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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{year in India|2004}}
Events in the year '''2004 in the Republic of India'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[President of India]]: [[Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
* [[Prime Minister of India]]: [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] to 22 May [[Manmohan Singh]]
* [[Vice President of India]] - [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
* [[Chief Justice of India]] –
** until 2 May – [[V. N. Khare]]
** 2 May-1 June – [[S. Rajendra Babu]]
** starting 1 June – [[Ramesh Chandra Lahoti]]

===Governors===
* [[List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Arunachal Pradesh]] – V.C. Pande till 15,DECEMBER,2004 and Shilendra Kumar Singh from 16,DECEMBER, 2004
* [[List of governors of Assam|Assam]] –
* [[List of governors of Bihar|Bihar]] –
* [[List of governors of Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh]] –
* [[List of governors of Goa|Goa]] –
* [[List of governors of Gujarat|Gujarat]] –
* [[List of governors of Haryana|Haryana]] –
* [[List of governors of Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] –
* [[List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] –
* [[List of governors of Jharkhand|Jharkhand]] –
* [[List of governors of Karnataka|Karnataka]] –
* [[List of governors of Kerala|Kerala]] –
* [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] –
* [[List of governors of Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] –
* [[List of governors of Manipur|Manipur]] –
* [[List of governors of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]] –
* [[List of governors of Mizoram|Mizoram]] –
* [[List of governors of Nagaland|Nagaland]] –
* [[List of governors of Odisha|Odisha]] –
* [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Punjab]] –
* [[List of governors of Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] –
* [[List of governors of Sikkim|Sikkim]] –
* [[List of governors of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]
* [[List of governors of Tripura|Tripura]] –
* [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] –
* [[List of governors of Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]] –
* [[List of governors of West Bengal|West Bengal]] –

