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2 2007
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3 2006
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April 3: Trade and Terrorism are expected to dominate the 14th SAARC Summit in New Delhi
April 2: India's Foreign Secretary, Shivshankar Menon, says that Iran is likely to get an observer status in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. (IHT)
April 1:Viswanathan Anand is ranked as the World's No.1 chess player by FIDE. (Rediff.com)

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March 30: *India's legendary leg spinner Anil Kumble retires from One-Day International cricket. (IHT) (Indiatimes) (Eurosport)
March 29:The Supreme Court, as an interim measure, stays the law providing for quota in IIT's, IIM's for OBC's in response to a petition.(Rediff.com)
March 26:India knocked out of 2007 Cricket World Cup. (CNN-IBN)
March 23: Sri Lanka defeats India in 2007 Cricket World Cup match by 69 runs. (CNN-IBN)
March 19: Many parts of India (esp. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh) ring in the New Year on Monday with Gudi Padwa and Ugadi. ([1])([2])
March 17: Bangladesh defeats India in the 2007 Cricket World Cup match by 5 wickets. (CNN-IBN)

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November 5: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy: Australia beats West Indies to lift the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.
November 3: Cyclone Ogni lashes coastal Andhra Pradesh with upto 100mm of rain.
November 3: Reliance launches a $5bn retail venture, Reliance Fresh, planned for more than 780 cities and 6,000 rural towns in India over the next five years.

[edit] October

October 17: Meetings at the level of Foreign Secretaries between India and Pakistan will resume on mid-November, 2006.
October 18: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy: West Indies beats Australia by 10 runs in the fourth cricket match at Mumbai.
October 19: Veteran tamil actress and Kalaimamani award winner, Srividya, dies of breast cancer at 53. She started her life as an actress at the age of 13 and had acted in more than 800 films.
October 19: The Supreme Court of India upholds promotions based on reservations, but rules that quotas should not exceed 50 per cent.
October 19: India's state-owned primary domestic airline, Indian, will be merged with the international airline carrier, Air India, by the end of 2006.
October 20: The death sentence for Mohammad Afzal, the key accused in the December 13 Parliament attack, which was supposed to be executed today, stands deferred as the President is yet to decide on the mercy plea.
October 20: Ratan Tata's Tata Steel, in its biggest ever acquisition, purchases London-based Corus Group Plc, for £4.3 billion, to become the fifth largest steel producer in the world.
October 20: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy: Sri Lanka beats New Zealand by 7 wickets in the fifth cricket match at Mumbai.
October 21: India celebrates Diwali, known as the Festival of Lights.
October 22: The ruling DMK-led alliance sweeps the Chennai Corporation Council local elections, losing just eight of the 155 wards it contested.
October 22: Cairn India, the Indian subsidiary of Scottish firm Cairn Energy, plans to invest over Rs 9140 crores in India.
October 23: Madame Tussauds (wax sculpture of Shakespeare pictured) plans to open its first branch in India at Mumbai.
October 23: Consortium led by Videocon buys Korea's third largest electronics manufacturer, Daewoo Electronics, for Rs 3150 crore (US$ 700 million).
October 24: Pranab Mukherjee takes charge as Indian Foreign Minister.
October 25: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy: New Zealand moves on to Semi Finals.
October 26: The Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence Act 2005 comes into force in India.
October 27: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy: South Africa moves on to Semi Finals.
October 27: Two terror suspects allegedly recruited by the terrorist organisation, Al-Badr, were arrested in Mysore.
October 28: ISRO successfully test fires an indigenously developed cryogenic stage to be used in its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, making India one among the only 6 nations in the world to do so.
October 28: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy: West Indies moves on to Semi Finals.

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