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2003 in India

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2003
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Events in the year 2003 in the Republic of India.

Incumbents

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Governors

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Events

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  • National income - 27,925,301 million

January - June

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July - December

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  • 14 July – India refuses to send troops to Iraq.
  • 25 August – 52 killed in two bomb blasts in Mumbai.
  • 24 September – United States President George W. Bush invites Vajpayee to lunch in New York City during Vajpayee's US trip. It is considered an important meeting for Indo-US relations. Several deals are struck on civilian nuclear technology, space, hi-tech trade and missile defence.
  • 1 October - People's War Group carried out a assassination attempt on N. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh in Alipiri using Claymore mine.[3]
  • 6 October – Vajpayee visits Bali for the second time in 2 years.
  • 22 October – India announces confidence-building measures with respect to Indo-Pakistani relations: more buses, flights, higher mission strength, etc.
  • 15 November – Vajpayee visits Syria.
  • 28 November – Abu Salem, one of India's most wanted fugitives for his alleged role in the 1993 Bombay bombings, is sentenced to four and a half years imprisonment by a Portuguese court on charges of fraud and resisting arrest. In response, the Central Bureau of Investigation announces it will maintain its efforts to seek Salem's deportation to India.[4]

Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Srinagar, Mukhtar Ahmad in. "Abdul Majid Dar shot dead". Rediff. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Shock and Outrage". Outlook (Indian magazine).
  3. ^ "A blast and its shock". Frontline. 23 October 2003. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Portugal jails Indian crime boss". BBC News. 28 November 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2021.