Events in the year 2020 in

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* National income - 197,456,704 million * 5 January – 2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack *11 January *–

Bombay High Court The High Court of Bombay is the High courts of India, high court of the States and union territories of India, states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily ...

stayed a

Sessions Court A Sessions Court or even known as the Court of Sessions Judge is a court of law which exists in several Commonwealth countries. A Court of Session is the highest criminal court in a district and the court of first instance for trying serious of ...

order by Sessions Judge Dinesh Eknath Kothalikar made on Nov 2019 which restored criminal case against

Adani Enterprises Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) is an Indian multinational publicly listed holding company and a part of Adani Group. It is headquartered in Ahmedabad and primarily involved in mining and trading of coal and iron ore. Through its various subsi ...

, its chairman

Gautam Adani Gautam Shantilal Adani () (born 24 June 1962) is an Indian billionaire businessman who is the founder and chairman of the Adani Group, a multinational conglomerate involved in port development and operations in India. As of May 2025, Adani is ...

and managing director Rajesh Adani for carrying out share rigging in connivance with

Ketan Parekh Ketan Parekh is a former stockbroker from Mumbai, who was convicted in 2008 for involvement in the Indian stock market manipulation scam that occurred from late 1998 to 2001. During this period, Parekh artificially rigged prices of certain cho ...

in 1999 - 2001 period. *-

Jammu and Kashmir Police The Jammu and Kashmir Police is the police force of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. JKP was established in 1873 and has primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within Jammu and Kashmir. History The first ...

officer Davinder Singh arrested by

National Investigation Agency The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is the principal counter-terrorism law enforcement agency in India. Established under the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008, it is tasked with investigating and combating offenses related to terroris ...

for links with terrorists. *25 January - The 104th Constitutional Amendment which extends reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Loksabha and Legislative assemblies came into effect. The amendment ends

Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, for members of the Anglo-Indian community. These two members were nominated by the President of India on the advice of the Government of In ...

. *27 January – Agreement signed between the

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, the

Assam Government The Government of Assam or Assam Government abbreviated as GoAS, is the state government of the Indian state of Assam. It consists of the Governor appointed by the President of India as the head of the state, currently Lakshman Prasad Acharya ...

and the Bodo groups to redraw and rename the Bodoland Territorial Area District (BTAD) in

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

. * 30 January – The

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was confirmed to have

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on 30 January 2020 from

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. The 1st case of

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was spotted in

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 ...

. * 8 February –

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for the

Delhi Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is the unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists ...

elections was held. * 11 February –

2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Delhi on 8 February 2020 to elect 70 members of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. Voters turnout was recorded at 62.82%, a decline of 4.65% from the previous 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, a ...

's results announced with

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, ) is a List of political parties in India, political party in India. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions, following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement against then gover ...

securing 62 of 70 seats to claim an absolute majority in the elections. * 23 – 29 February – At least 53 people were killed in

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in parts of

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 ...

. * 24 – 25 February –

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President

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visited

for a two-day state visit, addressed a "''

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'' (Welcome) Trump" event with

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 ...

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...

. Toured

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...

Sabarmati Ashram Sabarmati Ashram is located in the Sabarmati suburb of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, adjoining the Ashram Road, on the banks of the River Sabarmati, from the town hall. This was one of the many residences of Mahatma Gandhi who lived at Sabarmati (Gujar ...

and the

Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal ( ; ; ) is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his belo ...

Agra Agra ( ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the ...

. Received a formal welcome from

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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 ...

at the

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 ...

Presidential Palace in

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. Conducted a series of meetings with Prime minister Modi and other government officials, as well as Indian business executives. * 20 March – **

Kamal Nath Kamal Nath (born 18 November 1946; ) is an Indian politician who served as the List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh, 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for approximately 15 months and resigned after a 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis ...

resigned from the post of the

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, after a

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. **The four convicts of the 2012 Nirbhaya Case were hanged to death in

Tihar Jail Tihar Prisons, popularly known as Tihar Jail, are a prison complex in India and are one of the largest complexes of prisons in India. There are 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres. Run by Department of Delhi Prisons, the prison ...

. * 22 March – Janata Curfew: India observed a 14-hour lockdown to prevent the spread of the

. * 23 March – **

Shivraj Singh Chouhan Shivraj Singh Chouhan (also spelt Chauhan; ; born 5 March 1959) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 32nd Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and the 23rd Minister of Rural Development since 11 June 2024. Chouhan served as th ...

took oath as the

Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is the head of government, chief executive of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the Governors of states of India, governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ' ...

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attack in

Sukma Sukma is a town in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, India. Geography The coordinates for Sukma are with an elevation of 210 m above MSL.http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/37/Sukma.html Map and weather of Sukma Location Sukma is connected t ...

kills 17 paramilitary personnel. * 24 March –

COVID-19 lockdown in India On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. ...

