26 January 2001DisasterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
A powerful earthquake strikes Gujarat, killing about 20,000 people and causing widespread destruction.
Historical records for India in 2001, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
A powerful earthquake strikes Gujarat, killing about 20,000 people and causing widespread destruction.
The first developmental GSLV flight takes place during K. Kasturirangan's chairmanship, testing India's new geosynchronous launch capability.
A. Sivathanu Pillai leads BrahMos Aerospace when the supersonic BrahMos missile completes its maiden successful launch.
Vajpayee meets Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at the Agra Summit, though the talks end without a formal agreement.
The United States lifts sanctions imposed on India after the 1998 nuclear tests.
India fires on Pakistani military posts.
Armed attackers assault the Indian Parliament complex in New Delhi, prompting a major security and diplomatic crisis.
India and Pakistan mass forces along their border after the Parliament attack, creating a prolonged military confrontation.
India begins a large military mobilisation along the Pakistan border after the attack on Parliament.
India imposes diplomatic and transport restrictions on Pakistan after the Parliament attack.
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