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2011
in
India

Centuries:
Decades:
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 2011 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

Photo Post Name
India President Pratibha Patil
India Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
India Chief Justice S. H. Kapadia

Governors

Photo Post Name
India Arunachal Pradesh
India Assam
India Bihar
India Chhattisgarh
India Goa
India Gujarat
India Haryana
India Himachal Pradesh
India Jammu and Kashmir
India Jharkhand
India Karnataka
India Kerala
India Madhya Pradesh
India Maharashtra
India Manipur
India Meghalaya
India Mizoram
India Nagaland
India Odisha
India Punjab
India Rajasthan
India Sikkim
India Tamil Nadu
India Telangana
India Tripura
India Uttar Pradesh
India West Bengal

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Unknown

Predicted and scheduled events

Sports

Athletics

  • 3 January – National School Athletics Meet begin at Pune

Domestic season

International

Test matches

  • India – South Africa 3 Test Series, December 2010 – January 2011 (Result Drawn 1-1).[67]
  • India – West Indies 3 Test Series, June – July 2011 (Result India 1-0).[68]
  • India – England 4 Test Series, July – August 2011 (Result England 4-0).[69]
  • West Indies – India 3 Test Series, November 2011 (Result India 2-0).[70]
  • India – Australia 4 Test Series, December 2011 – January 2012 (Result Australia 4-0).[71]

One Day matches

  • India – South Africa 5 match Series, January 2011 (Result South Africa 3-2).[72]
  • India wins ICC world cup 2011 defeating Sri Lanka in finals.[73]
  • India – West Indies 5 match Series, June 2011 (Result India 3-2).[74]
  • India – England 5 match Series, September 2011 (Result England 3-0).
  • England – India 5 match Series, October 2011 (Result India 5-0).[75]
  • West Indies – India 5 match Series, November – December 2011 (Result India 4-1).[76]

T-20 matches

  • West Indies v India at Port of Spain – 4 June 2011.[77]
  • England v India at Manchester – 31 August 2011.[78]
  • India v England at Kolkata – 29 October 2011.[79]

Football

Senior

Youth

Regional

International

Hockey

Deaths

January – April

May – December

Major Public Holidays

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

See also

References

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