2017 in India highlights the national/Daily level events during the year.

Incumbents

Government of India

President of India The president of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, and the commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the Indian Armed ...

Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Kumar Mukherjee ( ; born, 11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian statesman who served as the president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India. In a pol ...

(until

July 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. * 1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. * 1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of S ...

Ram Nath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind ( ; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as the president. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

(since

July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridg ...

) *

Vice-President of India The vice president of India (ISO: ) is the deputy to the head of state of the Republic of India, i.e. the president of India. The office of vice president is the second-highest constitutional office after the president and ranks second in the ...

Mohammad Hamid Ansari Mohammad Hamid Ansari (; born 1 April 1937) is an Indian bureaucrat and retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who was the vice president of India from 2007 to 2017. Ansari joined the IFS in 1961. In a diplomatic career spanning 38 year ...

(until August 10),

Venkaiah Naidu Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He has also served as the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, minister of Housing and Urban Pover ...

(since August 11) *

Prime Minister of India The prime minister of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Union Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers, despite the president of ...

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 ...

Chief Justice of India The chief justice of India (CJI) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India and the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary. The Constitution of India grants power to the President of India to appoint, as recommended by the outg ...

: T. S. Thakur (until January 3), Jagdish Singh Khehar (January 5 to August 27),

Dipak Misra Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court. He is the nephew of Justi ...

(since August 28) *

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 ...

Sumitra Mahajan Sumitra Mahajan ( ''née'' Sathe; born 12 April 1943; ) is an Indian politician who was the Speaker of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament from 2014 to 2019. She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She represented the Indore con ...

State Governments

Elections

President

* Presidential elections were held on 17 July 2017 and results were declared on 20 July.

has been elected the

Vice president

* Vice presidential elections were held on 5 August 2017.

has been elected the

Vice President of India The vice president of India (ISO: ) is the deputy to the head of state of the Republic of India, i.e. the president of India. The office of vice president is the second-highest constitutional office after the president and ranks second in t ...

Rajya Sabha Elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in India on 21 July and 8 August 2017 to elect ten members of the Rajya Sabha, replacing those who retired in July and August 2017. In addition to scheduled elections, unforeseen vacancies, caused by members' retirement or death, may also be filled via By-elections.

State

Events

* National income - 170,900,424 million

January - March

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Emp ...

- In a landmark 4:3 judgement, the

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 ...

held that an appeal for votes during elections on the basis of

religion Religion is a range of social system, social-cultural systems, including designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or ...

, caste, race, community or language, even that of the electorate, will amount to a ‘corrupt practice’ and call for disqualification of the candidate in any election *

- Nuclear-capable

intercontinental ballistic missile An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range (aeronautics), range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more Thermonuclear weapon, thermonuclear warheads). Conven ...

Agni-IV Agni-IV () is the fourth in the Agni series of missiles which was earlier known as ''Agni II prime''. It has been developed by India's DRDO and displayed a number of new technologies and significant improvement in missile technology. The mis ...

Missile tested successfully off the coast of

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

. *

January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of the Roman Republic, Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna ...

– Heavy snowfall in

Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term ''Kashmir'' denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir P ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...

and

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 ...

disrupt normal life. Many places record heaviest snowfall in over two decades. *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in I ...

– 25 people are dead after a boat capsizes on river

Ganga The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary riv ...

Patna Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...

during

Makar Sankranti Makar(a) Sankrānti (), () also referred to as Uttarāyana, Makara, or simply Sankrānti, is a Hinduism, Hindu observance and a mid-winter harvest festival in India and Nepal. It is typically celebrated on 14 January annually (15 January on a ...

celebrations. *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dyn ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

delegation led by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

visited India to sign 14 agreements including strategic partnership, defense industries, transport, cyber security and shipping. *

- Avalanches hit

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory since 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (prin ...

. 20 persons including 15 military personnel are found dead. *

January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...

–

Republic Day Republic Day is the name of a holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they became republics. List January 1 January in Slovak Republic The day of creation of Slovak republic. A national holiday since 1993. Officially calle ...

is celebrated across the country.

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (born 11 March 1961), also known as MbZ, is an Emirati royal and politician who is serving as the third and current president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi since 2022. Mohamed completed his edu ...

attends the parade in

New Delhi New Delhi (; ) is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Parliament ...

as the chief guest. *

January January is the first month of the year in the Julian calendar, Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the No ...

–

2017 pro-Jallikattu protests The 2017 pro-jallikattu protests, also known as the pro-jallikattu movement, were leaderless apolitical youth protests which took place in January 2017 in large groups in several locations across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Some sporadic sma ...

Hundreds joined and staged protest at Marina beach, Chennai and all over Tamil Nadu in support of conducting Jallikattu. *

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...

– The annual budget for the union government is presented in the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

finance minister A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

Arun Jaitley Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 – 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jait ...

. The 92-year-old

railway budget Railway budget of India was the Annual Financial Statement for Indian Railways administered by the Railway Board, which handles rail transport in India. It was presented every year by the Minister of Railways, representing the Ministry of Rail ...

is discontinued and merged into the general budget. * February 6 – One person is dead after a 5.8 magnitude

earthquake An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those so weak they ...

hit

Uttrakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the northwest, Tibet to the north, Nepal to the east, Uttar Pradesh to the south and sout ...

