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Assembly polls records 61% turnout. his novel Hawthan.
survivor of the September 29, 2006 awardees. tempt of court notice against Justice Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Ze The Lok Sabha passes the Mater
massacre of four members of his fa The initial public oer of the C.S. Karnan of the Calcutta High liang resigns. nity Benet (Amendment) Bill,
mily in Khairlanji village in Maha Bombay Stock Exchange is sub Court for his "scurrilous" letters Feb. 21: Natarajan Chandraseka 2016, extending paid maternity
rashtra’s Bhandra district dies of a scribed 51.15 times. against sitting and retired judges. ran takes oce as Tata Sons leave to 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks,
heart attack in Nagpur. Jan. 26: India celebrates its 68th Feb. 9: India formally requests Chairman. to women working in the organised
Jan. 21: Over 39 passengers are Republic Day with a display of mili the U.K. to extradite absconding ty Feb. 22: Shurhozelie Liezietsu sector.
killed and 50 injured following the tary might. coon Vijay Mallya. takes oath as the 11th Chief Minister March 10: The Rajya Sabha pass
derailment of the engine and nine Jan. 28: Two cargo ships — MT The Supreme Court sends back to of Nagaland. es The Enemy Property (Amend
coaches of Hirakhand Express Maple and MT Dawn Kanchipuram jail real estate baron Gopal Ansal for Feb. 23: The fourth phase of U.P. ment and Validation) Bill, 2016.
bound for Bhubaneswar from Jag — collide at the outer anchorage of the death in 1997 of 59 persons in a March 11: The BJP gets three
dalpur near Kuneru railway station Kamarajar Port in Ennore, Chennai re at Uphaar Cinema in New Del fourths majority in Uttar Pradesh
in Vizianagaram district, Andhra leading to a massive spill of hazar hi’s Green Park area. His elder and Uttarakhand.
Pradesh. dous oil and LPG. brother Sushil is spared. In Punjab, the Congress returns
Jan. 23: As police move in to re Former Karnataka Chief Minister Feb. 11: The rst phase of Uttar to power after 10 years, winning 77
move protesters, the weeklong jalli- S.M. Krishna quits the Congress. Pradesh Assembly polls records a seats out of 117. Goa and Manipur de
kattu protests turn violent in many Jan. 29: Jats launch a stir for re 64.22% turnout. liver fractured mandates.
cities in Tamil Nadu. servation in government jobs in Feb. 13: The Karnataka Assembly March 13: Manohar Parikkar re
The Tamil Nadu Assembly at a Haryana. passes the Prevention of Cruelty to signs as Defence Minister.
special sitting passes the Prevention Jan. 31: The Supreme Court de Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Jeevanantham Muthukrishnan, a
of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu clines plea to stay the operation of Bill, 2017 to allow kambala and bul Crew members of Air India ight AI student of Jawaharlal Nehru Univer
Amendment) Bill, 2017. the new jallikattu law enacted by lock cart racing. 173, on arrival at IGI Airport, New sity commits suicide in New Delhi.
Jan. 25: NCP leader Shard Pawar, the Tamil Nadu government. Feb. 14: The Supreme Court sets Delhi. March 14: Manohar Parrikar is
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cryogenic engine technology and July 3: The ChinaIndia stando kaiah Naidu as candidate for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in
places in orbit the 3,136 kg GSAT19, over Beijing’s attempt to lay a road VicePresident poll. He resigns from augurates a memorial for former
a communication satellite, after lif in the Bhutanese territory at Doko the Cabinet. President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and
to from the Satish Dhawan Space La over the Zom Cheri ridge on June July 18: BSP chief Mayawati re unveils his statue at Pei Karumbu
Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra 16 continues for the 18th day. signs from the Rajya Sabha. near Rameswaram in Ramanathap
Pradesh. As many as 22 States, including Sensex sinks about 364 points to uram district, Tamil Nadu.
June 6: Five farmers are killed Delhi and West Bengal, abolish post its biggest singleday plunge in July 28: The Lok Sabha passes
and two critically injured in police checkposts. eight months and closes at the IIM Bill, 2017.
ring during a violent protest in The Supreme Court stays the 31,775.54. July 31: The Madras High Court
Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh. April 4, 2017 order of the Madurai July 19: T.R. Zeliang is sworn in dismisses an appeal against NEET
June 8: The Army is called out in Bench of the Madras High Court di as the Nagaland Chief Minister in and upholds the order of a single
Darjeeling as Gorkha Janmukti Mor Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister recting the Tamil Nadu Government place of Shurhozelie Liezietsu judge quashing the government not
cha supporters clash with the police Mehbooba Mufti meeting injured to extend crop loan waiver to all sacked by Governor B.P. Acharya. ication providing 85% quota for
and indulge in arson to protest Amarnath pilgrims in Anantnag. farmers, including those with land The Lok Sabha passes a Bill to de State board students.
against Bengali being made compul holdings above 5 acres. clare the IITs set up under the PPP The Max group and HDFC Life
sory in all schools in the state. cutta High Court judge is lodged in President gives assent to the Pre route as Institutes of National call o merger, announced in June
June 9: The Supreme Court the Presidency Jail in south Kolkata. vention of Cruelty to Animals (Kar Importance. 2016 following reservations by The
upholds validity of an IT law amend The Karnataka Assembly orders nataka) Amendment Bill, 2017 July 20: Ram Nath Kovind is de Insurance Regulatory and Develop
ment linking PAN with Aadhaar for oneyear jail term and a ne of July 6: Achal Kumar Joti takes clared elected as India’s 14th ment Authority of India .
ling tax returns and making Aad 10,000 each for two Kannada ta charge as the 21st Chief Election President. AUGUST
haar a must to apply for a PAN card. bloid editors, Ravi Belagere of Hai Commissioner. The Landmark IndiaJapan Aug. 1: Arvind Panagariya quits
June 10: Reviving the demand Bengaluru and Anil Raj of Yelahan- July 7: The Supreme Court freez Agreement for Cooperation in the as NITI Aayog ViceChairman.
for Gorkhaland, the Gorkha Jan ka Voice for breach of privilege. es the status of “legal persons” ac peaceful uses of civil nuclear energy Aug. 5: M. Venkaiah Naidu is
mukti Morcha calls for an indenite June 23: Punjab Excise (Amend corded to rivers Ganga and Yamuna enters into force. elected the 15th VicePresident of
shutdown. ment) Bill, 2017 to make way for li by the Uttarakhand High Court on July 21: Leader of the Opposition India.
