Events

• The Hindus leading the Indian National Congress Party hammer out an alliance - the Lucknow Pact
  Lucknow Pact
  Lucknow Pact refers to an agreement between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League...
  
   - with India's Muslim League.

Births

• 13 February - Jagjit Singh Aurora
  Jagjit Singh Aurora
  Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971...
  
  , military commander (d.2005
  2005 in India
  -Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-Events:* 10 January - The Delhi High Court says that a "high claim ratio" cannot be grounds to turn down medical insurance contract renewal requests. The court said that medical policies were liable to...
  
  ).
• 21 March - Bismillah Khan
  Bismillah Khan
  Ustad Bismillah Khan was an Indian shehnai maestro. He was the third classical musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna , the highest civilian honour in India and gained worldwide acclaim for playing the shehnai for more than eight decades....
  
  , shehnai
  Shehnai
  The shehnai, shahnai, shenai or mangal vadya, is an aerophonic instrument, a double reed conical oboe, common in North India, West India and Pakistan, made out of wood, with a metal flare bell at the end...
  
   musician and Bharat Ratna
  Bharat Ratna
  Bharat Ratna is the Republic of India's highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as "recognition of public service of the highest order." Unlike knights, holders of the Bharat Ratna...
  
   winner (d.2006
  2006 in India
  Events in the year 2006 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – [Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam]* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-Events:* January 2 – Rajnath Singh assumes office as Bharatiya Janata Party chief....
  
  ).
• 23 March - Harkishan Singh Surjeet
  Harkishan Singh Surjeet
  Harkishan Singh Surjeet was a communist politician from Punjab, India. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1992 to 2005 and was a member of the party's Political Bureau from 1964 to 2008.-Pre-1947 career:Born to a Basi Jat family in Bundala, Jalandhar district,...
  
  , former General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...
  
   (d.2008
  2008 in India
  -Incumbents:* President of India – Pratibha Patil* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-February:*2 February - The activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena try to disrupt a press conference of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in Mumbai....
  
  ).
• 8 May - Chinmayananda
  Chinmayananda
  Swami Chinmayananda , born Balakrishna Menon , was a Hindu Indian spiritual leader, and teacher, who inspired the formation of Chinmaya Mission in 1953 to spread the message of Vedanta...
  
  , spiritual leader (d.1993
  1993 in India
  Events in the year 1993 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – Shankar Dayal Sharma* Prime Minister of India – P. V. Narasimha Rao-Events:*9 March - The All Parties Hurriyat Conference is formed in Kashmir....
  
  ).
• 16 September - M. S. Subbulakshmi
  M. S. Subbulakshmi
  Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi , also known as M.S., was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. She is the first Indian musician to receive...
  
  , Carnatic singer
  Carnatic music
  Carnatic music is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu...
  
   (d.2004
  2004 in India
  Events in the year 2004 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee until 22 May, Manmohan Singh-Events:...
  
  ).