North India North India is a geographical region, loosely defined as a cultural region comprising the northern part of India (or historically, the Indian subcontinent) wherein Indo-Aryans (speaking Indo-Aryan languages) form the prominent majority populati ...

. *

February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...

–

Indian Space Research Organisation The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ) is India's national List of government space agencies, space agency, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It serves as the principal research and development arm of the Department of Space (DoS), ...

launches

PSLV-C37 PSLV-C37 was the 39th mission of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) program and its 16th mission in the XL configuration undertaken by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Launched on 15 February 2017 from the Satish D ...

, sending104 satellites from seven countries into orbit, the highest ever in the history of space exploration. *February 17 –

South India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...

n actress

Bhavana ''Bhāvanā'' (Pali;Rhys Davids & Stede (1921–25), p. 503, entry for "Bhāvanā," retrieved 9 December 2008 from "U. Chicago" a Sanskrit: भावना, also ''bhāvanā''Monier-Williams (1899), p. 755, see "Bhāvana" and "Bhāvanā", retri ...

assaulted by a group of criminals at

Kochi Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...

allegedly under the instruction of

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...

actor

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, comedian and entrepreneur who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has also acted in Tamil, Hindi, and Kannada films. He has ...

. * 6 March –

Indian Navy The Indian Navy (IN) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Navy, maritime and Amphibious warfare, amphibious branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Chief ...

's oldest serving aircraft carrier,

INS Viraat INS ''Viraat'' (Sanskrit: Virāṭa meaning ''Giant'') was a Centaur-class light aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. INS ''Viraat'' was the flagship of the Indian Navy until was commissioned in 2013. The ship was completed and commissioned i ...

is decommissioned after 30 years of service. * 7 March – Nine people are injured after a planned low intensity explosion in Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train by

ISIS Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom () as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her sla ...

. Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad neutralises one terrorist in Lucknow, 8 suspects arrested from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. * 11 March – Election results of elections in five states declared by Election Commission. * 11 March – 12 CRPF personnel killed in Naxal attack in

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

. * 14 March –

Manohar Parrikar Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party who was the Chief Minister of Goa for three terms. He also served as the Union Minister of Defence ...

took oath as the new Chief Minister of

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

. * 15 March – N. Biren Singh took oath as the new Chief Minister of

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 ...

. * 16 March –

Amarinder Singh Amarinder Singh (born 11 March 1942) is an Indian politician, military historian, former royal and Indian Army veteran who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. His father, Yadavindra Singh, was the last Maharaja of the princely st ...

took oath as the new Chief Minister of Punjab. * 18 March –

Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath (born Ajay Mohan Singh Bisht; 5 June 1972) is an Indian Hindu monk and politician. He is currently serving as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh since 19 March 2017, became the first to hold the office for two consecutive ter ...

took oath as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. * 26 March –

Lucknow Metro The Lucknow Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The metro is owned and operated by the Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC). The frequency of the metro's services is around 5 - 7 minutes. Alo ...

North–south line is expected to be opened.

April - June

* 1 April – the Gujarat Assembly amended a bill further extending the punishment and fine for

Cattle slaughter in India Cattle slaughter in India refers to the slaughter and consumption of Bovinae, bovine species in India. A controversial phenomenon due to cattle's status as adored and respected beings to adherents of Dharmic religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, J ...

. The punishment was increased to a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 'life term of a 14 years', and the fine was enhanced to the range of ₹1 lakh – ₹5 lakh. * 9 April - Kashmir human shield incident * 4 June -

2017 Unnao rape case The Unnao rape case refers to the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl on 4 June 2017 in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India. On 16 December 2019, former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted for the rape and on 20 December 2019 he was sentenced to lif ...

. * 6 June - Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister

directed the state police to take action against cow slaughter and cattle smuggling under the National Security Act and the Gangster Act. * 9 June – India became full member of

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian politics, political, economy, economic, international security and Defence (military), defence organization of ten member states. It was established in 2001 by the China, People's Republic ...

. * 16 June – Gorkhaland agitations in

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a city in the northernmost region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the Koshi Pr ...

, West Bengal. * 17 June – Kochi Metro inaugurated. * 19 June – BJP announced Ramanath Kovind as its candidate for the

presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The p ...

* 20 June –

Presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The p ...

. * 23 June – ISRO puts 31 satellites including 29 satellites from others countries through PSLV C-38 successfully.

July

* 1 July –

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 ...

Act came into force in India. The India's biggest tax reform in 70 years of independence, was launched at midnight of 30 June 2017. It replaced many Indirect taxes. * 10 July – 7 pilgrims killed, 16 injured during Amarnath Yatra in terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag. * 11 July – Major landslide occurred 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 ...

. 14 people died while many injured * 12 July – 3 terrorist shot dead in

Badgam Budgam (), known as Badgom (; ) in Kashmiri, is a town in Budgam district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India. In the 2001 census, it was recorded as having a notified area committee,This gives the population of Budgam adga ...

