2016 in India
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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in India.
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Incumbents
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Governors
Events
- National income - ₹153,916,690 million
January - May
- 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]
- 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.[6]
- 8 February - Facebook's FreeBasics declared illegal in India and stopped services in the country.[7][8][9]
- 20 February - militants besieged the Entrepreneurship Development Institute[10]
- 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 would cause worldwide outrage.[11]
- 16 March - RTI activist Vinayak Baliga murdered in Mangalore by contract killers closely linked to Hindutva group NaMo Brigade.[12][13]
- 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.[14]
- 31 March - 2016 Kolkata flyover collapse: At least 27 people are killed and 80 others are injured in a bridge collapse in Kolkata ,West Bengal in India.
- 5 April - Bihar state imposed liquor ban.[15]
- 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.[16]
- 10 April – Puttingal temple fire caused 107 deaths.[17]
- 11 April – 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election – BJP won the majority.
- 2 May - The suicide of a 17 year old JEE aspirant Kriti Tripathi in Kota, Rajasthan sparks nation-wide outrage and debate on mental health and well-being of students in India.[18][19][20]
- 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.[21]
- 30 May - 30 died following fire in army weapon depot in Pulgaon, Wardha district, Maharashtra.[22]
- 31 May - 2016 Bihar school examination scandal: A controversy breaks out over the topper scam which took place in the Bihar School Examination Board in Bihar, India.
June - December
- 14 June – Anu Bansal receives burns to over 80% of her body after being set on fire by her husband for giving birth to a daughter. She would die several days later. It would take her daughters eight years to get justice for her murder.[23]
- 22 June – ISRO send 20 satellites in space on PSLV-XL.[24]
- 25 June – 2016 Pampore attack.
- 28 June – Government of India accepted 7th Pay Commission recommendations to increase salaries of employees.[25]
- 2016 Kashmir unrest.
- 2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance.
- 2 July - At least 30 died in heavy rains in Uttarakhand.[26]
- 3 August – Goods and Services Tax (India) Bill passed in Parliament.[27][28]
- 5 August – 2016 Kokrajhar shooting.
- 9 August – Manipur activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16 years of hunger strike.[29]
- 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.[30]
- 13 September – 43 out of 44 MLAs of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly left Congress and joined People's Party of Arunachal.[31]
- 18 September – 2016 Uri attack: Four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists attacked an Indian Army brigade headquarters in Uri, near the Line of Control in a pre-dawn ambush killing 19 soldiers.
- 22 September- Tamil Nadu cm Jayalalithaa hospitalized at Apollo Hospital.
- 29 September – 2016 Indian Line of Control strike: Indian Army conducts a surgical strike in response to the Uri attack that killed 19 soldiers.
- 30 September – Bihar liquor ban: Patna High Court struck down liquor ban law.[15]
- 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.[32]
- 15 October – 24 died following stampede at religious meet in Varanasi.[33]
- 17 October – Fire in SUM Hospital in Bhubaneshwar. 22 died.[34]
- 19 October -Qnet multi-level marketing: former World Billiards Champion Michael Ferreira arrested.[35]
- 24 October – Cyrus Mistry was sacked as the Chairman of the Tata Sons. Tata was one of India's biggest conglomerate.[36]
- 27 October – Senari massacre case of Bihar: 15 convicted, 23 acquitted by court. 10 death sentence.[37]
- October – Bihar liquor ban: Supreme Court stays High Court order, liquor ban reimposed.[15]
- October – Samajwadi Party, ruling Uttar Pradesh, caught in family feud.[38]
- 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.[39]
- 20 November – A train derails near Pukhrayan killing at least 150 people.[40]
- 26 November – Nabha jailbreak in Punjab. 6 flee.[41]
- 29 November – 2016 Nagrota army base attack.