: Prime Minister,

announced a 21-day lockdown throughout

from midnight of 25 March to 14 April to prevent the spread of the

. * 31 March – Sudden spike in COVID-19 cases, with hundreds of cases linked with people who attended

Tablighi Jamaat Tablighi Jamaat ( , also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party") is an international Islamic schools and branches, Islamic religious movement. It focuses on exhorting Muslims to be more religiously observant and encourages f ...

event in

. ** India remained under an extended

lockdown A lockdown () is a restriction policy for people, community or a country to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks that could possibly harm the people if they move and interact freely. The term is used for a prison protocol that us ...

throughout the month of April, to check the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. ** Thousands of inter-state migrant workers were rendered jobless and penniless, causing them to walk thousands of kilometres from state to state due to lack of availability of transport because of the lockdown. Hundreds of people died due to exhaustion and hunger. * 4 April – An FIR was registered against an unknown person 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 ...

for placing an online advertisement to "sell" the

Statue of Unity The ''Statue of Unity'' is the world's List of tallest statues, tallest statue, with a height of , located in Narmada River, Narmada valley, near Kevadia in the state of Gujarat, India. It depicts Indian politician and Indian independence mov ...

for ₹30,000 crore. * 16 April –

2020 Palghar mob lynching On 16 April 2020, a vigilante group lynched two Hindu Sadhus and their driver in Gadchinchale Village, Palghar District, Maharashtra, India. The incident was fuelled by WhatsApp rumours of thieves operating in the area during the countrywide ...

. * 18 April – Seven

IITs The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are a network of engineering and technology institutions in India. Established in 1950, they are under the purview of the Ministry of Education of the Indian Government and are governed by the Instit ...

have announced plans to boycott the

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this year ostensibly because they are not convinced "about the parameters and transparency" of the ranking agency's process, according to a joint statement issued by the directors of the IITs at

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 ...

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 ...

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

Kharagpur Kharagpur () is a semi- planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision and the largest city of the district. It is located 1 ...

, Madras (Chennai) and

Roorkee Roorkee (Rūṛkī; ) is a city and Municipal Corporations in India, municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is from Haridwar, the district headquarters. It is spread over a flat terrain under the ...

. * 5 May – Skirmishes began between

and

. Several Indian and Chinese soldiers are injured in a cross-border clash at the

Nathu La Nathu La(, Sikkimese language, Sikkimese: རྣ་ཐོས་ལ་) is a mountain pass in the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between China's Yadong County in Tibet, and the Indian states of Sikkim. But minor touch of Bengal in South Asia. T ...

crossing. About one hundred and fifty soldiers were involved in the face-off which included fistfights and stone-throwing. * 6 May – Wanted terrorist Riyaz Naikoo of the terror group

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Hizbul Mujahideen, also spelled Hizb-ul-Mujahidin (, ), is a Pakistan-based Islamist separatist militant organisation that has been engaged in the Kashmir insurgency since 1989. It aims to separate Kashmir from India and merge it with Pakist ...

, killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces. * 7 May – 13 people were killed from a

gas leak A gas leak refers to a leak of natural gas or another gaseous product from a pipeline or other containment into any area where the gas should not be present. Gas leaks can be hazardous to health as well as the environment. Even a small leak into ...

at a chemical plant in

Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam (; List of renamed places in India, formerly known as Vizagapatam, and also referred to as Vizag, Visakha, and Waltair) is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the States and union territories of India, Indian stat ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. *8 May - 16 migrant laborers who were returning to their villages by foot due to

killed by a goods train near Karmad in

Aurangabad district, Maharashtra Aurangabad district (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, �u̯ɾəŋɡaːbaːd̪, officially known as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, is one of the 36 Districts of Maharashtra, districts of the state of Maharashtra in western India. ...

. * 20 May –

Cyclone Amphan Super Cyclonic Storm Amphan ( ) was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in Eastern India, specifically in West Bengal and Odisha, and in Bangladesh, in May 2020. It was the strongest tropical c ...

hit the eastern part of India and lead to flood like situation in many South-eastern states. * 27 May – ** A petroleum gas and oil leak occurred in

Indian Oil Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL or IOC), trading as IndianOil, is an Indian multinational oil and gas company under the ownership of the Government of India and administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It i ...

's Baghjan Oilfield, in

. ** A pregnant

elephant Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant ('' Loxodonta africana''), the African forest elephant (''L. cyclotis''), and the Asian elephant ('' Elephas maximus ...

died after eating a

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filled with

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s, in

Palakkad Palakkad (), Renaming of cities in India, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and a municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of P ...

. * 2–4 June –

Cyclone Nisarga Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga () was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Maharashtra in the month of June since 1891. It was also the first cyclone to impact Raigad & Mumbai since Phyan of 2009. The third depression an ...

hit the western coast of India, causing damage 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 ...

. * 5 June- The President of India promulgates three ordinances related to agriculture, which would be later proposed as a bill and consequently passed as an act. * 14 June - Bollywood Star

Sushant Singh Rajput Sushant Singh Rajput (21 January 1986 – 14 June 2020) was an Indian actor best known for his work in Hindi cinema. He earned acclaim for his performances in several notable films, including ''Kai Po Che!'' (2013), ''Detective Byomkesh Bakshy ...

found dead at his

Bandra Bandra ( æːɳɖɾa is a coastal suburb located in Mumbai, the largest city of the Konkan division in Maharashtra, India. The area is located to the immediate north of the River Mithi, which separates Bandra from the Mumbai City district. It ...

Residence in

. * 15–16 June – 20 personnel of the Indian army including a commanding officer, are killed in action in the ongoing Skirmishes between India and China at LAC in the

Galwan Valley The Galwan River flows from the disputed Aksai Chin area administered by China to the Union Territory of Ladakh, India. It originates near the caravan camping ground of Samzungling on the eastern side of the Karakoram range and flows west to jo ...

