2024 in India

The following is a list of events for the year 2024 in India.

January

 * 1 January - ISRO successfully launches its first X-Ray polarimeter satellite XPoSat to study the polarization of intense X-Ray sources in space.
 * 2 January - 2023–2024 Indian truckers' protests: Protests were organized by Indian truckers against the severity of the newly proposed law in dealing with the hit-and-run cases.
 * 3 January -
 * A court in Jaunpur sentences two men to death over a train bombing in 2005 which killed 14 people.
 * A bus carrying 45 passengers collides with a truck in Golaghat district in Assam killing 12 and injuring 30 others.
 * 6 January -
 * ISRO's Aditya-L1 spacecraft on India's first solar mission, successfully enters its final orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1), approximately 1.5 million kilometers from the earth.
 * Three Maldives government ministers (Maryam Shiuna, Malsha Shareef and Mahzoom Majid) make derogatory remarks against the Indian Prime Minister on social media, causing massive backash and tourism boycott in India, and triggering the 2024 India-Maldives diplomatic row, which forced the Maldivian government to suspend the ministers.
 * 7 January - Tribal protests are held in Hasdeo Arand, Chhattisgarh against the felling of four lakh trees at the Parsa Coal Mines, operated by Adani Group and Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.
 * 12 January - Prime Minister Modi inaugurates Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, the longest bridge in India that connects Mumbai with Navi Mumbai.
 * 14 January - Rahul Gandhi commences his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Imphal, Manipur in Northeast India.
 * 22 January - Ram Mandir Prana Pratishtha: The Ram Mandir at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh is inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi.
 * 25 January - French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Jaipur as part of his two-day state visit to India and holds a joint roadshow with Indian Prime Minister Modi from Jantar Mantar to Sanganeri gate.
 * 26 January - India's 75th Republic Day is celebrated with French President Macron participating as the Chief Guest.
 * 28 January - 2024 Bihar political crisis: Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar resigns, ending the coalition with the INDIA bloc and takes oath as the Chief Minister for the ninth time by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA.
 * 30 January - Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are killed and 14 others injured in a Naxal attack near Tekalgudem village in Chhattisgarh.
 * 31 January - Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren is arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to a land scam.

February

 * 2 February - Champai Soren takes oath as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand following the arrest of Hemant Soren.
 * 6 February -
 * An explosion at a firecracker factory in Harda, Madhya Pradesh, leaves 11 dead, over 100 injured and destroys 60 nearby houses, leading to the evacuation of over 100 houses.
 * Election Commission of India recognises Ajit Pawar's faction as the official Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and grants his faction the party's poll symbol and name, while directing Sharad Pawar's camp to take a new name.
 * 7 February - The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly passes the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill 2024, making Uttarakhand the first state in India to pass a law on the same.
 * 8 February - 2024 Haldwani violence: Four people are killed and over 100 are injured after clashes break out between rioters and police in Haldwani, Uttarakhand after the demolition of an illegal madrasa following a court order, prompting the suspension of internet services, closure of schools, and issuance of shoot-at-sight orders against the rioters.
 * 12 February -
 * Seven of the eight Indian Navy veterans who were released after being initially sentenced to death on espionage charges in Qatar, reach India.
 * 2024 Indian farmers' protest: Second round of protests and road blockades by farmers begin in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, demanding Minimum Support Price and waiver of agricultural loans.
 * 15 February -
 * A unanimous judgement by the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India strikes down the Electoral bond scheme, stating it to be unconstitutional, arbitrary and violation of right to information under article 19 of the Constitution.
 * A fire breaks out at a paint factory in Alipur, Delhi, resulting in 11 deaths and 4 injuries.
 * 17 February -
 * ISRO launches the INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite.
 * 2024 Virudhunagar explosions: A firecracker factory explosion in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, leaves 10 dead and seven injured.
 * 23 February – 2024 Indian farmers' protest: A farmer dies amidst the ongoing protests, raising the death toll to five.
 * 24 February – A tractor carrying a wagon loaded with Hindu pilgrims overturns and falls into a pond in Kasganj District, Uttar Pradesh, killing 23 people and injuring nine.
 * 25 February – Former MLA and then INLD state president Nafe Singh Rathee is shot and killed in Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar district, Haryana.
 * 27 February - 2024 Rajya Sabha elections: Elections are held to elect 65 of the 245 members of Rajya Sabha with the BJP winning 32 seats, two more than what it held previously at the expense of Indian National Congress, whose candidates lost in Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh due to cross voting of legislators from the Congress and the Samajwadi Party.