June 11: Maharashtra agrees to quor sale near highways is passed March 20, 2017. in Gujarat Shankersinh Vaghela re Economist Dr. Rajiv Kumar is ap
grant a conditional farm loan waiver by the State Assembly. July 8: Ahmedabad is declared signs from the Congress. pointed NITI Aayog ViceChairman.
estimated at 25,000 crore. Ryots The ISRO launches 31 satellites, India’s rst World Heritage City by July 23: Shankersinh Vaghela re The marathon 78hour IT search
call o stir after 10 days. including 29 nano satellites from 14 the UNESCO. signs as the Leader of the Opposi against Karnataka Energy Minister
Sarvesh Mehtani from Panchku foreign nations on board the PSLVC July 9: The probe into the Adarsh tion in Gujarat. D.K. Shivakumar and rms allegedly
la, Haryana secures the rst rank in 38 rocket from the Satish Dhawan housing society scam in Mumbai in July 24: Compassion and em linked to him leads to the unearth
JEEAdvanced 2017. Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra dicts several senior military ocers, pathy the “true foundation” of In ing of undisclosed income of nearly
Justice C.S. Karnan of the Calcutta Pradesh. including two former Army chiefs, dia’s civilisation, says President Pra 300 crore.
High Court retires. Punjab’s Navdeep Singh tops the General Deepak Kapoor and Gener nab Mukherjee in his last address to Aug. 9: The Lok Sabha holds a
June 13: India raties two core NEET held on May 7 scoring a per al N.C. Vij. the nation as the head of state. special setting to mark the 75th an
conventions of ILO on child labour. centile of 99.99 with 697 marks out July 10: On a day when the Sen July 25: Ram Nath Kovind is niversary of the Quit India move
June 16: The government ga of total 720. sex gained 355 points to close at a sworn in the 14th President of India ment.
zettes a notication dated June 1 GJM president Bimal Gurung and new high of 31,715.64, trading at by CJI J.S. Khehar at a ceremony in Aug. 10: The Hindu Playwright
making Aadhaar mandatory to open all other elected members of the NSE, the country’s largest stock ex the Central Hall of Parliament. Award 2017 is presented to Gerish
bank accounts and to conduct a Gorkhaland Territorial Council re change is stalled for three hours due July 26: The ruling coalition in Khemani and Akshat Nigam for
transaction of 50,000 or more. sign. to a technical glitch. Bihar collapses with Chief Minister their play In Search of Dariya Sagar
June 17: Violence escalates in June 24: Maharashtra Chief Mi Seven Amarnath pilgrims are Nitish Kumar submitting his resigna during the launch of the 13th edition
Darjeeling hills with three persons nister Devendra Fadnavis announc killed and 19 injured after a Gujarat
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tion to Governor Keshari Nath of The Hindu Theatre Fest in
killed and 35 security personnel in es a 34,000 crore farm loan waiver. registered bus carrying them is at Tripathi. Chennai.
jured in widespread clashes. June 28: The Cabinet Committee tacked by militants on the Srinagar The Nifty closes above the 10,000 Aug. 11: The Supreme Court dis
The 5,182crore Kochi Metro Rail on Economic Aairs gives in princi Jammu Highway in Anantnag. mark for the rst time ever. Sensex misses Tamil Nadu's appeal on
project is dedicated to the nation by ple nod for Air India disinvestment. The ood situation turns critical gains 154.19 points to close at a new NEET quota.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. June 29: ISRO’s 3,477 kg space in Assam with 12.55 lakh people high of 32,382.46. Venkaiah Naidu is sworn in In
June 19: BJP president Amit Shah craft GSAT 17, the heaviest built by it, across 20 districts aected. July 27: Nitish Kumar is sworn in dia's 15th VicePresident in a brief
declares Bihar Governor Ram Nath is launched from the South Ameri July 11: The Supreme Court stays Bihar Chief Minister and BJP’s Sushil ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Kovind as the NDA’s candidate for can space port of Kourou aboard an the Centre’s notication, banning Kumar Modi as Deputy Chief Aug. 12: The U.P. government in
the presidential poll. Ariane5 ECA rocket VA238. cattle sale in livestock markets for Minister. itiates probe into the death of 60
June 20: Justice C.S. Karnan is June 30: President Pranab slaughter and religious sacrice. children since August 7 in the neo
arrested by police from a resort at Mukkherjee launches the landmark Malayalam actor Dileep, arrested natal ICU and the encephalitis ward
Malumichampatti, near Coimba unied tax GST, the new indirect tax for the kidnap and molestation of a at the BRD Medical College Hospital
tore, Tamil Nadu. regime at the stroke of midnight in woman actor, is remanded to judi in Gorakhpur.
The Kolkata Metro Rail Corpora the Central Hall of Parliament in cial custody. He is expelled from Aug. 15: Show collective will to
tion completes the construction of New Delhi. lm bodies. build a new India, says Prime Minis
India’s rst set of the 520 metrelong JULY July 14: The Supreme Court re ter Narendra Modi in his Indepen
underwater transportation tunnels July 1: The registration of one fuses to nullify the NEET 2017. dence Day address to the nation.
that will link the two banks of the lakh companies that had suspicious July 17: The presidential election Rohith Vemula committed sui
Hooghly river — Howrah Maidan operations cancelled by the govern records the highest ever voter tur cide in January 2016 for personal
and Sealdah on the one side with ment (on June 30), says Prime Minis nout of over 99%. reasons and not over eviction from
Kolkata on the other. ter Narendra Modi addressing char The BJP’s parliamentary board the Hyderabad Central University
June 21: C.S. Karnan, former Cal tered accountants in New Delhi. picks Union I & B Minister M. Ven Ram Nath Kovind hostel, says Justice A.K. Roopanwal
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Commission report which is made dent who had challenged the NEET Sept. 18: Tamil Nadu Assembly the Raj Bhavan in Chennai.
public. in the Supreme Court commits sui Speaker P. Dhanapal disqualies 18 Oct. 9: The Gujarat High Court
Aug. 16: NIA to probe Kerala cide at her home in Kuzhumur vil rebel AIADMK MLAs owing alle commutes the death term awarded
‘love jihad’ case and Supreme Court lage in Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu. giance to T.T.V. Dhinakaran. Defec to 11 persons in the 2002 Godhra
sets up a panel under former judge The Punjab and Haryana High tion rules invoked and they cease to train arson case to life imprison
R.V. Raveendran to monitor Court keeps in abeyance till March be legislators. ment. Upholds life term for 20 oth
progress. 2018 the implementation of a Harya Sept. 20: The West Bengal Chief ers, while endorsing the acquittal of
The Centre gives nod for Tamil na law providing quota to Jats and Minister Mamata Banerjee reconsti 63 other accused.
Nadu’s NEET ordinance. ve other communities. tutes Gorkhaland Territorial Admi The Supreme Court suspends the
Aug. 17: The Rajasthan govern Sept. 3: Nirmala Sitharaman be nistration and appoints rebel GJM sale of re crackers in Delhi and
ment grants reservation for Gujjars. comes the rst woman in India to leader Binoy Tamang its NCR till November 1.
