Tareekh

India, year by year

India in 2008

Abhinav Bindra won India’s first individual Olympic gold.

Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
President
Pratibha Patil
10 grams of gold (24K)
₹12,500yearly figure, BankBazaar
One US dollar
₹43.51official yearly average, World Bank
₹100 in 2008
≈ ₹289 in 2025by India's consumer price index, World Bank
Highest-grossing Indian film
Ghajiniworldwide gross, per Wikipedia
Population
120.8 croreWorld Bank
Life expectancy at birth
66 yearsWorld Bank

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Sources: World Bank, SP.POP.TOTL (India); World Bank, PA.NUS.FCRF — official exchange rate, rupees per US$, yearly average; World Bank, FP.CPI.TOTL — consumer price index (2010 = 100), yearly average; World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN — life expectancy at birth; Wikipedia, "List of highest-grossing Indian films" — highest-grossing film by year (worldwide gross); BankBazaar, "Historical Gold Rate/Trend in India" — 24K gold, ₹ per 10 g, yearly figure. Prime Ministers, Presidents and events checked against Wikipedia. Money figures are yearly.