2009 in India

2009
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India

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Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 2009 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

Photo Post Name
India President Pratibha Patil
India Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
India Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
India 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

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.
  • 9 July – The death toll from a mass poisoning involving home-brewed alcohol in Gujarat rises to 71.
  • 12 July – Five people are killed and several injured in India after a bridge being constructed for the Delhi Metro collapses.
  • 20 July – Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving gunman in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, pleads guilty in an Indian court, ending months of denials.
  • 20 July – India and the United States sign a defence pact.
  • 26 July – India launches its first nuclear submarine, the INS Arihant.
  • 6 August – An Indian court sentences to death three people for carrying out bombings that killed more than 50 people in Mumbai in 2003.
  • 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.
  • 1 September – An outbreak of diarrhoea in Orissa, kills at least 26 people and hospitalises 237.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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.
  • 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.
  • 19 October – VA Shiva Ayyadurai publishes report alleging CSIR corruption.
  • 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.
  • 6 November – At least 34 people are killed and 29 are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh.
  • 22 November – At least seven people are killed and more than 55 injured in a bombing in Assam, northeastern India.
  • 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.
  • 13 December – India successfully test fires its nuclear-capable "Dhanush" missile off the Orissa coast.

Deaths

R. Venkataraman

See also


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