Aug. 18: Vishal Sikka, CEO and hold charge of the Defence portfolio chairperson. Oct. 11: The Supreme Court
Relatives mourning the death of a
MD of Infosys resigns. full time in a massive reshue of the Sept. 21: Narayan Rane quits the holds that sexual intercourse by a
child at the BRD Medical College
Aug. 19: At least 24 persons are Hospital in Gorakhpur, UP. Union Cabinet. Congress and resigns as Maharash man with his wife, who is below 18
killed and over 156 injured following Sept. 5: Senior Kannada journal tra MLC. years of age, with or without her
the derailment of 14 coaches of the killed and more than 250 injured in ist and activist Gauri Lankesh is shot Sept. 25: The government de consent is rape.
PuriHaridwar Utkal Express at Jagat protests in Panchkula and other dead outside her residence at Raja cides to reconstitute the Economic The Kerala Cabinet orders a vigi
Colony in Khatauli near Muzaarna parts of Haryana after Dera Sacha Rajeshwari Nagar in West Advisory Council and picks Bibek lance probe against former Chief Mi
gar, Uttar Pradesh. Sauda supporters go on a rampage Bengaluru. Debroy as its Chairman. nister Oommen Chandy and two of
The Infosys board approves a following the conviction of their Sept. 7: A TADA court awards Mukul Roy, one of the founding his Cabinet colleagues in the multi
13,000 crore share buyback plan. chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by death sentence to Firoz Khan and members of the Trinamool Con crore solar scam of 2013.
Aug. 21: The AIADMK factions a CBI special court for the rape in Taher Merchant. It jails for life two, gress quits the party. Trinamool Congress MP Mukul
merge and O. Panneerselvam is 2002 of two sadhvis. including gangster Abu Salem, and Sept. 26: The GJM calls o its stir Roy quits the Rajya Sabha and re
sworn in as Tamil Nadu Deputy Aug. 27: India and China agree to one to 10 years’ RI in the March 12, in Darjeeling after almost 100 days. signs from the primary membership
Chief Minister. disengage from the 73day stando 1993, Mumbai serial blasts. Sept. 28: A trial court in Mapusa of the party.
The Supreme Court grants bail to on the Doklam plateau, disputed Nirmala Sitharaman assumes in north Goa frames rape charges Oct. 12: The Allahabad High
the September 29, 2008, Malegaon between China and Bhutan. charge as the nation’s rst fulltime against Tarun Tejpal, former editor Court acquits dentist couple Rajesh
blasts case accused Lt. Col. Shrikant Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet woman Defence Minister. inchief of Tehelka, for the Novem and Nupur Talwar and quashes
Prasad Purohit. Ram Rahim Singh is awarded 20 Sept. 8: West Bengal to be Bangla ber 2013 sexual abuse of a junior their conviction in the May 16, 2008
Gujarat sets up a network to mon years RI in two rape cases registered hereafter. colleague. murder of their teenage daughter
itor the swine u epidemic, even as in 2002 and a ne of 15 lakh in each Pradyuman Thakur, a Class II stu Sept. 29: A stampede on the foot Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj
the toll touches 280. case, by a Special CBI Court at the dent, is found dead in a washroom overbridge at the Elphinstone Road in Noida.
Aug. 22: Instant triple talaq is Sunaria Jail complex in Rohtak, of Ryan International School, suburban train station in Mumbai Oct. 13: The Supreme Court does
“manifestly arbitrary”, declares a Haryana. Gurugram. claims 23 lives and leaves 30 a Uturn on its July 27 dowry harass
historic 3:2 majority judgment by a Justice Dipak Misra takes oath as Sept. 10: Defence Minister Nir injured. ment ruling, saying it blunts the ve
multifaith Constitution Bench of the 45th Chief Justice of India at the mala Sitharaman ags o ‘Navika OCTOBER ry purpose of Section 498A.
the Supreme Court. Rashtrapati Bhavan. Sagar Parikrama’, an attempt by an Oct. 1: The Meenakshi Sundares Oct. 16: Rajesh and Nupur Tal
The Edappadi Palaniswami go Aug. 29: Life comes to a stand allwomen Navy crew to circumnavi warar Temple in Madurai, Tamil Na war leave Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad,
vernment falls short of a simple ma still in Mumbai as the city records gate the globe, at INS Mandovi Naval du is adjudged best Swachh Iconic U.P.
jority in the Tamil Nadu Assembly 320 mm rain, highest in a single day training base near Panaji, Goa. Place in India. Oct. 22: Prime Minister Naren
by two MLAs. Nineteen Dhinakaran since 1997. Sept. 12: AIADMK general coun Oct. 3: The Supreme Court ques dra Modi, inaugurates the rst
loyalists withdraw support to the West Bengal Chief Minister Ma cil held in Chennai removes V.K. Sa tions the May 24 annulment by the phase of the ‘rollonrollo’ (RoRo)
Chief Minister. mata Banerjee holds talks with sikala as interim general secretary.
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Kerala High Court of an interreli ferry service between Ghogha in
Aug. 23: The Kerala High Court Gorkhaland parties. Rejects state All her decisions between Decem gious marriage that took place in Bhavnagar district, Saurashtra, and
rejects the CBI’s revision petition hood demand. ber 30, 2016, and February 15, 2017, December 2016 and the legality of Dahej, near Bharuch in south Guja
against discharging Chief Minister Aug. 31: ISRO’s PSLVC39 mis are declared invalid. The general se the woman's father keeping her in rat, at a rally in Ghogha.
Pinarayi Vijayan from the SNC Lava sion carrying the replacement navi cretary post is abolished. his custody. Oct. 23: The Centre appoints
lin graft case. gation satellite IRNSS1H fails, after Sept. 13: The Hindu wins the Oct. 5: Akilesh Yadav is elected former IB chief Dineshwar Sharma
Aug. 24: Privacy is an inherent launch from the Satish Dhawan best news website award at the Samajwadi Party chief. as a “special representative” to hold
part of fundamental rights en Space Centre at Sriharikota. South Asian Digital Media Awards at Oct. 6: Banwarilal Purohit is talks on J&K.
shrined in the statute, declares a Rajiv Mehrishi is appointed the the WANIFRA India 2017 confe sworn in Tamil Nadu Governor at Oct. 26: Abdul Karim Telgi 56,
ninejudge Constitution Bench of CAG and Rajiv Gauba is made Home rence in Chennai. convicted for masterminding the
the Supreme Court in a unanimous Secretary in his place. Former I&B Sept. 14: Prime Minister Naren multicrore fake stamp paper racket
verdict. However, it is not an abso Secretary Sunil Arora is appointed dra Modi and his Japanese counter dies at the Victoria Hospital in
lute right. Overrules Emergencyera Election Commissioner. part Shinzo Abe lay the foundation Bengaluru.
