2009 India Recap – Memorable moments and important events in 2009

2009 is coming to an end, Here are the important events and memorable moments of 2009. Its worth remembering these . Most of them are directly or indirectly related to India.

Barack Obama elected as 44th American President , he is the first African-American  to be elected as American president. His election campaigns and Victory speech was much discussed all over the world. Politically it was a turning point for India.

A.R Rahman and Resul Pookuty won oscar award. First ever Oscar awards won by any Indian.

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Micheal Jackson’s demise was one of the greatest event of 2009, Music lovers from all over the world expressed their gratitude. you can read more about him at wikipedia

YSR Reddy died in 2009 on a helicoper crash in Andrapradesh, He was the chief minister of Andra Pradesh (India) at that time. On Wednesday ,2 September,2009 helicopter lost contact with air traffic contollers, Wreckage of helicopter was finally spotted by IAF Dhruv helicopter after more than 24 hours. His death was regarded by Yahoo as the biggest farewell in India for the year 2009.

Chandrayan was India’s unmanned lunar probe which was a 386 crore project. Lunar satelite had a mass of 1,380 Kilograms at the launch time.Chandrayan operated for 312 days as opposed to the intended two years but project was a grand sucess.

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