Events in the year 2022 in India.

Incumbents

National government

State governments

Events

January

* 1 Jan – Vaishno Devi Temple stampede, Around 2:15 AM in near the Gate No. 3 of

Vaishno Devi Temple Vaishno Devi Temple, also known as the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple and Vaishno Devi Bhavan, is a Hindu temple located in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, Katra, Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India. Dedi ...

, due to a scuffle between two groups of

pilgrim The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as ...

s the place becomes congested and people started suffocating. Due to the

melee A melee ( or ) is a confused hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight among several people. The English term ''melee'' originated circa 1648 from the French word ' (), derived from the Old French ''mesler'', from which '':wikt:medley, medley'' and ...

, 12 people were crushed to death and 16 others injured. * 4 Jan – **

Chief ministers of Delhi The chief minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is the head of government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. According to the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is the National Capital Territory of Delhi's ''de ...

Arvind Kejriwal Arvind Kejriwal (; born 16 August 1968) is an Indian politician, activist and former bureaucrat, who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. He was the chief minister from 2013 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2024. He is also the national conve ...

tested positive for

SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the respiratory illness responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously had the Novel coronavirus, provisional nam ...

. Netizens trolled him on Social Media as he is not wearing mask in his political rallies in

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

and

Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubar ...

. ** Vishal Kumar Jha (in Bengaluru) and Shweta Singh (in Uttarakhand) are arrested by the

Mumbai Police The Greater Mumbai Police (Marathi language, Marathi: बृहन्मुंबई पोलीस, IAST: ''Brihanmumbaī Pulīs'', formerly ''Bombay City Police'') is the Police, police department of the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a cit ...

, in connection with the Bulli Bai app, which targeted women of

Muslim Community ' (; ) is an Arabic word meaning Muslim identity, nation, religious community, or the concept of a Commonwealth of the Muslim Believers ( '). It is a synonym for ' (, lit. 'the Islamic nation'); it is commonly used to mean the collective comm ...

by putting their doctored images in an online auction. * 5 Jan –

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 ...

's convoy stuck in a flyover in

Firozpur district Firozpur district, also known as Ferozepur district, is one of the twenty-three districts in the state of Punjab, India. Firozpur district comprises an area of . Firozpur (Ferozepur) is the capital city of the district. It is situated inside t ...

following security breach and protests by farmers. *6 Jan –

Delhi Police The Delhi Police (DP) is the law enforcement agency for the National Capital Territory of Delhi. Delhi Police falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. In 2024, the sanctioned strength of Delhi Police w ...

arrests a 21 year old

Engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

graduate named Neeraj Bishnoi from

Jorhat Jorhat ( /) is a major city in Upper Assam division, Upper Assam and among the fastest growing urban centres in the state of Assam in India. Etymology Jorhat ("jor" means twin and "hat" means market) means two hats or mandis - "Masorhaat" and ...

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 ...

. He is alleged as the master mind behind creation of an online application called "Bulli Bai" where

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

women were kept for auction. *8 Jan – The

Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by Constitution of India, the Constitution of the Republic of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in the Republic of India. It is headed by a Chief Ele ...

announces the dates for 2022 Legislative Assembly Elections for 5 states. In

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 ...

it will begin on '10 February', in the states of

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 ...

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 ...

and

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 ...

it will start on 14 February and in

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 ...

the polling starts 27 February. * 13 Jan –

Maynaguri train accident Mainaguri is a town and a municipality in the Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. The town is located on the banks of the Dharla River, Jarda River. It is known as the "Gateway of the Dooar ...

- A

train A train (from Old French , from Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles th ...

derailed between New Maynaguri Railway Station and New Domohani Railway Station due to some glitch in

locomotive A locomotive is a rail transport, rail vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. Traditionally, locomotives pulled trains from the front. However, Push–pull train, push–pull operation has become common, and in the pursuit for ...

engine, around 5:00 PM in

Jalpaiguri district Jalpaiguri district () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj. The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of Ja ...

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

. At least nine people are killed. * Tableau's of non

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 ...

ruling states like

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 ...

