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TOP 50 MOST VALUABLE INDIAN BRANDS 2015
2002
A train ire ignites religious violence that leaves more than 1,000 people dead.
2004
Manmohan Singh becomes prime minister in a Congress Party coalition government called the United Progressive Alliance.
A Sikh, he’s the irst non-Hindu to hold
the post. Economic reform continues, although at a slower pace because some political parties oppose privatization.
Thousands die along India’s southern coastline in tidal waves of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
2006
India and the US sign a nuclear cooperation agreement during a visit by President George W. Bush.
2007
Pratibha Patil is elected India’s irst woman president.
2008
Attacks by Islamist terrorists kill almost 200 people across Mumbai.
India launches an unmanned moon probe, Chandrayaan-1.
2011
India’s population reaches 1.21 billion, according to the census, an increase of 181 million people – or about the population of Nigeria – in just 10 years.
2012
India hosts the fourth annual summit of the BRIC nations.
2013
Four men are sentenced to death for the gang rape of a Delhi student in 2012.
2014
Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Narendra Modi is elected prime minister in a landslide victory.
China President Xi Jinping visits India and announces investment of $35 billion in India over ive years.
The government announces its Make in India program, encouraging foreign companies to set up manufacturing facilities in India.
2015
Parliament relaxes restrictions on foreign investment in the insurance business, raising the percentage threshold of foreign ownership to 49 percent from 26 percent.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits China in an efort to build trust and closer economic ties between the two giant neighbors with a fraught history.
The government launches two initiatives for developing urban India, Smart Cities and AMRUT, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. Smart Cities
aims at building 100 new cities, with modern physical
and electronic infrastructure, over the next several years, primarily for people expected to move from rural locations. AMRUT focuses on rehabilitating 500 existing cities.
Digital India Week highlights the government’s ambitious connectivity initiatives for harnessing digital technology to build a national electronic network, improve government eiciency and expand access to information.
2010s
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