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...

. * 17 June – India wins a two-year seat on the

United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...

to begin 1 January 2021 during the 2020 Security Council Elections. * 25 June – Indian Railways suspends all passenger train service (except Rajdhani and Migrant Special Trains) until 12 August 2020. * 29 June – Indian Government bans 59 Chinese apps including

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, CamScanner,

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and

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due to the ongoing Sino-Indian Border tensions. * 3 July – 8 Policemen of the Uttar Pradesh police are martyred in an encounter with the gang of the wanted criminal

Vikas Dubey Vikas Dubey (26 December 196410 July 2020) was a notorious Indian gangster-turned-politician, crime boss, mobster and history-sheeter from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh particularly infamous for the ''Bikroo'' case in July 2020. He was commonly known ...

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 ...

state. * 3 July –

makes a visit to Nimu Post near the Indo-China border in

along with Army Chief

Manoj Mukund Naravane General (India), General Manoj Mukund Naravane (born 22 April 1960) is a retired Indian Army General who served as the Chief of the Army Staff (India), 28th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), as well as the temporary Chairman of the Chiefs of Sta ...

and CDS

Bipin Rawat Bipin Rawat (16 March 1958 – 8 December 2021) was an Indian military officer who was a Four-star rank, four-star General (India), general of the Indian Army. He served as the first Chief of Defence Staff (India), Chief of Defence Staff (CDS ...

amid ongoing India-China border tensions. * 5 July – CRPF convoy is attacked by terrorist which results in martyr of 1 CRPF soldier in

Pulwama Pulwama ( ; or ) is a city and notified area council in the Pulwama district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mentio ...

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. * 5 July – Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on Richter scale hits Kargill in

. * 10 July – Wanted Criminal

encountered. * 17 July – Number of confirmed cases of

reach 1 million. * 18 July – 2020 Amshipora murders. Indian military personnel were responsible for the killing of three Kashmiri laborers, after claiming they were terrorists. * 21 July – ongoing –

Floods A flood is an overflow of water (list of non-water floods, or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant con ...

Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Southwestern China, Northeastern India, and Bangladesh. It is known as Brahmaputra or Luit in Assamese language, Assamese, Yarlung Tsangpo in Lhasa Tibetan, Tibetan, the Siang/Dihan ...

in the state of

. * 29 July –

National Education Policy 2020 The National Education Policy of India 2020 (NEP 2020), which was started by the Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020, outlines the vision of new education system of India. The new policy replaces the previous National Policy on Education, ...

(NEP 2020), a new policy on education in India approved by the Union Cabinet. * 29 July –

2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning The 2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning was an incident in late July and early August 2020, where at least 100 people died after drinking illegally-made toxic alcohol in Punjab, India. Hundreds of raids were conducted in the three affected districts ...

. At least 121 people died after drinking toxic, illegally-made alcohol in

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 ...

. * 5 August –

performed Bhoomi Pujan and laid the foundation stone of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya. * 7 August – **

Air India Express Flight 1344 Air India Express Flight 1344 was a scheduled international flight on 7 August 2020 from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Kozhikode, India, landing at Calicut International Airport. The flight was part of the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriat ...

Crashed after overrunning the Runway at

Calicut International Airport Kozhikode International Airport , also known as Calicut International Airport (locally referred to as Karipur Airport), is an international airport serving the cities of Kozhikode and Malappuram in the state of Kerala, India. It also serves ot ...

. At least 19 people killed, including two pilots and 17 Passengers. ** Heavy Landslide in

Munnar Munnar () is a town located in the Idukki district of the southwestern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around above mean sea level, in the Western Ghats mountain range. This ancient plantat ...

, Idukki District,

: 24 killed, 40 trapped; NDRF teams carry out rescue ops * 9 August – **

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at a

facility in the city of

Vijayawada Vijayawada ( ), formerly known by its colonial name Bezawada, is the second largest city and a major commercial hub in the Andhra Pradesh state of India. The city forms an integral part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is situated on th ...

, killed 11 people and left 22 injured. ** Indian Farmers' Protest was started against three farm acts. * 11 August – ** Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Nitin Gadkari Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician who serves as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, current ...

, has unveiled a microwave device that can disinfect premises in just 30 seconds named 'Atulya'. ** 3 killed and many arrested following the riots in Bangalore over a controversial Facebook post on Islam's prophet Muhammad by a nephew of Congress politician. * 15 August –

MS Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni (; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian professional cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. Widely regarded as one of the most prolific wicket-keeper batsmen and captains and one of the greatest O ...

announced his retirement from international cricket. * 20 August – A major fire broke out in an underground hydroelectric power plant in

Srisailam Srisailam is a census town in Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Srisailam mandal in Atmakur revenue division, Nandyal district, Atmakur revenue division. It is located about from the distri ...

in the state of

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 ...

killing 9 people. * 31 August - National Statistical Office releases data for the first quarter of

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2020–2021, with GDP in the given period contracting by 23.9% due to the

COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. ...

. * 3 September – 118 Chinese apps including PUBG Video Game app banned. *8 September -

inaugurates

Rajasthan Patrika ''Rajasthan Patrika'' () is an Indian Hindi- Rajasthani language daily newspaper. It was founded by Karpoor Chandra Kulish in 1956 and published as ''Rajasthan Patrika'' in Delhi and Rajasthan, and as ''Patrika'' in 9 other states. As per Ind ...

sponsored ''Patrika Gate'' circular park in

Jaipur Jaipur (; , ) is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the List of cities and towns in Rajasthan, largest city of the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had ...

