Singur Tata Nano controversy: Timeline

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Calcutta High Court order upholding the land acquisition for Tata's Nano plant at Singur in West Bengal. Finding fault with the land acquisition process, the apex court ordered that the acquired land be returned to the cultivators within 12 weeks.

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December 1, 2006

The land earmarked for project was taken control of by the state administration amidst protests. Fencing the land commenced on this day.

21 January 2007

Tatas ceremonially initiated the construction of the plant on.

June 2007

In a fresh affidavit filed later, the government admitted that 30 per cent of the land was acquired from farmers without consent.

On 23 September 2008

Tatas decided to leave Singur in West Bengal. According to the reports, decision was made by Tata management and Bengal government was informed.

October 3, 2008

The Tata Group announced that they are pulling out of Singur due to political unrest and agitation led by Mamata Banerjee.

Banerjee's ‘Save Farmland movement’ was supported by environmental activists like Medha Patkar, Anuradha Talwar and Arundhati Roy.

Banerjee's movement against displacement of farmers was also supported by several Kolkata based intellectuals like Aparna Sen, Kaushik Sen, Shaonli Mitra and Suvaprasanna.

October 3, 2008

It became official that TATA will leave Singur (WB) when Ratan Tata announced it in a press conference in Kolkata.

October 3, 2008, after a brief meeting with the Chief Minister, Ratan Tata declared his decision to move the Nano Project out of West Bengal.

2011

In 2011 state assembly elections, while sitting Trinamool Congress MLA, Rabindranath Bhattacharya retained the Singur seat, Becharam Manna, the convener of Krishi Jami Raksha Samiti, won the adjoining Haripal seat.