Iconic Moments of 2011

8/3/2019 Iconic Moments of 2011

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Japan's killer tsunami, Sikkim's devastating quake, the Occupy Wall Street movement, and Anna Hazare's hunger-strike were some of the many

significant moments of 2011. Here they are in pictures:

On March 11, Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. The magnitude-9.0 quake spawned a deadly tsunami that

slammed into the small island nation, leaving a huge swath of devastation in its wake.


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Gary Kirsten ended his term as India's coach on a high, guiding India to a historic World Cup triumph, said it was an honour to coach

Team India.


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Anna Hazare's crusade against corruption has grabbed headlines all over and inspired the common Indian to demand for a Jan Lokpal Bill

that would hold politicians accountable for their actions.


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US President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and several other government officials gathered

to monitor the raid that killed the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden.


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Nargis, a girl born in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, was welcomed as the world's seven billionth baby -- an honour she shares

with a girl child born in the Philippines and a boy in Russia.


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Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday

technology, passed away.


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The last convoy of US soldiers pulled out of Iraq, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of

Iraqi lives, and left a country grappling with political uncertainty.


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Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya with an iron fist for over 40 years, was killed after being on the run for two months by National

Transitional Council fighters.


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The success of the Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit helped soothe the bitter memories of a messy and shambolic

Commonwealth Games.


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The 34-year-old regime of the Left front finally crumbled to a feisty Mamata Banerjee, making her the first woman chief minister of West

Bengal when her party won the assembly elections this year.


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The man whose Rath first drove a party with just two seats in Parliament straight onto the national stage, clearly believes the yatra is still a

journey to political advantage.


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"I AM DADA to the cutest baby girl," Amitabh Bachchan announced on Twitter.


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Over 50,000 troops and about 500 main battle tanks like T-90s, T-72s and the indigenous Arjun, as also infantry combat vehicles,

participated in the exercise codenamed 'Sudarshan Shakti', which also featured fighter jets, transport and helicopters of the Indian Air

Force.


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A leopard strayed into Prakash Nagar village in West Bengal and mauled several people, including three guards, before being caught by

forest officials.


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