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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in India.


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* 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. * 2 January – Heavily armed gunmen, reportedly members of Jaish-e-Mohammed, attacked an
Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the air force, air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflicts. It was officially established on 8 Octob ...
base in
Pathankot Pathankot () is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the sixth most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipal ...
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Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
. Two of the gunmen were killed. * 3 January – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck India west of
Imphal Imphal (; , ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (officially known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a ...
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 Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andre ...
's FreeBasics declared illegal in India and stopped services in the country. * 20 February - militants besieged the Entrepreneurship Development Institute * 14 March – Police horse Shaktiman was attacked with a stick by BJP MLA politician and cabinet minister
Ganesh Joshi Ganesh Joshi is an Indian politician and currently, a State Cabinet Minister of Government of Uttarakhand under the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Joshi is a 4th time member of the Uttarakhand L ...
during a protest organized by BJP against the
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand The chief minister of Uttarakhand is the Head of the government of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive authority rests with the ...
. The attack and the horse's later death would cause worldwide outrage. * 16 March - RTI activist Vinayak Baliga murdered in
Mangalore Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...
by contract killers closely linked to Hindutva group NaMo Brigade. * 18 March - Ahead of polls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu,
Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India is the supreme judiciary of India, judicial authority and the supreme court, highest court of the Republic of India. It is the final Appellate court, court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India. It also ...
allows pictures of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and State Ministers to appear in government advertisements. * 31 March - 2016 Kolkata flyover collapse: At least 27 people are killed and 80 others are injured in a bridge collapse in
Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
,
West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
in
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. * 5 April -
Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...
state imposed liquor ban. * 5 April -
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
's fastest train
Gatimaan Express The 12049 / 12050 Gatiman Express is an express train run by Indian Railways. It connects Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi and Jhansi railway stations. The train is equipped with a 5,400HP electric locomotive and has 12 coaches which covers the j ...
started Operating between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Agra Cantonment by
Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...
. * 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 The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases, on 4 and 11 April 2016, to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam, a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%, which set a new record for ...
– BJP won the majority. * 2 May – A 17 year old JEE aspirant named Kriti Tripathi dies by suicide in Kota, Rajastan. * 5 May -
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2016 for 294 seats of the ''Vidhan Sabha'' in the Indian state of West Bengal. The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was re-elected with an enhanced majority. ...
Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 2 ...
-led TMC won majority. * 16 May -
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election The Fifteenth Legislative Assembly Election was held on 16 May 2016 for the 232 seats (except Thanjavur and Aravakurichi for which held on 26 October 2016) of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The AIADMK under J. J ...
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Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...
-led
AIADMK The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory ...
won majority. * 16 May - 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election – Congress won majority. * 23 May - Hypersonic Flight Experiment: The
ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ) is India's national space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It serves as the principal research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), overseen by the Prime Minister o ...
's RLV-TD vehicle was launched from the first launchpad of
Satish Dhawan Space Centre Satish Dhawan Space Centre – SDSC (formerly Sriharikota Range – SHAR) is the primary spaceport of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), located in Sriharikota, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh. The spaceport is located on an isl ...
on board an HS9 rocket booster. * 30 May - 30 died following fire in army weapon depot in
Pulgaon Pulgaon is a municipal council in Wardha district in the India States and territories of India, state of Maharashtra. The nearest city is Wardha, away via the Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway. History Pulgaon was created as a municipality in 1901Th ...
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Wardha district Wardha District (Marathi pronunciation: �əɾd̪ʰaː is in the state of Maharashtra in western India. This district is a part of Nagpur Division. The city of Wardha is the administrative headquarter of the district. Hinganghat, Pulgaon, A ...
, Maharashtra. * 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 Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
.


