2016 in India

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in India.

2016
in
India

Centuries:
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Incumbents

Photo Post Name
President Pranab Mukherjee
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

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 Pawan Ruia arrested following railway complaint.[31]
  • 12 December – Cyclone Vardah makes landfall on Tamil Nadu coast. 18 died.[32]
  • 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.[33]
  • 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.[34]
  • 24 December – Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation the Pune Metro Project. Metro work starts off.[35]
  • December – 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal: arrests made including former Indian Air Force chief.[36]

Public holidays

Deaths

January

February

June

July

August

  • 9 August – Kalikho Pul, 47, former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh[89]

October

November

December

See also

References

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  2. "LIVE: Pathankot terror attack: Terrorists killed, 2 jawans dead at IAF base". DNA. 1 January 2016.
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  7. "Ujjain: As Kumbh draws to a close, devotees throng Kshipra for 'shahi snan'". Indian Express. 21 May 2016.
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  34. "Supreme Court bans sale of liquor on highways". Business Standard News. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  35. Modi inaugurates Pune Metro
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  37. Veteran CPI leader A B Bardhan passes away, indianexpress.com
  38. Pathankot attack: Commonwealth gold medalist Fateh Singh martyred, indiatimes.com
  39. Ex-MP and BJP leader Shankar Prasad Jaiswal passes away, indiatimes.com
  40. BJP MLA dies in Jharkhand, thehindu.com
  41. Former chief justice of India SH Kapadia passes away, indiatimes.com
  42. Noted Gujarati Litterateur Labshankar Thakar passes away, deshgujarat.com/
  43. J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed dies, thehindu.com
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  45. ‘Bheshaj Ratna’ Dr Gunaram Khanikar Passes Away Archived 13 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, northeasttoday.in
  46. 1971 War hero Lt Gen Jacob no more. thedailystar.net
  47. Former JD(S) State president Vadivelu dead. thehindu.com
  48. Rajesh Vivek Dead – Lagaan actor Dies Of Heart Attack At 66 Archived 17 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine, ignarchives.com
  49. Filmmaker Anil Ganguly no more, indianexpress.com
  50. Demise of acclaimed botanist Ananda Chandra Dutta mourned Archived 27 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, sentinelassam.com
  51. Movie Director Geethapriya Dies, newindianexpress.com
  52. Sikkim former Governor Rama Rao died, telangananewspaper.com
  53. Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji Attains Samadhi, newindianexpress.com
  54. Actress Asha Patil passed away, maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com
  55. Ex-Forward Bloc MP and nephew of Subhas Bose passes away, economictimes.indiatimes.com
  56. Mrinalini Sarabhai passes away, thehindu.com
  57. Tabla maestro Shankar Ghosh dies at 80, newsx.com
  58. Senior Congress leader AC Jose dies, thestatesman.com
  59. Malayalam actress Kalpana passes away at 51, indianexpress.com
  60. Congress MLA Jashubhai Barad dies at 60 indianexpress.com
  61. Veteran Gujarati actress Padmarani passes away, indiatimes.com
  62. Former minister Maheswar Baug passes away, thestatesman.com
  63. Noted Writer, Educationist Nayani Krishnakumari Dies At 86, ndtv.com
  64. Senior journalist T.N. Gopakumar passes away, thehindu.com
  65. Former Indian Army chief Gen KV Krishna Rao dies, bdnews24.com
  66. Malayalam actor Kollam G K Pillai passes away, indianexpress.com
  67. Prof Randhir Singh passes away, tribuneindia.com
  68. Actor Kunigal Ramnath passes away, thehindu.com
  69. Former Lok Sabha speaker Balram Jakhar passes away, intoday.in
  70. Justice KS Paripoornan passes away, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  71. Veteran Gujarati theatre artist Markand Bhatt dies, indiatimes.com
  72. Renowned cartoonist Sudhir Tailang dies of brain cancer in Gurgaon Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, india.com
  73. Acclaimed Poet-Lyricist Nida Fazli Dies In Mumbai Archived 15 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine, ndtv.com
  74. Jnanpith-winning poet O.N.V Kurup no more, thehindu.com
  75. Malayalam writer Akbar Kakkattil dies at 62, ibtimes.co.in
  76. Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan’s Tragic Demise, ibtn9.com
  77. Cherussery Zainudheen Musliyar Passes Away, newindianexpress.com
  78. Actor Pradeep Shakti passes away, telugucinema.com
  79. Poet Akbar Ali, Known for Limericks, Dies at 91, newindianexpress.com
  80. Bharatanatyam exponent Kalanidhi Narayanan dies aged 87, indiatimes.com
  81. Jain Irrigation Founder Bhavarlal Jain Dies, outlookindia.com
  82. Shia leader Athar passes away at 79, asianage.com
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  84. Comedian Banda Jyothi passes away in Hyderabad, dnaindia.com
  85. Rajesh Pillai, Malayalam filmmaker passes away at 41 Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, indianexpress.com
  86. Veteran Actor Honey Chhaya of 'OMG', 'Being Cyrus' Fame Passes Away, bhaskar.com
  87. Tamil actor-comedian Kumarimuthu dies at 77, hindustantimes.com
  88. Former Maharashtra Minister Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman died, jagranjosh.com
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