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{{year in India|2009}}
Events in the year '''2009 in the Republic of India'''.

==Incumbents==
{| class=wikitable
! Photo
! Post
! Name
|-
| [[File:PratibhaIndia.jpg|50px]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} '''[[President of India|President]]'''
| [[Pratibha Patil]]
|-
| [[File:Hamid ansari.jpg|50px]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} '''[[Vice President of India|Vice President]]'''
| [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]
|-
| [[File:Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in WEF ,2009.jpg|50px]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} '''[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]'''
| [[Dr. Manmohan Singh]]
|-
| [[File:K. G. Balakrishnan.jpg|50px]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} '''[[Chief Justice of India|Chief Justice]]'''
| [[K. G. Balakrishnan]]
|}

===Governors===
{| class=wikitable
! Post
! Name
|-
| '''[[Governor of Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]'''
| [[N. D. Tiwari]] (until 28 December) [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]] (starting 28 December)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]]'''
| [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Assam|Assam]]'''
| [[Shiv Charan Mathur]] (until 25 June) [[Janaki Ballabh Patnaik]] (26 June-27 July) [[Syed Sibtey Razi]] (starting 27 July)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Bihar|Bihar]]'''
| [[R. L. Bhatia]] (until 28 June) [[Devanand Konwar]] (starting 28 June)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh]]'''
| [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Goa|Goa]]'''
| [[Shivinder Singh Sidhu]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Gujarat|Gujarat]]'''
| [[Nawal Kishore Sharma]] (until 24 July) [[S. C. Jamir]] (30 July-30 November) [[Kamala Beniwal]] (starting 27 November)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Haryana|Haryana]]'''
| [[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]] (until 27 July) [[Jagannath Pahadia]] (starting 27 July)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]]'''
| [[Prabha Rau]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]'''
| [[Narinder Nath Vohra]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Jharkhand|Jharkhand]]'''
| [[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]] (until 21 January) [[M. O. H. Farook]] (starting 22 January)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Karnataka|Karnataka]]'''
| [[Rameshwar Thakur]] (until 24 June) [[Hansraj Bhardwaj]] (starting 24 June)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Kerala|Kerala]]'''
| [[R. S. Gavai]] (until 7 September) [[M. O. H. Farook]] (starting 7 September)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]'''
| [[Balram Jakhar]] (until 29 June) [[Rameshwar Thakur]] (starting 30 June)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]'''
| [[S.C. Jamir]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Manipur|Manipur]]'''
| [[Gurbachan Jagat]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]]'''
| [[Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Mizoram|Mizoram]]'''
| [[M. M. Lakhera]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Nagaland|Nagaland]]'''
| [[K. Sankaranarayanan]] (until 28 July) [[Gurbachan Jagat]] (28 July-14 October) [[Nikhil Kumar (governor)|Nikhil Kumar]] (starting 15 October)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Odisha|Odisha]]'''
| [[Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare]]
|-
| '''[[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]]'''
| [[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]] (until 22 January) [[Shivraj Vishwanath Patil]] (starting 22 January)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]]'''
| [[Shilendra Kumar Singh]] (until 1 December) [[Prabha Rau]] (starting 2 December)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Sikkim|Sikkim]]'''
| [[Balmiki Prasad Singh]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]'''
| [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
|-
| '''[[Governor of Tripura|Tripura]]'''
| [[Dinesh Nandan Sahay]] (until 14 October) [[Kamla Beniwal]] (15 October-26 November) [[D. Y. Patil|Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil]] (starting 27 November)
|-
| '''[[Governor of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]'''
| [[T. V. Rajeswar]] (until 27 July) [[Banwari Lal Joshi]] (starting 27 July)
|-
| '''[[List of governors of Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]]'''
| [[Banwari Lal Joshi]] (until 6 August) [[Margaret Alva]] (starting 6 August)
|-
| '''[[Governor of West Bengal|West Bengal]]'''
| [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]] (until 14 December) [[Devanand Konwar]] (starting 14 December)
|-
|}

==Events==
* National income - {{INR}}63,664,065 million

=== January - June ===
* 1 January – [[National Investigation Agency|National Investigation Agency (NIA) Bill]] and the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act|Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA) Bill]], the new anti-terror regime came into force with President [[Pratibha Patil]] giving her assent. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090102010816/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/01/stories/2009010157360100.htm (''The Hindu'')]
* 1 January – [[2009 Guwahati bombings]]: Five persons, including a boy and a woman, were killed and about 50 injured in serial bomb blasts in [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]].<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010256950100.htm ''The Hindu''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104100910/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010256950100.htm |date=4 November 2012 }}</ref>
* 1 January – [[Government of India|Indian Government]] decides to place officers in the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] and their equivalents in the other two services on a higher pay band and constitute a separate pay commission in a move to redress the grievances of [[Indian Armed Forces]] personnel over anomalies in [[Sixth Central Pay Commission|pay structures]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090828084601/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/02/stories/2009010257170100.htm (''The Hindu'')]
