Here is the complete guide to Singur TATA Nano plant saga

The Supreme Court has set aside the controversial acquisition of 997.11 acres of land in Singur in 2006 by the then Left Front government in West Bengal to set up Tata Motors' ambitious Nano car manufacturing plant

 

May 2006: Tata Motors announces Nano car plant at Singur in West Bengal.

 

July 2006: Mamata Banerjee opposes the plant on fertile land.

 

December 2006: Protests against the acquisition begins.

 

December 2006: Mamata Banerjee holds 26-day hunger strike against Singur land acquisition.

 

January 21, 2007: Tata Motors starts construction of Nano car plant in West Bengal.

 

January 18, 2008: Calcutta High Court upholds Singur land acquisition, following which farmers and NGO moved the Supreme Court challenging the HC order.

 

August 24, 2008 : Mamata Banerjee starts indefinite dharna at Singur outside the car plant.

 

September 2, 2008: Tata Motors suspends work on Nano Plant at Singur.

 

September 3, 2008: Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi plays mediator; CPI(M)-led Left Front government and TMC agree to hold discussions.

 

September 5, 2008: Bengal government and TMC start negotiations.

 

September 7, 2008: Talks break down.

   

October 3, 2008: Tata Motors decides to move out of Singur

   

October 7, 2008: Tata Motors announces new Nano Plant at Sanand in Gujarat.

   

May 20, 2011: Mamata Banerjee sworn-in as Chief Minister of West Bengal, announces first cabinet decision to return 400 acres of land to unwilling farmers.

   

June 14, 2011: Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011 passed in the legislative assembly.

   

June 22, 2011: Tata Motors moves Calcutta High Court challenging the Bill.

   

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

   

June 22, 2012: A division bench of Calcutta High Court strikes down the Bill on an appeal by Tata Motors.

   

Aug 31, 2016: Supreme Court allows appeals filed by some farmers and NGOs and sets aside the January 18, 2008 order of Calcutta High Court.