* 15 July – 3 terrorist of Jaish e Mohammad shot dead in

Tral Tral is a town, sub-district, and a notified area committee in the Pulwama district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The town is situated at a distance of from the summer capital, Srinagar and from district headquarters, Pulwama. ...

of Jammu & Kashmir by Indian military. * 16 July – 16 Amarnath devotees killed in a bus accident in

. * 17 July – Indian presidential elections were held. * July – Heavy rain due to Monsoon raised level of most of the rivers causing flood in many states. More than 200 died. * 17 July – BJP led NDA declared Venkai Naidu as their candidate for vice-presidential election. * 18 July –

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

protests against

Madhur Bhandarkar Madhur Bhandarkar (born 26 August 1968) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. In 2016, Bhandarkar was honoured with the Padma Shri, the Indian honours system, fourth highest civilian honour, by the Government of India. He i ...

's film ''

Indu Sarkar ''Indu Sarkar'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language period political thriller film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The story screenplay of the movie is written by Anil Pandey and Madhur Bhandarkar and the dialogues are ...

'' based on 1975 emergency in India. * 20 July –

won the

2017 Indian presidential election The 2017 presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. President Pranab Mukherjee, whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017, declined to seek re-election ...

with 65.65% votes against

Meira Kumar Meira Kumar (born 31 March 1945) is an Indian politician and former diplomat. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004 to 2009, the Minister of Water Resources for a brief peri ...

, the presidential candidate of the opposition. * 25 July – Ram Nath Kovind took oath as 14th

. * 26 July –

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest ...

( JDU) resigns as

Chief Minister of Bihar The chief minister of Bihar serves as the head of the Government of Bihar, overseeing its administration and governance within the constitutional framework of India. While the Governor of Bihar holds the ceremonial role of the constitutional h ...

, breaking the coalition with

RJD The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Othe ...

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

. * 27 July –

NDA NDA may stand for: Military * National Defence Academy (disambiguation) * National Defence Act, legislation for organizing and funding Canada's military * Naval Defence Act (disambiguation) * Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group in Nigeria's ...

(JDU + BJP) led government comes in Bihar.

and Sushil Modi took oath as chief minister and vice chief minister of Bihar respectively. * July –

2017 Gujarat flood Following heavy rain in July 2017, the Indian state of Gujarat was affected by severe flooding. The floods were reported to have caused total 224 deaths between 1 June and 31 July 2017. 16 people had died in neighbouring Rajasthan state by 31 Jul ...

resulting in more than 250 deaths. * July – 2017 West Bengal floods; 70 died.

August

* 1 August – Lashkar-E-Taiba militant

Abu Dujana Abū Dujānā Simāk bin Kharāshā () was a companion of Muhammad and a skilled swordsman who is mentioned in Hadith narrations from the six major Hadith collections of Sunni Islam. Biography Abu Dujana was born as Simak ibn Kharasha, a membe ...

Shot dead by Indian Army In

* 4 August –

Vice-President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

Rahul Gandhi Rahul Rajiv Gandhi (; born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli Lok ...

's car attacked by mob in Banaskatha in

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

5 August –

won the Indian vice-presidential election with 67.89% votes against

Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Devadas Gandhi (born 22 April 1945) is a former administrator and diplomat who served as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji). As a forme ...

the opposition candidate. * 6 August – Bangladeshi terrorist arrested by

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 ...

Police in

Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar (, ) is a city under Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar/Dehradun National Highway ( NH 58) and is also well connected with the national railway network. It ...

* 7 August –

Kerala High Court The High Court of Kerala is the List of high courts in India, highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep. It is located in Kochi. Drawing its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Hig ...

removed lifetime ban on cricketer S. Sreesanth * 9 August – Maratha Kranti Morcha starts in

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

for the demand for reservation for the Maratha community in the state of

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 ...

* 11 August –

took oath as 13th

. * 13 August – 46 died in a landslide in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. * 15 August – Nation celebrated 70th Independence Day. * August – August 2017 Nepal and India floods; more than 450 died. * 19 August –

Kalinga Utkal Express The 18477 / 18478 Kalinga Utkal Express is an important Express of Indian Railways connecting two pilgrimage centres of India, Yog Nagari Rishikesh and Puri. History Kalinga Utkal Express was introduced in 1969 as train no.77/78 Utkal E ...

from Puri to Haridwar derailed in

, Uttar Pradesh. 23 died, more than 100 injured. * 22 August – Supreme Court bans instant

triple talaq Divorce according to Islamic law can occur in a variety of forms, some initiated by a husband and some by a wife. The main categories of Islamic customary law are ''talaq'' ( repudiation), ''khulʿ'' (mutual divorce) and ''faskh'' (dissolution o ...

calling it unconstitutional. Instructed central government to pass law in parliament for triple talaq. * 24 August -

Reserve Bank of India Reserve Bank of India, abbreviated as RBI, is the central bank of the Republic of India, and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system and Indian rupee, Indian currency. Owned by the Ministry of Finance (India), Min ...

introduces Rs. 200 bank notes in India to plug the gap in currency system by abiding to

Renard series Renard series are a system of preferred numbers dividing an interval from 1 to 10 into 5, 10, 20, or 40 steps. This set of preferred numbers was proposed ca. 1877 by French army engineer Colonel Charles Renard and reportedly published in an 1886 ...