. Patrika Gate is the largest circular park on a traffic signal in Asia. * 11 September – Retired Navy officer Madan Sharma beaten up for forwarding cartoon on

Uddhav Thackeray Uddhav Bal Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: d̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2022 and the Leader of the House, Maharashtra Legislative Ass ...

; four arrested. * 14 September - Three Bills on agriculture reforms introduced in the Parliament to replace the ordinances issued during the

on June 5. *30 September - The court acquitted all the 32 accused of the

Demolition of the Babri Masjid The Babri Masjid, a 16th-century mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya, was destroyed on 6 December 1992 by a large group of activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and allied organisations. The mosque had been the subject of a lengthy socio ...

including

L. K. Advani Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) is an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sa ...

Murli Manohar Joshi Murli Manohar Joshi (born 5 January 1934) is an Indian politician. He is one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as its President from 1991 to 1993. In addition to his role in the BJP, he has been a lifelong ...

Uma Bharti Uma Bharti (born 3 May 1959) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. She became involved with the Bharatiya Janata Party at a young age, unsuccessfully contesting her first parliamentary elections in 1984. In 1989, s ...

Vinay Katiyar Vinay Katiyar (born 11 November 1954) is a politician and the founder-president of Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in India. He has served as an All India General Secretary of the ...

and several others in the case on account of inconclusive evidence. The special court judge said ""The demolition was not pre-planned." * 5 Oct - Kerala based journalist Sidhique Kappan and three others arrested and jailed under

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act is an Indian law aimed at the prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. Its main objective was to make powers available for dealing with activities directed against the integrity and sover ...

by Uttar Pradesh Police on their way to

Hathras Hathras () is a historical city in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of Hathras district, formed on 3 May 1997 by merging parts of Aligarh, Mathura and Agra. It is part of the Aligarh Division. The primary spoken language is a di ...

. *10 Oct –

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 ...

declared first '

Har Ghar Jal Har Ghar Jal () is a scheme initiated by the Ministry of Jal Shakti of Government of India under the Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019 with the aim to provide 55 litres of tap water to every Rural area, rural household per capita per day regularly o ...

' State by the Jal Shakti Ministry. *14 Oct -

Tata Group The Tata Group () is an Indian multinational conglomerate group of companies headquartered in Mumbai. Established in 1868, it is India's largest business conglomerate, with products and services in over 160 countries, and operations in 100 c ...

Tanishq Tanishq is an Indian jewellery brand owned by Titan Company. Founded in 1994, it is based in Bengaluru. As of 2023, it has more than 400 retail stores across India, the UAE, the US, Singapore and Qatar. History By the end of the 1980s, Tita ...

brand pulled down its advertisement that was released a week ago following social media uproar that alleged glorification of

Love jihad Love jihad (or Romeo jihad) is an Islamophobic conspiracy theory promoted by right-wing Hindutva activists. The conspiracy theory purports that Muslim men target Hindu women for conversion to Islam by means such as seduction, feigning love ...

. *28 Oct - First phase of polling for the Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held. *31 Oct -

Chief Minister

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 ...

announced that a law to curb '

Love Jihad Love jihad (or Romeo jihad) is an Islamophobic conspiracy theory promoted by right-wing Hindutva activists. The conspiracy theory purports that Muslim men target Hindu women for conversion to Islam by means such as seduction, feigning love ...

' would be passed by his government. *3 Nov - Second phase of polling for the Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held. *7 Nov - Third phase of polling for the Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held. *10 Nov -

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results announced with the

National Democratic Alliance The National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan'') is an Indian big tent Political group, multi-party political alliance, led by the country's biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

winning 125 out of 243 seats to secure simple majority in the elections. *24 Nov - The Uttar Pradesh state cabinet cleared the ordinance of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance on 24 November 2020 following which it was approved and signed by state Governor

Anandiben Patel Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel (born 21 November 1941) is an Indian politician serving as the 20th and current governor of Uttar Pradesh since 2019. She also served as the 17th governor of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 to 2021 and as Governor of Chha ...

on 28 November 2020. *27 Nov - A

Mikoyan MiG-29K The Mikoyan MiG-29K (; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D) is a Russian all-weather carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Mikoyan Design Bureau. The MiG-29K was developed in the late 1980s from the MiG-29M. Mikoyan describes ...

jet that took off from

INS Vikramaditya INS ''Vikramaditya'' ()Literally ''Vikramaditya'' translates as being "Sun (Aditya) of valour" (Vikram). The component ''āditya'' (sun) literally means "he who belongs to Aditi". It was the title of the most famous Indian king in Indian histo ...

crashed in

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near

. * 5 December - An

idiopathic disease An idiopathic disease is any disease with an unknown cause or mechanism of apparent spontaneous origin. For some medical conditions, one or more causes are somewhat understood, but in a certain percentage of people with the condition, the cause ...

broke out in

Eluru Eluru ( ) is a city and the district headquarters of Eluru district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the List of municipal corporations in India#Andhra Pradesh, 14 municipal corporations ...

