• The Return of the Indian National Congress, The Congress victory wagon rolls on, BJP in self-destructive mode showing all its weaknesses and washing dirty laundry in public: Congress has been eating way BJP’s vote bank across the country.
• Swine Flu Threat – Reeda Shaikh, 14, became the first patient in India to succumb to the flu in Pune on August 3. Narendra Modi and Shreeshant Maharashtra and Karnataka were the worst affected states of the country. At least 249 people have died in Maharashtra while the virus has claimed 128 lives in Karnataka. Pune, with over 120 cases of deaths due to the H1N1 virus, earned the dubious distinction of being the swine flu capital of India.
• Tata’s Nano arrives: Tata Motors’ ambitious Nano, the Rs 1 lakh car, finally hit Indian markets early this year. Marketed as the ‘people’s car’ and the ‘cheapest car in the world’, the Nano won the Indian Car of the Year Award for 2008-09, promising an affordable and comfortable vehicle to millions of Indians for whom a car was far out of reach.
• Dalai Lama and Arunachal Pradesh on China’s complaint list – The tension between the two growing nations grew further with China making statements and remarks about Indian matters. Chinese diplomacy has been strongly negative towards India.
• 26/11 aftermath: Confessions, lies and accusations – A lot of drama happened in this space, where Kasab, the lone survivor amongst the militants in Mumbai blast, kept on changing his statement and stand.
• The fear-less factor – After a year filled with terror (2008), 2009 was relatively a year with lesser deaths and attacks. The country saw steps being taken by the Central ministry to combat terror and announcement to form a New ministry – the Internal Security Ministry. Also, various pending reforms got necessary impetus.
• Who brought down the Babri Masjid? – After 19 years, its still not over. In a nearly 1,000-page report, the Liberhan Commission indicted several top BJP leaders for leading the country to the ‘brink of communal discord’ over the Ayodhya issue.
• YSR’s death: Andhra mourns, Congress almost splits. Aftermath of his death was a emanating tussle in AP for the post of CM. Party supported Roshiah, a senior and more experienced leader and Finance minister over YSR’s son Jaganmohan.
• Chandrayaan-I ended a four-decade long speculation on whether there is water on the moon when it detected evidence of water across the lunar surface on September 24.
• Madhu Koda pulled off India’s biggest scam – the CM of Jharkhand has been accused of Rs 2000 Crore Scam, in money laundering, making huge illegal investments abroad, including purchase of mines in faraway countries like Liberia.
• Full Coverage: Air India hits turbulence – Requesting a Bailout from the union government, Air India Board had agreed to cut costs for getting the bailout package. But its attempt to cut costs by reducing the employee salaries and numbers led to huge strikes and cause inconvenience to passengers; further deteriorating Air India’s Image.
• Telangana wants a separate state from Andhra Pradesh, and wants Hyderabad with it. Talk about greed.

References:
http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2009/dec/28/slide-show-1-rewind-2009-events-that-rocked-india.htm#contentTop
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/yearender09.cms