The following lists events that happened during 2016 in India.
Incumbents
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Events
January
- 1 January – The Indian and Pakistani governments exchanged 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, Template:Convert 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]
- 17 January – A PhD student from University of Hyderabad named Rohith Vemula died by suicide, reportedly due to caste-based discrimination. The event triggered a countrywide agitation against casteism in institutions of higher learning.[6]
February
- 3 February - A twenty one year old Tanzanian girl was attacked by a mob and paraded naked in Bengaluru suspecting her of a vehicle accident.[7]
- 8 February – Facebook's FreeBasics was declared illegal in India and ceased operations in the country.[8][9][10]
- 9 February – A group of JNU students held a campus protest marking the third anniversary of the hanging of Muhammad Afzal Guru.[11]
- 12 February – JNU student-union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on charges of sedition.[11]
- 13 February – Nationwide protests and rallies took place, with students and teachers from multiple universities demonstrating against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar.[12]
- 15 February –
- Lawyers assaulted journalists at the court where Kanhaiya Kumar was scheduled to appear, chanting nationalist slogans.[11]
- Protests against the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar continued at JNU, with a campus strike disrupting classes.[12]
- 17 February – Kanhaiya Kumar was assaulted inside the court premises, despite heavy police presence.[11]
- 20 February – Militants laid siege to the Entrepreneurship Development Institute[13]
- 22 February – Five JNU students accused of sedition returned to campus after going into hiding.[11]
- 24 February – JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya surrendered to police around midnight.[11]
March
- 14 March – Police horse Shaktiman was attacked with a stick by BJP MLA politician and cabinet minister Ganesh Joshi during a protest organized by BJP against the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. The attack and the horse's later death sparked worldwide outrage.[14]
- 16 March – RTI activist Vinayak Baliga was murdered in Mangalore by contract killers allegedly linked to Hindutva group NaMo Brigade.[15][16]
- 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.[17]
- 31 March – 2016 Kolkata flyover collapse: At least 27 people were killed and 80 others injured in a bridge collapse in Kolkata, West Bengal in India.
April
- 5 April – Bihar state imposed a liquor ban.[18]
- 5 April – India's fastest train, Gatimaan Express, began operating between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Agra Cantonment, run by Indian Railways.
- 22 April – 21 May - The 2016 Ujjain Simhastha Kumbha Mela was held, attracting nearly 75 million visitors over one month.[19]
- 10 April – The Puttingal temple fire caused 107 deaths.[20]
- 11 April – 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election – BJP won the majority.
- 29 April – Jisha murder case.
May
- 2 May – A 17-year-old JEE aspirant named, Kriti Tripathi, died by suicide in Kota, Rajasthan.[21][22][23]
- 5 May – 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election – Mamata Banerjee-led TMC won the majority.
- 16 May – 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election- Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK won the majority.
- 16 May – 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election – Congress won the majority.
- 23 May – Hypersonic Flight Experiment: ISRO's RLV-TD vehicle was launched from the first launchpad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre aboard an HS9 rocket booster.[24]
- 30 May – 30 people died following a fire at an army weapons depot in Pulgaon, Wardha district, Maharashtra.[25]
- 31 May – 2016 Bihar school examination scandal: A controversy broke out over the topper scam involving the Bihar School Examination Board.
June
- 14 June – Anu Bansal suffered burns over 80% of her body after being set on fire by her husband for giving birth to a daughter. She died several days later. It would take her daughters eight years to get justice for her murder.[26]
- 22 June – ISRO launched 20 satellites into space using PSLV-XL.[27]
- 25 June – 2016 Pampore attack.
- 28 June – Government of India accepted the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, increasing salaries of employees.[28]
- 2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance.
July
- 2 July – At least 30 people died due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand.[29]
- 8 July – 2016 Kashmir Unrest: Violent protests erupt in Kashmir over the killing of Burhan Wani by security forces.
- 11 July - A seven member Dalit family assaulted and flagged in Una by Cow vigilante.[30]
August
- 3 August – Goods and Services Tax (India) Bill passed in Parliament.[31][32]
- 5 August – 2016 Kokrajhar shooting occurred.
- 9 August – Manipur activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16-year hunger strike.[33]
- 13 August – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, a Swaminarayan guru, died.
- 14 August – Na. Muthukumar, an Indian Tamil poet, lyricist, and National Award-winning author, died.
September
- 2 September – Indian general strike of 2016 took place.
- Kaveri River water dispute: Violence broke out in Karnataka.[34]
- 13 September – 43 out of 44 MLAs from the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly left Congress and joined People's Party of Arunachal.[35]
- 18 September – 2016 Uri attack: Four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists attacked an Indian Army brigade headquarters in Uri near the Line of Control, killing 19 soldiers in a pre-dawn ambush.
