January 1:
NITI Aayog
was
established
to replace
Planning
Commission
of India.
January 8-9:
Annual
Pravasi
Bharatiya
Divas
conference
took place
in
Gandhinagar.
January 9:
Vistara, a
Tata
Sons-Singapore
Airlines
joint-venture
airline made
its first
flight.
January 13:
Indian
Railway
introduced a
train that
can run both
on diesel
and CNG.
January 14:
Open water
swimmer
Bhakti
Sharma
established
a record by
swimming 1.4
miles in 52
minutes in 1
°C waters in
the
Antarctic
Ocean.
January 16:
Sania Mirza
and Bethanie
Mattek-Sands
won the
women's
doubles
title at the
Sydney
International.
January 26:
Republic Day
celebrations
were held
with US
President
Barack Obama
as the chief
guest.
January 31:
35th
National
Games began
in Kerala
January 31:
The Agni-V
was test
launched
from a
canister in
Wheeler
Island,
suitable for
road or rail
mobile
launch
vehicles.
February 1:
Martina
Hingis and
Leander Paes
won the
mixed
doubles
title at the
Australian
Open.
February 8:
Anirban
Lahiri won
the
Malaysian
Open (golf)
title.
February 10:
Delhi
Legislative
Assembly
election's
results
announced,
Aam Aadmi
Party won 67
of 70 seats.
February 15:
The number
of reported
deaths of
swine flu in
India
reached 585,
with
Rajasthan,
Gujarat,
Madhya
Pradesh and
Maharashtra
being the
worst-affected
with
reported
death tolls
at 165, 144,
76 and 58
respectively.
February 18:
The Cabinet
Committee on
Security
approves the
construction
of seven
stealth
frigates and
six nuclear
submarines
for the
Indian Navy.
February18-
22: The 10th
edition of
Aero India
took place
at Yelahanka
Air Force
Station near
Bangalore.
February 22:
Anirban
Lahiri won
the Hero
Indian Open
golf title.
February 22:
Ranchi Rays
won the
Hockey India
League by
defeating
Punjab
Warriors.
February 26:
Railway
Minister
Suresh
Prabhu
presented
the Railway
Budget in
the
Parliament.
February 28:
Union Budget
presented to
the
Parliament
by Finance
Minister
Arun
Jaitley.
March 3:
National
Electoral
Roll
Purification
and
Authentication
Programme
launched by
the Election
Commission
of India.
March 14:
Work on the
Ahmedabad
Metro began.
March 15:
Srikanth
Kidambi won
the Swiss
Open
(badminton)
men's
singles
title by
defeating
Viktor
Axelsen.
March 17:
Supreme
Court of
India
rejected the
classification
of Jat
people as
OBC.
March 18:
Beyond
visual range
(BVR)
air-to-air
missile,
Astra, was
successfully
test fired
from a
Su-30MKI in
test range
in
Chandipur.
March 19:
Ratan Tata
appointed
head of the
Kaya Kalp
council of
the Indian
Railways.
The
council's
aim is to
introduce
innovations
and reforms
in the
public firm.
March 22:
Sania Mirza
and Martina
Hingis won
the 2015 BNP
Paribas Open
women's
doubles
title.
March 24:
Indian
Railways
launched a
pre-paid
RuPay debit
card for
booking
tickets.
March 24:
Supreme
Court of
India
declared
Section 66A
of the
Information
Technology
Act, 2000
unconstitutional.
March 25:
Amaravathi
was
announced to
be name of
the new
capital of
Andhra
Pradesh, to
be built
near
Thullur.
March 26:
National
Institute of
Ocean
Technology
(NIOT)
unveiled
Polar
Remotely
Operated
Vehicle
(PROVe), to
study the
monsoon.
March 27:
Bharat Ratna
was awarded
to former PM
Atal Bihari
Vajpayee.
