Timeline of the Singur Tata Nano controversy

The then Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata announces small car-Nano project at Singur on the day Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is sworn in as state Chief Minister for another term.
Nano project at Singur. (File)
Nano project at Singur. (File)

May 18, 2006: The then Tata group Chairman Ratan Tata announces small car-Nano project at Singur on the day Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is sworn in as state Chief Minister for another term.

May 25, 2006: Farmers demonstrate protesting over "forcible" acquisition of land for the Tata car project.

July 18, 2006: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee sows paddy near Tata factory site to protest "forcible" acquisition of land.

December 3, 2006: Singur on boil, Mamata Banerjee begins indefinite hunger strike on Singur issue

December 29, 2006 : Mamata Banerjee calls off her indefinite hunger strike following appeals by then President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

March 9, 2007: Tatas and state government ink Singur land deal lease.

May 24, 2007: Peace talks between state government, Trinamool fail.

June 14, 2007: State government rules out returning land to farmers. Protests intensify

February 15, 2008: Tatas announce Nano roll out by October.

August 18, 2008: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee invites Mamata Banerjee for talks.

August 20, 2008: Talks between state government, Trinamool Congress fail.

August 22, 2008: Ratan Tata says Nano will move out of West Bengal if violence at Singur persists.

September 3, 2008: Tatas suspend work at Singur, say alternative sites being explored.

September 3, 2008: Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi agrees to play a mediator's role; state government and Trinamool Congress agree to meet him

September 5, 2008: A meeting is held in Raj Bhavan

September 7, 2008: A media release from Raj Bhavan says "the government has taken the decision to respond to the demands of those farmers who have not received compensation."

September 14, 2008: West Bengal government announces improved compensation package for Singur landlosers.

October 3, 2008: Tatas announce exit of Nano project from Bengal, shift to Sanand in Gujarat

May 20, 2011: Mamata Banerjee sworn in Chief Minister of West Bengal. New cabinet at its first meeting decides to return 400 acres of land to farmers.

June 9, 2011: The government brings ordinance and takes over 997 acres citing non-performance by Tata Motors.

June 14, 2011: West Bengal Assembly passes Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act to reclaim 400 acres.

June 22, 2011: Tata Motors moves Calcutta High Court seeking ex-parte relief on Singur land

June 29, 2011: Supreme Court orders the state government to stop distributing land until further notice from the Court

September 28, 2011: Calcutta High Court upholds the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011

October 29, 2011: Tata Motors challenges Calcutta High Court order before division bench.

June 22, 2012: A Calcutta High Court division bench holds Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 as unconstitutional and void.

August 6, 2012: The West Bengal government challenges the Calcutta High Court order in the Supreme Court

August 31, 2016: Supreme Court sets aside land acquisition for the Tata's Nano project in West Bengal's Singur, and orders state government to return land to all within 12 weeks

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