5 January 2004Agreement on Resume a structured peace dialogueAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf agree to resume a structured peace dialogue.
Historical records for India in 2004, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Vajpayee and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf agree to resume a structured peace dialogue.
Vajpayee's government holds talks with moderate Kashmiri separatist leaders in New Delhi.
Sonia Gandhi is chosen to lead the United Progressive Alliance after the 2004 general election.
Recommends the noted economist Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's post
Secures the nomination for Prime Minister when President Abdul Kalam officially asks him to form a Government
Manmohan Singh becomes India's fourteenth Prime Minister and the first Sikh to hold the office.
Manmohan Singh forms the first United Progressive Alliance government after the 2004 general election.
Congress performs strongly in the 2004 general election and leads the formation of the United Progressive Alliance government.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance loses power after the 2004 general election.
G. Madhavan Nair leads ISRO when EDUSAT launches as India's first satellite built specifically to support distance education.
Appointed Governor of Bihar.
Pratibha Patil becomes Governor of Rajasthan.
India begins a limited reduction of troop deployments in Jammu and Kashmir during a period of dialogue with Pakistan.
Singh's government coordinates large-scale relief operations after the Indian Ocean tsunami devastates coastal communities.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh leads a government that continues economic reform while expanding major social welfare programmes.
Gandhi launches a nationwide campaign, criss-crossing the country on the Aam Aadmi (Ordinary people) slogan in contrast to the India Shining slogan of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) alliance
Wins by a large margin in the Rae Bareilly constituency in Uttar Pradesh
Named the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine in the year 2004
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