habeas corpus verdict. Six Union Ministers resign to fa stone in Ahmedabad for the coun Oct. 27: The Justice Arumughas
The Supreme Court rips apart its cilitate Cabinet reshue. try’s rst 1,10,000 crore, 508 km wamy Commission begins probe in
own 2014 judgment upholding Sec SEPTEMBER highspeed rail project between to the circumstances that led to the
tion 377 of the IPC, which criminal Sept. 1: The CBI les a chargesh Mumbai and Ahmedabad. death of former Chief Minister of Ta
ises consensual sexual acts of adults eet against retired Air Chief Marshal Sept. 17: Prime Minister Naren mil Nadu Jayalalithaa.
in private. S.P. Tyagi, former Air Marshal J.S. dra Modi dedicates to the nation the NOVEMBER
The Infosys board approves the Gujral and 10 others in the 3,700 Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadiya in Nov. 1: Poet critic Satchidanan
appointment of Nandan Nilekani as crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicop Narmada district, Gujarat, at a func dan is selected by the Kerala govern
nonexecutive chairman. ter case. tion at Dabhoi, 55 km from the dam ment for the 2017 Ezhuthachan
Aug. 25: At least 38 persons are Anitha, a Scheduled Castes stu site, in Vadodara. Journalist Gauri Lankesh. Puraskaram.
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DIARY OF EVENTS 2017
DELHI DELHI
Sensex gains 387.14 points to o the Lakshadweep islands. Life hit probe into alleged leak of sensitive in Olathe city in Kansas, U.S. Ian Mubarak is freed after six years in plant at Fessenheim near the border
close at a new high of 33,600.27. in Kanniyakumari district. nancial information. INTERNATIONAL Grillot, an American youth who custody. with Germany.
Nov. 2: Torrential rain batters Dec. 2: The Andhra Pradesh As Dec. 23: The former Bihar Chief tried to stop the shooter, is injured. March 25: U.S. President Donald April 10: A Pakistani military
Chennai city. sembly passes the A.P. Kapu (Reser Minister Lalu Prasad and 15 others JANUARY NASA announces the discovery of Trump’s bid to repeal Obamacare court sentences to death a former
Nov. 3: Former Union Minister vation of seats in Educational Insti are convicted in a fodder scam case Jan. 1: Thirtynine persons, in seven Earthsized exoplanets spot fails amid rebellion among GoP Indian Navy ocer Kulbhushan Jad
Mukul Roy joins the BJP at a func tutions and of Appointments or by a special CBI court in Ranchi. cluding many foreigners are killed, ted around a small, faint star, lawmakers. hav, accusing him of espionage.
tion in New Delhi. Posts in Services under the State) Dec. 24: T.T.V. Dhinakaran, as a gunman goes on a rampage at named Trappist1, in the constella EU leaders sign a formal declara The Pulitzer Prize for national re
Hindi litterateur Krishna Sobti is Bill. AIADMK dissident leader, scores a the Reina nightclub in Turkey’s cap tion of Aquarius. tion of unity in Rome, marking the porting is bagged by David Fahren
chosen for the 2017 Jnanpith Award. Infosys names Capgemini veteran massive victory in the December 21 ital Istanbul. Feb. 26: Moonlight bags the Best bloc’s 60th anniversary. thold of The Washington Post. The
Nov. 7: Air pollution in New Delhi Salil Parekh as CEO and MD. bypolls to the R.K. Nagar Assembly A landmark deal is reached to Picture Oscar at the 89th Academy March 26: Carrie Lam Cheng Pulitzer for commentary goes to
reaches severe levels, turning it into Dec. 4: The Madhya Pradesh As seat in Chennai. end a political crisis in DR Congo. Awards at the Dolby Theater in Los Yuetngor, a Beijing backed civil ser Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street
a ‘gas chamber’ and forcing closure sembly passes a Bill awarding death Dec. 26: Vijay Rupani is sworn in Jan. 4: The Laser Interferometer Angeles. The neomusical La La vant, is chosen the rst woman Journal. The coveted Public Service
of primary schools. to those found guilty of raping girls as Gujarat’s 16th Chief Minister. GravitationalWave Observatory (LI Donald Trump during his swearing- Land wins six Oscars, including Chief Executive of Hong Kong by a medal is picked up by New York Dai-
The CBI arrests a 16yearold A candlelight vigil being held in aged 12 and below. Rahul Gandhi Dec. 27: Jairam Thakur is sworn GO) detectors in the U.S. detect yet in at the US Capitol in Washington, Best Director (Damien Chazelle) and 1,200 person “election committee”. ly News.
Class XI student for the murder of Chennai for Cyclone Ockhi victims. The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan in Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister. another merger of two black holes. DC. Best Actress (Emma Stone). March 28: U.S. President Donald April 11: Dr. Mark Arnold Wain
Pradyuman Thakur. Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, Products (Packaging and Labelling) Eight accused in the 2008 Male Jan. 8: Damien Chazelle’s whim MARCH Trump signs an executive order to berg 71, Canadian microbiologist
Nov. 9: Nationwide IT raids are sion of the Brahmos supersonic air lapses. Amendment Rules, 2014 on en gaon blasts case to stand trial on ter sical modernday musical La La Feb. 8: The House of Commons March 1: Amjad Hussein B. Sial, undo a slew of Obamaera climate dies after a drowning incident while
carried out on rms and private pro tosurface cruise missile from an Rebel JD (U) MPs Sharad Yadav hanced pictorial warning. ror charges, rules a special NIA Land bags seven statuettes at the passes the Brexit bill without any a veteran Pakistani diplomat is change regulations, mainly the on vacation in Florida, U.S.
perties linked to V.K. Sasikala, jailed IAF SU30MKI aircraft. and Ali Anwar are disqualied from Dec. 16: Rahul Gandhi takes court in Mumbai. Golden Globes ceremony in Los An amendments. elected SAARC SecretaryGeneral. Clean Power Plan. April 13: The U.S. drops
former aide of late AIADMK leader The Union Cabinet gives nod for the Rajya Sabha. charge as Congress president. Dec. 28: The Lok Sabha passes geles. Feb. 9: The Ninth Circuit Court March 2: In a nal ruling, British Prime Minister Theresa GBU43/B, a Massive Ordnance Air
Jayalalithaa. the setting up of the 15th Finance Gauri Memorial Trust launched. A special court in Delhi awards The Muslim Women (Protection of Jan. 10: White supremacist Dy of Appeals in San Francisco upholds Egypt’s top appeals court acquits May triggers Article 50. Bomb, a 9,797 kg GPSguided bomb,
Himachal Pradesh records its Commission. Dec. 6: India’s global initiative, three years’ RI to former Jharkhand Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 that lann Roof gets the death sentence a nationwide stay on the 90day tra former President Hosni Mubarak of March 31:At least 314 people are on an IS base in the Achin district of
highestever turnout of 74% in As Nov.23: The Election Commis the International Solar Alliance, Chief Minister Madhu Koda and makes instant talaq a criminal of for the 2015 killing of nine black per vel ban imposed by the Trump any role in the killing of protesters killed and 332 injured in a mudslide Nangarhar province in Afghanistan,
sembly polls. sion allots the ‘Two Leaves’ symbol comes into existence. three others in a coal block alloca fence, with a jail term up to three sons at the Emanuel African Metho administration. during the 2011 uprising. following heavy rains that caused leaving 92 dead.