. * 25 August – Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh conviction in rape case leads to violence by

Dera Sacha Sauda Dera Sacha Sauda ("Camp of the True Deal"; colloquially DSS) is an Indian non-governmental organization described as a "religious cult" and "non-profit social welfare dera" that was established on 29 April 1948 by Mastana Balochistani, an asc ...

's followers in Punjab, Haryana. 38 died, 300 injured. Army out, curfew clamped in Punjab, Panchkula, Chandigarh. * 28 August – CBI special court sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh 20 years jail in a verdict of a rape case. * 28 August –

sworn in as 45th

chief justice of India The chief justice of India (CJI) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India and the highest-ranking officer of the Indian judiciary. The Constitution of India grants power to the President of India to appoint, as recommended by the outg ...

. * 28 August – India China agree to end border stand off in

Doklam Doklam (), called Donglang ( zh, c=洞朗) by China, is an area in Chumbi Valley with a high plateau and a valley, lying between China's Yadong County to the north, Bhutan's Haa District to the east and India's Sikkim state to the west. Since ...

as both nations withdrew their armies from the disputed region. * 28 August – Election commission declared by election result of four legislative seats of three states. AAP won Delhi's

Bawana Bawana is a census town founded by two Gaur Brahmins Kala and Thukrai in the North West district of Delhi, India. It houses the Bawana Fortress of Zail (also called Bawana Tehsil), a Zail headquarter built by the who were (chief) of Bawana Za ...

, BJP won Goa's Panji and

Valpoi Valpoi or Valpoy (''Vallpoi'', pronounced ) is a city and a municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is the headquarters of the Sattari Taluk. The Western Ghats are to the east of the town. Demographics Indi ...

, TDP won

Nandyal Nandyal, commonly called as Nandyala, is a city and the district headquarters of Nandyal district of the Indian state of the Andhra Pradesh. It is a Municipal corporation and the headquarters of Nandyal mandal in Nandyal revenue division. Dem ...

in Andhra Pradesh. * 29 August –

Nagpur Nagpur (; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Nāgapura'') is the second capital and third-largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is called the heart of India because of its central geographical location. It is the largest and most populated city i ...

–

Duronto Express Duronto Express, translating to "restless" in Bengali, is a class of long-distance rapid trains operated by Indian Railways. Initially conceived to operate non-stop between origin and destination stations, since January 2016, these trains hav ...

derailed near Asangoan in the outskirts of

; No casualties reported. * 29 August – Flood in the city of

. Lifeline came to still. The

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

malfunctioned due to heavy rains. Mumbai-Pune Express highway closed. * 30 August – 290 children have died at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur due to lack of oxygen. * 31 August - A three-story building collapsed in Mumbai, 32 died. * 31 August - Switzerland president

Doris Leuthard Doris Leuthard (born 10 April 1963) is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2006 to 2018. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), she was elected as President of the Swiss ...

visited India for a bilateral talk. * 31 August - ISRO launch of navigation satellite IRNSS 1H failed after heat shield does not detach.

September

* 1 September – Union Skill Development Minister

Rajiv Pratap Rudy Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 30 March 1962) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a four-time Member of Parliament representing Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2023, he won from Saran (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar. Earlier, he won three times in ...

and Minister of State for Human Resource Development

Mahendra Nath Pandey Mahendra Nath Pandey (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician who was Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Lok Sabha for Chandauli (Lok ...

resigned ahead of a cabinet reshuffle. * 1 September - Suicide of S. Anitha. * 3 September - ** Cabinet expansion conducted in

Rashtrapati Bhavan The Rashtrapati Bhavan (, ISO: ''Rāṣṭrapati Bhavana''; ; formerly Viceroy's House (1931–1947) and Government House (1947–1950)) is the official residence of the President of the Republic of India at the western end of Rajpath, Rai ...

, 9 new ministers took the oath.

Nirmala Sitaraman Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist, politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serving as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019. ...

and

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician and was the Union Minister of Minority Affairs. He had served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from 2002 to 2022 and was Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabh ...

got promoted to Cabinet Ministers. **

Nirmala Sitharaman Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist, politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serving as the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs of the Government of India since 2019. ...

became defense minister of India. * 5 September - ** Narendra Modi on visit of China for 9th BRICS Summit and

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

for bilateral talk. **

inaugurated. **

Gauri Lankesh Gauri Lankesh (29 January 1962 – 5 September 2017) was an Indian activist and journalist from Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as an editor in ''Lankesh Patrike'', a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh, and ran her own weekly call ...

, senior journalist shot dead in

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

. * 7 September – A goods train derailed near

Khandala Lonavala-Khandala is a hill station and a Municipal Council in the Pune district, Maharashtra, India. It is about west of Pune and to the east of Mumbai. It is known for its production of the hard candy '' chikki'' and is also a major stop on t ...

. * 11–12 September –

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

President

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visited India for bilateral talk, signed 10 agreement including defense. * 13–14 September –

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

prime minister

Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe (21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. ...

visited Ahmadabad for bilateral talk, signed many agreement including Bullet Train project in India. * 29 September – 22 killed, many injured when a stampede occurred on the

Lower Parel Lower Parel (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɾəɭ Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, əɾeːl station code: PL) railway station is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, India. The next station south is Mahal ...

and

Prabhadevi Prabhadevi (Pronunciation: ɾəbʱaːd̪eʋiː is a prominent residential and religious neighborhood in South Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is known for its mix of high-end residential buildings, cultural landmarks, and historical significan ...

stations in

October - November

* 6 October – **

FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the annual world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fé ...

kickoff. ** Air force chopper crashed near

Tawang Tawang is a town and administrative headquarter of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It lies on NH-13 section of Trans-Arunachal Highway. The town was once the headquarter of the Tawang Tract, which is now divided into ...

