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{{Year in India|2005}}
Events in the year '''2005 in the Republic of India'''.

==Incumbents==
{| class= wikitable
! Post
! Name
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[President of India|President]]'''
| [[A.P.J Abdul Kalam]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} '''[[Vice President of India|Vice President]]'''
| [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} '''[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]'''
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} '''[[Chief Justice of India|Chief Justice]]'''
| [[Ramesh Chandra Lahoti]] until 1 November, succeeded by [[Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal]]
|}

===Governors===
{| class= wikitable
! Post
! Name
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]'''
| [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]]'''
| [[Shilendra Kumar Singh]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Assam|Assam]]'''
| [[Ajai Singh]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Bihar|Bihar]]'''
| [[Buta Singh]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh]]'''
| [[Krishna Mohan Seth]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Goa|Goa]]'''
| [[S. C. Jamir]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Gujarat|Gujarat]]'''
| [[Nawal Kishore Sharma]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Haryana|Haryana]]'''
| [[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]]'''
| [[Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]'''
| [[Syed Sibtey Razi]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Jharkhand|Jharkhand]]'''
| [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha|S. K. Sinha]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Karnataka|Karnataka]]'''
| [[T. N. Chaturvedi]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Kerala|Kerala]]'''
| [[R. L. Bhatia]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]'''
| [[Balram Jakhar]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]'''
| [[S.M. Krishna]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Manipur|Manipur]]'''
| [[Shivinder Singh Sidhu]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]]'''
| [[M.M. Jacob]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Mizoram|Mizoram]]'''
| [[Amolak Rattan Kohli]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Nagaland|Nagaland]]'''
| [[Shyamal Datta]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Odisha|Odisha]]'''
| [[Rameshwar Thakur]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]]'''
| [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]]'''
| [[Pratibha Patil]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Sikkim|Sikkim]]'''
| [[V. Rama Rao]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]'''
| [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Tripura|Tripura]]'''
| [[Dinesh Nandan Sahay]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]'''
| [[T. V. Rajeswar]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]]'''
| [[Sudarshan Agarwal]]
|-
| {{ flagicon|IND}} '''[[Governor of West Bengal|West Bengal]]'''
| [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]]
|}

==Events==
* National income - {{INR}}36,321,247 million

=== January - June ===
* [[Kerala State Horticulture Mission]] is founded.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110818012318/http://shm.kerala.gov.in/home.htm Official Web Site: State Horticulture Mission Kerala [http://nhm.nic.in/ National Horticulture Mission of India]</ref>
* 10 January – The [[Delhi High Court]] says that a "high claim ratio" cannot be grounds to turn down [[Health insurance|medical insurance]] contract renewal requests. The court said that medical policies were liable to be renewed on the same terms and conditions as the old ones. However, insurance companies could load the [[Insurance premium|premium]] to a limited extent if high payments were sought by a consumer.
* 23 January – In line with the suggestions of the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]], the [[Election Commission of India|Election Commission]] asks the chief electoral officers of [[Bihar]], Jharkhand and [[Haryana]] to do videography of proceedings inside [[polling station]]s without violating the [[secrecy of vote]].
* 25 January – A [[Mandher Devi temple stampede|stampede]] at the [[Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi|Mandher Devi temple]], [[Satara district]] during a religious [[pilgrimage]] in India kills at least 215, mostly women and children.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crushed by the crowd|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article30203681.ece|access-date=2022-01-22|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref>
* 29 January – The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)-led government in [[Goa]] headed by [[Manohar Parrikar]] is reduced to a minority after four BJP [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLAs]] resign from the 40-member house. While the [[Indian National Congress]] has staked its claim to form the new government, Parrikar has said he will prove his majority.
* 29 January – Former BJP president [[Venkaiah Naidu]]'s helicopter is set on fire by suspected [[Maoism|Maoists]] during his campaign tour of [[Gaya, India|Gaya]], Bihar. Naidu escapes unhurt.
* 10 March – [[TRAI]] (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) slashes tariffs for international [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]] prices by up to 70% with effect from 1 April.
* 16 March – [[Ripudaman Singh Malik]] and [[Ajaib Singh Bagri]], accused of the bombing of [[Air India Flight 182]] in 1985, are found not guilty on all counts.
* March - A [[Muslims|Muslim]] cattle trader Hasanabba and his son were assaulted by [[Cow vigilante violence in India|Cow vigilante]] in [[Mangalore]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-14 |title=Coastal Karnataka: Communal cauldron |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/communal-cauldron/article23594934.ece |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref>
* 25 April – The [[National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission]] in a landmark judgement rules that hospitals are duty bound to accept accident victims, that patients in critical condition and that doctors cannot first demand fees before agreeing to treat the patient and that a relative's consent is not necessary if there is no family member present at the time.
* 21 May – [[International Direct Dialling]] to countries in the Gulf, the SAARC region, [[Saudi Arabia]], Africa, Australia and New Zealand will cost Rs. 12 a minute, down by 33%.
* 24 May – The maiden domestic flight operation of [[SpiceJet]] in [[New Delhi]] – [[Mumbai]] route.<ref>{{Cite news|title=SpiceJet Ltd.|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/company/spicejet-3367/information/company-history|access-date=2022-01-22}}</ref>
* 6 June – [[Imrana rape case]].