The KolkataKhulna Bandhan Ex to the faction led by Tamil Nadu Karnataka High Court restrains tion scam case. years. dist Episcopal Church in Charles Feb. 12: British star Adele creates Snap Inc pulls o the biggest U.S. three rivers to ood Mocoa town in April 15: At least 126 persons, in
press is agged o at the Kolkata sta Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanis the State government from taking Dec. 17: IAF’s Mi8 helicopter Dec. 29: At least 14 persons are ton, South Carolina, U.S. history by winning the album, song listed technology share sale on its Colombia’s Amazon basin. cluding 80 children are killed as a
tion by Prime Minister Narendra wami and recognises it as the action against Ravi Belagere, editor takes the bow after 45 years, at the killed and 54 injured after a re at 1 “Let’s be vigilant, but not afraid”, and record of the year for her come IPO, raising $30 billion. APRIL blast rips through an area west of
Modi, his Bangladeshi counterpart AIADMK. of Hi Bangalore, and Anil Raj, editor Air Force Station in Yelahanka, Ben Above and Mojo restaurants in the says U.S. President Barack Obama at back album 25 at the 59th Annual March 6: The Donald Trump ad April 1: Venezuela’s Supreme Aleppo in Syria.
Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Nov. 27: The Supreme Court and publisher of Yelahanka Voice. galuru. Kamala Mills Compound, Mumbai. his farewell speech in Chicago. Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, ministration issues a new executive Court abandons measures to seize April 18: British Prime Minister
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee frees Hadiya, who converted to Is Dec. 7: Mohammad Afrazul Dec. 18: The BJP wins in Gujarat The Lok Sabha passes the Insol Jan. 17: The deepsea search for U.S. order temporarily banning travel power from the Oppositioncon Theresa May announces plans to
through videoconferencing. lam before marrying Shen Jehan, Khan, a labourer is burnt alive by Assembly elections (held on Decem vency and Bankruptcy Code the Malaysia Airlines ight MH370 Feb. 13: AP photographer Bur from six Muslimmajority countries trolled Parliament. hold snap polls on June 8.
Nov. 10: The GST Council at its from the 11month custody of her Shambhu Lal Raigar, a resident of ber 9 and 14), with 99 seats. It wrests (Amendment) Bill, 2017. that vanished in 2014 with 239 per han Ozbilici wins the 2017 World to the U.S. leaving out Iraq that was April 3: Fourteen persons are Industrialist Vijay Mallya is arrest
23rd meeting in Guwahati, slashes parents and allows her to return to Rajnagar in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand Himachal Pradesh from the The National Medical Commis sons on board ends. Press Photo Competition for his im in the earlier order. killed and 50 injured after a blast ed in London based on an extradi
rate on 178 of 228 items from 28% to Salem, Tamil Nadu, to nish her district. Congress. sion Bill, 2017 which seeks to re Jan. 19: Mexico extradites drug age of a gunwielding oduty poli The U.S. House Republicans un rocks a train carriage in the St. Pe tion warrant.
18% with eect from November 15. internship. Dec. 11: Congress vicepresident Dec. 19: The Rajya Sabha passes place the MCI with a new body is ta kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman ceman, who killed Russia’s Ambas veil the ‘American Health Care’ that tersburg metro in Russia. Australian Prime Minister Mal
The Centre grants infrastructure The Madurai Bench of the Madras Rahul Gandhi is elected unopposed the IIM Bill, 2017. Companies bled in Lok Sabha. to the U.S. to stand trial. sador Andrei Karlov on December seeks to dismantle several of the Socialist Lenin Moreno wins colm Turnbull announces scrapping
status to the logistics sector. High Court orders the release of all as INC president. (Amendment) Bill, 2017, is passed by Dec. 30: Work begins on turning Jan. 20: Donald J. Trump takes 19, 2016. core aspects of Obamacare. Ecuador presidential polls. of the “457” visa programme that al
Nov. 13: The Supreme Court ob 35 persons on board the U.S. antipi Dec. 12: A trial court in Tirupur, voice vote. the residence of former Tamil Nadu oath as the 45th President of the Kim Jongnam, the halfbrother of March 7: Tata Motors unveils In April 4: At least 83 civilians are lowed local rms to hire Indians in a
serves that its July 11 order exempt racy vessel MV Seaman Guard Ohio Coimbatore, awards death penalty The Lok Sabha passes two bills to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in Chen U.S. in Washington D.C. Signs an ex North Korean President, Kim Jong dia’s rst connected car, TAMO Ra killed and 300 injured after a war number of skilled jobs.
ing the December 2016 ban on sale arrested by the ‘Q’ Branch police in to six persons for the March 13, 2016 repeal 245 obsolete laws. nai into a public memorial. ecutive order to roll back parts of un is assassinated by two women cemo at the 87th Geneva Interna plane carries out strikes releasing April 20:
of liquor along National and State October 2013 for illegal entry. murder of Dalit youth Shankar in Dec. 20: Former Calcutta High Dec. 31: Tamil actor Rajinikanth Obamacare. spy agents of Pyongyang at the Kua tional Motor Show in Switzerland. toxic gas in the Syrian town of Khan A police ocer Xavier Jugele is
Highways applies to all municipal Nov. 28: Prime Minister Naren Udumalpet for marrying a caste Court judge C.S Karnan is released announces entry into politics. Jan. 23: U.S. President Donald la Lumpur International Airport in March 9: Donald Tusk is re Sheikhun in Idlib province. killed and two other ocers and a
areas across the nation. dra Modi calls upon entrepreneurs Hindu girl Kausalya. from Kolkata’s Presidency Correc Assam publishes the rst draft of #3 9 7 9 1 8
reate Liu Xiaobo on medical parole dra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu
May 15: Life is disrupted and un up two more units of the Koodanku presented the Man Booker Interna for treatment of latestage liver can in Jerusalem.
iversities, hospitals and businesses lam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunel tional Prize for his book, A Horse cer. ProGovernment activists storm
are badly hit across 150 countries as veli, Tamil Nadu after talks between Walks Into a Bar, at a ceremony in June 27: The European Commis the grounds of Venezuela’s National
a malware hits about 2,00,000 ter Prime Minister Narendra Modi and London. He shares the £50,000 sion slaps a record €2.4 billion ($2.7 Assembly and attack lawmakers.