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

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 ...

gets rejected by

Ministry of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...

from taking part in

Republic Day parade The Delhi Republic Day parade is the largest and most important of the parades marking the Republic Day celebrations in India. The parade takes place every year on 26 January at Kartavya Path, New Delhi. It is the main attraction of India's R ...

sparking controversy. * 21 Jan –

Amar Jawan Jyoti Amar Jawan Jyoti (, or light) is an Indian memorial conceptualised and constructed after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and inaugurated on 26 January 1972. It was the national war memorial in India until February 2019, when the new National War ...

which was continuously burning since last fifty years at

India Gate The India Gate (formerly known as All India War Memorial) is a war memorial located near the Rajpath (officially called Kartavya Path, Kartavya path) on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi, India, New Delhi. It stands as a m ...

in commemoration of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was mergered with the eternal flame at the National War Memorial as part of ongoing

Central Vista Redevelopment Project Central Vista Redevelopment Project is the ongoing redevelopment to revamp the Central Vista, India's central administrative area located near Raisina Hill, New Delhi. The area was originally designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker during ...

. On 21 January 2022, the older flame was merged with the newer one at National War Memorial. * 25 Jan -

Murder of Kishan Bharvad Kishan Bharvad, a 30-year-old Hindu shopowner, was shot by Shabbir and Imtiaz in the Modhwala locality in the city of Dhandhuka in Gujarat, India on 25 January 2022, and he died on the spot. The two accused were arrested by the police. The case ...

February

* 7 February -

Central Bureau of Investigation The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the domestic crime investigating agency of India. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and gover ...

booked a case against

ABG Shipyard ABG Shipyard Limited is a shipbuilding company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. History ABG Shipyard Ltd is a part of the ABG Group of companies with diversified business interests. Established in 1985, as Magdalla Shipyard Pvt. Lt ...

, a Gujarat based company for carrying out the biggest loan frauds in history of the country. The company defrauded nearly 28 banks for loans that's worth more than 22,000 crores. * 14 February -

2022 Karnataka hijab row At the beginning of February 2022, a dispute pertaining to school uniforms was reported in the Indian state of Karnataka, when some Muslim students of a junior college who wanted to wear hijab to classes were denied entry on the grounds that it ...

The high court's interim order was implemented in all schools and colleges across Karnataka, with students, and in some cases teachers, being asked to remove hijabs and burqas outside the school gates. * 4–20 February - India at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Arif Khan was the

flag bearer A standard-bearer, also known as a colour-bearer or flag-bearer, is a person who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a ...

in the opening ceremony.

March

* 6 March -

2022 Srinagar bombing On 6 March 2022, a militant threw a grenade at a marketplace in Srinagar, Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, injuring twenty-four people and killing two. The attack occurred at a market in Hari Singh High Street near the Amira Kadal brid ...

* 9 March -

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

accidentally fired a

BrahMos The BrahMos (also designated as PJ-10)missile A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor. Historically, 'missile' referred to any projectile that is thrown, shot or propelled towards a target; this ...

originating from

Sirsa Sirsa is a city and a municipal council in Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the Indian state of Haryana, bordering Punjab and Rajasthan. It is located near the Thar Desert, 250 kilometres north-west of New Delhi and 260 kilometers s ...

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

that crashed into

Mian Channu Mian Channu (Urdu / ), is the capital city of Mian Channu Tehsil in Khanewal District, Punjab province of Pakistan. Etymology The city was named after a Sufi saint, Baba Mian Channu, who lived in the area and was buried there. An urban le ...

Khanewal District Khanewal District (Urdu and ) is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan.Khanewal , Punjab Portal. Retrieved 16 January 2022, from https://www.punjab.gov.pk/khanewal According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a populati ...

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. - India–Pakistan missile incident * 10 March - The legislative assembly elections held in five states - BJP won by beating the incumbency in

. Where as in

AAP registered a decisive victory over ruling

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 ...

. * 11 March - Movie based on

Persecution of Hindus Hindus have experienced both historical and ongoing religious persecution and systematic violence, in the form of forced conversions, documented massacres, genocides, demolition and desecration of temples, as well as the destruction of ...

in Kashmir Valley -

The Kashmir Files ''The Kashmir Files'' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The film presents a fictional storyline centred around the 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir. It depicts ...

released, declared tax free by several state governments. * 15 March - The Karnataka High Court upheld the Ban on

hijab Hijab (, ) refers to head coverings worn by Women in Islam, Muslim women. Similar to the mitpaḥat/tichel or Snood (headgear), snood worn by religious married Jewish women, certain Christian head covering, headcoverings worn by some Christian w ...

s in schools in the state of Karnataka (following the

) stating that the hijab is not an essential religious practice. * 21 March - Eight people burned to death in

Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other impo ...

following the murder of a

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (; AITC), simply known as Trinamool Congress, is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the Federated state, state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a Lis ...

politician.

