2016 in India

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in India.

Events

 * National income - ₹153,916,690 million
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 3 January – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck India 29 km west of Imphal with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). At least eight people were killed, 100 others were injured and some buildings were damaged.
 * 17 January - A PhD student from University of Hyderabad named Rohith Vemula committed suicide due to Caste based discrimination. The event triggered a countrywide agitation against casteism in institutions of higher learning.
 * 8 February - Facebook's FreeBasics declared illegal in India and stopped services in the country.
 * 18 March - Ahead of polls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court of India allows pictures of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and State Ministers to appear in government advertisements.
 * 5 April - Bihar state imposed liquor ban.
 * 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 April – Puttingal temple fire caused 107 deaths.
 * 11 April – 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election – BJP won the majority.
 * 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.
 * 30 May - 30 died following fire in army weapon depot in Pulgaon, Wardha district, Maharashtra.
 * 22 June – ISRO send 20 satellites in space on PSLV-XL.
 * 25 June – 2016 Pampore attack.
 * 28 June – Government of India accepted 7th Pay Commission recommendations to increase salaries of employees.
 * 2016 Kashmir unrest.
 * 2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance.
 * 2 July - At least 30 died in heavy rains in Uttarakhand.
 * 3 August – Goods and Services Tax (India) Bill passed in Parliament.
 * 5 August – 2016 Kokrajhar shooting.
 * 9 August – Manipur activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16 years of hunger strike.
 * 13 August - Pramukh Swami Maharaj - died he was a Swaminarayan Guru.
 * 14 August – Na. Muthukumar – died he was an Indian / Tamil poet, lyricist, and author National award winner.
 * 2 September - Indian general strike of 2016.
 * Kaveri River water dispute: violence broke out in Karnataka.
 * 13 September – 43 out of 44 MLAs of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly left Congress and joined People's Party of Arunachal.
 * 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.
 * 28 September- India Surgical Strike on Pakistan.


 * 30 September – Bihar liquor ban: Patna High Court struck down liquor ban law.
 * 2 October – 2016 Baramulla attack.
 * 11 October – Jangaon district was formed in 2016 in Telangana.
 * 13 October – BJP joined People's Party of Arunachal- lead Government in Arunachal Pradesh.
 * 15 October – 24 died following stampede at religious meet in Varanasi.
 * 17 October – Fire in SUM Hospital in Bhubaneshwar. 22 died.
 * 19 October -Qnet multi-level marketing: former World Billiards Champion Michael Ferreira arrested.
 * 24 October – Cyrus Mistry was sacked as the Chairman of the Tata Sons. Tata was one of India's biggest conglomerate.
 * 27 October – Senari massacre case of Bihar: 15 convicted, 23 acquitted by court. 10 death sentence.
 * October – Bihar liquor ban: Supreme Court stays High Court order, liquor ban reimposed.
 * October – Samajwadi Party, ruling Uttar Pradesh, caught in family feud.
 * 31 October – October 2016 Bhopal encounter.
 * 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- The winter session of Indian Parliament starts, with debate on note ban.
 * 20 November – A train derails near Pukhrayan killing at least 150 people.
 * 26 November – Nabha jailbreak in Punjab. 6 flee.
 * 29 November – 2016 Nagrota army base attack.
 * 30 November – Supreme Court of India ordered cinemas to play national anthem before films.
 * 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 having a heart attack.
 * 10 December – Industrialist Pawan Ruia arrested following railway complaint.
 * 12 December – Cyclone Vardah makes landfall on Tamil Nadu coast. 18 died.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 24 December – Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation the Pune Metro Project. Metro work starts off.
 * December – 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal: arrests made including former Indian Air Force chief.

