2008 has been a great year for India. Though filled with lots of terrorist attacks, the people came up really well after the attacks. Here is a small list of the events which happened in 2008:

• 28 April, India sets a world record for sending 10 satellites to orbit in a single launch
• 13 May, Bomb blasts in Jaipur kills 80 people
• 4 June, Government increases petrol prices due to the increase in crude oil price. Though crude oil has now become cheaper, there is no decrease in price of commodity petrol.
• 22 July, The ruling United Progressive Alliance wins a vote of confidence in the parliament over the Indo-US Nuclear deal
• 25 July, Series of seven bomb blasts in Bangalore – causing me to cancel my trip for design camp
• 26 July, Bomb blasts in Ahmedabad killing 45 and injures over 160 people
• 22 October, India launches Chandrayaan I and joins the elite club
• 8 November, Chandrayaan successfully put into orbit
• 26 November – 29 November, Terrorist attack in Mumbai kills 164 and injures atleast 250 and one terrorist captured alive

If there are some events which I missed, please feel free to put it up in the comments below. Lets hope the year 2009 is better.

Happy New Year.