2006 in India

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Events

January 2 - Rajnath Singh assumes office as BJP chief.
January 7-9 - Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is organized in Hyderabad.
January 26 - Soudi monarch King Abdullah is chief guest at Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
March 2-5 - President of the United States, George W. Bush visits India. USA signs landmark nuclear deal with India pending approval from the US Congress and Indian Parliament.
March 7 - Terrorist attack in Varanasi kills at least 15 people and leaves more than 50 injured.
May - Medical doctors started strike against central government decision on reservation for OBC (other backword classes) in Medical Institution
July 11 - A series of coordinated bomb attacks strikes several commuter trains in Mumbai, India during evening rush hour.
November 20 - a suspected terrorist attack kills five people on a train in a remote area of West Bengal.

February 3 - Nadira (actress), 74, Hindi film actress, notable for playing the seductress
April 12 - Dr. Rajkumar, 77, Kannada film actor
May 3 - Pramod Mahajan, 56, politician, Bharatiya Janata Party member
May 5 - Naushad, 86, music composer
June 1 - Vivek Moitra, secretary Pramod Mahajan
July 8 - Raja Rao, 97, writer in English
August 21 - Ustad Bismillah Khan, 90, shehnai musician and Bharat Ratna winner
August 27 - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, 84, Hindi film director
September 24 - Padmini, 74, actress in South Indian and Hindi films, one of the Travancore sisters
October 9 - Kanshi Ram, 72, politician and founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)

Following days of religious or cultural significance were observed in 2006.