minals, demanding money in return President Vladimir Putin in St. award with translator Jessica Cohen. billion) antitrust ne on Google. July 7: Over 122 nations adopt a
for unfreezing computers. Petersburg. June 15: The U.S. Senate passes a Colombia’s leftist FARC rebel global treaty banning nuclear wea
May 17: Pvt. Chelsea Manning, IndianAmerican Ananya Vinay, a sanctions bill targeting Iran and Rus pons, at the U.N.
the soldier sentenced to 35 years in 12yearold from Fresno, California sia. July 8: The G20 summit in Ham
a military prison for giving classied is crowned champion at the 90th Neeru Chadha becomes the rst burg strikes a deal on trade.
materials to WikiLeaks walks free Scripps National Spelling Bee con Indian Woman to be elected a judge July 9: Iraqi Prime Minister Haid
from the Fort Leavenworth lockup test in Washington. of the Tribunal for the Law of the er alAbadi declares victory in the
in Kansas. The U.S. stops implementation of Sea (ITLOS). liberated city of Mosul after a nearly
The U.S. Justice Department ap its commitments under the Paris cli June 16: Pop superstar Katy Per ninemonth battle with the IS.
points former FBI Director Robert mate agreement signed by 195 coun ry makes history by becoming the July 11: The Syrian Observatory
Mueller as special counsel to over tries on December 12, 2015. rst user to garner 100 million fol for Human Rights ‘conrms’ the
see the agency’s investigation into June 2: Leo Varadkar, an Indian lowers on Twitter. death of IS leader Abu Bakr alBagh
alleged meddling by Russia in the origin doctor and Ireland's rst June 17: Philippine troops pound dadi, in a Russian airstrike in June
2016 presidential polls. openly gay Minister wins leadership Islamists holding parts of southern on the outskirts of Raqqa.
May 18: The ICJ at The Hague role for the Fine Gael party to be Marawi city with air strikes and artil Israeli author David Grossman and July 12: Brazil’s former President
stays the execution of former Indian come PMinwaiting. lery. Toll crosses 300 in about a his U.S. translator Jessica Cohen Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is convicted
naval ocer Kulbhushan Jadhav, June 3: Seven persons are killed month of ghting. after winning the Man Booker on corruption charges in the rst of
pending its nal judgment. and 48 injured following an attack Seven U.S. sailors on board a Na International Prize. the ve graft trials he faces and sen
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tenced to nineandahalf years in Jay Y. Lee, the head of South Ko Sept. 15: At least 30 persons are killed and 527 injured after a gun
prison. rea's Samsung Group, is sentenced injured as an IED triggers an explo man Stephen Paddock opens re on
July 13: Liu Xiaobo, 61, Nobel to ve years in jail for bribery by the sion on a rushhour tube train at concert goers during the outdoor
Peace laureate dies in custody at a Seoul Central District Court. Parsons Green in southwest Route 91 Harvest country music fes
hospital in Shenyang. Aug. 27: Hurricane Harvey London. tival from the 32nd oor of an adja
July 17: U.S. President Donald wreaks havoc in Texas. National After 20 years in space, NASA’s cent hotel in the Las Vegas strip, Ne
Trump recerties Iran nuclear deal. Weather Services calls it an 'unpre Cassini spacecraft makes its nal vada, U.S. He is later found dead.
July 18: Republican eorts to cedented event'. death plunge into Saturn. Catalans cast votes in indepen
overhaul or repeal Obamacare col Aug. 28: More than 1 million peo Sept. 17: Veep and The Hand- dence referendum.
lapses in the U.S. Senate. ple are displaced and 44 killed, in maid’s Tale win top series honours Oct. 2: Americans Jerey C. Hall,
July 19: Puerto Rican singer Luis cluding six of a family as Hurricane at the 69th Primetime Emmy Michael Rosbash and Michael W.
Fonsi’s Despacito is named the most Harvey swamps Houston. Awards in Los Angeles, U.S. Young are awarded the Nobel Prize
An evacuee holding two dogs reacts
streamed song of all time. Aug. 30: The U.S. approves the Sept. 19: At least 233 persons are in Physiology or Medicine.
after his rescue by the Texas
July 20: Chester Charles Ben rst gene therapy in the nation to killed as a 7.1 magnitude earth Oct. 3: U.S. astrophysicists Rain
National Guardsmen.
nington 41, American singer and ght childhood leukemia. quake, with its epicentre in the state er Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip
songwriter best known as the front Aug. 6: Venezuela crushes a mil Aug. 31: Nearly 400 Rohinya in of Puebla, rocks Mexico. Thorne are awarded the Nobel Phys
man for the rock band Linkin Park is itary rebellion. surgents are killed in clashes and Sept. 21: U.S. President Donald ics Prize.
found dead in his home in Palos Aug. 8: ASEAN turns 50. Myanmar Army crackwdown, re Trump signs new sanctions target Oct. 4: A trio of Swiss, American
Verdes Estates, California, U.S. Aug. 11: President Uhuru Kenyat veal new ocial data. Around ing the textiles, shing and IT indus and British scientists — Jacques Du
July 26: The U.S. imposes sanc ta is declared winner of the Kenyan 73,000 have crossed into Bangla tries of North Korea. bochet, Joachim Frank and Richard
tions on Venezuela. presidential polls. desh, says the UNHCR. Sept. 22: French President Em Henderson — is awarded the Nobel
July 27: Gethsie Shanmugam, a Aug. 12: A paralegal Heather SEPTEMBER manuel Macron signs sweeping Chemistry Prize.
Sri Lankan teacher and Yoshiaki Ish Heyer, and two police ocers are Sept. 1: Kenya’s Supreme Court changes to the country’s complex Oct. 5: British author Kazuo Ishi
izawa, a Japanese historian, among killed and 19 injured as ‘Unite the annuls President Uhuru Kenyatta’s labour code into law. guro is named winner of the Nobel
the six named winners of the Ra Right’, a White nationalist rally election. Sept. 24: German Chancellor Literature Prize.
mon Magsaysay Awards for 2017. against the city council’s move to re Sept. 3: North Korea tests a hy Angela Merkel wins a fourth term in Oct. 6: Nuclear disarmament
July 28: Pakistan’s Prime Minis move the statue of Confederate Gen drogen bomb at its Punggyeri Nu oce. Her conservative bloc’s sup campaign group, the International
ter Nawaz Sharif resigns after the Su eral Robert E. Lee from a park in clear Weapons Institute generating port slumps to its lowest since 1949. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Wea
preme Court disqualies him from Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., turns a 6.8 magnitude tremor felt in South U.S. President Donald Trump is pons (ICAN), wins the Nobel Peace
oce over undeclared assets. violent. Korea and China. sues a new openended travel ban Prize.
The U.S. Senate passes a Bill im Aug. 14: At least 450 persons, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson involving North Korea, Venezuela Oct. 9: U.S. economist Richard
posing sanctions against Russia, 105 of them children are killed and returns to Earth aboard a Soyuz cap and Chad and extends it to ve H. Thaler wins the Nobel Prize for
Iran and North Korea. more than 20,000 left homeless af sule and lands in Kazakhstan after countries — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sy Economics.