* 2 January – [[Government of India|Indian Government]] in tandem with the [[Reserve Bank of India]] (RBI) announces the much-awaited second [[Fiscal policy|Stimulus Package]] aimed at reversing the [[Recession|economic slowdown]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090409125733/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/03/stories/2009010357820100.htm (''The Hindu'')]
* 2 January – [[Kapil Dev]], [[Sunil Gavaskar]] and [[Bishan Singh Bedi]] figure among the 55 players in the ICC's inaugural Hall of Fame list. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100314040114/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/03/stories/2009010356041500.htm (''The Hindu'')]
* 4 January – All-India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) decided to go ahead with its indefinite strike from midnight of 5 January. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105100335/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/05/stories/2009010552611100.htm (''The Hindu'')]
* 4 January – The [[Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party|Peoples Democratic Party]] (PDP) formally dissociates itself from the [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA). [https://web.archive.org/web/20100218183824/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/05/stories/2009010558900100.htm (''The Hindu'')]
* 5 January – [[Indian Government]] summons Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik to hand over evidence about Pakistan's involvement in the [[Mumbai attacks|Mumbai terror attacks]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100218182233/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/06/stories/2009010657720100.htm (''The Hindu'')]
* 7 January – [[Satyam scandal|Satyam Scandal]]: In a letter to the Satyam board and the market regulator, [[Securities and Exchange Board of India|SEBI]], [[Byrraju Ramalinga Raju|Ramalinga Raju]], the founder and CEO of [[Mahindra Satyam|Satyam Computer Services]], confessed that he has been creating fake invoices and that the company cash was all fictitious. The [[BSE SENSEX|BSE]] crashed 749 points, wiping out about $23bn of investors wealth.[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Satyam-doom-knocks-749-pts-off-mkt-investors-lose-23bn/articleshow/3949251.cms? (''The Times of India'')]
* 24 January - [[2009 Mangalore pub attack|Mangalore pub attacked]] by [[Hindutva]] group headed by [[Pramod Muthalik]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-27 |title=The 'Talibans' of Mangalore |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/the-talibans-of-mangalore/ |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
* 13 February – [[Jajpur derailment|2009 Orissa train derailment]]: A [[Passenger trains|passenger train]] derails in [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha|Orissa]], killing at least 15 people and injuring 150 others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/15-killed-150-injured-in-orissa-train-tragedy-night-lead_100154929.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524101622/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/15-killed-150-injured-in-orissa-train-tragedy-night-lead_100154929.html |url-status=dead |title=Thaindian News|archive-date=24 May 2011}}</ref>
* 23 February – India approves a [[Pound sterling|£]]1.7-billion [[Indian human spaceflight program|plan]] to launch its first [[astronaut]]s into [[outer space]] by 2015.<ref>[https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5789385.ece ''Times''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810095814/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5789385.ece |date=10 August 2011 }}</ref>
* 25 February – A bus crashes in Indian-[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|administered]] [[Kashmir]], killing 35 people and injuring 15.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7909330.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930131832/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7909330.stm |url-status=live |title=Many killed in Kashmir bus crash|date=25 February 2009|archive-date=30 September 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref>
* 25 February – Former Indian [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Communications Minister]] [[Sukh Ram]] is jailed for three years for [[Political corruption|corruption]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7910204.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930131844/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7910204.stm |url-status=live |title=India ex-minister given jail term|date=25 February 2009|archive-date=30 September 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref>
* 24 March – Sixteen [[militant]]s and eight Indian [[Indian Army|Army]] soldiers are [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|killed]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]'s [[Kupwara district]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7960557.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329193035/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7960557.stm |url-status=live |title=Militants claim Kashmiri attack|date=25 March 2009|archive-date=29 March 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref>
* 1 April – No additional charges on withdrawing money from an ATM of a different bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/12/free-atm-era-ends-on-tuesday.htm |title=Free ATM era ends on Tuesday |date=12 October 2009 |author=Sudeep Jain |work=Business Standard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007082522/http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/12/free-atm-era-ends-on-tuesday.htm |archive-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* April–May – [[2009 Indian general election|General Elections]] held.
