Events in September 2005
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Sep. 1
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I urge all Indians to think big. I urge them to unleash their creative potential… “India was on the cusp of a historic change,” says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, inaugurating the LIC golden jubilee fete in Lucknow. |
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A hydrogen-fuel powered autorickshaw makes its debut at the annual convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, in New Delhi. |
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Sep. 2
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The centre eases norms for Non-Resident Indian investment proposals. |
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The Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex hits an all-time intra-trade high of 7899-97 points. |
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The Government decides to divest eight per cent shareholding in Maruti Udyog Limited. |
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The Cabinet clears the setting up of a broadband wireless research centre in Chennai by French telecom major Alcatel and the Centre for Development of Telematics. |
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Sep. 3
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The complementarity of various Indian medicine systems must be explored and exploited to enrich every system, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh inaugurating the National Institute of Siddha at the Tambaram Sanatorium in Chennai. |
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Twentytwo CRPF jawans are killed in a powerful landmine blast triggered by naxalites in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh. |
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The poll panel announces a four-phase election in Bihar (on Oct.18, 26, Nov. 13 and 19). |
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Sep. 4
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The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Arjun Singh, inaugurates the Second Children’s World Congress on Child Labour and Education, in New Delhi. |
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Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has been appointed to a 11-member body of the Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to choose a new Secretary General |
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Sep. 5
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The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, pledges to ensure a life of peace and dignity for the Jammu and Kashmir people after talks with Hurriyat leaders in New Delhi. |
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Malayalm filmmaker, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, pioneer of the new wave cinema movement in Kerala is awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2004. |
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Sep. 6
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The Andhra Pradesh Government rejects Volkswagen payment of Rs. 11.67 crores citing the CBI probe into the scam. |
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The BJP disciplinary panel recommends the expulsion of the senior leader Madan Lal Khurana for six years. |
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The Centre clears a Rs. 8,000-crore submarine deal with France. |
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Sep. 7
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India and the European Union agree to promote a policy of “effective multilateralism” to address global challenges during the sixth Indo-E.U. summit in New Delhi. Framework agreement on participation in the Galileo satellite navigation system is signed. |
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The Government approves a Rs. 9,890-crore Indian Airlines-Airbus Industrie deal for purchase of 43 passenger jetliners. |
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Sep. 8
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India and Britain will cooperate in civilian nuclear technology, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh after holding talks with his British counterpart, Tony Blair, in New Delhi. |
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The Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex races past the 8050 mark to hit a new peak of 8060 on frenzied all round buying. |
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The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, releases the new Information Technology Enabled Services inaugurating the fifth edition of CONNECT 2005. |
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Sep. 9
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Hashim Abdul Halim, was on Friday elected chairman of the Executive Committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). Parliament Speaker Somnath Chatterjee elected Vice President. |
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Sep. 11
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The Aditya Birla group companies, Indo Gulf Fertilizers Ltd. and Birla Global Finance Ltd. merges with the Indian Rayon and Industries Ltd., to form “Aditya Birla Nuvo”. |
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Sep. 12
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India and Pakistan make history by repatriating 583 prisoners, the largest such mutual exchange during peacetime, at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost along the border. |
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The BJP revokes the expulsion of the senior leader Madan Lal Khurana. |
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The Sensex crosses the 8100-mark. |
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Sep. 13
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Noted social activist Nafisa Ali has been nominated as chairperson of the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) succeeding actress Raveena Tandon. |
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A major oil spill triggers a fire at an Oil India Limited well at Dikom in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district. |
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Sep. 14
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The Asom Gana Parishad splits and former Assam Chief Minister, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, floats the AGP (Progressive). |
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Tamil actor Vijaykanth launches his political party, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, at a function in Madurai. |
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Sep. 15
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Thirtytwo persons are killed on a series of blasts in two cracker factories in Khuszpur near Patna. |
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The Sensex hits a new high of 8283. |
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Sep. 16
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The Centre sets up a panel to probe the fire on ONGC’s Bombay High North processing platform on July 27. |
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Sep. 17
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Life imprisonment is rigorous imprisonment for life, rules the Supreme Court dismissing the plea of a verdict challenging his incarceration for more than 21 years. |
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Sep. 19
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The Karnataka High Court confirms death sentence for ‘godman’ Shraddananda for the 1991 murder of his wife Begum Shakereh Namazi granddaughter of Sir Mirza Ismail, former Dewan of Mysore. |
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Sep. 21
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International technology denial regimes have only spurred our scientists, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh at ISRO, Sriharikota and presents awards to 17 space scientists. |
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Sep. 22
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Sensex crashes by 265.50 points triggered by selling following reports of nationwide income tax raids on brokers. |
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Sep. 24
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Newspapers must contribute to a nation’s intellectual vibrancy, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, inaugurating the 125th anniversary fete of the English daily The Tribune in Chandigarh. |
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Sep. 25
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Health is an inalienable human right that everyone can justly claim, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, at the AIIMS Golden Jubilee fete in New Delhi. |
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Sep. 26
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The Congress registers a landslide win in the Andhra Pradesh municipal polls. |
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Sep. 27
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The LDF scores a landslide victory in Kerala’s civic polls. |
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The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, presents the Jnanpith award for 2002 to Tamil writer D. Jayakanthan, in New Delhi. |
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Sep. 28
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It is brain power that will determine our place in the comity of nations, says the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, after presenting the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awards to 21 scientists, in New Delhi. |
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The Sensex crosses the 8600-mark for the first time. |
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Sep. 29
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General strike hits normal life nationwide. |
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Thirty pilgrims are killed after their bus skids and falls into a gorge in Jammu’s Udhampur district. |
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Ibrahim Dar, mastermind of car bombings in Srinagar is shot dead by the police. |
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Sep. 30
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Nine persons are killed in police firing to disperse protest rallies by students bodies at Tura and Williamnagar in the Garo hills in Meghalaya against the move to restructure the Meghalaya Board of School Education. |
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The Janata Dal (Secular) splits. |
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