. On 20 December, AIIMS and NEERI Research Institute came to a conclusion that pesticides leaching into the water supply is the most likely reason. *December -

Madhya Pradesh government The Government of Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP) or Madhya Pradesh Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its Districts of Madhya Pradesh, 55 districts. It consists of an executive branch, ...

approved an anti conversion bill similar to the Uttar Pradesh one. * 30 December - **The Assam government passed a law converting its 700 state-run Islamic schools into regular schools. **India's first metallic

Monolith A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive stone or rock, such as some mountains. Erosion usually exposes the geological formations, which are often made of very hard and solid igneous or metamorphic rock. Some monolit ...

appears in Symphony Forest Park,

. The monolith was installed by the private company that is managing the park. *Date unknown **

Amandeep Drall Amandeep Drall is an Indian golfer. Drall won the fourth leg of the 2020 Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian female golfers Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-cen ...

, Indian golfer wins the fourth leg of the 2020 Hero Women's Pro Golf TourGolf: Confident Vani Kapoor looks at back-to-back wins on Hero WPG Tour
''The Bridge'', March 9, 2020. March 14, 2020.

Deaths

January

*2 January ** Daitari Behera, politician (b. 1938). ** D. P. Tripathi, politician (b. 1954). *3 January **

M. Sakthivel Murugan M. Sakthivel Murugan (died 3 January 2020) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of t ...

, politician. **

Rameshwar Prasad Rameshwar Prasad () is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. He is a Central Committee member of CPI (ML) Liberation and the president of All India Agricultural Labourers Association ...

, politician (b. c. 1930s). *19 January **

Sunanda Patnaik Sunanda Patnaik (7 November 1934 – 19 January 2020) was an Indian Indian classical music, classical singer of Gwalior gharana from Odisha. Popularly known as "guruma", she was considered one of the grande dames of Hindustani music. She was th ...

, Gwalior gharana classical singer (b. 1934). **

Sher Bahadur Singh Sher Bahadur Singh (died 19 January 2020) was an Indian politician in Uttar Pradesh. He served 5 times as Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) Uttar Pradesh for Jalalpur (Assembly constituency). He was firstly elected member of Uttar Prad ...

, 87, politician. ** Man Sood, cricketer (b. 1939). *26 January –

Maharaj Kishan Bhan Maharaj Kishan Bhan (9 November 1947 – 26 January 2020) was an Indian pediatrician and clinical scientist. He received M.B.B.S. Degree (1969) from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune and M.D. Degree from Post Graduate Institute of Medica ...

, virologist and paediatrician (b. 1947). *30 January –

Vidya Bal Vidya Bal (c. 12 January 1937 – 30 January 2020) was a Marathi feminist writer and editor from Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is ...

, Marathi writer (b. 1939)

February

* 9 February –

P. Parameswaran P. Parameswaran (3 October 1927 – 9 February 2020), often referred to as Parameswarji, was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ''pracharak'' from Kerala, India who was erstwhile Vice‑President of the Jan Sangh. He was president of Vivekanand ...

, Politician and philosopher. (b. 1927). * 13 February –

Rajendra K. Pachauri Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (20 August 1940 – 13 February 2020) was the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 2002 to 2015, during the fourth and fifth assessment cycles. Under his leadership the IPCC was awarded t ...

, Scientist and Civil servant. (b. 1940). * 18 February –

Tapas Paul Tapas Paul (29 September 1958 – 18 February 2020) was an Indian actor and politician. One of the most celebrated actors of Bengali cinema, Paul is best known for his on-screen roles opposite Mahua Roy Choudhury and Debashree Roy. He recei ...

, Actor and Politician. (b. 1958). * 22 February –

Krishna Bose Krishna Bose (26 December 1930 – 22 February 2020) was an Indian politician, educator, author and social worker. She was a Member of Parliament elected from the Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal as an All India Trinamool Congress candidat ...

, Politician, Educator and Social Worker. (b. 1930) * 28 February –

Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Baidyanath Prasad Mahto (2 June 1947 – 28 February 2020) was an Indian Politician and a Member of Indian Parliament to the 15th and 17th Lok Sabha. He won the 2009 and 2019 Indian general election from Valmiki Nagar constituency being a Janata ...

, 72, Politician (b. 1947)

March

* 2 March –

Virendra Singh Sirohi Virendra Singh Sirohi (5 May 1946 - 2 March 2020) was an Indian politician who was the Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bulandshahr (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Bulandshahr. In 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election ...

, 73, politician (b. 1946) * 8 March –

H. R. Bhardwaj Hansraj Bhardwaj (16 May 1939 – 8 March 2020) was an Indian politician who was Governor of Karnataka from 2009 to 2014; he also served as Governor of Kerala from 2012 until 2013. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. He holds the rec ...

, politician (b. 1937) * 20 March –

P. K. Banerjee Pradip Kumar Banerjee (23 June 1936 – 20 March 2020) was an Indian professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), striker for the India national football team. He also captained the nationa ...

, football player * 22 March –

Visu Meenakshisundaram Ramasamy Viswanathan (1 July 1945 – 22 March 2020), best known by his stage name Visu, was an Indian screenwriter, film director, stage, film and television actor and talk-show host. Visu initially worked as an assistant to ...

, 74, Indian film director, writer and actor (b. 1945). * 25 March –

Nimmi Nimmi (born as Nawab Bano; 18 February 1933 – 25 March 2020), was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi and Urdu films. Considered as one of the leading actresses of the "golden era" of Indian cinema, Nimmi was among the highest paid actresses ...

