Permanent year factsheet

India in 2003

Historical records for India in 2003, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

11Records
11Events
6Named people
5Places
3Categories

Historical records

January

7 January 2003GovernorSudarshan Agarwal

Uttaranchal · Government / Government of India

Sudarshan Agarwal becomes Governor of Uttaranchal.

15 January 2003Chief MinisterSushil Kumar Shinde

Maharashtra · Government / Government of India

Sushil Kumar Shinde becomes Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

15 January 2003Resignation of Vilasrao DeshmukhVilasrao Deshmukh

Maharashtra · Government / Government of India

Vilasrao Deshmukh leaves office as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

May

8 May 2003GSLV-D2Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan

Sriharikota · Science / Astronomy

K. Kasturirangan oversees GSLV-D2, which places the experimental GSAT-2 spacecraft into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

June

23 June 2003India-China DeclarationAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Beijing · Government / Government of India

Vajpayee and Chinese leaders issue a declaration outlining principles for improved India-China relations.

23 June 2003India-China Special RepresentativesAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Beijing · Government / Government of India

India and China agree to appoint Special Representatives to pursue a political framework for resolving the boundary question.

23 June 2003Recognition of Tibet Autonomous RegionAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Beijing · Government / Government of India

India formally recognises the Tibet Autonomous Region as part of the People's Republic of China.

23 June 2003Sikkim Border Trade AgreementAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Beijing · Government / Government of India

India and China agree to reopen border trade through Sikkim.

October

30 October 2003Janata Dal (United) PartyNtish Kumar

Politics / Janata Dal (United) Party

Janata Dal (United) is from mainly Bihar and Karnataka is led by Ntish Kumar & reconstituted by the merger of the Janata Dal (United) with the Samata Party

November

26 November 2003Line of Control CeasefireAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Kashmir · Government / Government of India

India and Pakistan begin a ceasefire along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

December

December 2003Agreement on Restore direct air links and overflight rightsAtal Bihari Vajpayee

Government / Government of India

India and Pakistan agree to restore direct air links and overflight rights as relations improve.

Names involved

Atal Bihari VajpayeeKrishnaswamy KasturiranganNtish KumarSudarshan AgarwalSushil Kumar ShindeVilasrao Deshmukh

Places involved

BeijingKashmirMaharashtraSriharikotaUttaranchal

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.