April

* 10 April ** Trikut cable car accident **

April 2022 Indian communal violence Ram Navami, Rama Navami is a Hindu festival celebrating the birthday of Hindu deity Rama. It falls on the 9th day of the Chaitra month every year in the Hindu calendar, usually during the months of March–April. At least since 1979, if not ear ...

*20 April -

Assam Police The Assam Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Assam in India. The regular police force was initiated in Assam by the British after the Treaty of Yandaboo to maintain the law and order. It functions under the Department of Hom ...

arrests

Jignesh Mevani Jignesh Mevani (alternatively Mewani; born 11 December 1980) is an Indian politician, lawyer, activist and former journalist serving as the representative of the Vadgam constituency in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 2017. He is a member ...

Member of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nation ...

from

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 ...

Banaskantha district Banaskantha district is one of the Districts of Gujarat, thirty-four districts of the Gujarat States and territories of India, state of India. The administrative headquarters and largest city is Palanpur. The district is in northeastern Gujarat wh ...

following

Defamatory Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury. The precise legal definition of defamation varies from country to country. It is not necessarily restricted to making assertions ...

Tweet posted by him against

. *27 April - Nearly eleven people died of high voltage

electrocution Electrocution is death or severe injury caused by electric shock from electric current passing through the body. The word is derived from "electro" and "execution", but it is also used for accidental death. The term "electrocution" was coined ...

at Kallimedu,

Thanjavur district Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur (Tanjore) . The district is located in the delta of the Cauv ...

when a temple chariot came in contact with

Overhead power line An overhead power line is a structure used in electric power transmission and distribution to transmit electrical energy along large distances. It consists of one or more conductors (commonly multiples of three) suspended by towers or poles. ...

May

* 13 May - 2022 Delhi fire * 16 May -

Kapil Sibal Kapil Sibal (born 8 August 1948) is an Indian lawyer and politician. A designated Senior Advocate, he is currently the President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). He has represented several high-profile cases in the Supreme Court of In ...

quits

following differences that he and other G -23 members had with party leadership. * 19 May -

Nikhat Zareen Nikhat Zareen (born 14 June 1996) is an Indian boxer and a two-time world champion. She won a gold medal at the 2011 AIBA Women's Youth & Junior World Boxing Championships held in Antalya. Zareen won gold medals at the 2022 Istanbul, and 2023 ...

won the gold medal in the 52 kg category at the

2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships The 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships (the 12th edition of the championships) was held in Istanbul, Turkey from 8 to 20 May 2022. Medal winners were awarded prize money; gold medallists earn $100,000, silver medallists $50,000, and bro ...

defeating Thailand's Jitpong Jutamas in the

flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing up to and including 51 kg (112 lb) for a title fight. Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of boxin ...

final in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, Turkey. She became the fifth Indian women's boxer to win a gold medal at the World Championships, joining

Mary Kom Mangte Chungneijang "Mary" Kom (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian Amateur boxing, Olympic boxer, politician, and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Member of Rajya Sabha. She is the only woman to win the World Amateur Boxing Champions ...

Laishram Sarita Devi Laishram Sarita Devi (born 1 March 1982) is an Indian boxer from Manipur. She is a national champion and a former world champion in the lightweight class. In 2009, she was awarded Arjuna award by the government of India for her achievements. ...

, Jenny R. L., and Lekha K. C. * 25 May - 2022 Assam floods. * 27 May - 2022 Muhammad remarks controversy * 28 May -

2022 Hyderabad gang rape In May 2022, the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in Road no. 44, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, sparked outrage across Telangana and India. The minor girl returning home after attending a get-together at Amnesia pub was gang-raped by six persons, ...

* 29 May - Popular Punjabi Singer

Sidhu Moosewala Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu (11 June 199329 May 2022), known professionally as Sidhu Moose Wala, was an Indian singer and rapper. He worked predominantly in Punjabi Music, Punjabi-language music and Punjabi cinema, cinema. Moose Wala is considered t ...

shot dead in Jawaharke, Punjab.