Publications

 * "Devlok" by Devdutt Pattanaik
 * "One Indian Girl" by Chetan Bhagat

January

 * 2 January
 * Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian politician (b. 1924)
 * Fateh Singh, shooter and army officer (b. 1964)
 * 3 January
 * Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Indian politician (b. 1932)
 * Raghu Nandan Mandal, Indian politician (b. 1952)
 * 4 January – S. H. Kapadia, Indian judge (b. 1947)
 * 6 January – Labhshankar Thakar, Gujarati author (b. 1935)
 * 7 January – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian politician (b. 1936)
 * 8 January
 * M. O. Joseph, Malayalam film producer (b. 1929)
 * Gunaram Khanikar, herbalist (b. 1949)
 * 13 January
 * J. F. R. Jacob, army general (b. 1923)
 * G A Vadivelu, independence activist and politician (b. 1923)
 * RajeshVivek.jpg January – [[Rajesh Vivek]], actor (b. 1949)
 * 15 January – Anil Ganguly, film director (b. 1933)
 * 16 January – Ananda Chandra Dutta, botanist (b. 1923)
 * 17 January
 * Geethapriya, film director (b. 1932)
 * V. Rama Rao, politician (b. 1935)
 * Sudhindra Thirtha, Hindu religious leader (b. 1926)
 * Rohith Vemula, PhD scholar. (b. 1989)
 * 18 January – Asha Patil, actress (b. 1936)
 * 20 January – Subrata Bose, politician (b. 1932)
 * 21 January – Mrinalini Sarabhai, classical dancer, choreographer and instructor (b. 1918)
 * 22 January – Shankar Ghosh, tabla player (b. 1935)
 * 23 January – A. C. Jose, politician (b. 1937)
 * 25 January
 * Kalpana, Malayalam actress (b. 1965)
 * Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad, politician (b. 1955)
 * Padmarani, Gujarati actress (b. 1936)
 * 28 January – Maheswar Baug, politician and independence activist (b. 1930)
 * 29 January – Nayani Krishnakumari, writer and folklorist (b. 1930)
 * 30 January
 * T. N. Gopakumar, journalist (b. 1957)
 * K. V. Krishna Rao, military officer (b. 1923)
 * Kollam G. K. Pillai, actor (b. 1933)
 * 31 January – Randhir Singh, political scientist (b. 1921)

February

 * 1 February – Kunigal Ramanath, 83, Kannada actor.
 * 3 February –
 * Balram Jakhar, 92, politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1980–1989).
 * K. S. Paripoornan, 83, Supreme Court judge
 * 5 February – Markand Bhatt, 87, theatre director and actor.
 * 6 February – Sudhir Tailang, 55, cartoonist.
 * 8 February – Nida Fazli, 77, poet.
 * 13 February – O. N. V. Kurup, 84, poet, recipient of the Jnanpith Award (2007).
 * 17 February – Akbar Kakkattil, 62, writer.
 * 18 February –
 * Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, Hindustani musician.
 * Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar, 78, Indian religious scholar.
 * 20 February – Pradeep Shakti, 60, actor and restaurateur.
 * 21 February –
 * Akbar Ali, 90, Kannada poet.
 * Kalanidhi Narayanan, 87, classical dancer.
 * 25 February – Bhavarlal Jain, 78, businessman (Jain Irrigation Systems).
 * 26 February
 * Mirza Mohammed Athar, 79, Muslim cleric.
 * B. K. Garudachar, 99, cricket player.
 * 27 February
 * Banda Jyothi, 41, comedian and actress.
 * Rajesh Pillai, 41, film director (Traffic).
 * 28 February –
 * Honey Chhaya, 85, film director and actor (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).
 * Kumarimuthu, 76, comedian and film actor.
 * 29 February – Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman, 90, politician, Maharashtra MLA (1960–1999), mayor of Malegaon.

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

October

 * 10 October – Parmeshwar Godrej, 70, philanthropist and socialite.

November

 * 22 November
 * M. Balamuralikrishna, 86, Carnatic vocalist
 * M. G. K. Menon, 88, physicist

December

 * Jayalalitha in 2016.jpg]]5 December – Jayalalithaa, 68, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
 * 7 December – Cho Ramaswamy, 82, actor, political satirist, journalist, lawyer
 * 24 December – Chetan Ramarao, 76, Kannada film actor