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 Karnataka Assembly. 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

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-Mar Jhina 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-Apr Ode 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.

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-Jun Calcutta 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

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-Aug Vijay 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.

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-Sep Assam 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

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-Nov IK 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