The U.S. Senate votes 51 to 49, re ter heavy ooding hits Sierra Le spending 665 days in space, setting ria, Yemen. Oct. 12: The U.S. and Israel an
jecting the Obamacare repeal bill. one’s capital Freetown. a record for the longest time in orbit Sept. 25: The Republicans’ bid to nounce withdrawal from the
July 30: Venezuelans begin vot Aug. 17: Thirteen persons are by any woman. “repeal and replace” the ‘Obama UNESCO.
ing for a Constituent Assembly. killed and 100 injured as a van Sept. 4: The ninth BRICS sumit care’ legislation fails for the second Rival Palestinian factions Hamas
AUGUST ploughs into crowds at the Las Ram in Xiamen, China, declares Pakis time in the U.S. Senate. and Fatah sign a reconciliation deal
Aug 1: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is blas avenue, a tourist hub in Barce tanbased JaisheMohammad and Sept. 26: Saudi Arabia decides to following talks mediated by Egypt.
sworn in as Pakistan’s Prime Minis lona, Spain. LeT as terror organisations. allow women to drive. King Sal Oct. 13: U.S. President Donald
ter. Aug. 18: Five suspects are shot Sept. 5: The U.S. ends the De man’s decree will take eect in June Trump announces his decision to
Aug. 2: U.S. President Donald dead by the Spanish police after ferred Action for Childhood Arriv 2018. disavow the Iran nuclear deal.
Trump signs into law new sanctions they try to drive into tourists in the als, an Obamaera reform measure
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OBITUARY
JANUARY
Jan. 2: John Berger, 90, British
art critic, in the Paris suburb of
Antony.
Jan. 6: Om Puri, 66, veteran ac
tor, at his residence in Andheri, Hashemi
Mumbai. Om Puri Rafsanjani Nirmal Shekar Altamas Kabir Ashokamitran Vinod Khanna Gregg Allman Roger Moore
Jan. 8: Ali Akbar Hashemi Raf
sanjani, 82, former Iranian Presi former MP, at Noida, UP. Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, in ISRO chairman, in Bengaluru. Sept. 29: Tom Alter, 67, theatre
dent, of a heart attack at a hospital Dr. Thomas Starzl, 90, liver tran Mumbai. Yash Pal, 90, scientist and educa and lm actor, in Mumbai.
in Tehran. splant pioneer, in Pittsburgh, U.S. May 23: Roger Moore, 89, British tionist, at a hospital in Noida. OCTOBER
Jan. 10: Clare Hollingworth, 105, March 6: Rabi Ray, 91, former actor who earned international ac July 27: Dharam Singh, 80, form Oct. 2: Tom Petty, 66, American
British journalist who broke the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, in Cut claim playing secret agent James er Karnataka Chief Minister, in Ben songwriter, in Los Angeles, U.S.
news of the outbreak of World War tack, Odisha. Bond, in Switzerland of cancer. galuru. Oct. 24: Girija Devi, 88, classical
II, in Hong Kong. March 18: Chuck Berry, 90, U.S. May 26: K.P.S. Gill, 82, former July 30: Ustad Hussain Sayee singer, in Kolkata.
Jan. 12: William Peter Blatty, 89, Rock n’ Roll pioneer, in Missouri. Punjab DGP, who put down Sikh duddin Dagar, 78, Dhrupad maes I.V. Sasi, 69, Malayalam lm direc
American writer of the 1971 horror March 20: David Rockefeller, militancy, in New Delhi. tro, in Pune after a brief illness. tor, in Chennai.
novel and Oscarwinning movie The 101, U.S. philanthropist, at his home May 27: Gregg Allman, 69, U.S. July 31: Jeanne Moreau, 89, NOVEMBER
Exorcist at a hospital in Bethesda, in Pocantico Hills, New York. rockstar and music legend, at his French actor , in Paris, Ilede Nov. 1: Krishnamoorthy Srinivas,
Maryland, U.S. March 21: James Martin Pacelli home near Savannah, Georgia. France, France. 84, neurologist , in Chennai.
Jan. 14: Surjit Singh Barnala, 91, McGuinness, 66, IRA chief of sta May 30: Dasari Narayana Rao, AUGUST Nov. 2: Dina Wadia, 98, daughter
former Punjab Chief Minister, at the and a key architect of Northern Ire 75, lm director and former Union Aug. 1: P.M. Bhargava, 89, vete of Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali
PGIMER, Chandigarh. land’s 1998 Good Friday peace deal, Minister, in Hyderabad. ran molecular biologist , in Jinnah in New York.
Jan. 16: Eugene Andrew Cernan, at the Altnagelvin Area Hospital, JUNE Hyderabad.
Nov. 20: Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi,
82, U.S. astronaut, at a hospital in Derry. June 2: S.Abdul Rahman, 79, Ta Aug. 3: Timothy Sydney Robert
72, Congress leader and former Un
Houston, Texas. March 23: Ashokamitran, 86, mil poet, in Chennai. Hardy, 91, English stage and screen
ion Minister, in Delhi.
Professor C.V. Vishveshwara, 77, Tamil writer and Sahitya Akademi June 6: Era Sezhiyan, 95, veteran actor , in Northwood, London.
Nov. 21: David Cassidy, 67, Amer
who did pioneering work on black award winner, in Chennai. parliamentarian, in Vellore, Tamil Aug. 7: Haruo Nakajima, 88, the
ican singeractor, in Fort Lauder
holes, in Bengaluru. APRIL Nadu. actor who rst played Japan’s movie
dale, Florida, U.S.
Jan. 26: Alexander Mikhailovich April 3: Kishori Amonkar, 84, June 9: S.S. Khaplang, 77, chief of monster Godzilla, of pneumonia.
Nov. 29: E. Chandrasekharan
Kadakin, 67, Russian Ambassador to Hindustani classical vocalist, at her the NSCN (Khaplang), in Taga, Aug. 8: Glen Travis Campbell, 81,
Nair, 89, CPI leader, in
India, in New Delhi. home in central Mumbai. Myanmar. American country music legend , in
Thiruvananthapuram.
FEBRUARY April 13: Robert William Taylor, June 12: C. Narayana Reddy, 85, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Feb. 1: E.Ahamed, 78, former Un 85, American innovator, at his home Telugu poet, in Hyderabad. Aug. 10: Vijay Nambisan, 54, DECEMBER
ion Minister and Malappuram MP, in in Woodside, California, U.S. June 15: P.N. Bhagwati, 95, form poet, and journalist, in Chennai. Dec. 1: A.S. Anand, 81, former
New Delhi. April 27: Vinod Khanna, 70, Hin er CJI, in New Delhi. Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau (87), CJI, in New Delhi.