March

 * 1 March – 2024 Bangalore Cafe bombing: At least eight people are injured after an improvised explosive device explodes in a café in Bengaluru.
 * 9 March - Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of the general elections.
 * 11 March - The Indian government announces the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which enables persecuted minority communities from select religions (including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Christians, Buddhists, and Parsis) from India's neighboring countries Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to acquire Indian citizenship.
 * 12 March - The State Bank of India submits the data about electoral bonds before the Election Commission after the Supreme Court dismissed its plea seeking an extension up to 30 June for disclosing details about electoral bonds.
 * 14 March - The Election Commission publishes data on electoral bonds submitted by the State Bank.
 * 16 March - Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announces the schedule for the upcoming general elections.
 * 19 March - Two children are attacked and killed in Budaun with the suspect killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
 * 21 March - Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.
 * 26 March -
 * Sonam Wangchuk ends his 21-day hunger strike demanding statehood for Ladakh.
 * Two Chinese nationals are arrested by the Indian Police near the India–Nepal border after they were intercepted entering Uttar Pradesh illegally.

April

 * 3 April – Seven people, including two children are killed in a fire at a tailoring shop in Aurangabad.
 * 12 April – Two suspects in the March café bombing in Bengaluru are arrested in Kolkata.
 * 14 April – The BJP launches its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election titled ‘Sankalp Patra’ (Resolution Letter).
 * 16 April -
 * At least six people are killed and three others are reported missing after a boat capsizes along the Jhelum River in Srinagar.
 * 2024 Kanker clash: Twenty-nine Naxalites are killed and three members of the security forces are injured during a police raid in Kanker District, Chhattisgarh.
 * 19 April – 2024 Indian general election: First of the seven phases of polling begins to elect members to the 18th Lok Sabha with the election expected to be the largest election in history.
 * 19 April – A restaurant fire that spreads to an adjacent hotel in Patna kills six people and injures 20.
 * 29 April – 2024 Indian heat wave: Two more people die in South India as a heatwave sweeps across India.

May

 * 1 May – 2024 Indian bomb hoaxes: About 150 schools in Delhi receive bomb threats, prompting evacuation and closure of schools in the region.
 * 4 May – Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar rejects comments made by US President Joe Biden saying that India's economic growth was being held back by xenophobia.
 * 9 May – Air India Express cancels more than 85 flights due to staff calling in sick, linked to a protest against working conditions imposed by the new owner Tata Group.
 * 10 May –
 * The Supreme Court grants Arvind Kejriwal interim bail in connection with the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case thus permitting him to campaign in general elections.
 * Security forces kill 12 Maoists in Chhattisgarh.
 * 13 May – Mumbai hoarding collapse: 17 people are killed and 74 others are injured after an illegal hoarding collapses onto a gas station during a storm in the Ghatkopar suburb of Mumbai.
 * 20 May – At least 39 flamingos are killed in a bird strike involving an Emirates aircraft over Mumbai.
 * 21 May –
 * The government declares a one-day state mourning in India for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash.
 * Charges are filed against former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a Delhi court.
 * 22 May –
 * 2024 Indian bomb hoaxes: The North Block building of Central Secretariat which houses the Home Ministry receives a bomb threat email that is subsequently dismissed as a hoax.
 * The Calcutta High Court issues an order invalidating all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued by the Government of West Bengal since 2010.
 * 23 May – 2024 Thane explosion: At least nine people are killed and 64 others injured after a fire caused by an exploding boiler breaks out at a chemical factory in Dombivli, outside Thane.
 * 25 May -
 * 2024 Rajkot gaming zone fire: At least 33 people are killed including nine children in a fire at a gaming arcade in Rajkot, Gujarat.
 * At least seven infants are killed in a fire in a baby care facility at a hospital in Shahdara, East Delhi.
 * 26 May – Twelve people are killed during heavy rains as Cyclone Remal makes landfall at West Bengal.
 * 28 May – Seventeen people are killed and 12 others are reported missing after a stone quarry collapses due to heavy rains caused by cyclone Remal in Melthum, Mizoram.
 * 29 May – 2024 Indian heat wave: The India Meteorological Department records a maximum temperature of 52.3 °C at its station in the Mungeshpur area of Delhi, the highest ever temperature recorded in the city.
 * 30 May -
 * A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims falls into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 21 people and injuring 35 others.
 * 2024 Indian heat wave: At least 15 people die in a heatwave that affects northern and central India.
 * 31 May – Prajwal Revanna, Member of Parliament from Karnataka representing the Janata Dal (Secular), is arrested in Bengaluru over sexual assault charges.

