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Photos: 2019 in review by Hindustan Times’ photographers

The highs and lows of 2019 across India, spanning politics, economy and glimpses from daily life, all captured in a retrospective, by the best of Hindustan Times' photographers.

Updated on: Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM IST

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A man takes photos as cyclone Fani makes landfall in Puri, Odisha, on May 3. Cyclone Fani, which barrelled through Odisha, claimed at least 64 lives and rendered over five lakh homeless. The coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal were also impacted by the cyclone. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

A man takes photos as cyclone Fani makes landfall in Puri, Odisha, on May 3. Cyclone Fani, which barrelled through Odisha, claimed at least 64 lives and rendered over five lakh homeless. The coastal regions of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal were also impacted by the cyclone. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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Members of the audience wave their mobile phones to add light to the illuminated Raisina Hills during the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi on January 29. Republic Day, the commemoration of the day when the Constitution came into effect, is a grand affair every year. This year India celebrated its 70th Republic Day. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Members of the audience wave their mobile phones to add light to the illuminated Raisina Hills during the Beating Retreat ceremony at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi on January 29. Republic Day, the commemoration of the day when the Constitution came into effect, is a grand affair every year. This year India celebrated its 70th Republic Day. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

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Villagers gather near the wreckage of an Indian Air Force helicopter after it crashed in Budgam area on February 27. The chopper went down just a day after India’s air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in response to the Pulwama terror attack. The same day India responded to airspace intrusions by Pakistan in the Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir‘s Rajouri district. (Waseem Andrabi/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Villagers gather near the wreckage of an Indian Air Force helicopter after it crashed in Budgam area on February 27. The chopper went down just a day after India’s air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot in response to the Pulwama terror attack. The same day India responded to airspace intrusions by Pakistan in the Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir‘s Rajouri district. (Waseem Andrabi/HT Photo)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah during a press conference at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on May 17. The event was PM’s only press conference during the first tenure of his government and he avoided answering any questions directed to him. (Mohd Zakir/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah during a press conference at BJP headquarters in New Delhi on May 17. The event was PM’s only press conference during the first tenure of his government and he avoided answering any questions directed to him. (Mohd Zakir/HT Photo)

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary (in-charge of east UP) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a roadshow in Lucknow on February 11. The 2019 general elections saw Priyanka Gandhi step into the fray taking charge of the party in eastern Uttar Pradesh in a move that was seen, in the run-up to the polls, as a game changer for the party in the state. (Subhankar Chakraborty/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary (in-charge of east UP) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during a roadshow in Lucknow on February 11. The 2019 general elections saw Priyanka Gandhi step into the fray taking charge of the party in eastern Uttar Pradesh in a move that was seen, in the run-up to the polls, as a game changer for the party in the state. (Subhankar Chakraborty/HT Photo)

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Hundred and eleven year old Bachan Singh at his residence after casting his vote in New Delhi on May 12. Only 60.34% of the 1.43 crore electorate stepped out to cast their votes, compared with 65.1% in the 2014 elections. That didn’t stop Singh, Delhi’s oldest voter, who told mediapersons he still doesn’t understand why he was being applauded for something he has been doing since 1951. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Hundred and eleven year old Bachan Singh at his residence after casting his vote in New Delhi on May 12. Only 60.34% of the 1.43 crore electorate stepped out to cast their votes, compared with 65.1% in the 2014 elections. That didn’t stop Singh, Delhi’s oldest voter, who told mediapersons he still doesn’t understand why he was being applauded for something he has been doing since 1951. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

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Gangubai Bhanuse (L) and Rekha Bhanuse (R) with a picture of her husband Sanjay Bhanuse who died in a crocodile attack in Sangli, Maharashtra. Gangubai lost her son Sanjay to the deadly predator. There are 65 crocodiles along a 3km stretch of six villages alone, with 120 in the river flowing through the entire Sangli district. Sangli has been grappling with rising incidents of crocodile attacks. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Gangubai Bhanuse (L) and Rekha Bhanuse (R) with a picture of her husband Sanjay Bhanuse who died in a crocodile attack in Sangli, Maharashtra. Gangubai lost her son Sanjay to the deadly predator. There are 65 crocodiles along a 3km stretch of six villages alone, with 120 in the river flowing through the entire Sangli district. Sangli has been grappling with rising incidents of crocodile attacks. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during a dharna against the BJP-led central government in Kolkata, West Bengal on February 4. Breaching the TMC citadel, the BJP, which had two seats in 2014, recorded a double digit win in Bengal this time, bagging 18 of the 42 parliamentary seats. The politically volatile state, where the general election was held in seven phases, also witnessed unprecedented violence and vandalism round the year. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee during a dharna against the BJP-led central government in Kolkata, West Bengal on February 4. Breaching the TMC citadel, the BJP, which had two seats in 2014, recorded a double digit win in Bengal this time, bagging 18 of the 42 parliamentary seats. The politically volatile state, where the general election was held in seven phases, also witnessed unprecedented violence and vandalism round the year. (Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

