The following lists events that happened during 2000 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents President of India – K. R. Narayanan Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vice President of India – Krishna Kant Chief Justice of India – Adarsh Sein Anand
Governors Andhra Pradesh – C. Rangarajan Arunachal Pradesh – Arvind Dave Assam – Srinivas Kumar Sinha Bihar – V. C. Pande Chhattisgarh – D. N. Sahay (starting 1 November) Goa – Mohammed Fazal Gujarat – Sunder Singh Bhandari Haryana – Mahabir Prasad (until 18 June), Babu Parmanand (starting 19 June) Himachal Pradesh – Vishnu Kant Shastri (until 23 November), Suraj Bhan (starting 23 November) Jharkhand – Prabhat Kumar (starting 15 November) Jammu and Kashmir – Girish Chandra Saxena Karnataka – V. S. Ramadevi Kerala – Sukhdev Singh Kang Madhya Pradesh – Bhai Mahavir Maharashtra – P.C. Alexander Manipur – Ved Marwah Meghalaya – M.M. Jacob Mizoram – A. Padmanabhan (until 30 November), Ved Marwah (starting 30 November) Nagaland – Om Prakash Sharma Odisha – M. M. Rajendran Punjab – J. F. R. Jacob Rajasthan – Anshuman Singh Sikkim – Chaudhary Randhir Singh (until 17 May), Kidar Nath Sahani (starting 17 May) Tamil Nadu – M. Fathima Beevi Tripura – Siddheswar Prasad (until 22 June), Krishna Mohan Seth (starting 22 June) Uttar Pradesh – Suraj Bhan (until 23 November), Vishnu Kant Shastri (starting 23 November) Uttarakhand – Surjit Singh Barnala (starting 9 November) West Bengal – Viren J. Shah
Events National income - 21,398,857 million 2 January - A Muslim mob attack and burns Newsprint of The New Indian Express in Bangalore in protest to an editorial by T. J. S. George citing Dante Alighieri. 3 January – A landmine explodes in a busy vegetable market in the heart of Indian-ruled Kashmir, killing 15 people; other border skirmishes with Pakistan kill a further four. 3 January – Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee accuses Pakistan of being behind the hijacking of an Indian plane and urges that Pakistan be declared a terrorist state. 6 January – India arrests four Kashmiri terrorists in connection with the week-long hijacking in December. 24 February – A review of national security was ordered, after an expert committee's report on the incursion of Pakistani-backed forces into Kashmir in mid-1999 exposed serious shortcomings. The Subramanyam committee recommends a new "national security planning and decision-making structure for India in the nuclear age". Fresh clashes are reported in late February along the Line of Control between Indian and Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Late February – Parliamentary sessions are disrupted by protests led by the opposition Indian National Congress party, complaining that civil servants (who may not join political organizations) are being allowed to join the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in some states. Congress accuses the RSS of promoting intolerance and says the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government was pursuing a secret RSS-inspired agenda whereby India could cease to be a secular state. Late February – The BJP-led government's first budget since its October 1999 election victory was criticized by foreign investors for failing to impose tighter curbs on state subsidies. Despite the rising government deficit, there was to be a big increase in military spending, reflecting tension with Pakistan. This will be financed in part by surcharges on income tax and corporation tax. 20 March – Pakistan agrees to the construction of the long-discussed gas pipeline which will transport natural gas from Iran to India via Pakistan. 20 March – US President Bill Clinton makes a groundbreaking visit to improve ties 20 March – 36 Sikh killed in Kashmir 4 April – 532 Assamese secessionist rebels surrender in a symbolic ceremony. Whilst Assam's chief minister hails this as a sign of failing public support for secession, the leader of the United Liberation Front of Assam denies that the "rebels" are active members of his or other organizations. 23 April – Under criticism for doing "too little, too late" in response to a severe drought in Rajasthan and Gujarat in the northwest, Prime Minister Vajpayee appeals to the nation for charitable donations to help the region in a televised address on many local channels. Late April – The state government of Bihar agrees to support proposals to create a new state – unofficially named Jharkhand – from its southern districts. 12 May- Miss India Lara Dutta crowned Miss Universe 2000 in Cyprus. 25 May – The central bank intervenes on the foreign exchange markets and announces moves to stabilize the rupee after the currency hit a record low against the U.S. dollar. Late May – Journalists lead national and international condemnation of a proposed law which will demand information from reporters concerning "terrorist" activities. 1 June – 2000 – Pen Power, an Encyclopedia of published letters to the editors from some 200 letter writers was released by M.V.Kamath, Chairperson of Prasar Bharati. The veteran journalist declares that Pen-Power should be prescribed as a text book in all Journalism colleges. Early June – Clashes between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir kill 17 people. Violence in the region has become a daily occurrence as it also has in the far-eastern state of Tripura where killings of Bengalis by Christian separatist rebels have prompted the deployment of an extra 3,000 paramilitary troops by the government. Mid-June – Prime Minister Vajpayee approves a measure to provide 320,000 government employees with free telephones. India has only 26 phone lines per 1,000 people. 