June

 * 4 June – Results are declared for the 2024 Indian general elections.
 * 5 June –
 * 2024 NEET controversy: A controversy erupts over discrepancies including anomalous results and alleged leakage of question papers during the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test.
 * President Droupadi Murmu dissolves the 17th Lok Sabha.
 * 6 June – 2024 Uttarakhand snowstorm disaster: A blizzard in Uttarakhand kills nine trekkers from Karnataka.
 * 9 June –
 * 2024 Reasi attack: Nine people are killed and 33 others are injured after a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims is attacked by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants near Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir.
 * Narendra Modi is sworn in for his third term as Prime Minister of India.
 * 11 June - Kannada cinema actor Darshan arrested by Karnataka Police in connection with a murder case.
 * 12 June – The Indian external affairs ministry issues a notice urging the Russian Government to quickly return all Indian nationals who are serving in the Russian army after two Indians recruited are killed in the war with Ukraine.
 * 14 June –
 * 2024 Northeast India floods: Heavy rains and landslides kill six people across Sikkim.
 * The World Health Organization officially confirms a human Influenza A virus subtype H9N2 case in a child in West Bengal.
 * 17 June – 2024 West Bengal train collision: A goods train collides with the Kanchenjunga Express near New Jalpaiguri station in Darjeeling District, West Bengal, killing 15 people and injuring 60 others.
 * 19 June – 2024 Northeast India floods: Six people are killed in flooding and landslides in Assam.
 * 20 June – 2024 Tamil Nadu alcohol poisoning: At least 47 people are reported killed after suffering methanol poisoning caused by tainted liquor in Kallakurichi district in Tamil Nadu.
 * 22 June – Subodh Kumar Singh is dismissed as head of the National Testing Agency following uproar over the 2024 NEET controversy.
 * 27 June – President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates the 18th Lok Sabha.
 * 28 June – One person is killed after a roof at Terminal 1 of Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi collapses amid heavy rains.
 * 29 June
 * Five soldiers are killed after an Indian Army tank sinks while crossing the Shyok River in Saser Brangsa, Ladakh.
 * 2024 Virudhunagar explosions: An explosion firecracker factory in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu leaves four dead and one injured.
 * India beat South Africa and wins the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
 * 30 June – 2024 Lonavala waterfall tragedy: Five people, including four children, are swept away by sudden flooding near a waterfall close to Bhushi Dam in Lonavala, Maharashtra.

