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India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium is a book, written by the 11th President of India A P J Abdul Kalam and Y. S. Rajan. The book was written by the duo in the year 1998, before Kalam's tenure as President. It talks about Kalam's prediction for India's future and for developing India.
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Y. S. Rajan
- 1998
20 May – Cyclone Amphan hit the eastern part of India and lead to flood like situation in many South-eastern states. 27 May – A petroleum gas and oil leak occurred in Indian Oil 's Baghjan Oilfield, in Assam. 27 May – A pregnant elephant died after eating a pineapple filled with firecrackers, in Palakkad, Kerala.
- Coronavirus-induced lockdown brings country to a grinding halt. The lockdown was said to be the largest restrictions on the movement of people seen anywhere in the world or in history.
- Stand-off continues with China on eastern frontier; 20 Indian soldiers martyred. This was the first time casualties were reported on LAC since the 1962 war.
- First quarter GDP contracts by 23.9% For the first time in forty years, the GDP slipped into negative. India's GDP growth for the first quarter (ended June 30) of financial year 2020-21 suffered the largest quarterly slump of 23.9%.
- PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of Ram temple. The ceremony marked the culmination of BJP’s decades of campaign to construct Ram temple in Ayodhya.
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- January - JNU besieged! Five days into 2020, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi turned into a battleground with armed mobs terrorising the campus which is hailed as the cradle of India's brand of socialism.
- February - Riots erupt in Delhi. advertisement. While 2020 started off as somewhat of an anomaly with nationwide protests against the Centre's CAA-NPR-NRC trifecta, it took sixty days for the year to take a riotous turn.
- March - Justice in India: Delayed, not denied. At 5.30 am on March 20, India's quest for closure in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case met its inevitable end.
- April - Frontline heroes and the nationwide lockdown. There is no doubt that the last week of March changed the face of the planet forever. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a nationwide lockdown starting March 25 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, which originated in China in late 2019.
Jan 1, 2001 · In India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, our most distinguished scientist, and close associate Y.S. Rajan examine India's strengths—and weaknesses—to offer a vision of how India can be among the world's first five economic powers in the year 2020.
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Aug 7, 2021 · India has broken out into celebrations after Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win a historic Olympic gold medal in athletics (javelin throw) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The 2018...
India and other countries, we still believe firmly that India can reach a developed country status by 2020. The Indian people can rise well above the present poverty and contribute