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. * 22 June –
ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ) is India's national space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It serves as the principal research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), overseen by the Prime Minister o ...
send 20 satellites in space on PSLV-XL. * 25 June – 2016 Pampore attack. * 28 June –
Government of India The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union t ...
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 Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...
. * 3 August –
Goods and Services Tax (India) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a successor to VAT used in India on the supply of goods and service. Both VAT and GST have the same taxation slabs. It is a comprehensive, multistage, destination-based tax: comprehensive because it ha ...
Bill passed in Parliament. * 5 August – 2016 Kokrajhar shooting. * 9 August –
Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...
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 Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
. * 13 September – 43 out of 44 MLAs of
Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Arunachal Pradesh state in north-eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Itanagar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprise ...
left Congress and joined People's Party of Arunachal. * 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 On 29 September 2016, teams of Indian Army Para (Special Forces) crossed the Line of Control into Azad Kashmir, Pakistani-administered Kashmir to attack targets up to a kilometer within territory held by Pakistan. The raid occurred ten days a ...
:
Indian Army The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...
conducts a surgical strike in response to the Uri attack that killed 19 soldiers. * 30 September – Bihar liquor ban:
Patna High Court The Patna High Court of Judicature at Patna (commonly known as Patna High Court) is the High Courts of India, High Court of the Indian state, state of Bihar. It was established on 3 February 1916 by British colonial government and was later aff ...
struck down liquor ban law. * 2 October – 2016 Baramulla attack. * 11 October –
Jangaon district Janagama district is a district in the middle of the Indian state of Telangana. It was a part of the erstwhile Warangal district prior to the re-organisation of districts in the state. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet, Bhuvanagiri, ...
was formed in 2016 in
Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
. * 13 October – BJP joined People's Party of Arunachal- lead Government in
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and la ...
. * 15 October – 24 died following stampede at religious meet in
Varanasi Varanasi (, also Benares, Banaras ) or Kashi, is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.* * * * The city has a syncretic tradition of I ...
. * 17 October – Fire in SUM Hospital in
Bhubaneshwar Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra Khetra'' and ''Ekamra Khetra'' ( ...
. 22 died. * 19 October -Qnet
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: former World Billiards Champion Michael Ferreira arrested. * 24 October –
Cyrus Mistry Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (4 July 1968 – 4 September 2022) was an Indian-born Irish billionaire businessman. He was the chairman of the Tata Group, an Indian business conglomerate, from 2012 to 2016. He was the sixth chairman of the group, ...
was sacked as the Chairman of the
Tata Sons Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd. is the holding company of the Tata Group, headquartered in Mumbai. It owns the bulk of shareholding in the Tata group of companies including their land holdings across India, tea estates and steel plants, and derives its reve ...
. 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 The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...
, ruling
Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
, 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 Pukhrayan is a town and a Municipality in Amrodha Block in Kanpur Dehat district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh. Found to the south-west of Mati, Uttar Pradesh, Mati on National Highway 25, Pukhrayan is f ...
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 A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European ...
before films. * 5 December – Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
J Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...
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 Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
coast. 18 died. * 14 December – The
National Green Tribunal The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is a statutory body in India that deals with expeditious disposal of cases related to environmental protection and other natural resources. It was set up under the National Green Tribunal Act in 2010. India ...
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 A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
,
Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Par ...
laid the foundation for the Pune Metro Project. Metro construction work starts off. * December – 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal: arrests made including former
Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (IAF) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the air force, air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflicts. It was officially established on 8 Octob ...
chief. * 29 December - 2016 Ariyalur gang rape case


Public holidays


Publications

* "Devlok" by
Devdutt Pattanaik Devdutt Pattanaik is a mythologist and writer from Orissa, India whose parents had migrated to Mumbai before his birth. He writes on mythology, the study of cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals. He lectures on the releva ...
* "One Indian Girl" by
Chetan Bhagat Chetan Prakash Bhagat (born April 22, 1974) is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, and YouTuber. He was included in ''Time (magazine), Time magazine’s'' list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2010. Several of his nove ...