July

 * 1 July – The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and two other laws passed in 2023 come into effect as the country's criminal codes, replacing the Indian Penal Code and related laws enacted during the colonial era.
 * 2 July – 2024 Uttar Pradesh crowd crush: At least 123 people die in a crowd crush at a religious event in Rati Bhanpur village within the Sikandra Rau area of Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh.
 * 2-3 July – 2024 India-Bangladesh floods: At least sixteen people are killed by floods and landslides in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, while over 300,000 more are displaced.
 * 5 July – A victory parade is held in Mumbai by the Indian cricket team following their victory in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
 * 6 July – 2024 Surat building collapse: At least seven people are killed and more than 15 others injured in the collapse of a residential building in Surat, Gujarat.
 * 7 July – Two soldiers and six militants are killed during two separate encounters in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir.
 * 8 July – Five soldiers are killed in an ambush by militants in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir.
 * 10 July – Eighteen people are killed after a double-decker bus collides with a milk truck in Uttar Pradesh.
 * 12 July – The wedding of Anant Ambani, the second son of Asia's richest-man Mukesh Ambani, and heiress Radhika Merchant is held in Mumbai in a lavish ceremony attended by international VIPs.
 * 15 July – Four soldiers including an officer are killed in an ambush by militants in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir.
 * 18 July:
 * 2024 Uttar Pradesh train derailment: Twelve coaches of the Dibrugarh–Chandigarh Express train derail in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, resulting in at least four dead and 25 injured.
 * Naxalite–Maoist insurgency: Two soldiers were killed and four others injured in an attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district
 * 19 July – WazirX, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange owned by Binance, announces a security breach in which $234 million USD in cryptocurrency was stolen, amounting to half of the platform's total assets.
 * 21 July – A health alert is issued in Kerala following the death of a 14-year old boy in Pandikkad from Nipah virus.

January

 * 1 January - Ved Prakash Nanda, 89, legal scholar.
 * 3 January - J. P. S. Uberoi, 90, sociologist.
 * 5 January - Balwant Singh Nandgarh, 80, Sikh leader, jathedar of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib (2003–2015).
 * 9 January - Rashid Khan, 55, Hindustani classical musician.
 * 10 January -
 * Sushree Devi, 73, politician, former Member of Parliament (2002–2008) and MLA (1990–1995).
 * Shamim Jairajpuri, 81, zoologist.
 * 13 January - Prabha Atre, 91, classical vocalist.
 * 14 January - T. H. Musthafa, 82, politician, former MLA (1977–1995, 2001–2006).
 * 15 January - K. J. Joy, 77, music composer.
 * 16 January - K. B. Sreedevi, 83, writer.
 * 17 January - Baldev Raj Chawla, 86, politician, former MLA.
 * 20 January -
 * Jayanarayan Mohanty, 72, politician.
 * Anadi Charan Sahu, 83, politician, former MP (1977–1980).
 * 22 January - Jagdish Gandhi, 87, educationist and politician, former MLA (1969–1974) and founder of City Montessori School.
 * 25 January -
 * Hari Shankar Bhabhra, 95, politician, former MP (1978–1984), speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (1990–1994) and deputy chief minister of Rajasthan (1994–1998).
 * Bhavatharini, 47, music composer and singer.
 * 27 January - Sreela Majumdar, 65, actress.
 * 29 January - P. Narsa Reddy, 92, independence activist and politician, former MP (1989–1991) and MLA (1962–1978).
 * 31 January - Anil Babar, 74, Politician, MLA (2019-2024).

February

 * 4 February - N. K. Desam, 87, poet and literary critic.
 * 6 February -
 * Farooq Nazki, 83, poet, broadcaster, former director of Doordarshan (1986–1997).
 * K. Parasuraman, 63, former MP (2014–2019).
 * 11 February - Usha Kiran Khan, litterateur.
 * 16 February - Imitiaz Qureshi, 93, chef.
 * 17 February - Suhani Bhatnagar, 19, actress.
 * 24 February - Kumar Shahani, 83, film director and screenwriter.
 * 26 February - Pankaj Udhas, classical singer
 * 27 February - Shafiqur Rahman Barq, former MLA and MP.

