January 2002Nuclear PowerAtal Behari Vajpayee
India tests an Agni-series nuclear-capable ballistic missile during Vajpayee's premiership.
Historical records for India in 2002, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
India tests an Agni-series nuclear-capable ballistic missile during Vajpayee's premiership.
A train coach burns at Godhra, killing Hindu passengers; large-scale communal violence follows across Gujarat.
Muslims set fire to a train carrying Hindus returning from pilgrimage to Ayodhya. More than 800, mainly Muslims, die in revenge killings by Hindu mobs
Militants attack a military camp and family quarters at Kaluchak, killing soldiers and civilians.
Kashmiri separatist leader Abdul Gani Lone shot dead in Srinagar by Islamist militants
The United Kingdom and United States issue travel warnings as military tensions remain high between India and Pakistan.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is sworn in as President of India.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam becomes the eleventh President of India.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is elected President of India.
The Eighty-sixth Amendment establishes a constitutional right to free and compulsory education for children aged six to fourteen.
Develops the fuzzball proposal in string theory, replacing the conventional black hole interior with horizon-scale quantum microstate structure.
Due to his work at the UN, International Monetary Fund and other international bodies, he is highly respected around the world and is was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award
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