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{{Year in India|2003}}<br />
Events in the year '''2003 in the Republic of India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[File:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2008.jpg|thumb|160x160px|[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]]][[President of India]] – [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] <br />
* [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (cropped).jpg|thumb|175x175px|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]]][[Prime Minister of India]] – [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br />
* [[Vice President of India]] - [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] – [[V. N. Khare]]<br />
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===Governors===<br />
* [[List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]] – [[Arvind Dave]] (until 12 June), [[V. C. Pande]] (starting 12 June)<br />
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Goa|Goa]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Jharkhand|Jharkhand]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Mizoram|Mizoram]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]] –<br />
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –<br />
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==Events==<br />
*26 January – The president of [[Iran]], [[Mohammad Khatami]], is the guest at the Republic Day celebration.<br />
*5–9 February – [[Aero-India show]] is held in [[Bangalore]].<br />
*March – India put up a great show at the ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa after poor performances in the past and go on to the Finals. They were defeated by Australia in the Finals.<br />
*18 April – Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], at his first rally in [[Srinagar]], makes a historic announcement of a peace initiative with Pakistan.<br />
*31 May – Prime Minister Vajpayee has the rare honour of joining the head table at the 300th foundation day of [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] with [[Vladimir Putin]] and [[George W. Bush]].<br />
*22 June – Vajpayee is in China. India concedes that [[Tibet]] is an integral part of China. China agrees to recognise [[Sikkim]]'s accession to India.<br />
*14 July – India refuses to send troops to [[Iraq]].<br />
*25 August – 52 killed in [[1993 Mumbai bombings|two bomb blasts]] in [[Mumbai]].<br />
*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.<br />
*6 October – Vajpayee visits [[Bali]] for the second time in 2 years.<br />
*22 October – India announces confidence-building measures with respect to Indo-Pakistani relations: more buses, flights, higher mission strength, etc.<br />
*15 November – Vajpayee visits [[Syria]].<br />
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== Births ==<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*8 January – [[Mahadeva Subramania Mani]], [[entomologist]] (born 1908).<br />
*14 July – [[Leela Chitnis]], actress (born 1909).<br />
*27 July – [[Henning Holck-Larsen]], engineer, co-founder of [[Larsen & Toubro]] (born 1907).<br />
*25 October – [[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]], [[philosopher]], spiritual leader, [[social reform]]er, who founded the [[Swadhyay Movement]] (born 1920).<br />
*3 November – [[Narendra Prasad]], actor, playwright, teacher and literary critic (born 1946).<br />
*9 November – [[Binod Bihari Verma]], writer (born 1937).<br />
*21 December – [[G. V. Iyer]], film director (born 1917).<br />
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== See also ==<br />
{{Commons category|2003 in India}}<br />
* [[Bollywood films of 2003]]<br />
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