- Month-long monsoon session of Parliament began.
- Centre agreed to a Rs.19000 Crore ballout package for West Bengal.
- The first-ever Kashmir Premier League (KPL) T-20 Chinar Cup-2011 ended.
- DV Sadananda Gowda sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka.
- SC partially lifted mining ban in Bellary.
- Indian archers won three silver medals in the Archery World Cup in Ogden.
- N-E body sought national drink status for tea.
- Indian wrestlers won 49 medals in the commonwealth wrestling championship in Melbourne.
- Aditya Mehta clinched the 78th National Snooker Championship title.
- Former TN Governor and political analyst PC Alexander died.
- Lok Sabha passed SBI Subsidiary Banks Bill.
- BrahMos Varian Block III supersonic cruise missile test-fired successfully.
- Indian cricket team lost the No. 1 Test rank to England.
- Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor died.
- PM Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on 65th Independence Day.
- New Indian Chief suspended over credit over for Paramount Air.
- N A K Browne has been takes charge as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force.
- Coal India Ltd. Dethroned Reliance Industries Ltd. as most valued firm.
- National Sports awards announced.
- All-party meeting in West Bengal decided to rename the state as Paschimbanga.
- Stealth frigate Statpura commissioned into navy.
- Historian and Indologist Ram Sharan Sharma died.
- Leader Paes and Mahesh Bhupati won the doubles title at Cincinnati tennis match.
- Government and Team Anna held talks to reach truce.
- Haryana lifted ceiling on non-farm land.
- Baichung Bhutia brought down the curtain on his international career.
- Fast attack warship INS Karuva inducted into Navy.
- K. Rosaiah appointed new Tamil Nadu Governor.
- Birla Corp suspended mining in Rajasthan.
- Indian Finished 8th in the WSF men’s world team squash championship held in Germany.
- Juvenile Justice (amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
- Sucheta 33 year old women from Pune became first Indian woman to cross Gobi desert.
- Ronjan Sodhi has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings.
- HDFC bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs.
- Gagan Narang Ace Indian shooter is set to get Khel Ratna.
- Prahaar missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, Orrisa.
- Rahul Dravid became 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Ponting’s record.
- Former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj V.Patil has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde.
- Shammi Kapoor bollywood actor passed away recently.
India August 2011
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