Events in March 2005
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Mar. 1
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Both the Houses of the Parliament are adjourned without transacting business following the Opposition protest over the dismissal of the Manohar Parrikar Government in Goa. |
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Mar. 2
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The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader, Shibu Soren, is sworn in Jharkhand Chief Minister by the Governor, Syed Sibtey Razi. |
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The Tamil Nadu Finance Minister, C. Ponnaiyan, presents a tax-free budget benefiting a large section. |
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Parliament proceedings are stalled by the NDA over Jharkhand. |
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Mar. 4
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President’s rule is imposed on Goa and the Assembly kept under suspended animation, even after the Pratapsingh Rane Government wins the trust vote. |
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Both Houses of the Parliament are adjourned without business for the fourth straight day following the Opposition protest over developments in Jharkhand and Goa. |
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The visiting Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, wants ‘long-term relationship’ with India in the oil sector. |
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Mar. 5
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The Congress MP from Rohtak, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, is sworn in Haryana Chief Minister by the Governor, A.R. Kidwai, in Chandigarh. |
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India and Venezuela sign six agreements even as the Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, calls it a historic day. |
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Mar. 6
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The Tarapur 540 Mwe reactor attains criticality announcing India’s coming of age in nuclear power. |
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Simplify language of law to make legal awareness a reality for common man, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, launching the National Legal Literacy Mission, in New Delhi. |
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Mar. 7
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Bihar is brought under President’s rule following the stalemate in Government formation. |
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Mar. 9
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Shiva Sena leader, Sanjay Nirupam, quits party. |
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The Supreme Court orders a composite floor test in the Jharkhand Assembly and videorecording of the proceedings. |
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Mar. 10
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The former Karnataka Chief Minister, S. Bangarappa, resigns his Lok Sabha seat and joins the Samajwadi Party. |
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The Maharashtra Minister for Higher and Technical Education, Suresh Dada Jain, resigns from the Cabinet following his indictment by the Justice P.B. Sawant Commission. |
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Mar. 11
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The Jharkhand Chief Minister, Shibu Soren, resigns after his Government fails to comply with the Supreme Court directive to obtain the trust vote in the Assembly. The House is adjourned six times in a day of high drama. |
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The Maharashtra Labour Minister, Nawab Malik quits. He is among four Ministers of the earlier Democratic Front being probed by the Sawant Commission. |
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Justice G.N. Ray is appointed the Press Council Chairman for a three-year term. |
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Mar. 12
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The Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Arjun Munda, is sworn in Jharkhand Chief Minister, by the Governor, Syed Sibtey Razi. |
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Mizoram people donate a big consignment of bamboos for the tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu. |
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The Congress President, Sonia Gandhi, flags off a march from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Dandi March. (It lasted 26 days). |
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Mar. 13
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The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, becomes the first civilian to set foot on the Kaman bridge, after the Jhelum Valley Cart Road as it was then known was abandoned in 1956. |
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Mar. 14
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The Darjeeling Gorkha Autonomous Hill Council (Amendment) Bill, 2005, is passed by voice vote in the West Bengal Assembly. |
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Hearing in the Rs. 66.05-crore “disproportionate wealth case” against the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa begins before a special court in Bangalore. |
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Mar. 15
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The Arjun Munda-led National Democratic Alliance Ministry proves majority in the Jharkhand Assembly. Earlier, Inder Singh Namdhari is elected Speaker. |
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The Justice Sawant Commission holds social activist, Anna Hazare, and Padmasinh Patil, a Minister in the previous Democratic Front Government guilty of corruption. |
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Mar. 16
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The century-old Kilpauk Cemetery in Chennai will be closed for fresh burials from April 1 for want of space. |
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Mar. 17
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National Commission for the Socially and the Economically Backward Sections among the Religious and Linguistic Minorities constituted. |
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Mar. 18
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The U.S. Embassy denies diplomatic visa to the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narenda Modi and cancels tourist visa for “severe violations of religious freedom.” |
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The Patents (Amendment) Bill, 2005, is introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
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The G-20 summit in New Delhi sets a five-year timeframe for abolition of export subsidies by rich nations. Uruguay joins the grouping as the 21st member. |
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Mar. 19
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Tamil Writer, D. Jayakanthan (71) is selected for the 38th Jnanpith Award for 2002. He is the second Tamil author after P.V. Akhilondam (11th Jnanpith Award, 1964) to receive the honour. |
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The G-20 ministerial meeting ratifies Uruguay’s inclusion as a member and adopts a logo for itself. |
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The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation forays into the automobile fuels retailing business with the commissioning of its first retail outlet (Oval RelaxTop) in Mangalore. |
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Mar. 20
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The Supreme Court’s March 9 order on Jharkhand is “disturbing” and has “distorted” the “whole constitutional scheme of governance”, says the Speaker, Somnath Chatterjee, at the Emergent Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies, in New Delhi. |
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Mar. 21
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“Developmental politics”, not “political politics” need of the hour, says the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam after presenting the Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards for 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 to the former Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, the HRD Minister, Arjun Singh, the former External Affairs Minister, Jaswant Singh and the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi. |
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The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill 2005, is introduced in the Lok Sabha. |
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India is “at a cusp in its developmental trajectory”, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh while inaugurating the Punjab, Haryana and Delhi Chamber of Commerce Centenary Celebrations in New Delhi. |
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The United Breweries Group acquires a 55.54 per cent stake in the Chhabria-controlled Shaw Wallace And Company for Rs. 1,300 crores making it the second largest spirit company in the world. |
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Mar. 22
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The Lok Sabha passes the third Patents (Amendments) Bill 2005. |
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Banking services all over the nation are hit as 10 lakh staff strike work protesting against the proposed merger of public sector banks and rise in FDI. |
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A unique rainfall and yield based insurance scheme for coffee growers is unveiled, in New Delhi. |
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Mar. 23
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Parliament approves the Third Patents (Amendment) Bill 2005 with the Rajya Sabha passing it by voice vote. |
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Mar. 24
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The Centre extends by another three months the term of the Justice Liberhan Commission probing the sequence of events leading to the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992. |
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The 1,000 km India-Pakistan Peace March from New Delhi to Multan is flagged off. |
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Mar. 27
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The Maldives President, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, arrives in New Delhi on a six-day official visit. |
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Amrita Thapar (23) is declared Pond’s Femina Miss India-Universe 2005, in Mumbai. Sindura Gadde (20) and Niharika Singh (22) are crowned Miss India World and Miss India Earth. |
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Mar. 28
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R.K. Laxman, Dr. Karan Singh, Dr. Mohan Dharia are among eight persons given the Padma Vibhushan awards. Manna Dey, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw of Biocon fame and Yash Raj Chopra among 28 Padma Bhusham awardees. Gladys Staines, Mammen Mathew and Shobhana Bhartia among 55 Padma Shri recipients. |
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Mar. 29
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D.N. Tripathi, former Head of the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Gorakhpur University, named Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research. |
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Vijay Nambiar, India's former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has been appointed deputy National Security Adviser. |
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The Union Cabinet amends the Factories Act, 1948, enabling women employees to work late-night shifts. |
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Mar. 30
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The Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai finds a place in the World Heritage List. |
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Mar. 31
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The Haryana Agriculture Minister, Surender Singh (58) (son of the former Chief Minister, Bansi Lal) and the Power Minister and industrialist, O.P. Jindal are killed after their helicopter crashes near Mehnge village in Saharnpur, Uttar Pradesh. |
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Chargesheet copies in the Sankararaman murder case are given to the 24 accused, including the Kanchi Acharyas. |
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