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.[1]
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.[2]
May – Medical doctors started a strike against central government decision on reservation for other backward classes (OBC)[clarification needed] in Medical Institution.
July - December
6 July – The
Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the
Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after 44 years.
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 (western region) of the Geological Survey, R.S. Goyal, said that devastation on an "unimaginable scale" would have ensued had the meteorite struck the power station.[4]
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.