Events in May 2003
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May 1
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Nine more persons test positive for SARS. |
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Professionals top Civil Service Examinations. |
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May 2
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"We should not remain a slave to the past; while not forgetting it either", says the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee announcing in Raja Sabha the move to appoint an envoy to Pakistan. |
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S. K. Sinha is appointed J and K Governor; Om Prakash Verma to replace J.F.R. Jacob in Punjab. Ram Prakash Gupta is M.P. Governor. |
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May 4
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The indigenous LCA is named `Tejas' by the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee in Bangalore. |
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May 6
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The Lok Sabha gives its nod for Delimitation Bill that seeks to make the 2001 census the basis for readjustment of electoral constituencies. |
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May 7
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Extremists kill 31 persons in three separate incidents in Tripura. |
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The Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh introduces quota in judiciary. |
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May 8
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The GSLV lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota and places a 1,540 kg satellite, GSAT-1 in orbit. |
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May 9
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Astra, an air-to-air missile is test-fired successfully from the interim test range in Balasore, Orissa. |
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May 10
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Mehbooba Mufti takes over as president of the People's Democratic Party, thus becoming the first woman to head a political party in J and K. |
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May 13
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Shivshankar Menon (53) is appointed India's High Commissioner to Pakistan. |
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May 14
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The Narmada Control Authority gives its nod for raising the Narmada dam height. |
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May 15
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At least 36 persons are killed as three coaches of the Amritsar-bound Frontier Mail from Mumbai catch fire near Ladhowal, Ludhiana. |
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May 20
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Mountain climbing a spiritual sport, says the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee inaugurating the golden jubilee celebrations of the first ascent of Mt. Everest, in New Delhi. |
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May 23
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The Union Agriculture Minister, Ajit Singh and the Minister of State for Finance, Gingee Ramachandran, quit the Cabinet. |
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May 24
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Rajnath Singh becomes Agriculture Minister and Rajiv Pratap Rudy gets independent charge of Civil Aviation Ministry, as the Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee reshuffles Cabinet inducting five new Ministers of State. |
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May 26
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India approves resumption of the suspended twice-a-week Delhi-Lahore bus service. Launched in Feb.ruary 1999, it was snapped following the December 13, 2001 attack on Parliament. |
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May 29
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The first Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award for Wildlife Conservation, is conferred posthumously on Ganga Ram Bishnoi of Chirai village in Jodhpur. |
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