=== July - December ===
* 26 July – [[Mumbai]] and the [[Mumbai Conurbation]] area is submerged in 5–7 ft. of water due to heavy rains, making nearby dams release water causing a massive flood, which virtually stops the financial capital of India for 4–5 days.
* 23 August - [[Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005]] enacted, ensuring 100 days employment guarantee for every [[India|Indian]].
* 30 August – Removal of License Requirements for Exports of Controlled Items to India, Federal Register.
* September – A high-level United States defence team for the first time gives a classified detailed briefing to Indian officials on the patriot [[PAC-III]] anti-missile system, its capabilities against [[weapons of mass destruction]] and on the sensitive technologies of the [[F-18/A hornet]] and [[F-16]] [[fighter jet]]s.
* 9 September – A group of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] sympathizers hijacked and burnt a [[Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation]] bus near [[Kalamassery]], [[Kerala]] in retaliation to long detention of [[Abdul Nazer Mahdani]] at Coimbatore Jail.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2005 Kalamassery bus burning case: Fourth accused deported from Saudi Arabia, arrested in Delhi|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/apr/27/2005-kalamassery-bus-burning-case-fourth-accused-deported-from-saudi-arabia-arrested-in-delhi-1807120.html|access-date=2022-01-22|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* 29 October – A train in [[Andhra Pradesh]], derails, killing at least 77 people.
* 29 October – At least 61 people are dead and many others wounded in three powerful blasts in [[Delhi]] (See [[29 October 2005 Delhi bombings]] for full details).
* 19 November - [[Shanmugam Manjunath]] a [[Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011|Whistle Blowers]] working in [[Indian Oil Corporation]] murdered in [[Lakhimpur Kheri district]] [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-01-05 |title=The extraordinary tale of an ordinary man |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/The-extraordinary-tale-of-an-ordinary-man/article12291362.ece |access-date=2024-12-16 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-01-14 |title=Convict in 2005 killing of IOC whistleblower S Manjunath released from UP jail for good conduct |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/convict-in-2005-killing-of-ioc-whistleblower-s-manjunath-released-from-up-jail-for-good-conduct/articleshow/96991320.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-12-16 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
* 21 November – An Indian social worker, Junned Khan, and his NGO, pratham society for vulnerable children, with the help of Delhi Police and Delhi Labour Department, rescued 487 trafficked child labour from illegal factories of North shahadara area in Eastern part of Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=500 children rescued in India|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/500-children-rescued-in-india-20051122|access-date=2022-01-22|website=News24|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 22 November – [[Nitish Kumar]] defeated [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] in the [[Bihar]] state election.
* 26 November – [[Death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh]].
* 29 December – Firing, possibly a terrorist attack, at [[Indian Institute of Science#Terrorist attack|IISC]], Bangalore campus.

==Births==
* 18 June - [[Sara Arjun]]
* 10 August - [[R Praggnanandhaa]]
* 24 November – [[20th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche]]
* 31 December – [[Lakshmi Tatma]]

==Deaths==
* 3 January – [[Jyotindra Nath Dixit]], diplomat and politician (born 1936).
* [[File:Amrish Puri.jpg|thumb|178x178px|[[Amrish Puri]]]]12 January – [[Amrish Puri]], actor (born 1932).
* 20 January – [[Parveen Babi]], actress (born 1949).
* 3 March – [[Raveendran]] also known as Raveendran master, [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] and South Indian [[music composer]] (born 1943).
* 22 March – [[Gemini Ganesan]], actor (born 1920).
* 25 April – [[Swami Ranganathananda]], President of [[Ramakrishna Math]] (born 1908).
* 3 May – [[Jagjit Singh Aurora]], military commander (born 1916).
* 15 May – [[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]], actor (born 1919).
* 21 May – [[Subodh Mukherjee]], filmmaker (born 1921).
* 25 May – [[Ismail Merchant]], film producer (born 1936).
* [[File:A still of the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Sunil Dutt in New Delhi on April 15, 2005.jpg|thumb|176x176px|[[Sunil Dutt]]]]25 May – [[Sunil Dutt]], actor, producer, director and politician (born 1929).
* 23 July – [[C R Irani]], journalist and editor.
* 19 August – [[O. Madhavan]], director and actor (born 1922).
* 31 October – [[Amrita Pritam]], poet, novelist and essayist (born 1919).
* 9 November – [[K. R. Narayanan]], politician and 10th [[President of India]] (born 1920).
* 24 November – [[Jamuna Baruah]], actress (born 1919).
* 12 December – [[Ramanand Sagar]], film director (born 1917).

== See also ==
{{Commons category}}
* [[List of Bollywood films of 2005]]

{{Years in India}}
{{Asia topic|2005 in}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Years of the 21st century in India]]

2005 in India - Revision history

UlrikeWeber at 15:16, 15 February 2026