India defeated Srilanka by 6 wickets and won the 2011 ICC World Cup, which was held in Mumbai. India won the World Cup after 28 years.

India's nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile, with a strike range of 2,000 km, was on Friday test-fired as part of user trial by the army from the Wheeler Island off Orissa coast.

The movement began when anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare started a hunger strike against the government to draft tougher anti-corruption legislation. This movement was among the top 10 stories of 2011 by Time Magazine.

Singers Jagjit Singh, Bhupen Hazarika and actors Dev Anand and Shammi Kapoor were one of the most successful and famous personalities of Indian cinema.