2006 in India

Events in the year 2006 in the Republic of India.

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2 January – Rajnath Singh assumed office as Bharatiya Janata Party chief.
7–9 January – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was organized in Hyderabad.
26 January – Saudi monarch Saudi Arabia|King Abdullah] was chief guest at Republic Day parade in New Delhi.
2–5 March – President of the United States, George W. Bush visited India. The United States signed a landmark nuclear deal with India pending approval from the US Congress and Indian Parliament.
7 March – 2006 [Varanasi bombings]: A terrorist attack in Varanasi killed at least 15 people and left more than 50 injured.
4 April - Two Vishva Hindu Parishad workers named Naresh and Himanshu Panse killed in blasts while they were assembling a bomb at a house in Nanded.
10 April – Fire at Brand India Fair at Meerut Victoria Park in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, killed 100.
12 April - Riots and violence in Bangalore following death of Dr. Rajkumar causes death of eight people destruction of more than thousand vehicles.
May 25 - Singur protests begins against Tata Nano factory.
May – Medical doctors started a strike against central government decision on reservation for in Medical Institution.

6 July – The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after 44 years.
11 July – 11 July 2006 [Mumbai train bombings]: A series of coordinated bomb attacks struck several commuter trains in Mumbai, India during the evening rush hour.
29 August – A 90% iron meteorite weighing 6.8 kilograms fell in Kanvarpura village in Rajasthan, near Rawatbhata, where the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station is located. It came to earth in the middle of the day and was found by two shepherds. Scientists from the Geological Survey of India rushed to the village to recover the object. The Deputy Director-General of the Geological Survey, R.S. Goyal, said that devastation on an "unimaginable scale" would have ensued had the meteorite struck the power station.
3 September – A man who fell in the dangerous Guna Caves had survived and had been rescued by a man; his friend. the man came in a group of 11 from Manjummel, Kochi.
4 - 7 October - Religious violence erupted over Cattle slaughter in Mangalore claim two lives and leave 86 injured.
20 November – West Bengal train disaster">List of governors of West Bengal">West Bengal train disaster: A suspected terrorist attack killed five people on a train in a remote area of West Bengal.
18 December - Forest Rights Act enacted by UPA Government.

3 January – Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande, physicist.
3 February – Nadira, actress.
8 February – Kuljeet Randhawa, Indian actress and former model
25 March – Chandrakant Bakshi, author.
28 March – Bansi Lal, Haryana's four time chief minister, and defence minister of India during Indian Emergency (1975 – 77)
12 April – Rajkumar, actor and singer.
3 May – Pramod Mahajan, politician.
5 May – Naushad Ali, musician and composer.
8 July – Raja Rao, novelist and short story writer.
21 August – Bismillah Khan, shehnai musician and Bharat Ratna winner.
27 August – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, film director.
24 September – Padmini, actress and dancer.
9 October – Kanshi Ram, politician and founder of Bahujan Samaj Party.
19 October- Srividya, South Indian actress.

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