- 30 November – Supreme Court of India ordered cinemas to play national anthem before films.[42]
- 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.[43]
- 12 December – Cyclone Vardah makes landfall on Tamil Nadu coast. 18 died.[44]
- 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.[45]
- 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.[46]
- 24 December – Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation for the Pune Metro Project. Metro construction work starts off.[47]
- December – 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal: arrests made including former Indian Air Force chief.[48]
- 29 December - 2016 Ariyalur gang rape case
Public holidays
Publications
- "Devlok" by Devdutt Pattanaik
- "One Indian Girl" by Chetan Bhagat
Deaths
January
- 2 January
- Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian politician (b. 1924)[49]
- Fateh Singh, shooter and army officer (b. 1964)[50]
- 3 January
- Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Indian politician (b. 1932)[51]
- Raghu Nandan Mandal, Indian politician (b. 1952)[52]
- 4 January – S. H. Kapadia, Indian judge (b. 1947)[53]
- 6 January – Labhshankar Thakar, Gujarati author (b. 1935)[54]
- 7 January – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian politician (b. 1936)[55]
- 8 January
- M. O. Joseph, Malayalam film producer (b. 1929)[56]
- Gunaram Khanikar, herbalist (b. 1949)[57]
- 13 January
- J. F. R. Jacob, army general (b. 1923)[58]
- G A Vadivelu, independence activist and politician (b. 1923)[59]
Rajesh Vivek - 15 January – Anil Ganguly, film director (b. 1933)[61]
- 16 January – Ananda Chandra Dutta, botanist (b. 1923)[62]
- 17 January
- Geethapriya, film director (b. 1932)[63]
- V. Rama Rao, politician (b. 1935)[64]
- Sudhindra Thirtha, Hindu religious leader (b. 1926)[65]
- Rohith Vemula, PhD scholar. (b. 1989)
- 18 January – Asha Patil, actress (b. 1936)[66]
- 20 January – Subrata Bose, politician (b. 1932)[67]
- 21 January – Mrinalini Sarabhai, classical dancer, choreographer and instructor (b. 1918)[68]
- 22 January – Shankar Ghosh, tabla player (b. 1935)[69]
- 23 January – A. C. Jose, politician (b. 1937)[70]
- 25 January
- 28 January – Maheswar Baug, politician and independence activist (b. 1930)[74]
- 29 January – Nayani Krishnakumari, writer and folklorist (b. 1930)[75]
- 30 January
- T. N. Gopakumar, journalist (b. 1957)[76]
- K. V. Krishna Rao, military officer (b. 1923)[77]
- Kollam G. K. Pillai, actor (b. 1933)[78]
- 31 January – Randhir Singh, political scientist (b. 1921)[79]
February
- 1 February – Kunigal Ramanath, 83, Kannada actor.[80]
- 3 February –
- Balram Jakhar, 92, politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1980–1989).[81]
- K. S. Paripoornan, 83, Supreme Court judge[82]
- 5 February – Markand Bhatt, 87, theatre director and actor.[83]
- 6 February – Sudhir Tailang, 55, cartoonist.[84]
- 8 February – Nida Fazli, 77, poet.[85]
- 13 February – O. N. V. Kurup, 84, poet, recipient of the Jnanpith Award (2007).[86]
- 17 February – Akbar Kakkattil, 62, writer.[87]
- 18 February –
- Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, Hindustani musician.[88]
- Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar, 78, Indian religious scholar.[89]
- 20 February – Pradeep Shakti, 60, actor and restaurateur.[90]
- 21 February –
- Akbar Ali, 90, Kannada poet.[91]
- Kalanidhi Narayanan, 87, classical dancer.[92]
- 25 February – Bhavarlal Jain, 78, businessman (Jain Irrigation Systems).[93]
- 26 February
- Mirza Mohammed Athar, 79, Muslim cleric.[94]
- B. K. Garudachar, 99, cricket player.[95]
- 27 February
- Banda Jyothi, 41, comedian and actress.[96]
- Rajesh Pillai, 41, film director (Traffic).[97]
- 28 February –
- Honey Chhaya, 85, film director and actor (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).[98]
- Kumarimuthu, 76, comedian and film actor.[99]
- 29 February – Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman, 90, politician, Maharashtra MLA (1960–1999), mayor of Malegaon.[100]
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[101]
October
- 10 October – Parmeshwar Godrej, 70, philanthropist and socialite.[102]
November
- 22 November
- M. Balamuralikrishna, 86, Carnatic vocalist[103]
- M. G. K. Menon, 88, physicist[104]
December
Jayalalithaa - 7 December – Cho Ramaswamy, 82, actor, political satirist, journalist, lawyer[106]
- 24 December – Chetan Ramarao, 76, Kannada film actor[107]
See also
References
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