, Arunachal Pradesh during training sortie.7 died. * 10 October –

BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Since 2014, ...

emerged as largest party in the Gram Panchayat Elections in

for the first time followed by

. * 11 October –

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bus attacked by mob in

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

after the

T20I Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ...

match played between

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and

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. Two Arrested. * 16 October – 6 Corporaters in

joined Shivsena leaving Raj's MNS. * 1 November – **

Ashish Nehra Ashish Nehra (; born 29 April 1979) is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer who played in all formats of the game. Nehra announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in late 2017, with the Twenty20 International match against Ne ...

retired from International Cricket. **

Shreyas Iyer Shreyas Iyer (born 6 December 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian team as a right-handed middle-order batter. He also plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captains the Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier Leag ...

made his

debut against

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** 32 died in NTPC boiler explosion. More than 100 injured. * 4 November –

Mohammed Siraj Mohammed Siraj (; born 13 March 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowler for the national team. He plays for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League and Hyderabad in domestic cricket. He was a part of ...

made his

Debut against

Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the ...

* 9 November – Legislative election will take place in

* 18 November – Manushi Chhillar won the 6th Miss World crown for India in Sanya, China. * 29 November – Inauguration of

Hyderabad Metro The Hyderabad Metro is a rapid transit system, serving the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is the Urban rail transit in India#List of systems, third longest operational metro network in India after Delhi Metro and Namma Metro (Bengalur ...

December

* 1 December – Uttar Pradesh municipal corporation result declared by state election commission. * 2 December –

Cyclone Ockhi Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Ockhi () was a strong tropical cyclone that devastated parts of Sri Lanka and India in 2017, and was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea since Cyclone Megh in 2015. The ninth depression, and the third ...

hits

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 ...

and

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

causing many deaths. * 3 December - A group of

Hindutva Hindutva (; ) is a Far-right politics, far-right political ideology encompassing the cultural justification of Hindu nationalism and the belief in establishing Hindu hegemony within India. The political ideology was formulated by Vinayak Da ...

activists desecerate Baba Budangiri durgah 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 ...

and instigate communal violence. * 9–14 December – polling for Gujarat legislative assembly election take place. * 7 December – Earthquake shakes

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

, and the North India on a Richter Scale of 5.5. * 7 December –

Mani Shankar Aiyar Mani Shankar Aiyar (born 10 April 1941) is an Indian politician and former career civil servant diplomat. He is a member of the Indian National Congress Party. He represented the Mayiladuthurai constituency of Tamil Nadu in the 10th Lok Sabha, ...

removed from Congress. * 10 December –

made his ODI debut against

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

Dharamsala Dharamshala (, ; also spelled Dharamsala) is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It serves as the winter capital of the state and the administrative headquarters of the Kangra district since 1855. The town also hosts the Tibetan ...

. * 11 December – 5 soldiers missing as avalanche hits Gurez sector in Jammu & Kashmir. * 13 December –

Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian Cricket, international cricketer and the Captain (cricket), captain of the India national cricket team, national team in One Day International, ODIs. He is also a former captain in Tests and T20 ...

scored third double century in ''ODIs'' against Sri Lanka. * 13 December –

Washington Sundar Washington Sundar (; born 5 October 1999) is an Indian international cricketer. An all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off-spin, he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League. He mad ...

made his ODI debut against

Mohali Mohali, officially Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar or Ajitgarh, is a planned city in the Mohali district in Punjab, India, Punjab, India, which is an administrative and a commercial hub lying south-west of Chandigarh. It is the headquarters of the M ...

* 16 December – Rahul Gandhi takes over as Congress president * 18 December – The

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

wins majority of the seats in the recently concluded

and

assembly elections.

In the news

* Indian Economy is expected to surpass United Kingdom Economy in 2017 according to new International Monitory Fund report due to 20% drop in pound and

Brexit Brexit (, a portmanteau of "Britain" and "Exit") was the Withdrawal from the European Union, withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February ...

. Thus India will become world's sixth strongest economy. *

GSAT-7A GSAT-7A is an advanced military communications satellite meant primarily for the Indian Air Force with Indian Army using 30% of capacity. Overview GSAT-7A allows IAF to interlink different ground radar stations, ground airbase, aircraft to air ...

military communication,

GSAT-9 The South Asia Satellite (designated GSAT-9), formerly known as SAARC Satellite, is a geostationary communications and meteorology satellite operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooper ...

multi brand communication,

GSAT-11 GSAT-11 is an Indian geostationary communications satellite. The 5854 kg satellite is based on the new I-6K Bus and carries 40 transponders in the Ku-band and Ka-band frequencies (32 Ka × Ku-Band Forward Link Transponders and 8 Ku × Ka ban ...