* 16 April – The [[Naxalite|Naxalite movement]] [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency|kills]] 17 people as India's [[2009 Indian general election|general election]] begins.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6105367.ece ''Times Online''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918082348/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6105367.ece |date=18 September 2011 }}</ref>
* 20 April – India's [[Indian Space Research Organisation|Space Research Organization]] launches its [[RISAT-2]] [[reconnaissance satellite]].<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indias-spy-in-the-sky-isro-launches-risat2/90656-11.html?from=rssfeed CNN-IBN] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930024251/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indias-spy-in-the-sky-isro-launches-risat2/90656-11.html?from=rssfeed |date=30 September 2012 }}</ref>
* 19 May – [[Manmohan Singh]] of the [[Indian National Congress|National Congress]] is [[2009 Indian general election|re-elected]] as [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iDWXHBMTp0meYXRxgeACjBoUE7_Q|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125101755/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iDWXHBMTp0meYXRxgeACjBoUE7_Q|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=AFP}}</ref>
* 21 May – The [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|Communist Party]] [[Naxalite-Maoist insurgency|kills]] 16 [[Law enforcement in India|police officers]] near [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8062321.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529081427/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8062321.stm |url-status=live |title=Police die in India Maoist attack|date=21 May 2009|archive-date=29 May 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref>
* 25 May – [[Cyclone Aila]] ravages the east coast killing at least 149<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff Writer |date=26 May 2009 |access-date=2009-05-26 |title=West Bengal: Cyclone toll rises to 45, rescue ops begin |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Cyclone-Aila-death-toll-reaches-82-rescue-on/articleshow/4579233.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529203518/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/West-Bengal-Cyclone-toll-rises-to-45-rescue-ops-begin/articleshow/4579233.cms |archive-date=29 May 2009 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|agency=Press Trust of India|work=Business Standard|date=25 May 2009|access-date=2009-05-25|title=21 killed, over a lakh hit as cyclone Aila strikes |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/21-killed-overlakh-hit-as-cyclone-aila-strikes/62777/on|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100915062953/http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/21-killed-overlakh-hit-as-cyclone-aila-strikes/62777/on |archive-date = 15 September 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="TS1">{{cite web|author=Staff Writer|work=The Statesman|date=25 May 2009|access-date=2009-05-25|title=Aila claims 29 in B;Statesman News Service|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=1&theme=&usrsess=1&id=255704|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040331200719/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=1|archive-date=31 March 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> and hundreds others were left homeless as torrential rains led to flooding.
* 3 June – Indian [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] [[Meira Kumar]] becomes the first female [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]] of the [[Lok Sabha|House of the People]].
* 4 June – Two hundred thousand people attend the funeral of [[Dera Sach Khand]] leader [[Ramanand Dass|Sant Ramanand Dass]] in [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8082493.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930130741/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8082493.stm |url-status=live |title=Funeral held for Punjab preacher|date=4 June 2009|archive-date=30 September 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lakhs-attend-state-funeral-for-Sant-Ramanand/articleshow/4615567.cms ''Times of India'']</ref>
* 17 June – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistani President [[Asif Ali Zardari]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6520545.ece ''The Times''] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20111006162716/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6520545.ece |date=6 October 2011 }}</ref>
* 20 June – Indian troops enter [[Lalgarh, Jhargram|Lalgarh]], a [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|Maoist]] stronghold in [[West Bengal]], claiming a partial victory.

