2001
-Massive earthquake leaving 30,000 dead
2002
-test fires a nuclear capable missal successfully
-Abdul Kalam elected president
2003
-50 people killed in bomb blasts in Bombay
-India and Pakistan try to end conflict
2004
-tsunami caused by an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia devastates coastal communities
2005
-more that 1000 people killed in floods caused my monsoons in Bombay
-an earthquake in Pakistan kills Indian troops
2006
-India launches a rural job scheme aimed at lifting 60 million families out of poverty
-US and India sign a nuclear agreement
2007
-India and Pakistan sign a nuclear agreement
-Pratibha Patil is elected president (first woman president of India)
-first commercial space rocket is launched carrying an Italian satellite
2008
-successfully launches its first mission to the moon
-India announces a "pause" in the peace process with Pakistan
2012
-Pranab Mukherjee elected 13th president of India
-Massive earthquake leaving 30,000 dead
2002
-test fires a nuclear capable missal successfully
-Abdul Kalam elected president
2003
-50 people killed in bomb blasts in Bombay
-India and Pakistan try to end conflict
2004
-tsunami caused by an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia devastates coastal communities
2005
-more that 1000 people killed in floods caused my monsoons in Bombay
-an earthquake in Pakistan kills Indian troops
2006
-India launches a rural job scheme aimed at lifting 60 million families out of poverty
-US and India sign a nuclear agreement
2007
-India and Pakistan sign a nuclear agreement
-Pratibha Patil is elected president (first woman president of India)
-first commercial space rocket is launched carrying an Italian satellite
2008
-successfully launches its first mission to the moon
-India announces a "pause" in the peace process with Pakistan
2012
-Pranab Mukherjee elected 13th president of India