Deaths


January

* 2 January **
Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan (24 September 1924 – 2 January 2016) was a trade union leader and the former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), one of the oldest political parties in India. Early life Bardhan was born in Baris ...
, 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) * 14 January – Rajesh Vivek, actor (b. 1949) * 15 January –
Anil Ganguly Anil Ganguly (26 January 1933 – 15 January 2016) was an Indian film director and screenwriter, who worked in Hindi cinema from 1970s to 2001. He is best known for Jaya Bhaduri starrer, '' Kora Kagaz'' (1974) and the Raakhee starrer '' Ta ...
, film director (b. 1933) * 16 January – Ananda Chandra Dutta, botanist (b. 1923) * 17 January **
Geethapriya Lakshman Rao Mohite (15 June 1932 – 17 January 2016), better known by his pen-name Geethapriya, was an Indian film director and lyricist of the Kannada film industry. He has directed 40 films and penned over 250 songs in Kannada films. In 1992 ...
, 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 A ''tabla'' is a pair of hand drums from the Indian subcontinent. Since the 18th century, it has been the principal percussion instrument in Hindustani classical music, where it may be played solo, as an accompaniment with other instruments a ...
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 Balram Jakhar (23 August 1923 – 3 February 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha, whose tenure lasted 9 years and 32 ...
, 92, politician,
Speaker of the Lok Sabha The Speaker of the Lok Sabha ( IAST: ) is the presiding officer and the highest authority of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Lok Sabha following a general ...
(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 Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (known as O. N. V. Kurup; 27 May 1931 – 13 February 2016) was a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007. He received ...
, 84, poet, recipient of the
Jnanpith Award The Jnanpith Award is the oldest and the highest Indian literary award presented annually by the Bharatiya Jnanpith to an author for their "outstanding contribution towards literature". Instituted in 1961, the award is bestowed only on Indian ...
(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 Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
poet. ** Kalanidhi Narayanan, 87, classical dancer. * 25 February – Bhavarlal Jain, 78, businessman (
Jain Irrigation Systems Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., or Jains, is an Indian multinational conglomerate based in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. History Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. was founded in 1986 by Bhavarlal Jain. * 1963–1978: Bhavarlal Jain added a dealer ...
). * 26 February ** Mirza Mohammed Athar, 79, Muslim cleric. ** B. K. Garudachar, 99, cricket player. * 27 February ** Banda Jyothi, 41, comedian and actress. **
Rajesh Pillai Rajesh Raman Pillai (7 October 1974 – 27 February 2016) was an Indian film director best known for his work in the Malayalam cinema. He is credited with setting a new trend in Malayalam cinema with his thriller, ''Traffic (2011 film), Tra ...
, 41, film director (''
Traffic Traffic is the movement of vehicles and pedestrians along land routes. Traffic laws govern and regulate traffic, while rules of the road include traffic laws and informal rules that may have developed over time to facilitate the orderly an ...
''). * 28 February – ** Honey Chhaya, 85, film director and actor (''
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' is a 2011 British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden. The screenplay, written by Ol Parker, is based on the 2004 novel ''These Foolish Things'' by novelist Deborah Moggach, and features an ensemble c ...
''). **
Kumarimuthu Kumarimuthu (20 December 1940 – 28 February 2016) was a Tamil film character actor, comedian and politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He was known for his unique comical laugh. Career Kumarimuthu starred in 728 films in his car ...
, 76, comedian and film actor. * 29 February – Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman, 90, politician,
Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
MLA (19601999), mayor of
Malegaon Malegaon (IAST: ''Mālegāv''; Pronunciation: alegaːʋ is a city in Nashik District of Maharashtra State in India. It is situated on the bank of the Girna river with Mosam River river flowing through middle of the city dividing it in two part ...
.


April

* 20 April – Shaktiman, Uttarakhand police horse.


June

* 4 June –
Sulabha Deshpande Sulabha Deshpande (; 1937 – 4 June 2016) was an Indian actress and theatre director. Apart from Marathi theatre and Hindi theatre in Mumbai, she acted in over 73 mainstream Bollywood films. She also performed in art house cinema such as '' Bh ...
, 79, Veteran actress.


July

* 23 July – S. H. Raza, Famous painter.


August

* 9 August –
Kalikho Pul Kalikho Pul (20 July 1969 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh for a brief time in 2016. He was elected five times from the Hayuliang Vidhan Sabha constituency re ...
, 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

* 5 December –
Jayalalithaa Jayaram Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016), popularly known as Amma, was an Indian actress, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for more than fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She ...
, 68, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu * 7 December –
Cho Ramaswamy Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, better known as Cho Ramaswamy (5 October 1934 – 7 December 2016), was an Indian actor, comedian, editor, political commentator, satirist, playwright, film director and lawyer from Tamil Nadu. He was a popular comedi ...
, 82, actor, political satirist, journalist, lawyer * 24 December – Chetan Ramarao, 76, Kannada film actor


See also

* 2016 attacks on India *
Timeline of Indian history This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of govern ...


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