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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in India.

Incumbents[]

Photo Post Name
Pranab Mukherjee (cropped).JPG President Pranab Mukherjee
Hamid ansari.jpg Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
PM Modi 2015.jpg Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Justice T. S. Thakur.jpg Chief Justice T. S. Thakur

Governors[]

Photo Post Name
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal

Events[]

January[]

  • 1 January – The Indian and Pakistani governments provided one another with a full list of nuclear sites, military and civilian, in accordance with the 1988 Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement.[1]
  • 2 January – Heavily armed gunmen, reportedly members of Jaish-e-Mohammed, attacked an Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, Punjab. Two of the gunmen were killed.[2]
  • 3 January – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck India 29 km (18 mi) west of Imphal with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong).[3] At least eight people were killed, 100 others were injured and some buildings were damaged.[4][5]

February[]

  • 8 February - Facebook's FreeBasics declared illegal in India and stopped services in the country.[6][7][8]

April[]

  • 5 April - Bihar state imposed liquor ban.[9]
  • 5 April - India's fastest train Gatimaan Express started Operating between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Agra Cantonment by Indian Railways.
  • 2016 Ujjain Simhastha Kumbha Fair organized between 22 April and 21 May. Nearly 75  million people visited the fair during this one-month period.[10]
  • 10 April – Puttingal temple fire caused 107 deaths.[11]
  • 11 April – 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election – BJP won the majority.

May[]

  • 5 May - 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election – Mamata Banerjee-led TMC won majority.
  • 16 May - 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election- Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK won majority.
  • 16 May - 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election – Congress won majority.
  • 23 May - Hypersonic Flight Experiment: The ISRO's RLV-TD vehicle was launched from the first launchpad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre on board an HS9 rocket booster.[12]
  • 30 May - 30 died following fire in army weapon depot in Pulgaon, Wardha district, Maharashtra.[13]

June[]

July[]

August[]

  • 3 August – Goods and Services Tax (India) Bill passed in Parliament.[17][18]
  • 5 August – 2016 Kokrajhar shooting.
  • 9 August – Manipur activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16 years of hunger strike.[19]
  • 14 August – Na. Muthukumar – died he was an Indian / Tamil poet, lyricist, and author National award winner.

September[]

  • 2 September - Indian general strike of 2016.
  • Kaveri River water dispute: violence broke out in Karnataka.[20]
  • 13 September – 43 out of 44 MLAs of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly left Congress and joined People's Party of Arunachal.[21]
  • 18 September – Four terrorists attacked an Indian Army brigade headquarters in Uri, near the Line of Control in a pre-dawn ambush. September 22- Tamil Nadu cm Jayalalithaa hospitalized at Apollo Hospital.
  • 28th September- India Surgical Strike on Pakistan.

Also, my Birthday

  • 30 September – Bihar liquor ban: Patna High Court struck down liquor ban law.[9]

October[]

  • 2 October – 2016 Baramulla attack.
  • 8 October - I fell in love with Nivetha
  • 11 October – Jangaon district was formed in 2016 in Telangana.
  • 13 October – BJP joined People's Party of Arunachal- lead Government in Arunachal Pradesh.[22]
  • 15 October – 24 died following stampede at religious meet in Varanasi.[23]
  • 17 October – Fire in SUM Hospital in Bhubaneshwar. 22 died.[24]
  • 19 October -Qnet multi-level marketing: former World Billiards Champion Michael Ferreira arrested.[25]
  • 24 October – Cyrus Mistry was sacked as the Chairman of the Tata Sons. Tata was one of India's biggest conglomerate.[26]
  • 27 October – Senari massacre case of Bihar: 15 convicted, 23 acquitted by court. 10 death sentence.[27]
  • October – Bihar liquor ban: Supreme Court stays High Court order, liquor ban reimposed.[9]
  • October – Samajwadi Party, ruling Uttar Pradesh, caught in family feud.[28]
  • 31 October – October 2016 Bhopal encounter.

November[]

  • 1 November – 2016 Manipur unrest started.
  • 8 November – The Indian government withdraws ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes with immediate effect. New notes will be issued to the nation. Caused political uproar.
  • 11 November – 42 Congress MLAs submitted their resignations to Punjab Vidhan Sabha following the Supreme Court order related to the Sutlej Yamuna link canal project.
  • 16 November- starts, with debate on note ban.[29]
  • 20 November – A train derails near Pukhrayan killing at least 150 people.[30]
  • 26 November – Nabha jailbreak in Punjab. 6 flee.[31]
  • 29 November – 2016 Nagrota army base attack.
  • 30 November – Supreme Court of India ordered cinemas to play national anthem before films.[32]

December[]

  • 5 December – Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa who has been hospitalized for 72 days in Apollo Hospital was officially announced as dead after suffering Cardiac attack.
  • 10 December – Industrialist arrested following railway complaint.[33]
  • 12 December – Cyclone Vardah makes landfall on Tamil Nadu coast. 18 died.[34]
  • 14 December – The National Green Tribunal banned kite-flying with manja, a thread coated in a sticky paste of ground-up glass, following outcry over deaths and injury caused by it.[35]
  • 15 December – Supreme Court bans sale of liquor on national and state highways due to large number of road accidents caused by drunks every year.[36]
  • 24 December – Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation the . Metro work starts off.[37]
  • December – 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal: arrests made including former Indian Air Force chief.[38]

Public holidays[]

Main article: Public holidays in India

Deaths[]

January[]