geostationary communications satellites launched by ISRO. * ISRO launched

GSAT-17 GSAT-17 is an Indian communications satellite. Built by ISRO and operated by INSAT, it carries 24 C-band, 2 lower C-band, 12 upper C-band, 2 CxS (C-band up/S-band down), and 1 SxC (S-band up/C-band down) transponders. It additionally carries a de ...

and GSAT-19E communications satellites. * Indian Air Force may get S-400 Triumph Missile System by 2017. * Disputed detention of

Kulbhushan Jadhav Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav (born 16 April 1970; also spelled Kulbhushan Yadav, alleged alias Hussain Mubarak Patel) is an Indian national who has been incarcerated in Pakistan since 2016. The Pakistani government alleges that he is a spy for th ...

in Pakistan. * Dangal become the first Indian film to gross over 2000 crore rupees in all languages worldwide. * India China military stand off in

over border dispute. * India Military operation All Out in

. 205 militants shot down. *

Manushi Chhillar Manushi Chhillar (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian actress, model and the winner of Miss World 2017 pageant. She represented her state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant and won the title of Femina Miss India, Femina Miss India Wor ...

wins miss world 2017 and becomes the 6th Miss World from India.

Sports

International events

* 2–8 January –

Chennai Open Chennai, also known as Madras ( its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian ce ...

scheduled in Chennai. * 24–29 January – Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold scheduled in Lucknow. * 16–19 February – India Open Squash is scheduled in New Delhi. * 19–26 February – India participated in

2017 Asian Winter Games The 2017 Asian Winter Games (), also known as Sapporo 2017 (), were a continental winter multi sport events and the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games. They were held from February 19 to 26 2017 in Sapporo and Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan. The ...

. * 28 March – 2 April – India Super Series was held in New Delhi. * 18 June - Srikant Kidambi wins

2017 Indonesia Super Series Premier The 2017 Indonesia Super Series Premier was the fifth Super Series tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Jakarta, Indonesia from 12–18 June 2017 with a total purse of $1,000,000. Venue This tournament was held ...

. * 10–14 May – 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship held in New Delhi, India. * 25 June - Srikant Kidambi wins

2017 Australian Super Series The 2017 Australian Super Series was the sixth Super Series badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series The 2017 BWF Super Series, officially known as 2017 Metlife BWF Super Series for sponsorship reasons, was the eleventh season of the ...

. * 6–9 July – 2017 Asian Athletics Championship held in

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the States and territories of India, Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra ...

. * 27 August – India beat Nepal by 2–1 in final of 2017 SAFF under −15 championship. * 6–28 October –

is scheduled. England wins the maiden title by beating Spain in final by 5–2. * 22 October –

beat Malaysia by 2–1 in final of

2017 men's Hockey Asia Cup The 2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup, also known as the Hero Men's Asia Cup 2017 due to sponsorship reasons, was the tenth edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup. It was held from 11 to 22 October 2017 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The winner of this tournament ...

held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. * 22 October – Srikant Kidambi wins 2017 Denmark Super Series Premier. * 29 October - Srikant Kidambi wins 2017 French Super Series Premier * 5 October –

won 2017 Hockey women's Asia cup held in Japan by beating China in final by 5–4 (1–1). * 1 November –

Indian cricket team The India men's national cricket team, also known as Men in Blue, represents India in international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and is a full member nation of the International Cricket Council with T ...

registered their first

win against

* 30 November – Mirabai Chanu wins gold in 2017 world weightlifting championship held in USA. * 1–10 December – The

2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final was the final stage of the 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League, 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It took place between 1 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India. Au ...

took place in

, India. India won bronze medal.

Domestic leagues

Publications

* “I Do What I Do” by

Raghuram Rajan Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Merton Miller, Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Quote: "I am an Indian citizen ...

* “Selection Day” by

Aravind Adiga Aravind Adiga (born 23 October 1974) is an Indian writer and journalist. His debut novel, '' The White Tiger'', won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. Early life and education Aravind Adiga was born in Madras (now Chennai), the capital of Tamil Nadu, o ...

* “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” by

Arundhati Roy Suzanna Arundhati Roy (; born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel ''The God of Small Things'' (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. ...

Deaths

January

* 1 January –

Abis Rizvi Abis Hasan Rizvi (27 February 1968 – 1 January 2017) was an Indian businessman, film producer, and screenwriter. Life Early life Rizvi was born to Dr. Akhtar Hassan Rizvi, a former member of the Rajya Sabha in Bandra, West Mumbai, Mah ...

, 48, businessman, film producer (born 1968) * 3 January –

H. S. Mahadeva Prasad Halahalli Shreekantha Shetti Mahadeva Prasad (5 August 1958 – 3 January 2017) was an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka and five-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Gundlupet ...

, 58, MLA, Minister of State in Karnataka (born 1958) * 4 January – Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, 89, sitar player (born 1927) * 5 January –

Gangmumei Kamei Gangmumei Kamei (21 October 1939 – 5 January 2017) was a notable Indian historian and scholar of Manipur. He was also a politician in his later career, and served as a minister in the Government of Manipur. Academic career Kamei was born in I ...

, 77, politician, former minister in Manipur (born 1939) * 6 January –

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri, (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as ind ...

