Vol. 2007No. 122Millennium turn
The India you were born into
Wednesday2 May2007
A time-capsule view of 2 May 2007: theatre and performance becomes the doorway into a year when mobile phones, IT services and strong economic growth were changing everyday life across India.
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India in a connected century
Growth, security and technology shape the national story
India was adapting to a more connected economy and society while facing significant questions of security and development.
India in Numbers
A snapshot of India when you were born.
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Prices from the month you were born, listed the way the kirana shop would have written them.
- The Hindu archive
- National archival records
- Press and public memory
04 · Sport
India on the field in 2007
Moment of the year · Cricket
India wins the inaugural ICC World Twenty20
India defeated Pakistan in the final in Johannesburg.
200705 · Cinema & music
What India was watching and humming
The film everyone queued for that month, and the song that played from every cassette player that year.
OM SHANTI OM
Year 2007
Film of the year · 2007
Om Shanti Om
Also in theatresTaare Zameen Par · Welcome · Partner · Chak De! India · Jab We Met · Bhool Bhulaiyaa
Song of the year · 2007
"Ajab Si"
Also on the radio"Tum Se Hi" · "Mauja Hi Mauja" · "Mast Kalandar"
$ cat science-and-technology-2007
The mobile internet arrives
What science and technology looked like in India in 2007.
233.6 million mobile subscribers
TRAI's 2006–07 annual report recorded about 233.6 million mobile subscribers by March 2007.
Technology moves closer to daily life
Computing, communication and consumer electronics were gradually moving from specialist institutions toward ordinary homes, offices and public life.
Faces of 2007
M. S. Dhoni
Captained India to victory in the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup in South Africa.
Pratibha Patil
Sworn in as the 12th President of India, becoming the first woman to hold the office.
Ratan Tata
Led Tata Steel's takeover of Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus for about ₹48,000 crore.
Viswanathan Anand
Won the World Chess Championship tournament in Mexico City to become undisputed World Champion.
Yuvraj Singh
Hit 6 sixes in an over off Stuart Broad during the T20 World Cup.
Shah Rukh Khan
Starred in 'Chak De! India' and 'Om Shanti Om', dominating the box office.
09 · BEYOND INDIA
Beyond India
Before the internet put the world in our pockets, news from abroad arrived through telegrams, radios, television sets and eventually phones.
Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union
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The EU expands to 27 member states.
2007, circled in red
The year India turned 60.