=== July - December ===
* 2 July – A [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code|148-year-old colonial law]] banning [[Homosexuality in India|homosexual intercourse in India]] is overturned by the [[Delhi High Court|High Court]] in New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823130317/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8129836.stm |url-status=live |title=Gay sex decriminalised in India|date=2 July 2009|archive-date=23 August 2017|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6623241.ece The Times] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016172633/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6623241.ece |date=16 October 2011 }}</ref>
* 3 July – Three people die and over a dozen are injured in riots after a dead pig is thrown into an under-construction [[mosque]] in [[Mysore]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/india.pig.religious.riot/index.html?iref=mpstoryview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017125252/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/03/india.pig.religious.riot/index.html?iref=mpstoryview |url-status=dead |title=Thrown pig leads to religious riots in India - CNN.com|archive-date=17 October 2012|website=CNN}}</ref>
[[File:President Barack Obama with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 2009-11-24(2).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Manmohan Singh with American President [[Barack Obama]] at the [[White House]], 24 November 2009]]
* 5 July – At least eight people die in blasts at two explosives factories in [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8135536.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022081405/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8135536.stm |url-status=live |title=Fatal blasts at India factories|date=6 July 2009|archive-date=22 October 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* 9 July – The death toll from a mass poisoning involving home-brewed [[alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] in [[Gujarat]] rises to 71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0709/119365-india/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017124255/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0709/india.html |url-status=dead |title=71 die from illegal alcohol in India|date=9 July 2009|archive-date=17 October 2011|via=www.rte.ie}}</ref>
* 12 July – Five people are killed and several injured in India after a bridge being constructed for the [[Delhi Metro]] collapses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8146362.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713110733/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8146362.stm |url-status=live |title=Metro bridge collapses in Delhi|date=12 July 2009|archive-date=13 July 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* 20 July – [[Ajmal Kasab]], the only surviving gunman in the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]], pleads guilty in an Indian court, ending months of denials.<ref>[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-FQ9r8hIkUyO-Due8L-6RbmTwGQD99I44PG0]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* 20 July – India and the United States sign a defence pact.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8158489.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720100424/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8158489.stm |url-status=live |title=US and India agree defence pact|date=20 July 2009|archive-date=20 July 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* 26 July – India launches its first [[nuclear submarine]], the [[INS Arihant|INS ''Arihant'']].<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/PM-launches-INS-Arihant-in-Visakhapatnam/articleshow/4820660.cms The Times of India]</ref>
* 6 August – An Indian court [[Capital punishment|sentences to death]] three people for carrying out [[25 August 2003 Mumbai bombings|bombings]] that killed more than 50 people in [[Mumbai]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8186871.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213065210/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8186871.stm |url-status=live |title=India to execute 2003 bomb trio|date=6 August 2009|archive-date=13 February 2012|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/world/asia/07mumbai.html|title=Death Sentences for 3 in '03 India Attacks|first=The New York|last=Times|newspaper=The New York Times |date=6 August 2009}}</ref>
* 11 August – [[2009 Andaman Islands earthquake]]: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake occurs in the [[Andaman Islands]] of India. No casualties or injuries were reported, although there were complaints about minor damages to buildings.
