varghese , 50, Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist (born 1960)
12 February – Vipindas , 72, cinematographer and director (born 1938)
19 February – Suresh Babu , 58, long jumper (born 1953)
20 February – Malaysia Vasudevan , 66, actor and playback singer (born 1944)
21 February
Aranmula Ponnamma , 96, Malayalam film actress (born 1914)Premananda , 59, religious guru and monk who founded the Premananda ashram (born 1951)
23 February
24 February – Anant Pai (Uncle Pai), 81, educationalist and comics writer (born 1929)
1 March – Fateh Singh Rathore , 72, wildlife conservationist (born 1938)
3 March
4 March – Arjun Singh , 80, politician (born 1930)
10 March – Baliram Kashyap , 74, politician (born 1936)
12 March – Kumar Indrajitsinhji , 73, cricketer (born 1937)
19 March – Navin Nischol , 65, actor (born 1946)
20 March – Bob Christo , Indian actor of Australian origin (born 1938)
1 April – Varkey Vithayathil , 83, cardinal and religious leader (born 1927)
3 April – Rafique Alam , 81, politician (born 1929)
5 April – Sujatha , 58, actress (born 1952)
12 April – Sachin Bhowmick , 80, Hindi film writer and director (born 1930)
17 April – Bhawani Singh , 79, titular Maharaja of Jaipur (born 1931)
22 April – Madhava Gudi , 72, Hindustani classical vocalist (born 1941)
24 April – Sathya Sai Baba , 84, guru, spiritual leader & educator (born 1926)
30 April – Dorjee Khandu , 56, politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1955)
13 May – Badal Sarkar , 85, dramatist and theatre director (born 1925)
15 May – Mahendra Singh Tikait , 76, farmer leader and President of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (born 1935)
3 June – Bhajan Lal , 80, politician and three-time Chief Minister of Haryana (born 1930)
7 June – Nataraja Ramakrishna , 88, dance guru (born 1923)
M.F. Hussain M. F. Husain , 95, painter (born 1915)[ 84] 11 June – Jyotirmoy Dey , 55, journalist, crime and investigations editor for Mid-Day, and an expert on the Mumbai underworld (born 1955)
14 June – Asad Ali Khan , 74, musician (born 1937)
18 June – John Perumattam , 89, Catholic hierarch (born 1921)
21 June
29 June – K. D. Sethna , 106, poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (born 1904)
2 July – Chaturanan Mishra , 86, politician and trade unionist (born 1925)
6 July – Mani Kaul , 66, film director (born 1944)
Shammi Kapoor Shammi Kapoor , 79, actor (born 1931)18 August – Johnson Master , 58, film score composer and music director (born 1953)
22 September – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi , 70, cricketer (born 1941)
Jagjit Singh Jagjit Singh , 70, ghazal singer, composer, musician (born 1941)5 November – Bhupen Hazarika , 85, playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor, filmmaker, and politician from Assam (born 1926)
9 November – Har Gobind Khorana , Indian-born American Nobel biochemist (born 1922)
27 November – Ustad Sultan Khan , 71, sarangi player and classical vocalist (born 1940)
Dev Anand Dev Anand , 88, actor, writer, director, and producer (born 1923)25 December – Satyadev Dubey , 75, actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director (born 1936)
26 December – S. Bangarappa , 79, former Chief Minister of Karnataka (born 1933)
Major Public Holidays
See also
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