, 88, actress * 27 March –

Beni Prasad Verma Beni Prasad Verma (11 February 1941 – 27 March 2020) was an Indian politician and a founding member of the Samajwadi Party. A prominent member of the Samajwadi Party, he later joined Indian National Congress and was elected on its ticket to L ...

, 79, politician (b. 1941)

April

* 6 April **

M. K. Arjunan Maliyekkal Kochukunju Arjunan (1 March 1936 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian film and theatre composer, known for his works in Malayalam cinema and the theatre of Kerala. He was fondly referred to as ''Arjunan Master''. Early life Arjunan was ...

, composer (b. 1936) **

Bullet Prakash Bullet Prakash (2 April 1976 – 6 April 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Kannada cinema. Known for portraying comic roles, Prakash appeared in over 325 films. He earned the nickname "Bullet" because he used to ride the motorbike, Roy ...

, actor (b. 1976) * 29 April –

Irrfan Khan Irrfan Khan () (born Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan; 7 January 196729 April 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well as British and American films. Widely regarded as one of the finest actors in world cinema, Khan's career spa ...

, actor (b. 1967) * 30 April –

Rishi Kapoor Rishi Kapoor (4 September 1952 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian actor, film director, and producer who worked in Hindi films. In a career spanning 50 years, he is regarded as one of the most successful and accomplished actors in Hindi cinema. ...

, actor (b. 1952) * 30 April –

Chuni Goswami Subimal "Chuni" Goswami (15 January 1938 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian professional footballer and first-class cricketer. As footballer, he played as a striker or winger, captained both the Mohun Bagan club and the India national te ...

, footballer (b. 1938)

May

* 1 May –

Mathew Anikuzhikattil Mathew Anikuzhikattil (23 September 1942 – 1 May 2020) was a Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Syro-Malabar Catholic bishop who spearheaded anti Kasthurirangan and Gadgil commission protests. He served as bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Epar ...

, 77, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch (b. 1942) * 3 May – K. S. Nissar Ahmed, 84, Indian writer and poet (b. 1936) * 6 May – Riyaz Naikoo, 35, Wanted terrorist killed in Army clash (b. 1985) * 15 May –

Shri Krishna Joshi Prof. Shri Krishna Joshi (6 June 1935 – 15 May 2020) was an Indian physicist. He was born on 6 June 1935 in the village of Anarpa in Kumaun, Uttarakhand, India. Career Joshi received his Ph.D. in physics from Allahabad University in 1962. ...

, 84, Indian physicist (b. 1935) * 17 May –

Ratnakar Matkari Ratnakar Ramkrushna Matkari (17 November 1938 – 17 May 2020) was a Marathi writer, a movie and play producer/director, and a self-taught artist from Maharashtra, India. Life Matkari was born on 17 November 1938 in Mumbai. After earnin ...

, Marathi Play writer (b. 1938) * 19 May **

Ravi Zacharias Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias (26 March 194619 May 2020) was an Indian-born Canadian and American Christianity, Christian Evangelicalism, evangelical Pastor, minister and Christian apologetics, Christian apologist who founded Ravi Zacha ...

, Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist (b.

1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...

) **

Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri (also written as Saʻīd Aḥmad Pālanpūrī) (1940 – 19 May 2020), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and author who served as Shaykh al-Hadith and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband. Some of his books are required read ...

, Principal

Darul Uloom Deoband Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic university and seminary ( darul uloom) in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India, at which the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement began. Established in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, Fazlur Rahman Usmani, Sayy ...

* 25 May – Balbir Singh Sr., 96, Hockey player (b. 1923) * 27 May –

Mujtaba Hussain Mujtaba Hussain (15 July 193627 May 2020) was an Indian satirist and writer of Urdu literature. Early life Hussain was born on 15 July 1936 in Hyderabad. His brother Ibrahim Jalees was also a humorist, who had moved to Pakistan after the par ...

, writer * 28 May –

M. P. Veerendra Kumar Maniyankode Padmaprabha Veerendra Kumar (15 August 1937 — 28 May 2020) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Loktantrik Janata Dal political party and president of t ...

, 83, Politician (b. 1936) * 29 May **

Ajit Jogi Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi (29 April 1946 29 May 2020) was an Indian politician, who served as the 1st Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2000 to 2003 and a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Marwahi from 2018 to 2020 and fr ...

, Politician (b. 1946) **

Bhanwar Lal Sharma (politician) Bhanwar Lal Sharma (22 November 1924 – 29 May 2020) was an Indian politician and senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan. He was a six-time elected Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Hawa Mahal cons ...

, Politician **

Bejan Daruwalla Bejan Jehanjir Daruwalla (11 July 1931 – 29 May 2020) was an Indian English professor and astrology columnist. Daruwalla was a Ganesha devotee and practiced various divination systems. Biography A former English professor of Parsi heritage ...

, Astrologer (b. 1931) ** Yogesh, lyricist, writer (b. 1943) * 31 May – Wajid Khan, musician

June

* 4 June –

Basu Chatterjee Basu Chatterjee (10 January 1927 – 4 June 2020) was an Indian film director and screenwriter in Hindi Cinema. Through the 1970s and 1980s, he became associated with what came to be known as middle cinema or middle-of-the-road cinema filmmaker ...

