2011 in India

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Events in the year 2011 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

• President of India – Prathiba Patil
• Prime Minister of India – Dr Manmohan Singh

Events

January

• January 1 – Union Home Ministry winds up the Srikrishna committee on Telangana following submission of its report
• January 1 – Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman of ULFA, released on bail from the Guwahati central prison
• January 1 – India and Pakistan exchange the annual lists of their nuclear installations and facilities under the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear Installations, which was signed on December 31, 1988
• January 1 – Nagesh Pydah assumes charge as Chairman and Managing Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce

February

April

• April 2 – India wins the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
• April 30 – Dorjee Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh since 2007, dies in a helicopter crash.

May

• Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the first woman and 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal on May 20, 2011
• May 25 – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced of Rs. 22,500 Crores for African countries to develop infrastructure facilities on the eve of IInd Indo-Africa summ

==Predicted and scheduled events== Mumbai, Jun 11:Senior journalist and Investigations Editor with English newspaper 'Mid-Day', J Dey, was shot dead allegedly by four unidentified assailants at Powai in north-west Mumbai http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-5487.html

• September 9, 2011 – National Conference : National Conference on Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Technology NCETCIT.

• February 19–April 2 – 2011 Cricket World Cup was held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and India regain the world cup after 28 years beating Sri Lanka in the finals on April 2, 2011 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai .

• April 8-May 22 - 2011 IPL (4th Season)

Unknown dates

• 2010–11 I-League
• 2011–12 I-League
• 2011 Durand Cup
• 2011 Indian Federation Cup
• 2011 I-League 2nd Division
• 2011 Santosh Trophy
• 2011 BB Roy Trophy
• 2011 Datta Ray Trophy

Sports

Athletics

• January 3 – National School Athletics Meet begin at Pune

Cricket

Domestic Season

• Ranji Trophy 2010–11
• Duleep Trophy 2010-11
• Deodhar Trophy 2010-11
• Vijay Hazare Trophy 2010-11

• 2011 Indian Premier League
• 2011 Irani Trophy
• 2011 Inter-State T20 Championship
• 2011 BCCI Corporate Trophy
• 2011 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

• Ranji Trophy 2011–12
• Duleep Trophy 2011-12
• Deodhar Trophy 2011-12
• Vijay Hazare Trophy 2011-12

International

• January 2 – Third test match between India and South Africa begins at Cape Town
• January 9 – Third test match between India and South Africa is drawn. Series is levelled 1-1.
• February 19 - April 2 – 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Football

Senior

• 2010–11 I-League
• 2011–12 I-League
• 2011 Indian Shield
• 2011 Indian Federation Cup
• 2011 Durand Cup
• 2011 Santosh Trophy
• 2011 I-League 2nd Division

Youth

• 2011 BC Roy Trophy
• 2011 Dutta Ray Trophy
• 2010-11 Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
• 2010-12 Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
• Subroto Cup Football Tournament

Regional

• Agartala
• Kolkata
• Mumbai
• Bangalore
• Cochin
• Goa
• Assam
• Guwahati

• Punjab
• Delhi
• Trivandum
• Kolkata Police Friendship Cup Football Tournament
• Goa Governor Cup
• Goan Super Cup
• Mullick Police Cup
• Sikkim Gold Cup

• Faria Gold Cup
• Traders Cup
• Lt. Governors Cup
• ATPA Shield
• Garodia Gold Cup
• Bordoloi Trophy
• I'Day Cup
• OIL Gold Cup

Deaths

• January 2 – Bali Ram Bhagat, 88, former Lok Sabha Speaker
• January 10 – Vivek Shauq, 47, actor, comedian.
• January 24 – Bhimsen Joshi, 88, musician.
• January 28 – Sushil Kumar Dhara, 99, revolutionary.
• February 3 – Machan Varghese, 50, Malayalam film actor.
• February 19 – Suresh Babu, 58, athlete.
• February 20 – Malaysia Vasudevan, 66, actor and playback singer.
• February 21 – Aranmula Ponnamma, 96, Malayalam film actress.
• February 21 – Premananda, 59, religious leader.
• February 23 – Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, 79, screenwriter and film producer.
• February 23 – Nirmala Srivastava, 87, religious leader.
• February 24 – Anant Pai (Uncle Pai), 81, educationalist and comics writer.
• March 3 – Goga Kapoor, 70, film actor.
• March 3 – Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, 81, astrophysicist.
• March 4 – Arjun Singh, 80, politician.
• March 10 – Baliram Kashyap, 74, politician.
• March 19 – Navin Nischol, 65, actor.
• March 20 – Bob Christo, Indian actor of Australian origin.
• April 1 – Varkey Vithayathil, 83, cardinal and religious leader.
• April 17 – Bhawani Singh, 79, titular Maharaja of Jaipur.
• April 24 – Sathya Sai Baba, 84, Guru, spiritual leader & educator.
• April 30 – Dorjee Khandu, 56, politician, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
• May 15 – Mahendra Singh Tikait, 76, leader of farmers, President of the Bharatiya Kisan Union
• June 3 – Bhajan Lal, 80, two-time Chief Minister of Haryana
• June 7 – Nataraja Ramakrishna, 88, dance guru.
• June 9 – M. F. Husain, 95, painter
• June 11 – Jyotirmoy Dey, 55, journalist
• June 14 – Asad Ali Khan, 74, musician

Major Public Holidays

• January 26 – Republic Day (National holiday)
• March 2 - Mahashivratri (Hindu Holiday)
• March 19 - Holi (Hindu Holiday)
• April 4 - Gudi Padwa (Hindu New Year)
• August 15 – Independence Day (National holiday)
• August 19 - Pateti (Parsi New Year)
• August 21 - Krishna Janmasthmi (Hindu Holiday)
• August 31 - Ramzan Id (Islam Holiday)
• September 1 - Ganesh Chaturthi (First day of 10 days long Ganesh Festival)
• September 11 - Anant Chaturdashi (Ganesh Visharjan/Last Day of 10 days long Ganesh Festival)
• October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti (National holiday)
• October 6 - Dassera (Hindu Holiday)
• October 26 - Diwali (Hindu Holiday)
• November 7 - Bakri Id (Islam Holiday)
• November 10 - Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh Holiday)
• December 25 – Christmas (Christian Holiday)

See also

• 2011 in Kerala