June

* 4 June -

Hapur chemical plant explosion On 4 June 2022, a major explosion and fire occurred at a chemical plant in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. At least 13 people were killed and 20 others injured. Details of the disaster The explosion took place on a Saturday afternoon at the Ru ...

* 10 June - Chairman of

Ceylon Electricity Board The Ceylon Electricity Board - CEB (; ), was the largest electricity company in Sri Lanka. With a market share of nearly 100%, it controlled all major functions of electricity generation, transmission, distribution and retailing in Sri Lanka. I ...

made revelations that

pressurized

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, ...

for handing over a 500 MW

Wind power Wind power is the use of wind energy to generate useful work. Historically, wind power was used by sails, windmills and windpumps, but today it is mostly used to generate electricity. This article deals only with wind power for electricity ge ...

project in

Mannar District Mannar District ( ''Maṉṉār Māvaṭṭam''; ) is one of the 25 Districts of Sri Lanka, districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a Governm ...

Adani Green Energy Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) is an Indian renewable energy company, headquartered in Ahmedabad, India. It is majority-owned by the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, whuch is a major international coal-mining enterprise, and minority-owned b ...

. * 13 June -

Enforcement Directorate The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a law enforcement and economic intelligence agency of the Government of India. Established on 1 May 1956, it is responsible for enforcing economic laws and combating financial crimes. The ED operates under th ...

summons and questioned

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 ...

National Herald corruption case The ''National Herald'' case is the ongoing case in a Delhi court filed by politician Subramanian Swamy against politicians Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, their companies and associated persons. As per the complaint filed in the court of the Me ...

. Protests by

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 ...

around 400 workers detained. * 14 June - India's first private train under the ''Bharat Gaurav'' scheme is launched at

Southern Railway zone Southern Railway (SR) is one of the eighteen zones of Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Chennai and operates across the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and the union territory of Puducherry. The origin of the Southern Rai ...

between

Coimbatore Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr, ), also known as Kovai (), is one of the major Metropolitan cities of India, metropolitan cities in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyy ...

and

Shirdi Shirdi (; also known as Sainagar) is a town and pilgrimage site in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Shirdi is located in the Rahata taluka of Ahmednagar District. It is most well known for being the home of the 19th-century Indian saint Sai B ...

. This train is operated by ''South Star Rail'' based in

. * 16 June - Protests across the country against Agnipath Scheme announced by

Government of India The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: Bhārata Sarakāra, legally the Union Government or Union of India or the Central Government) is the national authority of the Republic of India, located in South Asia, consisting of States and union t ...

. * 21 June - ** Maharashtra in political crisis with rebel MLA's under leadership of

Eknath Shinde Eknath Sambhaji Shinde (born 9 February 1964) is an Indian politician who has served as the List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra since December 2024, alongside Ajit Pawar under Devendra Fadnavis. ...

challenged to leave the

Maha Vikas Aghadi The Maha Vikas Aghadi (; abbreviated as MVA), is a state-level political alliance of Centrism, centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is one of the two major political alliances in M ...

. **

Yashwant Sinha Yashwant Sinha (, born 6 November 1937) is an Indian politician and retired Indian Administrative Service officer. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and again from March 1998 to July ...

announced as presidential candidate by opposition parties. ** Murder of Umesh Kohle * 24 June -

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 ...

rejects plea filed by

Ehsan Jafri Ehsan Jafri (1929 – 28 February 2002) was an Indian politician and former member of the 6th Lok Sabha for the Congress Party, who was killed in the Gulbarg Society massacre. A Special Investigating Team appointed by the Supreme Court ...

's wife against Special Investigation Team report which acquitted

and 63 others in

Gulbarg Society massacre The Gulbarg Society massacre took place on 28 February 2002, during the 2002 Gujarat riots, when a crowd started stone pelting the Gulbarg Society, a Muslim neighbourhood in the eastern part of Chamanpura, Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Guj ...