, Filmmaker (b. 1930) * 5 June –

Ved Marwah Ved Prakash Marwah (15 September 1932 – 5 June 2020) was an Indian police officer, who after retirement, served as governor of Manipur, Mizoram and Jharkhand. He died in Goa at the age of 87 after a three-week hospitalisation. Early life ...

, Civil Servant (b. 1934) * 7 June –

Chiranjeevi Sarja Chiranjeevi Sarja (17 October 1980 - 7 June 2020) was an Indian film actor who appeared in Kannada films. Hailing from a family of actors, Sarja acted in more than 20 films in a career spanning 11 years. Early life and family Sarja was born ...

, 35, Film actor (b. 1984) * 12 June – Parasnath Yadav, 71, Politician (b. 1949) * 13 June –

Vasant Raiji Vasant Naisadrai Raiji (26 January 1920 – 13 June 2020) was an Indian first-class cricketer and cricket historian. He featured in nine first class matches between 1939 and 1950. Life and career Raiji was born in Baroda. Representing a Crick ...

, 100, Cricketer (b. 1920) * 14 June –

, 34, Film and television actor (b. 1986) * 15 June – Col. Santosh Babu, 38, Indian Army Soldier martyred in 2020 China–India skirmishes near

(b. 1982) * 16 June –

Haribhau Jawale Haribhau Madhav Jawale (1 June 1953 – 16 June 2020) was a politician from northern Maharashtra belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He hailed from Jalgaon district in the Khandesh region of Maharashtra state. Political career Jawale ...

, Politician (b. 1953) * 18 June – K.R. Sachidanandan, 48, Indian screenwriter, director, and film producer (b. 1972) * 21 June –

Rajinder Goel Rajinder Goel (20 September 1942 – 21 June 2020) was an Indian cricketer who holds the record for most wickets in Ranji Trophy, India's premier first class competition, despite which he was never selected to play for India. A left arm spinne ...

, 77, Cricketer (b. 1942)

July

* 3 July –

Saroj Khan Saroj Khan fondly known as Masterji (born Nirmala Nagpal; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020) was an Indian dance choreographer in Hindi cinema. She was born in Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India. She was best known for the danc ...

, 71, Dance Choreographer (b. 1948) * 8 July –

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffrey (19 March 1939 – 8 July 2020), better known by his stage name Jagdeep, was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in more than 400 films. He played Soorma Bhopali in ''Sholay'' (1975), Machchar in '' Purana Mandi ...

, 81, Film Actor (b. 1939) * 10 July –

, 56, Gangster (b. 1964) * 11 July – Jyotsna Bhatt, 79–80, Ceramist (b. 1940) * 13 July – Debendra Nath Roy, 61, Politician (b. 1955) * 16 July – Neela Satyanarayanan, 71, Civil servant (b. 1949)

August

* 1 August – Amar Singh, 64, politician (b. 1956) * 1 August –

Pydikondala Manikyala Rao Pydikondala Manikyala Rao (1 November 1961 – 1 August 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly for Tadepalligudem and former Endowments Minister for Andhra Pradesh (from 2014 – March 2018). Life He was a ...

, 58, politician (b. 1961) * 2 August – Kamal Rani Varun, politician, 62, (b. 1958). * 5 August – Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil, Politician, Ex-CM of Maharashtra, 88, (b. 1931) * 5 August –

Samir Sharma Sameer Sharma (3 May 1976 – 4 August 2020) was an Indian television actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Shaurya Maheshwari in '' Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke,'' Brij in '' Jyoti'', Nitin in ''Dil Kya Chahta Hai'' and Krishna Agarwal i ...

, Television Actor, 44, (b. 1976) * 5 August – Anil Rathod, Politician, 70, (b. 1950) * 11 August –

Rahat Indori Rahat Indori, born as Rahat Qureshi, (1 January 1950 – 11 August 2020) was an Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet. He was also a former professor of Urdu language and a painter. Prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at DA ...

, Poet and lyricist, 70, (b. 1950) * 16 August **

Chetan Chauhan Chetan Pratap Singh Chauhan (; 21 July 1947 – 16 August 2020) was a cricketer who played 40 Test matches for India. He played Ranji Trophy for Maharashtra and Delhi. Chauhan played most of his international cricket in the late 1970s and was ...

, Cricketer and Politician, 73 (b. 1947) **

B Ahmed Hajee Mohiudeen Bolar Ahmed Hajee Mohiudeen (18 June 1933 – 16 August 2020) was the Founder Chairman of B A Group, headquartered at Thumbay, Mangalore, Karnataka state, India. He died at the age of 87 on 16 August 2020 at Mangalore, India. Early life Mohiu ...

, conglomerate executive and philanthropist (b. 1933). ** Vijay Mude, 77, Politician, (b. 1943) * 17 August **

Nishikant Kamat Nishikant Kamat (17 June 1970 17 August 2020) was an Indian filmmaker and actor. His debut film, ''Dombivali Fast'' earned him accolades in Marathi cinema, as it went on to become the biggest Marathi film of the year. He remade his film, in Ta ...

, Filmmaker & Actor, (b. 1970) **

Jasraj Pandit Jasraj (28 January 1930 – 17 August 2020) was an Indian classical vocalist, belonging to the ''Mewati gharana'' (musical apprenticeship lineage). His musical career spanned 75 years resulting in national and international fame, ...

