2004 in India

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Events in the year 2004 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India: Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
• Prime Minister of India: Atal Bihari Vajpayee to 22 May Manmohan Singh
• Vice President of India - Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
• Chief Justice of India –
  • until 2 May – V. N. Khare
  • 2 May-1 June – S. Rajendra Babu
  • starting 1 June – Ramesh Chandra Lahoti

Events

• National income - ₹31,863,319 million

Arts and literature

• 12 November – Veer-Zaara is released in Indian cinemas and is a huge blockbuster.

Sport

• 28 January – 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.
• 24 March – India win the ODI cricket series in Pakistan.
• 2 April – India win the 1st Test Match.
• 10 October – Australia wins First Test Match between India and Australia by 217 runs.
• 18 October – Second Test Match between India and Australia drawn because of rain.

Births

• 3 May – Ashnoor Kaur, actor
• 27 November - Anikha Surendran, actress

Deaths

• 9 January – Nissim Ezekiel, poet, playwright and art critic (b. 1924).
• 31 January – Suraiya, actress and singer (b. 1929).
• 23 February
  • Vijay Anand, filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor and actor (b. 1934).
  • Sikander Bakht, politician (b. 1918).
• 24 February - Rajiv Goswami, Anti - Mandal protester (b.1971)
• 26 February – Shankarrao Chavan, politician and twice Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1920).
• 5 March – Jaggayya, actor (b. 1928).
• 7 April – Kelucharan Mohapatra, Odissi dancer and guru (b. 1926).
• 17 April – Soundarya, actress (b. 1971).
• 27 April – J. V. Somayajulu, actor (b. 1928).
• 1 May – Ram Prakash Gupta, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and governor of Madhya Pradesh (b. 1923).
• 16 May – Kamala Markandaya, novelist and journalist (b. 1924).
• 19 May – E. K. Nayanar, politician and three times Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1919).
• 2 June –
  • Dom Moraes, poet, writer and columnist (b. 1938).
  • Shrikant Jichkar, politician (b. 1954).
• 26 June – Yash Johar, film producer (b. 1929).
• 14 July – Swami Kalyandev, supercentenarian (b. 1876).
• 23 July – Mehmood, actor, director and producer (b. 1932).
• 29 July – Nafisa Joseph, model, MTV VJ, Miss India 1997 (b. 1979).
• 31 July – Allu Rama Lingaiah, actor (b. 1922).
• 2 August – V. Balakrishnan, writer and translator (b. 1932).
• 15 August – Amarsinh Chaudhary, politician and Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941).
• 23 September – Raja Ramanna, nuclear scientist (b. 1925).
• 28 September – Mulk Raj Anand, novelist in English (b. 1905).
• 29 September – Balamani Amma, poet (b. 1909).
• 11 October – Gulshan Rai, film producer and distributor (b. 1924).
• 13 October – Nirupa Roy, actress (b. 1931).
• 18 October – Veerappan, bandit (b. 1952).
• 11 December – M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic singer (b. 1916).
• 16 December – Laxmikant Berde, comic actor (b. 1954).
• 18 December – Vijay Hazare, cricketer (b. 1915).
• 23 December – P. V. Narasimha Rao, politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921).

Observances

The following events which are observed according to the Hindu calendar were observed on the following dates in 2004.

• Basant Panchami – 26 January
• Maha Shivratri – 18 February
• Holi – 6 March
• Ram Navami – 30 March
• Raksha Bandhan – 30 August
• Janmashtami – 7 September
• Ganesh Chaturthi – 18 September
• Dassera – 22 October
• Deepavali – 12 November

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2004 in India.

• Bollywood films of 2004

References