Jan 1	Justice M. Jagannatha Rao, is appointed Law Commission Chairman.
	Midnapore, the countrys largest district, in West Bengal is bifurcated.
Jan 2	Militants set off a series of blasts near the J and K Assembly leaving a policeman dead and 20 others hurt.
Jan 6	India and the U.K. issue New Delhi Declaration affirming joint commitment to counter terrorism, after the Vajpayee-Blair meeting in the Indian capital.
Jan 8	P. S. Ramamohan Rao, is named the Tamil Nadu Governor and Shyamal Dutta, Nagaland Governor.
Jan 11	About 70 trucks are gutted after two of the 250 strong convoy carrying ammunition collide in Udasar on the outskirts of Bikaner district, in Rajasthan.
Jan 15	The Union Cabinet nod to amend the Flag Code to liberalise rules regarding display of the Tricolour by the public.
	Ms. Poornima Advani, is appointed Chairperson of the National Commission for Women.
Jan 16	China and India should complement and collaborate with each other, not compete, and treble the bilateral trade, says the visiting Chinese Prime Minister, Zhu Rongji, in Mumbai.
Jan 22	Gunmen kill four policemen and wound 20 others in front of the American Center on Jawaharlal Nehru Road, in Kolkata.
Jan 23	The Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress led by Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthy, returns to the Congress fold after an eight-year break.
Jan 24	Insat-3C, is launched from the French Guyanese spaceport of Kourou.
	India rejects the Pakistan President, Pervez Musharrafs proposals for a no-war pact and denuclearisation of South Asia.
Jan 25	Andhra Pradesh Governor, C. Rangarajan, the Attorney-General, Soli Sorabjee among five chosen for Padma Vibhushan awards.
	Former Indian Air Force Chief, Arjan Singh (82), is made the first-ever Marshal of the IAF.
Jan 31	The Jharkhand Governor, Prabhat Kumar, resigns amid a row over his having received pecuniary benefits from an industrialist, Ashok Chaturvedi.