==Events==
* 17 January – The national executive of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) meets at [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].
* 17 January – [[P.A. Sangma]] quits the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and decides to ally with the ruling [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]].
* 28 January – BJP president [[Venkaiah Naidu]] elected for three-year term.
* 28 January – The [[Border Security Force]] busts a hideout of pro-Pakistan [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] in Pulwama District of south [[Kashmir]] and recovers a "huge quantity" of ammunition and explosives. Acting on a tip-off, the security personnel raided the hideout at Remu village in the early hours and recovered around 12,000 rounds of AK ammunition, 2.5 kg [[RDX]] and three [[grenade]]s according to a [[Border Security Force]] spokesman.
* 28 January – Commerce minister [[Arun Jaitley]] announced the Cabinet decision to free gold and silver imports from all restrictions.
* 28 January – The [[Lucknow]] bench of the [[High Courts of India|Allahabad High Court]] fixed 23 February for further hearing of the revision petition filed against deputy prime minister L. K. Advani's discharge in the [[Babri Masjid]] demolition case by a special [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] court at Rae Bareli.
* 29 January – [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] president [[Sonia Gandhi]] meets [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) leader [[Karunanidhi]] to finalise their electoral pact which also includes the [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (MDMK), [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] (PMK) and the Left parties in the state.
* 7 February-15 February – [[Kala Ghoda festival]]
* 4 March – The [[Maharashtra Pollution Control Board]] (MPCB) refused to clear a project of [[Pepsi]] to expand their plant to triple production in [[Chembur]], [[Mumbai]] on the grounds that the expansion will have a polluting effect on the environment.
* 6 April – The biggest ever [[India|Indo]] -French naval exercise [[Varuna 2004]] gets underway off the coast of [[Goa]].
* 20 April – First phase of polling for [[2004 Indian general elections|fourteenth]] [[Lok Sabha]] elections covering 141 constituencies.
* 26 April – Second phase of polling for [[2004 Indian general elections|fourteenth]] [[Lok Sabha]] elections covering 137 constituencies.
* 5 May – Third phase of polling for [[2004 Indian general elections|fourteenth]] [[Lok Sabha]] elections covering 83 constituencies.
* 10 May – Fourth and last phase of polling for [[2004 Indian general elections|fourteenth]] [[Lok Sabha]] elections covering 182 constituencies.
* 13 May – Results for the [[2004 Indian general elections|fourteenth]] [[Lok Sabha]] elections announced, the ruling [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) loses, as the [[Indian National Congress]] wins a surprise victory.
* [[File:Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in March 2014.jpg|thumb|151x151px|[[Manmohan Singh|Dr. Manmohan Singh]] sworn in as the Prime Minister.]]20 May – Dr. [[Manmohan Singh]] sworn in as the new [[prime minister of India]], after Congress forms the [[United Progressive Alliance]] with the Left parties.
* 1 June – Justice [[Ramesh Chandra Lahoti]] appointed [[Chief Justice of India]].
* 14 July – [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], amidst walkouts by the opposition in both houses orders a high-level departmental inquiry into the [[Godhra tragedy]] in 2002.
* 15 July – [[Maninder Pal Singh Kohli]], prime accused in the high-profile rape and murder of British teenager Hannah Foster is arrested by [[West Bengal]] police in Darjeeling District while trying to flee to [[Nepal]].
* 18 July – [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) chief [[Vinay Katiyar]] resigns from his post on the direction of the party high command.
* 28 July – Maninder Pal Singh Kohli admits to having raped and murdered British teenager Hannah Foster in an interview to a private television channel.
* 1 August – The [[senior citizen savings scheme]] offering a "high" nine percent taxable return is expected to be launched.
* 31 August – Union minister [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]'s brother Ghulam Abbas Azad is attacked by terrorists, seriously injuring his security guard in Doda District of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].
* 1 September – The [[High Courts of India|Bombay High Court]] passes interim orders restraining [[television channel]]s from broadcasting "any adult TV programme and film without an appropriate certificate from the Indian [[censor board]]."
* 10 September – Famous all rounder Mr yash garge was borm.
* 17 October – [[2004 Maharashtra assembly elections|Assembly elections]] Congress and alliance win Maharashtra election [[Maharashtra]].
* 17 October – After the loss in [[Maharashtra]] assembly election BJP president [[Venkaiah Naidu]] quits, [[L. K. Advani|Advani]] to lead BJP.
* 18 October – Bandit Veerappan Killed by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka Special Task Force members at a checkpost, when the bandit was travelling in an ambulance driven by disguised policeman as driver.
* 11 November – [[Shankaracharya of Kanchi]] [[Jayendra Saraswathi]] is arrested on charges of murdering a temple manager.
* 20 November – Policemen and soldiers recover 300 kg of [[RDX]] from a grocery store near [[Anantnag]].
* 25 November – The Indian [[political party]] [[Congress Jananayaka Peravai]] merges into the [[Indian National Congress]].
* 27 November – [[Lieutenant General]] [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]] is named the next [[Chief of the Army Staff of Indian Army]]. He will succeed General [[N C Vij]] when he retires on 31 January.
* 21 December – [[Zahira Sheikh]], key witness in [[Best Bakery case]] is declared [[hostile witness|hostile]] by the prosecution after she went back on her police statement during the retrial.
* 26 December – [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|The largest earthquake in 40 years]] originates from the [[Indian Ocean]] off the west coast of [[Sumatra]] island in Indonesia, measuring 9.3 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] and creating [[tsunami]] waves that sweep across much of the coastlines of [[South Asia]]. More than 18,000 reported killed in India and 280,000 across the globe.

==Arts and literature==
* 12 November – [[Veer-Zaara]] is released in Indian cinemas and is a huge blockbuster.

==Sport==
* 28 January – Former [[all-rounder]] [[Robin Singh (cricketer, born 1963)|Robin Singh]] appointed coach of the under-19 Indian [[cricket]] team for the [[junior World Cup]] to be played in [[Bangladesh]] in April.
* 24 March – India win the ODI [[cricket]] series in Pakistan.
* 2 April – India win the 1st Test Match.
* 10 October – Australia wins [[First Test Match]] between India and Australia by 217 runs.
* 18 October – [[Second Test Match]] between India and Australia drawn because of rain.