March 28:
ISRO placed
Indian
Regional
Navigation
Satellite
System
(IRNSS) 1-D
satellite in
orbit by a
PSLV C-27
launch
vehicle.
March 28:
Saina Nehwal
reached
world's rank
#1 in
women's
badminton,
after
Carolina
Marin lost
to Ratchanok
Intanon.
March 29:
India began
to evacuate
its citizens
from
Yemen…On 10
April, it
was
completed in
all, about
4,640
Indians and
960
nationals
from 41
other
countries
were
evacuated.
March 29:
Saina Nehwal
won the
India Open
title by
defeating
Ratchanok
Intanon. . .
. Srikanth
Kidambi won
the India
Open men's
singles
title by
defeating
Viktor
Axelsen.
March 30:
Bharat Ratna
awarded to
freedom
fighter
Madan Mohan
Malaviya
posthumously.
April 1:
Faster
Adoption and
Manufacturing
of Hybrid
and Electric
vehicles in
India (FAME
India)
scheme was
launched by
the
government
to boost
electric and
hybrid
vehicle
sales.
April 5:
Petroleum
and Natural
Gas
Minister,
Dharmendra
Pradhan,
launched the
"Give it Up"
campaign
urging rich
people to
give up LPG
subsidy.
April 5:
Sania Mirza
and Martina
Hingis won
the women's
doubles
title at the
2015 Miami
Open.
April 8: The
Padma awards
were given
at the
Rashtrapati
Bhawan.
Among the 50
recipients
were actor
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Dilip Kumar,
M.R.
Srinivasan,
mathematician
Manjul
Bhargava,
computer
scientist
Vijay P.
Bhatkar,
Swami
Satyamitranand
and Aga Khan
IV.
April 12:
India won
the bronze
at Sultan
Azlan Shah
Cup.
April 12:
Low-cost
airline Air
Pegasus made
first
flight.
April 13:
Sania Mirza
and Martina
Hingis won
the 2015
Family
Circle Cup
women's
doubles
title.
April 13:
Sania Mirza
reached rank
one in
women's
double.
April 15:
Sachin
Tendulkar
was inducted
into the
Laureus
Sports
Academy.
April 22:
Indian
Railways
launched
"utsonmobile"
mobile app
which would
allow people
to buy
unreserved
tickets.
April 24:
Motor sports
were given
government
recognition
by including
the
Federation
of Motor
Sports Clubs
of India in
the list of
National
Sports
Federations
(NSFs).
May 5: The
Akash
missile was
inducted
into the
Indian Army.
May 6: India
and Iran
signed an
agreement
which would
allow India
to develop
the Port of
Chabahar.
May 7: The
Parliament
passed the
Constitution
(119th
Amendment)
Bill, 2013.
It would
allow India
to solve its
territorial
disputes
with
Bangladesh.
May 9:
Maoists
released
about 250
hostages
they had
taken a day
before in
Sukma
district.
One hostage
was killed.
May 9: PM
Modi
launched 3
large-scale
social
security
schemes,
Pradhan
Mantri
Suraksha
Bima Yojana,
Pradhan
Mantri
Jeevan Jyoti
Bima Yojana,
and Atal
Pension
Yojana, at
Nazrul
Mancha in
Kolkata.
May 10:
Rohan
Bopanna and
Florin
Mergea won
the men's
double title
at the 2015
Madrid Open
May 11:
India
nominated K.
V. Kamath as
the head of
the New
Development
Bank.
May 25:
Mumbai
Indians won
the 2015
Indian
Premier
League by
defeating
Chennai
Super Kings
in the final
at Eden
Gardens.
June 4: 20
army
personnel
were killed
and 11 were
injured in a
militant
attack in
Manipur. The
responsibility
for the
attack was
claimed by
National
Socialist
Council of
Nagaland-Khaplang.
June 9:
Indian army
attacked two
militant
groups
across the
Myanmar
border in
retaliation
for the 4
June attack.
June 21: The
first
International
Yoga Day was
held.
