2012 Indian Current Affairs
General
Prime Minister of India – Dr. Manmohan Singh
January
• 42 % of Indian children are malnourished - Hunger and Malnutrition (HUNGaMA) report
• 50 lakh students perform Surya Namaskar in Madhya Pradesh
• 26 January: Nation displays military might on 63rd Republic Day; Thailand PM, Yingluck Shinawatra is Chief Guest.
February
• Supreme Court cancels all 122 licences given by A Raja in 2G spectrum scam
March
• 16 March: Union Budget for 2012-13 is presented by Finance Minister Sh. Pranab Mukherjee
• Dinesh Trivedi steps down as Railways Minister after pressure from TMC
• Soumitra Chatterjee selected for Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2011.
• 29 March: India hosts 4th BRICS summit at New Delhi. Heads of state of Brazil, Russia, China and South-Africa are hosted by India
April
• Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visits India on a personal visit to Ajmer Sharif.
• Magnitude 8.6 Mw earthquake hits Indonesia near the province of Aceh, tremors felt in Chennai and Kolkata
• RBI cuts repo rate by 50 basis points first time in three years
• 19 April: India successfully test fires 5000 km range Agni-V ICBM
• Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon kidnapped by Maoists in Chhattisgarh
• Sachin Tendulkar, Rekha and Anu Aga nominated to Rajya Sabha by the President of India
May
• 13 May: Indian parliament celebrates 60th anniversary
• Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) win the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League
• Bikram Singh takes over as Indian Army Chief
June
• VS Sampath takes over as new CEC
• Pranab Mukherjee is UPA candidate for President
July
• Popular Time magazine dubs Manmohan Singh as 'underachiever'.
• Jagadish Shettar sworn in as new Karnataka Chief Minister.
• Hamid Ansari chosen as UPA nominee for Vice President
• Pranab Mukherjee is elected as India's 13th President
• London olympics 2012 from July 27 to Aug 12
August
• Hamid Ansari again elected as consecutively second vice-president of India after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• London Olympics, India ended it with 6 medals, 2 silver and 4 bronze.
November
• 17 November: founder and chief of the Shiv Sena Bal Thackeray died.
• 21 November: Ajmal Kasab hanged on account of the 2008 Mumbai Attacks.
• 30 November: IK Gujral, Ex Prime Minister of India Passed away.
Sports
19–23 January: Ranji Trophy final = Rajasthan defeats Tamil Nadu and wins the 78th Ranji Trophy
Leander Paes (along with Czech's Radek Stepanek) won the Men's Doubles in 2012 Australian Open
10 March: Rahul Dravid retires from international cricket after his 16-year career
Sachin Tendulkar scores his 100th International Hundred against Bangladesh in Asia Cup
Sher-e-Punjab wins the 2012 World Series Hockey season finals, by defeating Pune Strykers 5-2.
July 31: Gagan Narang wins the bronze medal in Men's 10m air rifle at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London.
Vijay Kumar wins the silver medal in 25m Men's rapid fire pistol at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London.
Saina Nehwal wins the bronze medal in Women's badminton singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London after her opposition Wang Xin retired from the bronze medal match. Wang Xin was leading by 21-18, 1-0.
Mary Kom wins the bronze medal in Women's boxing flyweight at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London.
Yogeshwar Dutt wins the bronze medal in Men's 60 kg freestyle wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London.
Sushil Kumar wins the silver medal in Men's 66 kg freestyle wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London.
28 October: Second Indian Grand Prix at Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida. Germany's Sebastien Vettel of Red Bulls Racing wins for a second time.
Kolkata Knight Raiders wins 2012 Indian Premier League by defeating two time champions and host Chennai Super Kings
Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina end runners-up at Wimbledon
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