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Who ruled India in 2020 CE?

In 2020 CE, the main political power in this atlas is the Republic of India.

Republic of India
Union of India: 28 states and 8 union territories today. Independent from 15 August 1947; a republic since 26 January 1950. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — India · Read: Independence and Partition, 1947

What happened in India around 2020 CE?

1 Jul 2017: GST restructures indirect taxation. The Goods and Services Tax replaced numerous central and state indirect taxes with a shared national framework. Its launch created a new system of fiscal federalism administered through legislation, a federal council and a common digital network. Source: GST Council: The GST Saga
6 Sep 2018: The Supreme Court decriminalises consensual same-sex relations. In Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India, a Constitution Bench held Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code unconstitutional insofar as it criminalised consensual sexual relations between adults. Source: Supreme Court of India: Navtej Singh Johar judgment
2019: Jammu and Kashmir is reorganised. Parliament’s Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act divided the former state into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The constitutional and administrative change took effect on 31 October 2019 and remains politically contested. Source: India Code: Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
2020–22: The COVID-19 pandemic transforms everyday life. India reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case in Kerala on 30 January 2020. Successive waves, public-health restrictions, disrupted migration and work, and a vast vaccination campaign produced lasting demographic, economic and social consequences. Source: WHO India: COVID-19 situation reports
2021 CE: A nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign expands
28 Sep 2023: A constitutional amendment provides for women’s legislative reservation. The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act provides for roughly one-third reservation for women in the Lok Sabha, state legislative assemblies and the Delhi assembly. Source: Legislative Department: Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023
Apr–Jun 2024: India elects the eighteenth Lok Sabha. The 2024 general election was conducted across seven phases before votes were counted in June. The result returned a coalition government and demonstrated another peaceful transfer of democratic authority through India’s nationwide electoral system. Source: Election Commission of India: General Elections 2024

Major Historical Milestones in 2020 CE

2020 CE: COVID-19 reshapes public life and migration

Historical Events & Sourced Records (2020 CE)

The COVID-19 pandemic transforms everyday life

India reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case in Kerala on 30 January 2020. Successive waves, public-health restrictions, disrupted migration and work, and a vast vaccination campaign produced lasting demographic, economic and social consequences.

Source: WHO India: COVID-19 situation reports

2020 ईस्वी में भारत का नक्शा: स्वतंत्र भारत (भारत गणराज्य)

2020 ईस्वी का यह इंटरैक्टिव नक्शा स्वतंत्र भारत (भारत गणराज्य) के समय का भारत दिखाता है। एक संवैधानिक गणराज्य जो लोकतंत्र, विकास और अद्भुत विविधता के साथ आगे बढ़ता है।

2020 mein Bharat ke pramukh rajya: Republic of India. Ye Azad Bharat ka daur tha.