  • 2 January
    • Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian politician (b. 1924)[39]
    • Fateh Singh, shooter and army officer (b. 1964)[40]
  • 3 January
  • 4 January – S. H. Kapadia, Indian judge (b. 1947)[43]
  • 6 January – Labhshankar Thakar, Gujarati author (b. 1935)[44]
  • 7 January – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian politician (b. 1936)[45]
  • 8 January
  • 13 January
    • J. F. R. Jacob, army general (b. 1923)[48]
    • G A Vadivelu, independence activist and politician (b. 1923)[49]
  • Rajesh Vivek
    14 January – Rajesh Vivek, actor (b. 1949)[50]
  • 15 January – Anil Ganguly, film director (b. 1933)[51]
  • 16 January – Ananda Chandra Dutta, botanist (b. 1923)[52]
  • 17 January
  • 18 January – Asha Patil, actress (b. 1936)[56]
  • 20 January – Subrata Bose, politician (b. 1932)[57]
  • 21 January – Mrinalini Sarabhai, classical dancer, choreographer and instructor (b. 1918)[58]
  • 22 January – Shankar Ghosh, tabla player (b. 1935)[59]
  • 23 January – A. C. Jose, politician (b. 1937)[60]
  • 25 January
    • Kalpana, Malayalam actress (b. 1965)[61]
    • Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad, politician (b. 1955)[62]
    • Padmarani, Gujarati actress (b. 1936)[63]
  • 28 January – Maheswar Baug, politician and independence activist (b. 1930)[64]
  • 29 January – Nayani Krishnakumari, writer and folklorist (b. 1930)[65]
  • 30 January
  • 31 January – Randhir Singh, political scientist (b. 1921)[69]

February[]

  • 1 February – Kunigal Ramanath, 83, Kannada actor.[70]
  • 3 February –
  • 5 February – Markand Bhatt, 87, theatre director and actor.[73]
  • 6 February – Sudhir Tailang, 55, cartoonist.[74]
  • 8 February – Nida Fazli, 77, poet.[75]
  • 13 February – O. N. V. Kurup, 84, poet, recipient of the Jnanpith Award (2007).[76]
  • 17 February – Akbar Kakkattil, 62, writer.[77]
  • 18 February –
  • 20 February – Pradeep Shakti, 60, actor and restaurateur.[80]
  • 21 February –
  • 25 February – Bhavarlal Jain, 78, businessman (Jain Irrigation Systems).[83]
  • 26 February
    • Mirza Mohammed Athar, 79, Muslim cleric.[84]
    • B. K. Garudachar, 99, cricket player.[85]
  • 27 February
    • , 41, comedian and actress.[86]
    • Rajesh Pillai, 41, film director (Traffic).[87]
  • 28 February –
    • Honey Chhaya, 85, film director and actor (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).[88]
    • Kumarimuthu, 76, comedian and film actor.[89]
  • 29 February – Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman, 90, politician, Maharashtra MLA (1960–1999), mayor of Malegaon.[90]

June[]

  • 4 June – Sulabha Deshpande, 79, Veteran actress.

July[]

  • 23 July – S. H. Raza, Famous painter.

August[]

  • 9 August – Kalikho Pul, 47, former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh[91]

October[]

  • 10 October – Parmeshwar Godrej, 70, philanthropist and socialite.[92]

November[]

  • 22 November
    • M. Balamuralikrishna, 86, Carnatic vocalist[93]
    • M. G. K. Menon, 88, physicist[94]

December[]

  • Jayalalithaa
    5 December – Jayalalithaa, 68, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu[95]
  • 7 December – Cho Ramaswamy, 82, actor, political satirist, journalist, lawyer[96]
  • 24 December – Chetan Ramarao, 76, Kannada film actor[97]

See also[]

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  40. ^ Pathankot attack: Commonwealth gold medalist Fateh Singh martyred, indiatimes.com
  41. ^ Ex-MP and BJP leader Shankar Prasad Jaiswal passes away, indiatimes.com
  42. ^ BJP MLA dies in Jharkhand, thehindu.com
  43. ^ Former chief justice of India SH Kapadia passes away, indiatimes.com
  44. ^ Noted Gujarati Litterateur Labshankar Thakar passes away, deshgujarat.com/
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  54. ^ Sikkim former Governor Rama Rao died, telangananewspaper.com
  55. ^ Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji Attains Samadhi, newindianexpress.com
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  59. ^ Tabla maestro Shankar Ghosh dies at 80, newsx.com
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  63. ^ Veteran Gujarati actress Padmarani passes away, indiatimes.com
  64. ^ Former minister Maheswar Baug passes away, thestatesman.com
  65. ^ Noted Writer, Educationist Nayani Krishnakumari Dies At 86, ndtv.com
  66. ^ Senior journalist T.N. Gopakumar passes away, thehindu.com
  67. ^ Former Indian Army chief Gen KV Krishna Rao dies, bdnews24.com
  68. ^ Malayalam actor Kollam G K Pillai passes away, indianexpress.com
  69. ^ Prof Randhir Singh passes away, tribuneindia.com
  70. ^ Actor Kunigal Ramnath passes away, thehindu.com
  71. ^ Former Lok Sabha speaker Balram Jakhar passes away, intoday.in
  72. ^ Justice KS Paripoornan passes away, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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  78. ^ Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan’s Tragic Demise, ibtn9.com
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  80. ^ Actor Pradeep Shakti passes away, telugucinema.com
  81. ^ Poet Akbar Ali, Known for Limericks, Dies at 91, newindianexpress.com
  82. ^ Bharatanatyam exponent Kalanidhi Narayanan dies aged 87, indiatimes.com
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  88. ^ Veteran Actor Honey Chhaya of 'OMG', 'Being Cyrus' Fame Passes Away, bhaskar.com
  89. ^ Tamil actor-comedian Kumarimuthu dies at 77, hindustantimes.com
  90. ^ Former Maharashtra Minister Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman died, jagranjosh.com
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