, Classical singer, (b. 1930) *19 August –

Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan Gopalaswamy Iyenger Kasturirangan (12 October 1930 – 19 August 2020) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket in India from 1948 to 1963. Kasturirangan was an opening bowler who bowled "sharp inswingers ... off the wrong foot".Sujit Mu ...

, cricketer (b. 1930). * 20 August ** A. Rahman Khan, politician (born 1942–1943). ** Janmejay Singh, politician (b. 1945). * 23 August – A. B. Raj, film director (b. 1925). * 31 August –

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 ...

, Former President. (b.1935).

September

*2 September – ** Shekhar Gawli, cricketer (b. 1975). ** M. J. Appaji Gowda, politician, (b. 1949 or 1950). ** Ramkrishna Baba Patil, politician (b. 1936). *5 September –

Johnny Bakshi Johnny Bakshi (2 January 1932 – 5 September 2020) was an Indian film director and producer, born in Lahore, Punjab Province, British India. Career Bakshi is known for his contribution to the Indian film industry, mainly as a producer. He has ...

, film producer, director and actor (b. 1932). *6 September ** Kesavananda Bharati, Hindu monk and civil rights activist (b. 1940). **

Paul Chittilapilly Paul Chittilapilly (7 February 1934 – 6 September 2020) was a bishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Chittipilly was born in Mattom in the Thrissur district of Kerala and was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. Following his return fr ...

, Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of

Kalyan Kalyan (Pronunciation: əljaːɳ is a city on the banks of Ulhas River in Thane district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division. It is governed by Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation. Kalyan is a subdivision (Taluka) of Thane district ...

and

Thamarassery Thamarassery, formerly known as Thazhmalachery, is one of the taluks and a major hill town in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India, 30 km north-east of Kozhikode, Kozhikode city and 29 km east of Koyilandy. The town lies on National H ...

(b. 1934). ** Nirvendra Kumar Mishra, politician (b. 1944/1945). **

S. Mohinder Bakshi Mohinder Singh Sarna (24 February 1925 – 6 September 2020), known professionally as S. Mohinder, was an Indian music composer. Early life He was born in Sillanwali Tehsil, Sargodha District in 1925. Mohinder's father Bakhsi Sujan Sin ...

, composer and music director (b. 1925). * 8 September –

Jaya Prakash Reddy Jaya Prakash Reddy (8 May 1946 – 8 September 2020) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. Born in Sirvel of Andhra Pradesh, he came into the limelight with the film ''Samarasimha Reddy'' (1999) where he played the ro ...

, actor. (b. 1946) * 10 September –

Vadivel Balaji Vadivel Balaji (17 February 1975 – 10 September 2020) was an Indian television comedian, mimicry artist and actor. He received the nickname Vadivel after gaining fame among audience for imitating popular Tamil comedian Vadivelu's voice in tel ...

, actor and television personality (b. 1975) * 12 September – Sudhangan, journalist, television presenter, editor and novelist (b. 1957) * 25 September –

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (4 June 1946 – 25 September 2020), commonly known as SPB or Balu, was an Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, dubbing artist, and film producer. He is widely regarde ...

, playback singer (b. 1946) * 27 September —

Jaswant Singh Major Jaswant Singh (3 January 193827 September 2020) was an Indian Army officer and politician. He was one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and was one of India's longest serving parliamenta ...

, former union cabinet minister (b. 1938)

October

* 8 October –

Ram Vilas Paswan Ram Vilas Paswan (5 July 19468 October 2020) was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the First Modi ministry, first and Second Modi ministry, second Modi ministries. Pasw ...

, politician (b. 1946) * 12 October – C. M. Chang, politician (b. 1940) * 25 October – Mahesh Kanodia, singer and politician (b. 1937) * 27 October –

Naresh Kanodia Naresh Kanodia (20 August 1943 – 27 October 2020) was an Indian Gujarati film Legendary actor, singer, musician and politician from Gujarat. Early life Naresh Kanodia was born on 20 August 1943 at the village of Kanoda (now in Patan distri ...

, film actor and musician (b. 1943)

November

* 15 November –

Soumitra Chatterjee Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; ; 19 January 193515 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the histor ...

, film actor, director, playwright, writer, and poet (b. 1935) * 23 November -

Tarun Gogoi Tarun Gogoi (1 April 1936 – 23 November 2020) was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 13th Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was the longest serving Chief Minister of Assam. He was a member of the Indian National Con ...

, Chief Minister of Assam

December

* 4 December –

Narinder Singh Kapany Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) was an Indian-American physicist and a pioneer in the field of fiber optics. Notably, Kapany is known for coining and popularising the term "fiber optics".. ''Fortune'' named him one ...

, Indian-American physicist (b. 1926) * 9 December – V. J. Chitra, actress, anchor (b. 1992) * 23 December –

Sugathakumari Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, India. Early life Sugathakumari was born in Aranmula on 22 January 1934 in the m ...

, poet, activist (b. 1934) *28 December - Dr.

Mahinder Watsa Mahinder Watsa (11 February 1924 – 28 December 2020) was an Indian sexologist known for his sex columns in newspapers and magazines. His contributions to promote sex education in India earned him the 2014 Dr. Ved Vyas Puri Award. Life and wo ...

, sexologist, coloumnist. (b. 1924)

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