Events in the year 2006 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

* President of India: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam *

Prime Minister of India The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the ...

Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh (; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian politician, economist and statesman who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indir ...

* Vice President of India – Bhairon Singh Shekhawat *

Chief Justice of India The chief justice of India (IAST: ) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India as well as the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Judiciary. The Constitution of India grants power to the president of India to appoint, in consultation w ...

– Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal

Governors

* Andhra Pradesh – Sushilkumar Shinde (until 29 January), Rameshwar Thakur (starting 29 January) * Arunachal Pradesh –

Shilendra Kumar Singh Shilendra Kumar Singh or S.K. Singh (24 January 1932 – 1 December 2009) was an Indian diplomat. He was Governor of Arunachal Pradesh from December 2004 to September 2007 and Governor of Rajasthan from September 2007 until he died in office in ...

* Assam –

Ajai Singh Lieutenant general (Retd) Ajai Singh PVSM, AVSM (born 20 November 1934) was the Governor of Assam state in India, from 2003 to 2008. He is also the chairman of the North Eastern Council (NEC). Early life and career Born on 20 November 19 ...

* Bihar – Buta Singh *

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

– Krishna Mohan Seth * Goa –

S. C. Jamir Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir (born 17 October 1931
PTI (''The Hindu''), 19 July 2008.) is an Indian polit ...

* Gujarat – Nawal Kishore Sharma * Haryana – Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai * Himachal Pradesh – Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje *

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

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Syed Sibtey Razi Syed Sibtey Razi (7 March 1939 – 20 August 2022) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress who served as the governor of Assam and Jharkhand, in addition to also serving as the Deputy Home minister of India. Early ...

* Jharkhand – S. K. Sinha * Karnataka –

T. N. Chaturvedi Tirlok Nath Chaturvedi''’ (12 January 1928-5 January 2020), was a member of the 1950 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He held several important positions in the Government of Rajasthan and the Government of India including Co ...

* Kerala –

R. L. Bhatia Raghunandan Lal Bhatia (3 July 1920 – 14 May 2021) was an Indian politician. He was the Governor of Kerala from 23 June 2004 to 10 July 2008, and was the Governor of Bihar from 10 July 2008 to 28 June 2009. He signed the Border Peace and Tran ...

* Madhya Pradesh –

Balram Jakhar Balram Jakhar (23 August 1923 – 3 February 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Early life and education Jakhar ...

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

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S.M. Krishna Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (born 1 May 1932) is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs (India), Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 16th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to ...

* Manipur – Shivinder Singh Sidhu * Meghalaya –

M.M. Jacob M. M. Jacob (9 August 1926 – 8 July 2018), in full Mundakkal Mathew Jacob, was an Indian people, Indian politician, working in Indian National Congress. He married Achamma Kunnuthara from Tiruvalla, Kerala (since deceased) and had four daugh ...

* Mizoram –

Amolak Rattan Kohli Amolak Rathan Kohli (born 3 November 1942) is a former governor of the Indian state of Mizoram. He served as governor of Mizoram from 2001 to 2006. Kohli is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, a graduate from its first MBA ...

(until 24 July),

M. M. Lakhera Lieutenant General, Lt Gen (Retd.) Madan Mohan Lakhera, PVSM, AVSM, Vishisht Seva Medal, VSM (born 21 October 1937) is the former Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of states of India, Governor of the Indian state of Mizoram. He held that positio ...

(starting 24 July) * Nagaland – Shyamal Datta * Odisha – Rameshwar Thakur * Punjab – Sunith Francis Rodrigues * Rajasthan – Pratibha Patil * Sikkim – ** until 12 July: V. Rama Rao ** 13 July-12 August: R.S. Gavai ** starting 12 August: V. Rama Rao * Tamil Nadu – Surjit Singh Barnala * Tripura – Dinesh Nandan Sahay * Uttar Pradesh –

T. V. Rajeswar T. V. Rajeswar (28 August 1926 in Salem, Tamil Nadu – 14 January 2018 in New Delhi) was an Indian Police Service officer, an Intelligence Bureau chief and a Governor of Sikkim, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. He was awarded the Padma Vibhusha ...

* Uttarakhand –

Sudarshan Agarwal Sudarshan Agarwal (19 June 1931 – 3 July 2019). was an Indian civil servant who served as Governor of Uttarakhand (2003–2007) and Sikkim (2007–2008).

* West Bengal – Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Events

* National income - 42,546,290 million * 2 January – Rajnath Singh assumed office as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief. * 7–9 January –

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (, English: Non-Resident Indian Day) is a celebratory day observed (starting in 2003) on 9 January by the Republic of India to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community towards the development of India. The ...

was organized in Hyderabad. * 26 January –

Saudi Saudi may refer to: * Saudi Arabia * Saudis, people from Saudi Arabia * Saudi culture, the culture of Saudi Arabia * House of Saud The House of Saud ( ar, آل سُعُود, ʾĀl Suʿūd ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is c ...

monarch King Abdullah was chief guest at

Republic Day parade The Delhi Republic Day parade is the largest and most important of the parades marking the Republic Day celebrations in India. The parade takes place every year on 26 January at Rajpath, New Delhi. It is the main attraction of India's Republic ...

in New Delhi. * 2–5 March – President of the United States, George W. Bush visited India. The United States signed a landmark nuclear deal with India pending approval from the US Congress and Indian Parliament. * 7 March –

2006 Varanasi bombings In March 2006, the Indian city of Varanasi witnessed a series of bombings in which at least 28 people were reportedly killed and 101 injured. Varanasi is considered holy by Hindus and is one of the oldest living city in the world. In June 20 ...

: A terrorist attack in Varanasi killed at least 15 people and left more than 50 injured. * 10 April – Fire at Brand India Fair at Meerut Victoria Park in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, killed 100. * May – Medical doctors started a strike against central government decision on reservation for in Medical Institution. * 6 July – The

Nathula Pass Nathu La (, ) is a mountain pass in the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between China's Yadong County in Tibet, and the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal in Bengal, South Asia. The pass, at , connects the towns of Kalimpong and Gangtok ...

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 The 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts on 11 July. They took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial capit ...

: A series of coordinated bomb attacks struck several commuter trains in Mumbai, India during the evening rush hour. * 29 August – A 90% iron

meteorite A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the ...

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. * 20 November – 2006 West Bengal train disaster: A suspected terrorist attack killed five people on a train in a remote area of West Bengal.

Births

*29 May – Gukesh Dommaraju, Grandmaster

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) *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 Kanshi Ram (15 March 1934 – 9 October 2006), also known as Bahujan Nayak or Manyavar or Saheb, was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Bahujans, the backward or lower caste ...

, politician and founder of

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

(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

References

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