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14 July, 2009 Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda launches a fortnight-long State-wide education campaign Sab Padhen, Aage Badhen (let all study to progress) in Chandigarh. The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan has privileged to be the chief guest at the Bastille Day military parade in Paris marking the 220th anniversary of the French Revolution. French President Nicolas Sarkozy describes India as one billion people and a friend of France. Indian Army, Navy and Air Force contients also march during the Bastille Day Parade on the Champs-Elysses avenue in Paris. President Pratibha Patil presents the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2008 at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Sitara Devi, RC Mehta, Khaled Choudhury and Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika are conferred on Akademi Ratna during the Sangeet Natak Akademy Awards 2008. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is the chief guest at the French National Day celebrations in Paris, and 400 Indian armed services personnel from the three wings kick off this years parade. Haryana Government gives the sanction for the Guragaon Metro Rail link. 15 July, 2009 Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is awarded an honoray fellowship by the University of Central Lancashire. The Union Government proposed to launch an ambitious Rs.1,600 crore scheme for the development of one million hectares of fringe forests and adjoining non-forest lands in villages across the country. Vikas Swarup, whose book was turned into the Oscarwinning Slum dog Millionaire, is announced to be Indias Consul-General in Osaka, Japan. C.N.R. Rao, National Research Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, is awarded the prestigious Royal Medal by the Royal Soci-ety, London, for his contributions to Solid State and Mate-rials Chemistry. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi flags off the first of the three pre-Everest expeditions that will be un-dertaken ahead of the first Everest expedition from the northeast in 2011. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) reveals that nuclear fuel in the form of pellers from Russia and in the form of yellowcakes from France has already arrived India. Industrialist Anil Ambani makes his debut in Hol-lywood film production by roping in ace directors Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider for a joint venture where he would pump in Rs. 4,000 crore. 16 July, 2009 At the sidelines of NAM Summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani, agree that dialogue between their two countries is the only way forward. One of the celebrated icons of Indian classical music, DK Pattammal passes away at age of 90. The Central Government scales up its market bor-rowings programme to Rs. 2.99 lakh crore for the first half of the current fiscal in keeping with the need to raise addi-tional resources for funding the increased expenditure pro-posed in the Union budget for 2009-10. The small car Nano of Tata Motors hits the road, with Mumbai resident Raghunath Vichare becoming the first owner. The Gujarat government decides to re-adopt the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill without any change. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma is named Chairman of the Board of Trade, the Governments highest advisory body on export and import related issue. United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Mumbai on a five day official visit to India. Parliament approves extension of Presidents rule in Jharkand by another six months with the Rajya Sabha approving the statutory resolution in this regard. 17 July, 2009 The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Or-ganisation G. Madhavan Nair announces that the Chandrayaan-Is star sensors - vital in determining the orienta-tion - has failed. The much-awaited Nano hits the roads with Mumbaikar Ashok Raghunath Vichare becoming the first owner of the worlds cheapest car from the stable of the Tatas. Bharati Enterprises Chairman and Group CEO Sunil Mittal is awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Parliament approves the extension of Presidents rule in Jharkhand, with the Rajya Sabha turning down a motion seeking its revocation. Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Valayar Ravi is announced to be the chief guest at the 20th annual convention of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) in New York. The UPA Government names Commerce and In-dustry Minister Anand Sharma as Chairman of the Board of Trade, a post last held by leading industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla. The Central Government approves 16 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs. 891.71 crore 18 July, 2009 The visiting United States Secretary of State Hill-ary Clinton announces United States support to the steps that India and Pakistan were taking to tackle terror. The former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Jagannath Pahadia, and the former Union Minister of State, Mar-garet Alva, are appointed Governors of Haryana and Uttarakhand respectively. Noted historian and former Rajya Sabha member Manmath Nath Das passes away in Bhubaneswar. 19 July, 2009 United State Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Union Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh agree to join forces to combat the threat of climate change and its consequences. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) decides to rope in an international partner for the design and development of the much-needed turbo trainer for the Indian Air Force. India finishes with a haul of four medals - one gold (Vidhi Hathi-Jodhpur, Rajastan), two silvers (SChetan-Bangalore and Usnish Adhikari-West Bengal) and a bronze (Amit Gupta-Punjab) - at the 20th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) at Tsukuba in Japan. Thavil maestro Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam is selected for the 2009 Sangita Kalanidhi title of the Music Academy in Chennai. 20 July, 2009 The Supreme Court declines to stay the Delhi High Court judgment declaring Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code unconstitutional and decriminalizing unnatural sex between consenting adults. India and the United States finalise three hi-tech agreements with the visiting Secretary of State Hillary Clin-ton singling out the military end user agreement as the harbinger of greater defence cooperation. The Rajya Sabha passes The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill 2008, which envisages providing free and compulsory education to children in the 6-14 age group.

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