Nirmal Shekar (60), former di actor and Gurdaspur MP, in Mum June 16: Helmut Kohl, 87, former Germanborn nun known as ‘Pakis Dec. 4: Shashi Kapoor, 79, vete
Sports Editor of The Hindu and bai of cancer. German Chancellor and architect of tan’s Mother Teresa,’ in Karachi. ran actor, at the Kokilaben Dhirub
former Editor of Sportstar, in MAY the nation’s reunication, at his Aug. 20: Jerry Lewis, 91, U.S. co hai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai.
Chennai. May 5: Leila Seth, 86, the rst home in Ludwigshafen. #3 9 7 9 1 8
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JANUARY
8: Roberto Bautista Agut wins
Chennai Open ATP250 event.
15: Gujarat beats Mumbai in In
dore to clinch its rst Ranji Trophy
title.
22: Saina Nehwal wins the Malay
sia Masters Grand Prix Gold in
Sarawak.
28: Serena Williams defeats sister Pankaj Advani. Viswanathan Anand. P.V. Sindhu. Roger Federer.
Venus Williams to clinch the Austra
lian Open, her 23rd Grand Slam. Open Grand Prix Gold badminton in beats Venus Williams in the U.S. 13th overall to post two innings of
29: Roger Federer wins an epic Bangkok. Open nal to win her rst Grand 200 in the same Test series. Don
nal against Rafael Nadal to win the 8: Rohan Bopanna wins his rst Slam. Bradman had achieved the feat four
Australian Open, his 18th Grand Grand Slam title, claiming the 10: Rafael Nadal beats Kevin An times, including three innings of
Slam title. French Open mixed doubles crown derson in straight sets to win his 200plus versus England in 1930.
FEBRUARY with Canadian partner Gabriela third U.S. Open title, and 16th Grand He becomes the rst Indian cap
5: India beats New Zealand 41 in Dabrowski. Slam. tain to complete 1000 runs in a ca
the Davis Cup in Pune. 10: Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 16: P.V. Sindhu defeats Nozomi lendar year twice.
26: Kalinga Lancers wins the bags maiden Grand Slam title at Ro Okuhara of Japan to win the Korea 7: Cristiano Ronaldo wins fth
Hockey India League beating Da land Garros. Open Super Series. Ballon d’Or, pulling level with Lionel
bang Mumbai 41. 11: Rafael Nadal of Spain wins the OCTOBER Messi.
27: The duo of Heena Sidhu and French Open. 1: Host India wins the ODI series 8: The visuallyimpaired swim Usain Bolt.
Jitu Rai bags gold in the mixed air 18: K. Srikanth emerges cham 41 versus Australia. mer, Kanchanmala Pande, wins
pistol event in the Shooting World pion in the Indonesian Open Super 13: With the last match called o, gold in the 200m medley event in
Cup. Series. the threematch T20 series between the S11 category at the World para
MARCH 18: The Pakistan cricket team lifts India and Australia ends 11. championship, the rst Indian to
20: Tamil Nadu beats Bengal by the Champions Trophy. 22: India beats Malaysia 21 in the achieve the feat.
37 runs to clinch its fth Vijay Ha 25: K. Srikanth wins the Austra nal in Dhaka to clinch its third Asia 13: Rohit Sharma scores his third
zare Trophy domestic oneday title. lian Open Super Series title. Cup hockey title. ODI double century in the second
28: India beats Australia by eight JULY 22: K. Srikanth beats Korean Lee match against Sri Lanka in Mohali,
wickets in the fourth and nal Test 6: The Indian men’s football team Hyun II to win the Denmark Open becomes the rst batsman to do so.
in Dharamshala to clinch the Bor reaches its bestever FIFA ranking of Super Series title. 17: P.V. Sindhu wins silver in the
derGavaskar series 21. 96 in two decades. 27: Lewis Hamilton joins select BWF World Super Series nal, los
28: R. Ashwin voted ICC Cricke 7: India clinches the series 31 club of ve drivers with four or ing to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in Lewis Hamilton.
ter and Test Cricketer of the year for against host West Indies. more Formula 1 World titles. the title clash in Dubai.
2016. 9: G. Lakshmanan becomes the 28: England beats Spain 52 in the Host India wins the ODI series 21
APRIL rst Indian to bag the 5000m and nal to win the FIFA u17 World Cup versus Sri Lanka.
2: P.V Sindhu wins the Indian 10,000m titles in the Asian athletics in Kolkata. 23: Vijender Singh beats Ghana’s
Open in New Delhi, defeating Caroli championship, in Bhubaneswar. 29: K. Srikanth bags the French
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Ernest Amuzu for his 10th consecu
na Marin. 11: Ravi Shashtri takes over as the Open Super Series. tive win in pro boxing, retaining his
10: The Indian women bag the chief coach of the Indian team. Caroline Wozniacki beats Venus WBO Oriental & Asia Pacic super
Hockey World League Round2. 15: Spain’s Garbine Muguruza Williams to win her maiden WTA Fi middleweight pro boxing titles.
13: T. Mariyappan, Sakshi Malik clinches the Wimbledon crown. nals crown in Singapore. 24: Host India blanks Sri Lanka
and Dipa Karmakar win the Padma 16: Switzerland’s Roger Federer NOVEMBER 30 in the T20 series.
Shri. wins a record eighth title at 5: The Indian women’s hockey 28: Viswanathan Anand wins the
14: Pankaj Advani wins the sixth Wimbledon. team regains the Asia Cup after 13 World rapid chess championship tit
Asian billiards title, beating Sourav 23: The Indian women’s team los years. le in Riyadh. Rafael Nadal.
Kothari. es to England in the World Cup nal 8: Mary Kom clinches gold in the
16: Sai Praneeth wins the Singa at Lord’s. Asian women’s boxing
pore Open, outlasting K. Srikanth. AUGUST championship.
30: Joshna Chinappa wins the 6: Justin Gatlin pips Usain Bolt in 30: Mirabai Chanu wins the wo
women’s title in the Asian squash the World athletics championship in men’s 48kg gold at the World
championship in Chennai. London. weightlifting championships in Ana
MAY 26: Saurav Ghosal and Joshna heim, USA.
12: Chelsea wins the Premier Chinappa bag the men’s and wo DECEMBER
League title. men’s National squash titles. 3: Virat Kohli hits his sixth double
13: Bajrang Punia bags the 65kg SEPTEMBER hundred, surpasses Brian Lara for
gold in the Asian wrestling cham 3: India beats Sri Lanka in the most double tons by a Test captain.
pionship in New Delhi. fth ODI at Colombo to win the ODI Kohli also becomes the second In
JUNE series 50. dian player after Vinoo Mankad (vs.
4: Sai Praneeth wins the Thailand 9: American Sloane Stephens New Zealand in 195556) and the Serena Williams. K. Srikanth.
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