, 66, actor, (born 1950) * 7 January – Ramanuja Devanathan, 57, Sanskrit scholar (born 1959) * 14 January –

Surjit Singh Barnala Surjit Singh Barnala (21 October 1925 – 14 January 2017) was an Indian politician who served as the 11th chief minister of Punjab state from 1985 to 1987. Following that he served as the governor of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Prades ...

, 91, former Union Minister, former Chief Minister of Punjab, former Governor of several states (born 1925) * 14 January – C. V. Vishveshwara, 78, scientist, black hole physicist (born 1938) * 18 January – Zohurul Hoque, 90, Islamic scholar (born 1926) * 22 January –

Naqsh Lyallpuri Jaswant Rai Sharma (24 February 1928 – 22 January 2017), popularly known by his pen name Naqsh Lyallpuri, was an Indian ghazal and Hindi language film lyricist. He is best known for the songs "Rasm-e-Ulfat Ko Nibhayen" ('' Dil Ki Rahen'', 1973) ...

, 88, ghazal and film lyricist (born 1928) * 26 January – Ramdas Agarwal, 79, former BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan (born 1937)

February

* 1 February – E. Ahamed, 78, former Minister of State, MP from Kerala (born 1938) * 1 February –

Asim Basu Asim Basu was an Indian theatre artiste and director, actor, art director, painter and playwright. Basu was known for his set design work in Ollywood movies and designing Odia book covers and movie posters. Early life He was born in 1935, to Mo ...

, 81, theatre artiste, film art director (born 1935) * 13 February – Salma Siddiqui, 85, novelist in Urdu (born 1931) * 16 February – Krishnaraj Sriram, 43, first-class cricketer for Karnataka (born 1973) * 17 February –

Ved Prakash Sharma Ved Prakash Sharma (10 June 1955 – 17 February 2017) was an Indian writer of novels and screenplays in Hindi. He was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, where he completed his graduation from NAS Degree College. After beginning his professional ca ...

, 61, writer of novels and screenplays in Hindi (born 1955) * 18 February –

Jambuwantrao Dhote Jambhuwantrao Bapurao Dhote (1939 – 18 February 2017) was an Indian politician. Known by his supporters as ''The Lion of Vidharbha'' & He is son-in-law of veteran Congress leader late Ramrao Adik . Dhote left Congress soon, and founded Vidha ...

, 77, former MP and MLA from Maharashtra (born 1939) * 20 February –

Antony Mitradas Antony Mitradas (3 November 1913 – 20 February 2017) was an Indian film director who directed films in three languages: Tamil, Malayalam and Sinhalese. Early life Mitradas was born in Madurai on 3 November 1913. He did his B.A. Statistic ...

, 103, film director in Tamil, Malayalam and Sinhalese (born 1913) * 26 February – Mushi Santappa, 93, polymer chemist, leather technologist, former vice chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University and the University of Madras (born 1923) * 28 February – Haji Abdul Salam, 68, Rajya Sabha MP from Manipur (born 1948)

March

* 1 March –

Raajesh Johri Rajesh Johri ( ; 19 June 1952 – 1 March 2017Kusnur, Narendra.The wonder years, The Hindu, 4 March 2017.) was an Indian poet, Lyricist, Ad Film Maker, Voice Over Artist, and Anchor based in Mumbai. Early life and education Rajesh belonged to ...

, 64, poet, lyricist, ad film maker (born 1952) * 1 March – Shiv K. Kumar, 95, English poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer (born 1921) * 1 March –

Taarak Mehta Tarak Janubhai Mehta (26 December 1929 – 1 March 2017) was an Indian columnist, humourist, writer and playwright who is best known for the column ''Duniya Ne Undha Chasma'', and was a well-known figure in Gujarati theatre. His humorous wee ...

, 87, columnist, humorist, writer, playwright (born 1929) * 6 March – Joachim Baxla, 66, four time MP from Alipurduars constituency, West Bengal (born 1955) * 6 March –

Rabi Ray Rabi Ray (26 November 1926 – 6 March 2017) was an Indian socialist politician, a Gandhian, a speaker of the Lok Sabha and a former Union minister. He hailed from Odisha. He joined the Socialist Party in 1948, and later became member of the Sa ...

, 90, former Union Minister and speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1926) * 7 March –

Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (11 September 1970 – 7 March 2017) was an Indian folk singer and researcher. He was born and raised in Silchar, Assam. He went on to study comparative literature at Jadavpur University. His musical inspiration was his u ...

, 47, folk singer and researcher from Assam (born 1970) * 11 March –

Cheyyar Ravi Cheyyar Ravi (c.1962 – 11 March 2017) was an Indian film and television director, who has directed Tamil and Sinhala films and serials. Career Cheyyar Ravi directed two Tamil films in the 1990s, ''Dharma Seelan'' (1993) featuring Prabhu and ...

, 54, film and television director (born 1962)

April

* 14 April –

Girish Chandra Saxena Girish Chandra Saxena (5 January 1928 – 14 April 2017) was a governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Born in Agra in 1928, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) and held many positions in police and retired as Director of the Resea ...

, 89, politician. (born 1928) * 27 April –

Vinod Khanna Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer, and politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Hindi cinema. Recognised as a style and fashion icon, he wa ...