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People queue to cast their votes during the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections at Sawal village in Uttar Pardesh on April 11. The Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party alliance failed to halt the BJP juggernaut which bagged 62 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats. BJP’s major victory was in Amethi, the stronghold of the Gandhis since 1980s, where Smriti Irani managed to unseat Rahul Gandhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

People queue to cast their votes during the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections at Sawal village in Uttar Pardesh on April 11. The Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party alliance failed to halt the BJP juggernaut which bagged 62 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats. BJP’s major victory was in Amethi, the stronghold of the Gandhis since 1980s, where Smriti Irani managed to unseat Rahul Gandhi. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)

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Celebrations at the breakthrough of a tunnel for the Mumbai Metro-3 project at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on February 12. Later in the year, a proposal to fell as many as 2,700 trees in Aarey for a Metro car shed was met with massive protests that saw arrests and detention of more than two dozen activists, triggering an outcry with the Supreme Court putting a stay on further felling. (Pramod Thakur/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Celebrations at the breakthrough of a tunnel for the Mumbai Metro-3 project at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on February 12. Later in the year, a proposal to fell as many as 2,700 trees in Aarey for a Metro car shed was met with massive protests that saw arrests and detention of more than two dozen activists, triggering an outcry with the Supreme Court putting a stay on further felling. (Pramod Thakur/HT Photo)

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A large cut-out of Rajnath Singh seen ahead of his election rally at Shastri Park in New Delhi on May 1. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh won the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 3,47,302 votes. The senior BJP leader secured 6,33,026 votes, beating his nearest rival Poonam Shatrughan Sinha of the Samajwadi Party who bagged 2,85,724 votes. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

A large cut-out of Rajnath Singh seen ahead of his election rally at Shastri Park in New Delhi on May 1. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh won the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 3,47,302 votes. The senior BJP leader secured 6,33,026 votes, beating his nearest rival Poonam Shatrughan Sinha of the Samajwadi Party who bagged 2,85,724 votes. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

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Detained National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah with a delegation at his residence in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), on October 6. The Centre, on August 5, revoked the special status granted to J&K under Article 370 of the Constitution. Several political leaders were detained and remain so. NC vice president Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti are among them. (Waseem Andrabi/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Detained National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah with a delegation at his residence in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), on October 6. The Centre, on August 5, revoked the special status granted to J&K under Article 370 of the Constitution. Several political leaders were detained and remain so. NC vice president Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti are among them. (Waseem Andrabi/HT Photo)

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Devotees touch bricks with 'Shri Ram' engraved on them during a visit to the Ram Janm Bhoomi Nyas workshop at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on November 09. In a landmark ruling, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the disputed site at Ayodhya will go to Hindus and Muslims will get an alternative five acres of land. The judges wrapped up the case on November 9 after a 40-day daily hearing. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Devotees touch bricks with 'Shri Ram' engraved on them during a visit to the Ram Janm Bhoomi Nyas workshop at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, on November 09. In a landmark ruling, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the disputed site at Ayodhya will go to Hindus and Muslims will get an alternative five acres of land. The judges wrapped up the case on November 9 after a 40-day daily hearing. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)

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BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur at a NDA parliamentary party meeting at the Central Hall of Parliament House in New Delhi on May 25. Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya joined the BJP and won by over 3 lakh votes defeating Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur at a NDA parliamentary party meeting at the Central Hall of Parliament House in New Delhi on May 25. Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya joined the BJP and won by over 3 lakh votes defeating Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

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Members of Parliament and other officials perform yoga on the occasion of International Yoga Day at Parliament House in New Delhi on June 21. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Members of Parliament and other officials perform yoga on the occasion of International Yoga Day at Parliament House in New Delhi on June 21. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

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Water logging on railway track at Matunga due to heavy rain in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on September 4. Western Maharashtra districts of Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur witnessed floods in July-August this year in which at least 29 people were killed and nearly 2.85 lakh were shifted to safer places. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Water logging on railway track at Matunga due to heavy rain in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on September 4. Western Maharashtra districts of Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur witnessed floods in July-August this year in which at least 29 people were killed and nearly 2.85 lakh were shifted to safer places. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)

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NDRF teams rescue people from Rajendra Nagar area in Patna, Bihar, on October 1. At least 130 people were killed and close to 90 lakh displaced in 13 districts, when torrential rainfall in October brought life to a grinding halt in Bihar. Residents had to be evacuated from their houses or remained stranded for days, subsisting on aid air-dropped from IAF helicopters or supplied through disaster management forces reaching out to them on boats. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

NDRF teams rescue people from Rajendra Nagar area in Patna, Bihar, on October 1. At least 130 people were killed and close to 90 lakh displaced in 13 districts, when torrential rainfall in October brought life to a grinding halt in Bihar. Residents had to be evacuated from their houses or remained stranded for days, subsisting on aid air-dropped from IAF helicopters or supplied through disaster management forces reaching out to them on boats. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)

