2002 In India, including: Prevention Of Terrorist Activities Act, Best Bakery Case, 2001-2002 India-pakistan Standoff, Godhra Train Burning, 2002 ... Jalandhar Mig-21 Crash, Taj Corridor Case

Events in the year 2002 in the Republic of India. * Prime Minister of India - Atal Bihari Vajpayee *10 January - 800 protesters are arrested in a large-scale illegal protest against the Communist government of West Bengal, which brings the state to a standstill. The authorities there had outlawed "disruptive" protests at the end of 2001. *16 January - Archaeologists announce the discovery of ancient man-made structures off the Gujarati coast which could be as many as 9,500 years old - 5,500 years older than the ancient Harappan civilization whose remains are found around the same region. * Late January - The government is roundly criticized for testing a short-range version of its Agni ballistic missile on January 25, the day before the country's Republic Day, at a time when military tensions with Pakistan remain high. * Mid-February - The Cellular Operators Association announces that the ownership of mobile phones in India rocketed by 75% in the previous year. Almost 6 million Indians now own mobile phones. *27 February - A series of riots leaves hundreds dead, after 59 Hindu pilgrims die aboard a train burned by a Muslim mob in Godhra. *28 February - Gulbarg Society massacre: During the 2002 Gujarat riots, a mob attacked the Gulbarag Society, a lower middle-class Muslim neighbourhood in Chamanpura, Ahmedabad. Most of the houses were burnt, and at least 35 victims including a former Congress Member of Parliament Ehsan Jafri, were burnt alive, while 31 others went missing after