June 22:
First
commercial
bus service
from Kolkata
to Agartala
via Dhaka
flagged off
from
Karunamoyee
International
Bus Stand,
Kolkata.
June 26:
Satnam Singh
Bhamara was
signed by
Dallas
Mavericks,
making him
the first
Indian to be
signed by an
NBA team.
June 28:
Jwala Gutta
and Ashwini
Ponnappa won
the women's
double title
at the 2015
Canada Open
badminton
tournament.
June 29:
Abhijeet
Gupta won
the
Commonwealth
Chess
Championship
by winning 7
out of 9
games and
drawing 2
against
Arghyadip
Das.
June 29:
Chennai
Metro
commenced
operations.
June 29:
India signed
the legal
framework of
the Asian
Infrastructure
Investment
Bank and
pledged
US$8.3
billion
towards it.
July 1: The
Digital
India
programme
was launched
by PM Modi.
July 5:
India
defeated Sri
Lanka to
retain the
South Asian
Basketball
Association
Championship
title.
July 9: ISRO
launched 5
UK
satellites
with a total
payload of
1,440 kg
using the
PSLV-C28
launch
vehicle.
July 9:
Shanghai
Cooperation
Organisation
(SCO)
decided to
induct India
as a full
member.
July 9: The
Ministry of
Home Affairs
declared
Nagaland a
"disturbed"
region under
Armed Forces
(Special
Powers) Act,
1958 for one
year,
starting
from 30 June
2015.
July 11:
Sania Mirza
and Martina
Hingis won
the women's
double title
at the 2015
Wimbledon
Championships.
July 12:
Leander Paes
and Martina
Hingis won
the mixed
doubles
title at the
2015
Wimbledon
Championships.
July 12:
Sumit Nagal
and Lý Hoàng
Nam won the
boy's double
title at the
2015
Wimbledon
Championships.
July 14: A
panel
appointed by
the Supreme
Court found
Chennai
Super Kings
and
Rajasthan
Royals
guilty of
spot-fixing
and
suspended
them from
the Indian
Premier
League for
two years.
July 14:
Dipa
Karmakar won
a bronze
medal at the
ART Asian
Gymnastics
Championships.
July 21:
Surakshit
Khadya
Abhiyan was
launched to
promote food
safety in
India.
July 23: Two
Anglo-Indian
members were
nominated by
President
Pranab
Mukherjee to
the Lok
Sabha…
George
Baker, actor
from West
Bengal, and
Richard Hay,
an economics
professor
from Kerala.
July 27: Ram
Sevak Sharma
was
appointed
the Chairman
of the
Telecom
Regulatory
Authority of
India.
August 2:
Joshna
Chinappa won
the 2015
Women's
Victorian
Open squash
tournament
by defeating
Line Hansen.
August 10:
Rajasthan
High Court
declared the
Jain ritual
called
Santhara to
be illegal.
August 13:
Pankaj
Advani won
the Six-red
World
Championship
after
defeating Ng
On Yee of
Hong Kong.
August 18:
Cochin
International
Airport
became
fully-solar
powered.
August 26:
Demonstrations
demanding
reservations
for the
Patel
community
began in
Gujarat.
August 27:
ISRO
successfully
launched
GSAT-6 using
the GSLV D-6
launch
vehicle.
September 1:
Railway
Minister
Suresh
Prabhu
flagged off
first train
after gauge
conversion
on Sikar
Loharu
route.
September 5:
Vikas
Krishan
Yadav won a
silver at
the 2015
Asian
Amateur
Boxing
Championships.
September
13: Narsingh
Pancham
Yadav won a
bronze at
the 2015
World
Wrestling
Championships,
qualifying
for the Rio
Olympics.
September
14:
Department
of
Industrial
Policy and
Promotion
(DIPP)
released a
report
ranking the
states on
ease of
doing
business and
regulatory
reforms.
