2004 in India

Table of contents

1 Events

1.1 Politics
1.2 Sports
1.3 Terrorism
1.4 Culture
1.5 Pollution
1.6 Miscellaneous

2 Deaths
3 Observances

Events

January 17 - The national executive of the BJP meets at Hyderabad.
January 17 - P.A. Sangma quits the Nationalist Congress Party and decides to ally with the ruling National Democratic Alliance.
January 28 - BJP president Venkaiah Naidu elected for 3 year term.
January 29 - Congress president Sonia Gandhi meets DMK supremo Karunanidhi to finalise their electoral pact which also includes the MDMK, PMK and the Left parties in the state.
July 14 - Lalu Prasad Yadav, amidst walkouts by the opposition in both houses ordered a high-level departmental inquiry into the Godhra tragedy in 2002.
July 18 - UP BJP chief Vinay Katiyar resigns from his post on the direction of the party high command.

January 28 - Former all-rounder Robin Singh appointed coach of the under-19 Indian cricket team for the junior World Cup to be played in Bangladesh in April.
March 24 - India win the ODI cricket series in Pakistan.
April 2 - India win the 1st Test Match.

January 28 - The Border Security Force busts a hideout of pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen in Pulwama district of south Kashmir and recovers a "huge quantity" of ammunition and explosives. Acting on a tip-off, the security personnel raided the hideout at Remu village in the early hours and recovered around 12,000 rounds of AK ammunition, 2.5 kg RDX and three grenades according to a BSF spokesman.

March 4 - The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) refused to clear a project of Pepsi to expand their plant to triple production in Chembur, Mumbai on the grounds that the expansion will have a polluting effect on the environment.

January 28 - Commerce minister Arun Jaitley announced the Cabinet decision to free gold and silver imports from all restrictions.
January 28 - The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court fixed February 23 for further hearing of te revision petition filed against deputy prime minister L. K. Advani's discharge in the Babri Masjid demolition case by a special CBI court at Rae Bareli.
February - T S Krishnamurthy is appointed Chief Election Commissioner of India
April 6 - The biggest ever Indo-French naval exercise Varuna 2004 gets underway off the coast of Goa.
June 1 - Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti appointed Chief Justice of India.
August 1 - The senior citizen savings scheme offering a "high" nine percent taxable return is expected to be launched.

The major Muslim festivals are also observed as holidays in India. (Id, Muharram etc.)