==Births==
* 4 May – [[Ashnoor Kaur]], actor
* 10 September – [[Yash Garge]], all rounder
* 4 December – [[Ojasvee Prakash Vishwakarma]]

===Full date unknown===
* [[Shruti Bisht]], actress

==Deaths==
* 9 January – [[Nissim Ezekiel]], poet, playwright and art critic (b. 1924).
* 31 January – [[Suraiya]], actress and singer (b. 1929).
* 23 February – [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]], [[filmmaker]], [[film producer|producer]], [[screen writer]], [[film editing|editor]] and actor (b. 1934).
* 23 February – [[Sikander Bakht]], politician (b. 1918).
* 26 February – [[Shankarrao Chavan]], politician and twice [[Chief Minister]] of [[Maharashtra]] (b. 1920).
* 5 March – [[Kongara Jaggayya]], actor (b. 1928).
* 7 April – [[Kelucharan Mohapatra]], [[Odissi]] dancer and guru (b. 1926).
* 17 April – [[Soundarya]], actress (b. 1971).
* 27 April – [[J. V. Somayajulu]], actor (b. 1928).
* 1 May – [[Ram Prakash Gupta]], [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] and governor of [[Madhya Pradesh]] (b. 1923).
* 16 May – [[Kamala Markandaya]], novelist and journalist (b. 1924).
* 19 May – [[E. K. Nayanar]], politician and three times [[Chief Minister]] of [[Kerala]] (b. 1919).
* 2 June – [[Dom Moraes]], poet, writer and columnist (b. 1938).
* 2 June – [[Shrikant Jichkar]], politician (b. 1954).
* 26 June – [[Yash Johar]], film producer (b. 1929).
* 23 July – [[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]], actor, director and producer (b. 1932).
* 29 July – [[Nafisa Joseph]], model, [[MTV]] [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]], [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] 1997 (b. 1979).
* 31 July – [[Allu Rama Lingaiah]], actor (b. 1922).
* 2 August – [[V. Balakrishnan (author)|V. Balakrishnan]], writer and translator (b. 1932).
* 15 August – [[Amarsinh Chaudhary]], politician and [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] (b. 1941).
* 23 September – [[Raja Ramanna]], nuclear scientist (b. 1925).
* 28 September – [[Mulk Raj Anand]], [[Indian writing in English|novelist in English]] (b. 1905).
* 29 September – [[Balamani Amma]], poet (b. 1909).
* 11 October – [[Gulshan Rai]], film producer and distributor (b. 1924).
* [[File:Nirupa Roy.jpg|thumb|120x120px|[[Nirupa Roy]]]]13 October – [[Nirupa Roy]], actress (b. 1931).
* 18 October – [[Veerappan]], bandit (b. 1952).
* 11 December – [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]], [[Carnatic music|Carnatic singer]] (b. 1916).
* 16 December – [[Laxmikant Berde]], comic actor (b. 1954).
* 18 December – [[Vijay Hazare]], cricketer (b. 1915).
* 23 December – [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1921).

==Observances==
The following events which are observed according to the [[Hindu]] calendar were observed on the following dates in 2004.
* [[Basant Panchami]] – 26 January
* [[Maha Shivratri]] – 18 February
* [[Holi]] – 6 March
* [[Ram Navami]] – 30 March
* [[Raksha Bandhan]] – 30 August
* [[Janmashtami]] – 7 September
* [[Ganesh Chaturthi]] – 18 September
* [[Vijayadashami|Dassera]] – 22 October
* [[Deepavali]] – 12 November

== See also ==
{{Commons category|2004 in India}}
* [[Bollywood films of 2004]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{Years in India}}
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[[Category:Years of the 21st century in India]]
[[Category:2004 by country|India]]

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