- 22 September – Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was hospitalized at Apollo Hospital.
- 29 September – 2016 Indian Line of Control strike: The Indian Army conducted a surgical strike in response to the Uri attack.
- 30 September – Bihar liquor ban: The Patna High Court struck down liquor ban law.[18]
October
- 2 October – 2016 Baramulla attack occurred.
- 11 October – Jangaon district was formed in Telangana.
- 13 October – BJP joined People's Party of Arunachal- led Government in Arunachal Pradesh.[36]
- 15 October – 24 people died in a stampede at a religious gathering in Varanasi.[37]
- 17 October – A fire at SUM Hospital in Bhubaneshwar killed 22 died.[38]
- 19 October – In the Qnet multi-level marketing case, former World Billiards Champion Michael Ferreira was arrested.[39]
- 24 October – Cyrus Mistry was removed as the Chairman of the Tata Sons, one of India's largest conglomerates.[40]
- 27 October – In the Senari massacre case in Bihar, 15 were convicted and 23 acquitted; 10 received death sentences.[41]
- October – Bihar liquor ban: The Supreme Court stayed the High Court order, reimposing the ban.[18]
- October – Samajwadi Party, ruling Uttar Pradesh, was embroiled in a family feud.[42]
- 31 October – October 2016 Bhopal encounter occurred.
November
- 1 November – 2016 Manipur unrest began.
- 8 November – The Indian government [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation|demonetized Template:INR500 and Template:INR1000 banknotes]] with immediate effect, causing political uproar.
- 11 November – 42 Congress MLAs resigned from the Punjab Vidhan Sabha following a Supreme Court ruling on the Sutlej Yamuna link canal project.
- 16 November – The winter session of Indian Parliament began, with debates on demonetization.[43]
- 20 November – A train derailsment near Pukhrayan killed at least 150 people.[44]
- 26 November – Nabha jailbreak in Punjab. Six inmates escaped.[45]
- 29 November – 2016 Nagrota army base attack occurred.
- 30 November – The Supreme Court of India ordered cinemas to play national anthem before films.[46]
December
- 5 December – Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died after 72 days of hospitalization at Apollo Hospital.
- 10 December – Industrialist Pawan Ruia was arrested following a railway complaint.[47]
- 12 December – Cyclone Vardah makes landfall on the Tamil Nadu coast. 18 people died.[48]
- 14 December – The National Green Tribunal banned kite-flying with manja, a glass-coated thread, due to safety concerns.[49]
- 15 December – Supreme Court banned liquor sales on national and state highways to reduce road accidents caused by drunk driving.[50]
- 24 December – Prime Minister, Narendra Modi laid the foundation for the Pune Metro Project; construction began.[51]
- 25 December – In the 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal: arrests were made, including a former Indian Air Force chief.[52]
- 29 December – 2016 Ariyalur gang rape case occurred.
Public holidays
Publications
- "Devlok" by Devdutt Pattanaik
- "One Indian Girl" by Chetan Bhagat
Deaths
January
- 2 January
- Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian politician (b. 1924)[53]
- Fateh Singh, shooter and army officer (b. 1964)[54]
- 3 January
- Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Indian politician (b. 1932)[55]
- Raghu Nandan Mandal, Indian politician (b. 1952)[56]
- 4 January – S. H. Kapadia, Indian judge (b. 1947)[57]
- 6 January – Labhshankar Thakar, Gujarati author (b. 1935)[58]
- 7 January – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian politician (b. 1936)[59]
- 8 January
- M. O. Joseph, Malayalam film producer (b. 1929)[60]
- Gunaram Khanikar, herbalist (b. 1949)[61]
- 13 January
- J. F. R. Jacob, army general (b. 1923)[62]
- G A Vadivelu, independence activist and politician (b. 1923)[63]
File:RajeshVivek.jpg 14 January – Rajesh Vivek, actor (b. 1949)[64]Rajesh Vivek - 15 January – Anil Ganguly, film director (b. 1933)[65]
- 16 January – Ananda Chandra Dutta, botanist (b. 1923)[66]
- 17 January
- Geethapriya, film director (b. 1932)[67]
- V. Rama Rao, politician (b. 1935)[68]
- Sudhindra Thirtha, Hindu religious leader (b. 1926)[69]
- Rohith Vemula, PhD scholar. (b. 1989)
- 18 January – Asha Patil, actress (b. 1936)[70]
- 20 January – Subrata Bose, politician (b. 1932)[71]
- 21 January – Mrinalini Sarabhai, classical dancer, choreographer and instructor (b. 1918)[72]
- 22 January – Shankar Ghosh, tabla player (b. 1935)[73]
- 23 January – A. C. Jose, politician (b. 1937)[74]
- 25 January
- 28 January – Maheswar Baug, politician and independence activist (b. 1930)[78]
- 29 January – Nayani Krishnakumari, writer and folklorist (b. 1930)[79]