. * 25 June - Former

Indian Police Service The Indian Police Service (IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became Partition of India, independent from the British Empire. Along with the Indian Admini ...

officer R. B. Sreekumar and social activist

Teesta Setalvad Teesta Setalvad (born 9 February 1962) is an Indian civil rights activist and journalist. She is the secretary of ''Citizens for Justice and Peace'' (CJP), an organisation formed to advocate for the victims of 2002 Gujarat riots. Personal life ...

arrested by

Gujarat Police The ' is the law enforcement agency for the state of Gujarat in India. The Gujarat Police has its headquarters in Gandhinagar, the state capital, and Ahmedabad. The Gujarat Police Department came into existence after Gujarat's separation fr ...

in connection with

2002 Gujarat riots The 2002 Gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 Gujarat violence or the Gujarat pogrom, was a three-day period of inter-communal violence in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The Godhra train burning, burning of a train in Godhra on 27 Fe ...

. * 27 June -

Alt News Alt News is an Indian non-profit fact checking website founded and run by former software engineer Pratik Sinha and Mohammed Zubair. It was launched on 9 February 2017 to combat fake news. Alt News was a signatory partner of the Internation ...

founder Mohammed Zubair arrested by

for a post made by him on

Twitter Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, image ...

in 2018 which allegedly hurts religious sentiments. The arrest was following a complaint made by an anonymous Twitter user named ''Hanuman Bhakth.'' * 28 June ** 2022 Mumbai building collapse ** Kanhaiya Lal is

behead Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and all vertebrate animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood by way of severing through the jugular vein and common c ...

ed by

Muslims Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

Udaipur Udaipur (Hindi: , ) (ISO 15919: ''Udayapura'') is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, about south of the state capital Jaipur. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Udaipur district. It is the historic capital of t ...

, Rajasthan, for supporting

Nupur Sharma Nupur Sharma (born 23 April 1985) is an Indian politician. She was the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) until June 2022. She frequently represented BJP on Indian television debates as an official spokesperson. In June 2 ...

in the controversy about Sharma's remarks about

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

social media Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the Content creation, creation, information exchange, sharing and news aggregator, aggregation of Content (media), content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongs ...

. * 2022 Assam floods * 30 June ** 2022 Manipur landslide **

Neeraj Chopra Lieutenant colonel, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Neeraj Chopra (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian track and field athlete. Considered as one of the greatest javelin thrower, javelin throwers of all time, he's a double medalist at the Olympi ...

breaks his own national record with 89.94m throw at Stockholm Diamond League **

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 ...

resigns as

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following

not admitting the stay petition of

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena (1966–2022) (; ; SS) was a right-wing Marathi regionalist Hindutva-based political party in India founded in 1966 by Bal Thackeray, who was later succeeded by Uddhav Thackeray. The party is split into two parties: the Uddha ...

against the

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July

* 5 July - The

led coalition under the leadership of

(

defected faction) won the floor test with the support of 164 Members of the Legislative Assembly. * 13 July - Controversy erupts around a booklet issued by Parliamentary Secretariat that list even commonly used words as

Unparliamentary language Parliaments and legislative bodies around the world impose certain rules and standards during debates. Tradition has evolved that there are words or phrases that are deemed inappropriate for use in the legislature whilst it is in session. In a W ...

. * 23 July - Senior

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leader and minister in

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, Partha Chatterjee and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were arrested by ED from

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in the SSC Scam. * 25 July - **

Droupadi Murmu Droupadi Murmu (born Durgi Biranchi Tudu; 20 June 1958) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the president of India since 2022. She won the 2022 Indian presidential election, 2022 presidential election as the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

is sworn in as the 15th

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** Nearly 42 killed in

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of Gujarat by consuming illicit liquor.

August

* 9 August -

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 ...

resigns as

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following

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a Social democracy, social-democratic and secular List of political parties in India, Indian political party, rooted mainly in East India, eastern and Northeast India, ...

leaving the

led

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 ...

. * 10 August -

sworn in as

with the support of

Rashtriya Janata Dal 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 Other ...

and

. * 11 August -

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, former governor of

and politician from

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sworn in as 14th

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. * 13 August - A nine year old

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boy from

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who was beaten by upper caste teacher on 20 July, for drinking water from earthen pots reserved for higher castes succumbs to death. * 22 August -

R Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, Praggnanandhaa placed second in the 2023 Chess World Cup, and is the only Indian to win the Tata Steel Chess Tournament after Viswanathan Anand. H ...

