  events in the year 2004 in the republic of india. ==incumbents== * president of india: a. p. j. abdul kalam * prime minister of india: atal bihari vajpayee to 22 may manmohan singh ==events== * 17 january â the national executive of the bharatiya janata party (bjp) meets at hyderabad. * 17 january â p.a. sangma quits the nationalist congress party and decides to ally with the ruling national democratic alliance. * 28 january â bjp president venkaiah naidu elected for three-year term. * 28 january â the border security force busts a hideout of pro-pakistan hizbul mujahideen in pulwama district of south kashmir and recovers a "huge quantity" of ammunition and explosives. acting on a tip-off, the security personnel raided the hideout at remu village in the early hours and recovered around 12,000 rounds of ak ammunition, 2.5&nbsp;kg rdx and three grenades according to a border security force spokesman. * 28 january â commerce minister arun jaitley announced the cabinet decision to free gold and silver imports from all restrictions. * 28 january â the lucknow bench of the allahabad high court fixed 23 february for further hearing of te revision petition filed against deputy prime minister l. k. advani's discharge in the babri masjid demolition case by a special cbi court at rae bareli. * 29 january â congress president sonia gandhi meets dravida munnetra kazhagam (dmk) leader karunanidhi to finalise their electoral pact which also includes the marumalarchi dravida munnetra kazhagam (mdmk), pattali makkal katchi (pmk) and the left parties in the state. * 7 february-15 february â kala ghoda festival * 4 march â the maharashtra pollution control board (mpcb) refused to clear a project of pepsi to expand their plant to triple production in chembur, mumbai on the grounds that the expansion will have a polluting effect on the environment. * 6 april â the biggest ever indo-french naval exercise varuna 2004 gets underway off the coast of goa. * 20 april â first phase of polling for fourteenth lok sabha elections covering 141 constituencies. * 26 april â second phase of polling for fourteenth lok sabha elections covering 137 constituencies. * 5 may â third phase of polling for fourteenth lok sabha elections covering 83 constituencies. * 10 may â fourth and last phase of polling for fourteenth lok sabha elections covering 182 constituencies. * 13 may â results for the fourteenth [[l
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