What was the world like in 2001?
The biggest Hindi film of the year was Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, and everyone was singing Bole Chudiyan.
What things cost in 2001.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001.
Independent Women Part I · Destiny's Child
It Wasn't Me · Shaggy Feat. Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent
Ms. Jackson · OutKast
Stutter · Joe Featuring Mystikal
Butterfly · Crazy Town
Angel · Shaggy Featuring Rayvon
All For You · Janet
Lady Marmalade · Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & P!nk
U Remind Me · Usher
Bootylicious · Destiny's Child
Fallin' · Alicia Keys
I'm Real · Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule
Family Affair · Mary J. Blige
U Got It Bad · Usher
How You Remind Me · Nickelback
It happened in 2001.
Wikipedia goes online
If you were born in 2001, none of this existed.
The Delhi Metro opens
Facebook launches
The first video is uploaded to YouTube
The first iPhone goes on sale
India wins the first T20 World Cup
The first IPL match is played
Abhinav Bindra wins India's first individual Olympic gold
Chandrayaan-1 launches for the Moon
And 13 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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