2006 in India explained
Events in the year 2006 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
Governors
Events
- National income - 42,546,290 million
January - June
July - December
- 6 July – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after 44 years.
- 11 July – 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings: A series of coordinated bomb attacks struck several commuter trains in Mumbai, India during the evening rush hour.
- 29 August – A 90% iron meteorite weighing 6.8 kilograms fell in Kanvarpura village in Rajasthan, near Rawatbhata, where the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station is located. It came to earth in the middle of the day and was found by two shepherds. Scientists from the Geological Survey of India rushed to the village to recover the object. The Deputy Director-General (western region) of the Geological Survey, R.S. Goyal, said that devastation on an "unimaginable scale" would have ensued had the meteorite struck the power station.[4]
- 20 November – 2006 West Bengal train disaster: A suspected terrorist attack killed five people on a train in a remote area of West Bengal.
- 3 September – A man who fell in the dangerous Guna Caves had survived and had been rescued by a man; his friend. the man came in a group of 11 from Manjummel, Kochi.
Deaths
- 3 January – Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande, physicist (born 1940).
- 3 February – Nadira, actress (born 1932).
- 8 February – Kuljeet Randhawa, Indian actress and former model (born 1976)[5]
- 25 March – Chandrakant Bakshi, author (born 1932).
- 28 March – Bansi Lal, Haryana's four time chief minister, and defence minister of India during Indian Emergency (1975 – 77) (born 1927)
- 12 April – Rajkumar, actor and singer (born 1929).
- 3 May – Pramod Mahajan, politician (born 1949).
- 5 May – Naushad Ali, musician and composer (born 1919).
- 8 July – Raja Rao, novelist and short story writer (born 1908).
- 21 August – Bismillah Khan, shehnai musician and Bharat Ratna winner (born 1916).
- 27 August – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, film director (born 1922).
- 24 September – Padmini, actress and dancer (born 1932).
- 9 October – Kanshi Ram, politician and founder of Bahujan Samaj Party (born 1934).
- 19 October- Srividya, South Indian actress (born 1953).
Observance
Following days of religious or cultural significance were observed in 2006.
- 13 January – Lohri, Punjab
- 13 January – Arudra Darisanam, Tamil Nadu
- 13–14 January – Bikaner Camel Festival
- 14 January – International Kite Festival, Ahmedabad and Jaipur
- 14 January – Uttarayan Kite Festival, Gujarat
- 16 January – Jallikattu festival, Alanganallur
- 16 January – Modhera Dance Festival, Modhera
- 31 January – Muharram
- 2 February – Basant Panchami
- 26 February – Maha Shiv Ratri
- 15 March – Holi
See also
Notes and References
- News: 2008-11-24 . CBI to reopen probe into Nanded blasts . The Economic Times . 2023-02-19 . 0013-0389.
- Web site: 2021-10-31 . Five times 'peaceful' Bengaluru turned irrationally violent 3 . . 2023-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211031162205/https://www.sify.com/news/five-times-peaceful-bengaluru-turned-irrationally-violent-imagegallery-3-features-qcerBaahhbheb.html . 31 October 2021 .
- News: Timeline of Singur Protests . .
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/meteorite-fall-in-rajasthan-village/article3071137.ece Meteorite fall in Rajasthan village
- Web site: Remembering Kuljeet Randhawa. Rao. Pavithra. entertainment.oneindia.in. 2008-07-23. dead. https://archive.today/20071019223234/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/television/top-stories/news/kuljeet-randhawa.html. 2007-10-19.