September
16: The
central
government
banned the
National
Socialist
Council of
Nagaland
(Khaplang)
for five
years.
September
20: Ajay
Jayaram won
a silver at
the Korea
Open.
September
25: Deepika
Kumari won a
silver at
the 2015
Archery
World Cup in
the recurve
event.
September
26: Sania
Mirza and
Martina
Hingis won
the women's
double title
at the
Guangzhou
International
Women's
Open.
September
27: Pankaj
Advani won
the 2015
IBSF World
Billiards
Championship
by defeating
Peter
Gilchrist in
a timed
match.
September
28: India's
first space
observatory
Astrosat was
launched.
September
30: At the
2015 Asian
Air Gun
Championship,
Heena Sidhu
won gold in
the women's
10m air
pistol
event.
Shweta Singh
won silver
in the
marquee
event.
Heena,
Shweta and
Yashaswini
Singh
Deshwal won
the team
women's 10m
air pistol
team event.
October 2:
Environment
Minister
Prakash
Javadekar
announced
India's
Intended
Nationally
Determined
Contributions
for the
United
Nations
Framework
Convention
on Climate
Change. It
set a target
of reducing
its emission
intensity by
33-35%, by
2030 from
2005 levels.
October 10:
Sania Mirza
and Martina
Hingis won
the women's
double title
at the 2015
China Open.
October 11:
Punjab
National
Bank won the
Beighton
Cup.
October
12-22: India
and China
conducted
joint
anti-terror
drills in
Kunming,
China.
October 15:
Zaheer Khan
announced
retirement
from
international
cricket.
October 16:
Maharashtra
declared
that 14,708
of its
40,053
villages
were facing
drought-like
conditions.
October 16:
Telecom
Regulatory
Authority of
India (TRAI)
mandated
that the
telecom
operator
will have to
pay for each
dropped call
to the
subscriber,
from 1
January 2016
onward.
October 16:
The Supreme
Court of
India
declared
National
Judicial
Appointments
Commission
(NJAC) to be
unconstitutional.
October 20:
The
Government
of
Maharashtra
invoked the
Maharashtra
Prevention
of Dangerous
Activities
of
Slumlords,
Bootleggers,
Drug
Offenders
and
Dangerous
Persons Act,
1981, and
Maharashtra
Control of
Organised
Crime Act,
1999 against
hoarders of
pulses and
edible oil.
October 20:
Virender
Sehwag
announced
retirement
from
international
cricket.
October 21:
Home
Minister
Rajnath
Singh
inaugurated
the Indian
Police
Foundation (IPF)
and the
Indian
Police
Institute (IPI)
in New
Delhi.
October 22:
PM Modi laid
the
foundation
stone of
Amaravati,
the new
capital of
Andhra
Pradesh.
October 24:
Ministry of
Defence
approved the
induction of
women as
combat
pilots in
the Indian
Air Force.
October 26:
The third
India–Africa
Forum Summit
began in New
Delhi.
October 27:
Finance
Minister
Arun Jaitley
launched the
e-Sahayog of
the Income
Tax
Department.
October 3:
Sania Mirza
and Martina
Hingis won
the 2015
Wuhan Open
women's
doubles
title.
October 31:
Michael
Kueffer
finished
first in the
Paragliding
World Cup
held in Bir,
Himachal
Pradesh.
October 31:
The birth
anniversary
of Sardar
Vallabhbhai
Patel was
observed as
Rashtriya
Ekta Diwas
(National
Unity Day).
October15 -
19: India,
US and Japan
conducted
the 19th
Exercise
Malabar in
the Bay of
Bengal.
November 26:
Samvidhan
Divas
(Constitution
Day) to be
observed.
December 22:
The
Beechcraft
King Air
plane
chartered by
BSF crashed
on take-off
near the
Delhi
airport
killing 10
people.
December 29:
Indian Men
win 3rd Roll
ball World
Cup
Championship
by defeating
Iran
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