Events in October 2004
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Oct. 1
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Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay takes over as Director General Medical Service becoming the IAF's first woman Air Marshal. |
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The Industrial Development Bank of India becomes a deemed banking company. |
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Oct. 2
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Fortyfive persons are killed and 150 injured in a series of bomb blasts and firing by militants in Nagaland and Assam. |
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Oct. 3
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Twelve persons are killed and 58 injured as blasts rock Assam. |
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Oct. 4
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The Centre winds up the Tehelka panel and orders CBI probe into allegations of corruption. |
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Oct. 5
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India and South Korea sign an extradition treaty in the presence of the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh and the visiting President, Roh Moo-Hyun, in New Delhi. |
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Oct. 7
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Circumstances not ripe for signing NPT, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh at a joint press meet with the visiting German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, in New Delhi. |
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Ela Ramesh Bhatt, founder general secretary of the Self Employed Women's Association is presented with the Fifth Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management. |
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Sixtyfive per cent polling in Arunachal Pradesh. |
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Oct. 9
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Sixtyone persons are killed in flash floods in Assam's Goalpara district. |
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Oct. 11
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The Congress retains power in Arunachal Pradesh winning 34 seats in the 60-member Assembly. |
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Oct. 13
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Fiftyfive per cent polling in Maharashtra. |
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Actress Sharmila Tagore is appointed Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification. |
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Oct. 14
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The CPI(ML) People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India merge to form a new "unified" Communist Party of India (Maoist). |
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The Tata group signs a $2 billion investment deal with Bangladesh. |
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Oct. 15
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The Andhra Pradesh Government and naxals agree on ceasefire after path-breaking talks, in Hyderabad. |
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Oct. 16
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The Congress-NCP combine retains Maharashtra winning 141 seats in the 288-member Assembly. |
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Gegong Apang is sworn as the 10th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for a record seventh time. |
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Oct. 18
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The forest brigand Veerappan is shot dead by the Tamil Nadu STF in Dharmapuri district in "Operation Cocoon". |
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M. Venkaiah Naidu quits as the BJP president and L. K. Advani takes over the party reins. |
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Oct. 20
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The Union Cabinet decides to raise the Foreign Direct Investment limit in domestic airlines to 49 per cent. |
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The UPA Government unveils the State Wide Area Network Policy (SWAN) to give the nation an effective system of e-governance. |
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Oct. 23
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Non-proliferation regime is putting curbs on responsible powers, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, after inaugurating work on the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam near Chennai. |
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Oct. 25
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Madan Lal Khurana quits as Rajasthan Governor. |
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The self-styled godman Chandraswami is acquitted in the St. Kitts forgery case. |
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India, Myanmar sign pact aimed at denying sanctuary to anti-India militant groups operating out of Myanmar. |
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Oct. 27
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves the proposal for the creation of an Investment Commission. |
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Oct. 28
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The Bihar Governor, Rama Jois resigns. |
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Oct. 29
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The Tamil Nadu Governor, P. S. Ramamohan Rao resigns. |
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Oct. 30
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The Andhra Pradesh Governor, Surjit Singh Barnala, is appointed Tamil Nadu Governor. The former Maharashtra Chief Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde is named A.P. Governor. |
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Oct. 31
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Air Chief Marshal S. P. Tyagi is named the next IAF chief. |
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Filmmaker Shyam Benegal is presented with the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration, in New Delhi. |
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