, 70, actor, former

Minister of State Minister of state is a designation for a government minister, with varying meanings in different jurisdictions. In a number of European countries, the title is given as an honorific conferring a higher rank, often bestowed upon senior minister ...

(born 1946), Bladder Cancer. * 29 April – Sonika Chauhan, 28, model, television actress.

May

* 17 May – Rima Lagoo, 59, actress (cardiac arrest) * 18 May – Anil Dave, 60, cabinet minister, environmentalist (lung cancer) * 26 May – K P S Gill, 82, IPS officer.

June

* 2 June 2017 –

C. Narayana Reddy Cingireddi Narayana Reddy (29 July 1931 – 12 June 2017), popularly known as CiNaRe, was an Indian Telugu-language poet, writer, and critic. He had produced over eighty literary works including poems, prose-plays, lyrical plays, translat ...

, writer and composer.

July

*2 July –

Madhukar Toradmal Madhukar Toradmal (24 July 1932 – 2 July 2017) was a Marathi actor, writer, professor and translator who acted in numerous Marathi dramas and movies. He translated over 20 plays. He was associated with Marathi theatre since 1971 and performe ...

, 84, Marathi actor, professor, writer, play-translator *11 July –

Mangesh Tendulkar Mangesh Tendulkar (1934-2017) was an Indian artist as cartoonist and humourist. He has also written in many magazines on cartoons. Brief biography Tendulkar was a caricaturist for the year 1954. He was instrumental in creating traffic awareness ...

, 83, Indian artist, cartoonist, humorist. *24 July –

Yash Pal Yash Pal (26 November 1926 – 24 July 2017) was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he became one of ...

Singh, 90, scientist, educationist. *24 July – U R Rao, 84, space scientist. *28 July –

Inder Kumar Inder Kumar (26 August 1973 – 28 July 2017) was an Indian actor best known for playing supporting roles in Hindi films such as '' Wanted'', '' Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge'', '' Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye'' and '' Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi''. He was a c ...

, 43, actor. *30 July –

H. Sayeeduddin Dagar Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar (20 April 1939 – 30 July 2017), popularly known as Saeed Bhai, was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Dhrupad tradition, the oldest existing form of north Indian classical music (Hindustani classical ...

, 78, Indian Classical Vocalist.

August

*1 August –

Pushpa Mittra Bhargava Pushpa Mittra Bhargava (22 February 1928 – 1 August 2017) was an Indian scientist, writer, and administrator. He founded the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, a federally funded research institute, in Hyderabad. He was outspoken and hi ...

, 89, scientist, administrator *2 August –

Santosh Mohan Dev Santosh Mohan Dev (1 April 1934 – 2 August 2017), was an Indian political leader and a key member of the Indian National Congress. Mr. Dev was first elected to the Parliament of India, Parliament in 1980, the first of his seven terms in offic ...

, 83, politician, former minister in UPA government. *9 August –

Sanwar Lal Jat Sanwar Lal Jat (1 January 1955 – 9 August 2017) was the chairman of Rajasthan Kisan Aayog and MP of constituency from Ajmer, Rajasthan. He was also a cabinet minister in the Government of Rajasthan. He held portfolios of irrigation, Indira Ga ...

, 62, Member of Parliament from

Ajmer Ajmer () is a city in the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Ajmer district and Ajmer division. It lies at the centre of Rajasthan, earning it the ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

*14 August – Bhakti Yadav, 91,

gynaecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see American and British English spelling differences) is the area of medicine concerned with conditions affecting the female reproductive system. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, which focuses on pre ...

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

recipient.

September

*2 September – Shirish Pai, 88, social worker and poet, daughter of

Pralhad Keshav Atre Pralhad Keshav Atre () (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a prominent Marathi writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of ''Maratha'' (a Marathi language newspaper), and above all a noted orator. Biog ...

. *5 September –

, 55, journalist, homicide *16 September –

Arjan Singh Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, (15 April 1919 – 16 September 2017) was a senior air officer of the Indian Air Force. He served as the 3rd Chief of the Air Staff (India), Chief of the Air Staff from 1964 to 1969, leading the Air ...

, 98, Air Force marshal *29 September –

Tom Alter Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Early life Born in Mussoorie ...

, 67, Indo-American actor,

Padma Shri Award The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

winner.

October

*7 October –

Kundan Shah Kundan Shah (19 October 1947 – 7 October 2017) was an Indian film director and writer. He is known for his comedy classic '' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' (1983) and his 1986–1987 TV series '' Nukkad'' with Saeed Akhtar Mirza. Biography Kundan Shah ...

, 69, Indian film director. *24 October –

Girija Devi Girija Devi (8 May 1929 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas. She performed classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of thumri. She was dubbed as the 'Queen of Thumr ...

, 68, classical singer. *27 October – Punathil Kunjabdulla, 77, Malayalam-language author (born 1940) *30 October – M. V. Sridhar, 51, cricketer

November

*14 November – Shyama, 82, actress. *20 November – P R Dasmunsi, politician, former AIFF president.

December

* 4 December –

Shashi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor (pronounced �əʃi kəpuːɾ born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and producer known primarily for his work in Hindi films. He is considered as one of the greatest and most successful acto ...

, 79, Indian actor.

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