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Droupadi Murmu is elected as the new president of India, making her the first female from a scheduled tribe to be elected to the post.
2022-07-21

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind announces that 90% of adults in India have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
2022-01-31

President Ram Nath Kovind receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
2021-03-3

The Parliament of India passes a bill that would make the historic region of Telangana into a state.
2014-02-19

The trial of five men accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case begins today, while President of India Pranab Mukherjee approves the death penalty for rapists.
2013-02-5

Former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is frisked and has his clothes inspected for explosives by officials in New York, with the United States apologising for its breach of protocol.
2011-11-13

Indian social activist Anna Hazare breaks a hunger strike after Parliament passes strong anti-corruption laws.
2011-08-28

The Parliament of India debates the Jan Lokpal anti-corruption legislation, prompted in part by an ongoing hunger strike by social activist Anna Hazare.
2011-08-27