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| Bombing of Bombay Vajpayee, Atal Behari |  |
| Aug Bombay At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay |
| Diplomacy Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| June India & China reach de facto agreement over status of Tibet and Sikkim |
| June The UK & USAurge their citizens to leave India and Pakistan |
| Election Kalam, Avul Pakir Jainul Abdul | |
| July Elected President |
| Inauguration of Kalam Kalam, Avul Pakir Jainul Abdul | |
| 25th July Sworn in as President of India |
| Nuclear Warfare Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| Jan India fires aNuclear-capable ballistic missile, the Agni, off its eastern coast |
| Outstanding Parliamentarian Award Singh, Manmohan | |
| 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 |
| President Kalam, Avul Pakir Jainul Abdul | |
| 25th July Appointed President of India, 12th President of India |
| Rebellion Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| Feb Ayodhya More than 800, mainly Muslims, die in revenge killings by Hindu mobs |
| Feb Ayodhya Muslims set fire to a train carrying Hindus returning from pilgrimage to Ayodhya |
| May Kashmir Kashmiri separatist leader Abdul Gani Lone shot dead in Srinagar by Islamist militants |
| May Kashmir More than 30 people killed in raid on Indian army camp in Kashmir |
| June Kashmir The UK & USAurge their citizens to leave India and Pakistan |
| Rule of Sikkim Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| June Sikkim India & China reach de facto agreement over status of Tibet and Sikkim |
| Rule of Tibet Vajpayee, Atal Behari | |
| June India & China reach de facto agreement over status of Tibet and Sikkim |