* 24 August – At least 200 children are killed and around 900 hospitalised by [[Japanese encephalitis]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8217453.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824100536/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8217453.stm |url-status=live |title=Encephalitis kills 200 in India|date=24 August 2009|archive-date=24 August 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* 1 September – An outbreak of [[diarrhoea]] in [[Odisha|Orissa]], kills at least 26 people and hospitalises 237.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230960.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903002651/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8230960.stm |url-status=live |title=India diarrhoea outbreak kills 26|date=1 September 2009|archive-date=3 September 2009|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* 2 September – [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash|2009 Andhra Pradesh helicopter crash]]: A [[Bell 430]] helicopter crashes during a flight in southern India. Fatalities included [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-42189320090903 |work=Reuters |title=Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S.R. Reddy missing, damaged helicopter found |date=3 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113082512/http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-42189320090903 |archive-date=13 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8235115.stm |work=BBC News |title=India politician killed in crash |date=3 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608012501/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8235115.stm |archive-date=8 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 10 September – At least five girls are killed and 30 other students injured in a stampede at a state-run school in the Indian capital, [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-09-10/girls-crushed-to-death-in-delhi-stampede/1425136|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913101811/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/10/2682571.htm?section=justin |url-status=dead |title=Girls crushed to death in Delhi stampede|date=10 September 2009|archive-date=13 September 2009|website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0910/121618-india/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023013017/http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0910/india.html |url-status=dead |title=Five schoolgirls die in New Delhi stampede|date=10 September 2009|archive-date=23 October 2012|via=www.rte.ie}}</ref>
[[File:Water Around Fresh Moon Crater.jpg|thumb|right|[[Chandrayaan-1]], India's first uncrewed [[lunar probe]], discovers large amounts of water on the [[Moon]].]]
* 14 September – [[Chandrayaan-1]], India's first uncrewed [[lunar probe]], discovers large amounts of water on the [[Moon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/298416_Water-detected-on-moon-by-Chandrayaan--ISRO-says-path-breaking|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927080149/http://www.ptinews.com/news/298416_Water-detected-on-moon-by-Chandrayaan--ISRO-says-path-breaking |url-status=dead |title=Site Under Construction|archive-date=27 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/sep/24/discovery-water-moon-lunar-base|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417060755/http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/sep/24/discovery-water-moon-lunar-base |url-status=dead |title=Discovery of water on moon boosts prospects for permanent lunar base|date=24 September 2009|archive-date=17 April 2012|website=the Guardian}}</ref>
* 30 September – [[2009 Thekkady boat disaster]]: the double-decker passenger boat ''Jalakanyaka'' capsized in Lake Thekkady, killing a total of 45 passengers.
* 17 October – 32 people are killed in a fire at a fireworks warehouse in southern India, during the [[Diwali]] celebrations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/32-killed-in-godown-blaze-in-Tamil-Nadu/H1-Article1-466278.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927160416/http://www.hindustantimes.com/32-killed-in-godown-blaze-in-Tamil-Nadu/H1-Article1-466278.aspx |url-status=dead |title=Hindustan Times|archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/india.fireworks.deaths/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018184727/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/india.fireworks.deaths/ |url-status=dead |title=Fireworks blaze kills 32 in India - CNN.com|archive-date=18 October 2012|website=CNN}}</ref>
* 19 October – [[Shiva Ayyadurai|VA Shiva Ayyadurai]] publishes report alleging [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research#Controversies|CSIR corruption]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ayyadurai|first1= VA Shiva|last2=Sardana| first2=Deepak|title=CSIR-TECH Path Forward|url=http://innovationdemandsfreedom.com/pdf/report-on-CSIR-by-VA-Shiva.pdf |access-date=15 April 2013|date=19 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ayyadurai|first= VA Shiva|title=Innovation Demands Freedom|url=http://innovationdemandsfreedom.com/ |access-date=15 April 2013|publisher=innovationdemandsfreedom.com|date=March 2013}}</ref><ref name="Nature">{{cite journal|last= Jayaraman |first=K.S. |title=Report row ousts top Indian scientist |volume=462 |issue=7270 |pages=152 |journal=Nature | date=9 November 2009 |pmid=19907467 |doi=10.1038/462152a |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* 30 October – [[2009 Jaipur fire|Indian Oil Fire in Jaipur]]: A large fire at an [[Oil terminal|oil depot]] on the outskirts of [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], leaving six people dead and around 135 injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/355623_Fire-at-oil-depot-rages-on--to-be-allowed-to-burn-out|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318150907/http://www.ptinews.com/news/355623_Fire-at-oil-depot-rages-on--to-be-allowed-to-burn-out |url-status=dead |title=Site Under Construction|archive-date=18 March 2012}}</ref>
* 6 November – At least 34 people are killed and 29 are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-07/india/28079159_1_overcrowded-bus-railway-station-kangra The Times of India] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110035141/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/34-killed-as-bus-falls-into-gorge-in-Himachal/articleshow/5204496.cms |date=10 November 2009 }}</ref>
* 22 November – At least seven people are killed and more than 55 injured in a bombing in [[Assam]], northeastern India.<ref>[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-23/india/28081842_1_twin-blasts-ulfa-rebels-top-ulfa-leaders Times of India] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127113036/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Twin-blasts-rock-Assam-7-dead/articleshow/5258844.cms |date=27 November 2009 }}</ref>
* 24 November – Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] had the first official state visit to the White House during the administration of U.S. President [[Barack Obama]]. Several discussions took place during the meeting, including on trade and nuclear power.
