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India in 2014

Historical records for India in 2014, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
3Named people
4Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

5 January 2014Indigenous Cryogenic StageKoppillil Radhakrishnan

Sriharikota · Science / Technology

GSLV-D5 flies successfully with an indigenous cryogenic upper stage during K. Radhakrishnan's chairmanship.

May

26 May 2014First Modi GovernmentNarendra Modi

New Delhi · Government / Government of India

Narendra Modi is sworn in as Prime Minister after the BJP wins a parliamentary majority in the 2014 general election.

August

28 August 2014Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan YojanaNarendra Modi

New Delhi · Government / Government of India

Modi launches the Jan Dhan programme to expand access to bank accounts and basic financial services.

September

24 September 2014Mars Orbit InsertionKoppillil Radhakrishnan

Mars · Science / Astronomy

India's Mars Orbiter Mission enters Martian orbit during K. Radhakrishnan's tenure, succeeding on the country's first attempt to reach Mars.

October

2 October 2014Swachh Bharat MissionNarendra Modi

New Delhi · Government / Government of India

Modi launches the Swachh Bharat Mission as a national sanitation and cleanliness campaign.

Other Events

2014ROTAVAC DevelopmentMaharaj Kishan Bhan

India · Science / Medicine

Research originating from M. K. Bhan's 116E rotavirus discovery culminates in licensing of the indigenous ROTAVAC vaccine in India.

Names involved

Koppillil RadhakrishnanMaharaj Kishan BhanNarendra Modi

Places involved

IndiaMarsNew DelhiSriharikota

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.