- 30 January
- T. N. Gopakumar, journalist (b. 1957)[80]
- K. V. Krishna Rao, military officer (b. 1923)[81]
- Kollam G. K. Pillai, actor (b. 1933)[82]
- 31 January – Randhir Singh, political scientist (b. 1921)[83]
February
- 1 February – Kunigal Ramanath, 83, Kannada actor.[84]
- 3 February –
- Balram Jakhar, 92, politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1980–1989).[85]
- K. S. Paripoornan, 83, Supreme Court judge[86]
- 5 February – Markand Bhatt, 87, theatre director and actor.[87]
- 6 February – Sudhir Tailang, 55, cartoonist.[88]
- 8 February – Nida Fazli, 77, poet.[89]
- 13 February – O. N. V. Kurup, 84, poet, recipient of the Jnanpith Award (2007).[90]
- 17 February – Akbar Kakkattil, 62, writer.[91]
- 18 February –
- Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, Hindustani musician.[92]
- Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar, 78, Indian religious scholar.[93]
- 20 February – Pradeep Shakti, 60, actor and restaurateur.[94]
- 21 February –
- Akbar Ali, 90, Kannada poet.[95]
- Kalanidhi Narayanan, 87, classical dancer.[96]
- 25 February – Bhavarlal Jain, 78, businessman (Jain Irrigation Systems).[97]
- 26 February
- Mirza Mohammed Athar, 79, Muslim cleric.[98]
- B. K. Garudachar, 99, cricket player.[99]
- 27 February
- Banda Jyothi, 41, comedian and actress.[100]
- Rajesh Pillai, 41, film director (Traffic).[101]
- 28 February –
- Honey Chhaya, 85, film director and actor (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).[102]
- Kumarimuthu, 76, comedian and film actor.[103]
- 29 February – Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman, 90, politician, Maharashtra MLA (1960Template:Ndash1999), mayor of Malegaon.[104]
April
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[105]
October
- 10 October – Parmeshwar Godrej, 70, philanthropist and socialite.[106]
November
- 22 November
- M. Balamuralikrishna, 86, Carnatic vocalist[107]
- M. G. K. Menon, 88, physicist[108]
December
File:J Jayalalithaa.jpg 5 December – Jayalalithaa, 68, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu[109]Jayalalithaa - 7 December – Cho Ramaswamy, 82, actor, political satirist, journalist, lawyer[110]
- 24 December – Chetan Ramarao, 76, Kannada film actor[111]
See also
References
- ↑ India, Pakistan exchange list of nuke installations, prisoners.
- ↑ LIVE: Pathankot terror attack: Terrorists killed, 2 jawans dead at IAF base(1 January 2016).
- ↑ M6.7 – 29km W of Imphal, India. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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- ↑ Remembering Rohith Vemula: On his sixth death anniversary, a look at the PhD student's demise and its aftermath. Firstpost(2022-01-17). Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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- ↑ Bhubaneswar hospital fire: 22 dead, PM offers support to rescue ops. hindustantimes.com/(17 October 2016). Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ Qnet scam: Padma Bhushan awardee and former World Billiards Champion Michael Ferreira arrested. The Economic Times(19 October 2016). Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ Cyrus Mistry-Tata Sons spat: Everything that has happened so far. The Indian Express(29 October 2016). Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ Bihar: 15 convicted, 23 acquitted in Senari massacre case. The Indian Express(28 October 2016). Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ SP feud, Kanpur train tragedy: Highlights of UP's political scene in 2016. Business Standard News(18 December 2016). Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ Punjab: Speaker to meet Cong MLAs to ascertain they didn't quit under duress. The Indian Express(15 December 2016). Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ Indore-Patna Express derailment: Toll touches 150; deadliest rail mishap since 1999 – Times of India ►. The Times of India.
- ↑ Nabha Jailbreak: Harminder Singh Mintoo promised men money to target Punjab assembly polls, says police. The Indian Express(1 December 2016). Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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- ↑ Cyclone Vardah: 18 people killed in Tamil Nadu due to heavy rains, cyclonic winds, Gori, Chintan. India.com(13 December 2016). Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ Green tribunal bans manja for kites across the country till February. hindustantimes.com/(14 December 2016). Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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- ↑ Modi inaugurates Pune Metro
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