The clock is ticking as we are on the verge of bidding a farewell for the year 2019- one of the important years that would be remembered and recalled in the history of Indian Independence as 2019 is all set to become history by leaving the package of aberrant developments, chagrins, debacles, and unanticipated events that can be labeled as the year of twists and turning points and the country has gone through unprecedented political incidents that caused major drifts and quakes on the basic principles and as we are nearing to carpet the new year with much more expectations, let's recap how 2019 would be remembered in India.

Pulwama attack - the testament of the appalling extremism:

On February 14, 2019, the nation's head had seen major devastation where about 40 Indian soldiers were killed in the Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir that borders with Pakistan and its certain that the valentine's day has become the black day for Indian armed forces as Pakistan backed terrorists with the suicide bombs rammed the truck that carried the armed men and as a part of the retaliation, India launched the airstrikes in Pakistan's Balakot and destroyed the terror camps and operatives and India had registered its victory in diplomacy by stressing Pakistan to acquit Indian pilot Abhinandhan Varthaman who was captured by the neighboring country during the counter-terrorism operation.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 - India's democratic festival:

Elections would pour more speculations and anticipations across the country and 2019 Lok Sabha polls ain't hold the exceptional as India witnessed the real fight between BJP led alliance and the Congress party and its coalition. The election festival of the world's largest democracy was covered beyond the borders and continents and by falsifying the accusations, Narendra Modi has recorded with resounding and phenomenal victory across the nation and he took the oath of office for the second consecutive term and Modi's coalition won 353 seats out of 543 seats in Lok Sabha - a huge majority for the ruling party in the recent years.

Abrogation of Article 370 - A proven example of how majority works:

Soon after retaining the baton of power, BJP has unleashed the fire and agitation across the country by rolling out its Hindutva propaganda and scrapping of Article 370 was one such agenda of majoritarianism. In August 2019, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Central government had revoked the article from Jammu and Kashmir that provided and guaranteed the special status for the state for the past seven decades. The government had bifurcated the state into two union territories. The abrogation process had encountered the imposition of severe restrictions in the state and detaining hundreds of political leaders who have been under detention currently and so are the restrictions.

To know more: https://www.thenewstuff.in/articles-370-and-35a-have-been-revoked

UN top court stays execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav - Justice for an Indian national from beyond the borders:

In July 2019, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which is based in the Hague, Netherlands had pronounced its verdict that Pakistan must review the death sentence it has awarded for Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested by Pakistan in March 2016 under the grounds of espionage and sabotage that India strongly denied. However, a year later, Pakistan military court had dictated death sentence for Jadhav after which India knocked on the chambers of the International Court. Jadhav is currently been lodged in Pakistan prison and India's victory in the case got added to the list of the country's successful diplomacy.

To know more: https://www.thenewstuff.in/will-kulbhushan-jadhav-be-repatriated

The final list of Assam citizens released - the starting phase of the agitation against the ruling party:

In August 31st, the BJP ruling Central government, with accord to the directive of the Supreme court had released the final citizens' list of Assam that brought in huge despair and anger among the Assamese people as the list had left about 2 million people from the citizens' list which spurred the fear among these evicted population of getting thrown out from the country or detained in detention camps. Despite the rise of agitation, the BJP claimed that it would implement the National Register of Citizens across India during the current tenure.

To know more: https://www.thenewstuff.in/assam-isolates-fate-two-million

Ayodhya final verdict- A Landmark verdict of the decade:

In November 2019, the five-member constitutional bench of the Supreme court headed by then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had delivered its unanimous final verdict over Ayodhya land dispute case, one of the sensitive issues that prevailed since Independence. In its historical verdict, the Apex court had dictated that the entirety of the disputed land belongs to the deity Ram Lalla or Lord Ram and consented the Hindu groups to build the Ram temple in the site which once carried Mosque built by Babar in the 16th century. The court ordered the government to allot a five-acre land for Muslims to build a Mosque in Ayodhya. By upholding the judgment, the Supreme court had rejected all the petitions that challenged the final verdict.

To know more: https://www.thenewstuff.in/ayodhya-land-dispute-heres-final-verdict-supreme-court

The arrest of Senior Congress leader Chidambaram - the move that was termed as retaliation:

Former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram was, in September, arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation under the charges of corruption in the INX Media case. He was lodged in Tihar prison, the largest prison complex in Asia and his arrest was termed as retaliation by Amit Shah who was arrested while Chidambaram was India's Home minister under Congress rule. Several of his bail petitions were rejected by the judicial bodies and he was behind the bars for 106 days and the Congress party has called the action as political vendetta. 

To know more: https://www.thenewstuff.in/chidambarams-solitary-confinement-tihar

India's Lunar Mission - One of India's successful and limitless space missions that encountered a setback:

Chandrayaan 2, India's mission of exploring the unexplored South pole of the Moon was failed after the lander Vikram had lost communication with India's Space Agency on September 7th and the lander was alienated minutes before it was scheduled to touch down the lunar surface. Earlier this month, a Chennai based engineer Shanmuga Subramanian had reported to NASA and ISRO with the tip-off about the presence of the crash site of Vikram lander. ISRO had said that it achieved 95% of the objectives of the mission.

To know more: https://www.thenewstuff.in/congratulations-isro

Maharashtra political drama - The drama that ratified how the votes of the people can be played: 

In November, Maharashtra had come through the aberrant and heated developments over the formation of the new government as no party has reported with halfway majority in the assembly of 288 Legislative members. The political drama that lasted for about a month had seen how the votes of the people can be played by the parties and how the parties can turn down the alliance to hold the throne in India's richest state and it was one of the states where BJP has lost its stronghold after its allied Shiv Sena party had decided to travel with the Congress and NCP alliance and Shiv Sena Uddav Thackeray formed the government with the support of Congress party and the Nationalist Congress party by outsing the BJP rule in the state.

To know more: https://www.thenewstuff.in/major-twists-and-debacles-maharashtra-here-are-latest-developments

Citizenship Amendment Act - The biggest challenge for the preamble and the fundamental rights of the constitution:

The controversial, biased, and handicapped Citizenship Amendment Act is another spear of BJP's Hindutva propaganda of the year that portrayed how the majority can take the authority of nullifying the basic principles of the constitution. In December, both chambers of the Parliament had given a clear go for the amendment that grants and guarantees citizenship based on the religion. 

The BJP government has claimed that the act aims to induct the religious minorities persecuted in countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan as Indian citizens and the bill had ignored Muslims, Sri Lankan Tamils who are encountering serious of religious persecutions in the neighboring countries. The act has directed the protests and agitation from the people across the country including women and students who took the streets to urge the government to annul the biased amendment. The critics have said that awarding citizenship based on religion violates the fundamental rights of life and equality. The ongoing agitations and the protests have reported with at least 25 deaths across the nation while more than hundreds have been injured.

To know more: https://www.thenewstuff.in/citizenship-amendment-bill-blunder-thunders