11 June – Rajesh Pilot, a senior member of the opposition Congress party, dies in a car crash. Hundreds of supporters mourn outside the home of the popular politician who, analysts say, was an important figure of stability within the party and a likely successor to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Mid-June – Reliance Industries, the country's biggest private company, announces plans to enter into the information technology industry. A new subsidiary, Reliance Infocomm, will oversee the laying of fibre-optic cables to connect the top 115 cities to the Internet. Mid-June – London-based human rights group Amnesty International criticizes India, along with Bangladesh and Pakistan, for insufficiently protecting the rights of women, who, it says, are subjected to negative bias in investigations of abuse. 16 June – 34 lower-caste Hindus are killed in the northeastern state of Bihar; eight suspects are arrested two days later. The massacre was believed to be a revenge killing for 12 upper-caste Hindus who were killed a week before. The banned private army Ranvir Sena was believed to have been responsible for the latest killing and for 350 other deaths since 1994. Mid-June – Archaeologists announce a significant discovery of treasure believed to be around 5,000 years old in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The jewelry was thought to belong to a civilization from the Indus Valley not previously thought to have spread so far afield. Late June – The government announces plans to subsidize health insurance for the "poorest of the poor". Late June – Eight executives from the independent television station Channel V are arrested and charged with obscenity and indecency after screening a program in which two teenage girls were encouraged to strip on the streets of Mumbai for a small cash incentive. 24 June – Almost 1 billion people worldwide reportedly tune in to watch the International Indian Film Awards held at the Millennium Dome in London, England. The Indian film industry, known as Bollywood, has its second-largest following in the UK, mostly amongst the country's ethnic Indian population, but receives little attention from the British press. 26 June – The state assembly of Jammu and Kashmir angers the federal government when it resolves to ask for a return of the region's autonomous status which was revoked in 1953. The government refuses to discuss the proposal in parliament in early July and rejects the calls outright. 27 June – The Supreme Court calls on the government to review its list of employees and remove "the indolent, infirm, and those of doubtful integrity, reputation, or utility". 28 June – India joins a select group of six countries when it commences regular summits with the European Union. The other five countries which have regular consultations with the EU are Canada, China, Japan, Russia and the U.S. Early July – The first passenger rail link between India and Bangladesh in 26 years was opened. The line between Benapole in Bangladesh and Petrapole in West Bengal was closed due to lack of commercial interest in 1974. Early July – Wildlife experts announce an investigation into the mysterious sudden deaths of 12 of the 56 rare Royal Bengal tigers in Nandankanan Zoo in Orissa. There are thought to be fewer than 4,000 tigers in the wild in India. Mid-July – The UN's Population Fund condemns the government for its lack of commitment to tackle the imbalance between numbers of males and females in the country which it was thought was largely due to the feticide and infanticide of baby girls. There are estimated to be 960 women to every 1,000 men. Mid-July – A landslide in Mumbai's slum district kills at least 60 people after torrential rain. A further 200 people are feared lost under the rubble. 15 July – Prime Minister Vajpayee announces that long-distance domestic phone lines will be fully deregulated from 15 August to help boost the country's information technology industry. 17 July – More than 50 people are killed when a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashes in a residential area of Patna. July – Authorities in Sikkim uphold complaints from local Buddhists and ban expeditions up the northeast face of the world's third highest mountain peak, Kanchenjunga, which was revered by local people as a deity. 22 July – The government announces the launch of a National Population Stabilization Fund to help promote family planning programs in the country, especially in the northern states which contain half of all Indians. The population officially passed the 1 billion mark on 11 May, although the UN believes that figure had already been reached on 15 August 1999. 23 July – Minister for Law Ram Jethmalani resigns from the cabinet blaming strained relations with Attorney General Soli Sorabjee. Late July – Bal Thackeray, leader of the far-right Shiv Sena group, was released within hours of his arrest. The court claims that too much time has passed since his alleged crimes of promoting "communal enmity" to warrant prosecution. The Maharashtra state government, whose decision to press the charges had prompted threats from Shiv Sena supporters to disrupt commerce in Mumbai, says it will appeal against the ruling. Late July – Thousands of police officers in the crime-plagued eastern state of Bihar go on strike to demand better compensation for the families of fallen comrades, and less "political interference" in their work. Late July – 10,000 homes are destroyed and 40 people killed in severe flooding in the northwestern state of Rajasthan. 24 July – The government's commitment to privatization plans was confirmed with the naming of ex-journalist and committed free-market economist Arun Shourie as minister for privatization. 24 July - Hizbul Mujahideen commander Abdul Majeed Dar announces unilateral ceasefire with Indian forces in Kashmir valley. 25 July - Bal Thackeray arrested for writing articles that allegedly incited Bombay riots. Late July – The government and separatist rebels from the far-eastern border state of Nagaland agree to extend their ceasefire for a further year in an attempt to bring a lasting solution to the 53-year rebellion. 27 July - Nanoor massacre by Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers in West Bengal.