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Tata Nano to roll out from Gujarat!
October 7, 2008
Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, has finally decided that the Tata Nano will come out of Gujarat.
This is how it all began. . . and ended.
May 18, 2006: Tatas select West Bengal for the Rs 100,000 small car plant. Ratan Tata says: "We have scanned the country, looked at various locations, and have decided to locate this rather revolutionary plant that will give India a true people's car in West Bengal."
Sep 25, 2006: Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee decides to sit on dharna outside BDO's office at Singur to protest land acquisition drive. Also calls for rail and road blockade.
Oct 9, 2006: Trinamool calls 12-hour state-wide bandh.
Dec 2, 2006: Violence mars Singur, five get hurt in rubber-bullet firing.
Dec 4, 2006: Attack on Tata Motors showroom in Kolkata.
Mamata Banerjee on hunger-strike, spurns Chief Minister's talks offer on Singur issue.
Dec 18, 2006: Trinamool issues 48-hour Bangla bandh after school girl Tapasi Malik's alleged rape and murder inside Singur project's fenced-off area.
Dec 28, 2006: Mamata Banerjee calls off indefinite hunger-strike after 25 days following appeals from PM and President.
Jan 14, 2007: Land puja offered at car project site.
Feb 5, 2007: Police-mob clash at Singur.
Mar 9, 2007: State government signs a 90-year agreement with Tata Motors for 'Nano' plant.
Image: Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata poses in front of the Tata Nano. | Photograph: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
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