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Runners participated in the 16th edition of the Mumbai Marathon at Bandra-Worli sealink in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on January 20. (Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Runners participated in the 16th edition of the Mumbai Marathon at Bandra-Worli sealink in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on January 20. (Satyabrata Tripathy/HT Photo)

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Workers at the site of an excavation at Chhatar Manzil in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on May 8. A 42-feet-long and 11-feet-wide gondola was unearthed during excavation at the 220-year-old Chhatar Manzil in Lucknow that once served as a palace for the begums of Awadh. This was the third major discovery since May 2017 at the Chhatar Manzil complex. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Workers at the site of an excavation at Chhatar Manzil in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on May 8. A 42-feet-long and 11-feet-wide gondola was unearthed during excavation at the 220-year-old Chhatar Manzil in Lucknow that once served as a palace for the begums of Awadh. This was the third major discovery since May 2017 at the Chhatar Manzil complex. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)

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Admiral Karambir Singh hugs his mother during a handover ceremony where he assumed charge as the new Chief of Naval Staff from outgoing Naval chief Sunil Lanba at South block in New Delhi on May 31. Singh superseded Vice Admiral Bimal Verma and became the first helicopter pilot of the navy to head the service. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Admiral Karambir Singh hugs his mother during a handover ceremony where he assumed charge as the new Chief of Naval Staff from outgoing Naval chief Sunil Lanba at South block in New Delhi on May 31. Singh superseded Vice Admiral Bimal Verma and became the first helicopter pilot of the navy to head the service. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

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Various political leaders and supporters seen as the mortal remains of Sushma Swaraj are taken for cremation in New Delhi on August 7. The year witnessed the death of Swaraj, the former external affairs minister who had gained widespread praise for helping Indians in distress all over the world. Another loss to the BJP’s leadership was the passing away of former finance, defence and law minster Arun Jaitley. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Various political leaders and supporters seen as the mortal remains of Sushma Swaraj are taken for cremation in New Delhi on August 7. The year witnessed the death of Swaraj, the former external affairs minister who had gained widespread praise for helping Indians in distress all over the world. Another loss to the BJP’s leadership was the passing away of former finance, defence and law minster Arun Jaitley. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)

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Men ride their bicycles amid dust and haze at Rajpath in New Delhi on May 13. Delhi became the most polluted major city in the world with an air quality index (AQI) of 527, as per data by Air Visual on the World AQI rankings. Delhi air quality broke all records on November 5, when it was in the hazardous range for nine consecutive days, making this the longest spell of hazardous air quality since public records began. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

Men ride their bicycles amid dust and haze at Rajpath in New Delhi on May 13. Delhi became the most polluted major city in the world with an air quality index (AQI) of 527, as per data by Air Visual on the World AQI rankings. Delhi air quality broke all records on November 5, when it was in the hazardous range for nine consecutive days, making this the longest spell of hazardous air quality since public records began. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

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The Maharashtra assembly election results were followed by days of dramatic political developments, in which the BJP had formed government on November 23 after Ajit Pawar broke ranks with the NCP and aligned with the BJP. The Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress eventually formed the government after the Thackeray-led party fell out with pre-poll ally BJP over sharing the chief ministerial post. (Bachchan Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

The Maharashtra assembly election results were followed by days of dramatic political developments, in which the BJP had formed government on November 23 after Ajit Pawar broke ranks with the NCP and aligned with the BJP. The Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress eventually formed the government after the Thackeray-led party fell out with pre-poll ally BJP over sharing the chief ministerial post. (Bachchan Kumar/HT Photo)

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P Chidambaram comes out of Tihar Jail after he was granted bail by Supreme Court in the INX Media case in New Delhi on December 4. The former finance minister spent 106 days in custody. Chidambaram was granted bail but told to surrender his passport, make himself available for questioning and not influence witnesses. He was also prohibited from speaking to the media on the case. (Amal KS/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

P Chidambaram comes out of Tihar Jail after he was granted bail by Supreme Court in the INX Media case in New Delhi on December 4. The former finance minister spent 106 days in custody. Chidambaram was granted bail but told to surrender his passport, make himself available for questioning and not influence witnesses. He was also prohibited from speaking to the media on the case. (Amal KS/HT Photo)

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A burning bus is seen after it was set on fire during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at New Friends Colony in New Delhi on December 15. Incidents of violence and police action against students were seen at Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University. Nationwide protests erupted in support of the students and in expression of mistrust in the NRC and CAA. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 31, 2019 4:00 PM

A burning bus is seen after it was set on fire during a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at New Friends Colony in New Delhi on December 15. Incidents of violence and police action against students were seen at Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University. Nationwide protests erupted in support of the students and in expression of mistrust in the NRC and CAA. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

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