sentences:  Popular amateur radio events include daily ham nets, the annual Hamfest India, and regular DX contests.Public figures in India who are licensed ham operators include Indian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi (VU2SON),Actor Mammootty, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan (VU2AMY), Kamal Hassan (VU2HAS), and former Minister for Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran (VU2DMK).The first amateur radio operator in India was Amarendra Chandra Gooptu (callsign 2JK), licensed in 1921.