March

 * 7 March - Biraj Adhikari, 63, politician, founder of the Sikkim National People's Party.
 * 22 March - Partha Sarathi Deb, 68, Bengali actor.

April

 * 1 April -
 * Paliath Ravi Achan, 96, cricketer
 * Shantilata Barik, 65, singer
 * 6 April -
 * N. Pugazhenthi, 71, politician
 * Pranavjyoti Deka, 84, short story writer
 * 7 April - Antonette Mendes, 79, singer
 * 12 April - Ravela Joseph, 86, Sapphire jubilee-Priest
 * 14 April -
 * Mohan R. Wani, 59, biologist
 * A. M. Krishnamurthy, 66, politician
 * 15 April -
 * R. Indira Kumari, 73, politician
 * Dalip Singh Majithia, 103, Indian Air Force pilot
 * 16 April - K. G. Jayan, 89, Carnatic singer
 * 20 April -
 * Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh, 71, businessman
 * Sunetra, 53, actress
 * 22 April -
 * Durai, 84, director
 * Sudhir Kakar, 85, psychoanalyst
 * 24 April -
 * Rajvir Singh Diler, 65, politician
 * Abdul Aleem Farooqui, 76, Islamic scholar
 * 29 April - Srinivasa Prasad, 76, politician

May

 * 1 May -
 * Uma Ramanan, 69, playback singer
 * H. M. Raju, 92, politician
 * 3 May -
 * Kailash Chandra Gahtori, 55, politician.
 * Atul Kumar Anjan, 69, politician
 * Yashwant Trivedi, 89, poet
 * Sum Ronghang, 61, politician
 * 4 May - Gangadhar Gade, 85, politician
 * 5 May -
 * Jose Kattukkaran, 92, politician
 * Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, 82, Chenda artist
 * 6 May -
 * Harikumar, 68, screenwriter and film director
 * Kanakalatha, 63, actress
 * 8 May -
 * Moosa Raza, 87, civil servant
 * Sangeeth Sivan, 65, director and screenwriter
 * K. P. Yohannan, 74, Pentecostal Christian prelate
 * C. Velayudham, 73, politician
 * K. Vasantha Bangera, 78, politician
 * 11 May - Surjit Patar, 79, writer and poet
 * 13 May -
 * Sushil Kumar Modi, 72, politician
 * M. Selvarasu, 67, politician
 * Birubala Rabha, 70, activist
 * Iswar Prasanna Hazarika, 87, politician
 * 15 May -
 * Kamla Beniwal, 97, activist and politician
 * Malti Joshi, 89, novelist
 * 16 May - Vineet Nayyar, 85, businessman
 * 18 May -
 * Narayanan Vaghul, 88, banker and philanthropist
 * Joseph Suren Gomes, 80, Roman Catholic prelate
 * 19 May - Prataprao Baburao Bhosale, 89, politician
 * 21 May - Pendyala Venkata Krishna Rao, 70, politician
 * 22 May - Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi, 79, politician
 * 23 May -
 * Nabam Atum, 76, social activist
 * P. N. Patil, 71, politician
 * 25 May - Rakesh Daultabad, 45, politician
 * 26 May -
 * Devadass Ambrose Mariadoss, 76, Catholic bishop
 * Anant Solkar, 72, cricketer
 * 27 May - Surya Prakash, 56, film director
 * 30 May - Thumma Bala, 80, Roman Catholic prelate

June

 * 1 June - Maguni Charan Kuanr, 87, puppeteer
 * 7 June - A. J. T. Johnsingh, 78, vertebrate ecologist
 * 8 June - Ramoji Rao, 87, businessman, film producer, founder of Ramoji Film City.
 * 10 June - Amol Kale, 47, cricket administrator
 * 11 June - Rajeev Taranath, 91, classical musician
 * 12 June - T. K. Chathunni, 80, football coach
 * 14 June - Sreedharan Champad, 86, circus artist
 * 15 June - Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, 95, politician

July

 * 11 July - Aparna, 57, television presenter, actress, radio jockey.