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| India won the International Cricket Council World Cup on April 2, 2011. |
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| Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, member of Parliament from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was sent to jail in May for her role in the telecommunications scandal. |
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| Mamata Banerjee, head of the Trinamool Congress, won the West Bengal elections in May, ending a 34 year dominance by the communist party in the state. |
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| Yoga guru Baba Ramdev went on a hunger strike in June, demanding the government take measures to end corruption in the country. |
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| Maqbool Fida Hussain, one of India’s best-known painters, died in June, at the age of 95. |
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| The first-ever caste census conducted in independent India was kicked off in June. The last caste census in India was conducted in 1931. |
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| Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare galvanized the masses to protest against government misdeeds with a nearly two-week long hunger strike. |
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| Manipur’s United Naga Council started a 100-day economic blockade of the state in August. Prices of essential commodities skyrocketed. |
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| A bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court in September killed 11 people and injured more than 60. |
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| Sikkim was ravaged by an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale on September 18, which killed more than 100 people and damaged hundreds of buildings. |
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| The Planning Commission of India filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court in September stating that urban residents who spends 32 rupees a day, or about 65 cents, should be considered above the poverty line. |
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| India hosted its first-ever Formula One Grand Prix, in October in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. |
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| The world’s 7 billionth person was born on Oct. 31, the United Nations Population Fund estimated, and a baby born that day in Uttar Pradesh was named the symbolic 7 billionth baby. |
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| Sushil Kumar, a computer operator from Bihar, won a jackpot of 50 million rupees (about $1 million) on the gameshow “Kaun Banega Crorepati” in October. |
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| Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines reported a loss of 4.7 billion rupees or $93 million in the quarter ending September. |
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| Protests broke out across the country after the government proposed allowing an increase in foreign direct investment in the retail sector. |
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| Bollywood veteran Dev Anand died at the age of 88 in December. |
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| Bollywood veteran Dev Anand died at the age of 88 in December. |
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| The Indian rupee was Asia’s worst performing currency this year, falling nearly 16 percent. |