* 10 December – India announces it is to create a new [[States and union territories of India|state]], [[Telangana]], out of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/andhra-bifurcation-60-mlas-1-mp-resign-cong-on-back-foot/552479/0 Indian Express] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112308/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/andhra-bifurcation-60-mlas-1-mp-resign-cong-on-back-foot/552479/0 |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
* 13 December – India successfully test fires its nuclear-capable [[Dhanush (missile)|"Dhanush" missile]] off the [[Odisha|Orissa]] coast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Dhanush-missile-test-fired-successfully/article16853171.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825223421/http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article64463.ece |url-status=dead |title=Dhanush missile test-fired successfully|first1=Y.|last1=Mallikarjun|first2=T. S.|last2=Subramanian|date=13 December 2009|archive-date=25 August 2010|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Deaths==
[[File:R Venkataraman.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[R. Venkataraman]]]]
* 15 January – [[Tapan Sinha]], 84, film director (born 1924)
* 27 January – [[R. Venkataraman]], 98, the 8th [[List of Presidents of India|President of India]] (born 1910)
* 31 January – [[Nagesh]], actor (born 1933)<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20090203185337/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/000200901311330.htm Veteran comedian Nagesh dead]}} in [[The Hindu]]</ref>
* 9 April – [[Shakti Samanta]], 83, film director and producer (born 1926)
* [[File:Feroz Khan.jpg|thumb|199x199px|[[Feroz Khan (actor)|Feroz Khan]]]]27 April – [[Feroz Khan (actor)|Feroz Khan]], 69, film actor and producer (born 1939)
* 17 May – [[Prakash Mehra]], 69, film director and producer (born 1939)
* 31 May – [[Kamala Das]], 75, writer and poet (born 1934)
* 8 June – [[Habib Tanvir]], 85, dramatist and actor (born 1923)
* 28 June – [[A. K. Lohithadas]], 54, filmmaker in Malayalam cinema (born 1955)
* 16 July – [[D. K. Pattammal]], 90, [[Carnatic music]]ian, one of the "female trinity of Carnatic Music" (born 1919)
* 21 July – [[Gangubai Hangal]], 96, [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] singer (born 1913)
* 28 July – [[Leela Naidu]], 69, film actress (born 1940)
* 29 July –
** [[Rajan P. Dev]], 56, film actor in South Indian films (born 1953)
** [[Gayatri Devi]], 90, Rajmata of Jaipur (born 1919)
* 9 August –
** [[Gulshan Kumar Mehta|Gulshan Bawra]], 72, songwriter (born 1937)
** [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]], 55, film and theatre actor, author (born 1954)
* 2 September – [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], 60, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1949)
* 25 October – [[Adoor Bhavani]], 82, film actress (born 1927)
* 10 November – [[Simple Kapadia]], 51, film costume designer and actress (born 1958)
* 7 December – [[Bina Rai]], 73, film actress (born 1936)
* 29 December – [[C. Aswath]], 72, Kannada music director and singer (born 1938)
[[File:Vishnuvardhan_2.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]]]]
* 30 December – [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]], 59, Kannada film actor and singer (born 1950)

== See also ==
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* [[Bollywood films of 2009]]

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