, a seventeen year chess player from

beats world champion

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on three straight games at FTX Crypto Cup 2022, held at

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. * 25 August - FIR and arrest of Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, of Murugha Mutt on alleged continuous sexual assault on two minor girls. * 26 August -

Ghulam Nabi Azad Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 7 March 1949) is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2014 and 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008. On 26 Septemb ...

quits from

after his five

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long association with the party. * 27 August - Uday Umesh Lalit took oath as the 49th

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 -

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demolished, being India's biggest building demolition. * 29 August - 17 year old girl set on fire and succumbed death, by a youth due to turning down his proposal in Jharkhand's Dumka. * 31 August - Death of Paolo Maino due to prolonged illness, mother of

Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi (, ; ; born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician. She is the longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress, a big-tent liberal political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history. ...

in Italy.

September

* 1 September - India reports 13.5% Annual GDP growth in Q1 FY2023. * 2 September - Prime Minister

commissioned India's first indigenous aircraft lifter I

INS Vikrant Two ships operated by the Indian Navy have had the name INS ''Vikrant''. * , a British-built aircraft carrier which was in service from 1961 to 1997, operated as a museum ship A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been p ...

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 ...

. * 4 September - Indian business tycoon, former

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Chairman

Cyrus Mistry Cyrus Pallonji Mistry (4 July 1968 – 4 September 2022) was an Indian-born Irish billionaire businessman. He was the chairman of the Tata Group, an Indian business conglomerate, from 2012 to 2016. He was the sixth chairman of the group, ...

, passes away in a car crash in

Palghar Palghar () is a prominent town in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state, India, and a municipal council. It is strategically located within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and since 2014, it has been the administrative capital of the Palgh ...

. * 5 September -

Hemant Soren Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician who is serving as the current Chief Minister of Jharkhand since 4 July 2024. He previously held the office from 2019 to 2024 and from 2013 to 2014. He is also the president of the Jhark ...

wins floor test in

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following allegations of corruption and poaching of MLA's by opposition. * 6 September - ED and CBI raid on

Manish Sisodia Manish Sisodia (born 5 January 1972) is an Indian politician, journalist and former social activist who served as the first Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi from 2015 to 2023. He represented the Patparganj Assembly constituency, Patparganj const ...

residence and 40 other locations on basis of

Delhi liquor scam The Delhi Liquor Scam is an alleged political scandal concerning the Government of Delhi, Delhi Government, which paved its way through the introduction of Delhi's Excise Policy from 2021 to 2022. This policy intended to bring in private firms ...

. * 7 September -

commences his 3751 kms long '

Bharat Jodo Yatra Bharat Jodo Yatra () was a mass movement which was held by the Indian National Congress ("the Congress" or INC as short form). Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi orchestrated the movement by encouraging the Cadre (politics), party cadre and th ...

' from

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. * 8 September - Rajpath renamed as Kartavya Path and inaugurated with Subhash Chandra Bose's statue at Central Vista by Narendra Modi. * 16 September - 8

Cheetah The cheetah (''Acinonyx jubatus'') is a large Felidae, cat and the Fastest animals, fastest land animal. It has a tawny to creamy white or pale buff fur that is marked with evenly spaced, solid black spots. The head is small and rounded, wit ...

s transported to

Kuno National Park Kuno National Park is a national park and wildlife sanctuary in Gwalior Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh, India. It derives its name from the Kuno River. It was established in 1981 as a wildlife sanctuary with an initial area of . In 2018, it ...

of India's

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through a specially designated flight from

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, on account of Narendra Modi's birthday. * 18 September - Murder of Ankita Bhandari. * 22 September -

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 ...

conducts a raid on

Popular Front of India Popular Front of India (PFI) is an Islamist political organisation in India, that engages in a radical and exclusivist style of Muslim minority politics. Formed to counter Hindutva groups, it was banned by the Indian Ministry of Home Aff ...

in 13 states and arrests around 106 people for their alleged involvement in

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...

. * 26 September -

appoints senior advocate R. Venkataramani as the next

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. * 28 September -

Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the i ...

bans radical

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organisation

and its eight connected organisations across the nation for five years. * 29 September ** Lt General Anil Chauhan appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff. ** The

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rules that all women are entitled to an abortion for up to 24 weeks after initial pregnancy as per the women's choice.

October

* 1 October - 5G telecom services launched in India, primarily in selected 13 cities of the country. * 2 October - Tractor-Trolley returning from a temple falls into a pond in

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 ...

, kills 27 people. ** 2022 Bhadohi fire: Fourteen people died and more than 75 people were injured in the incident. * 4 October -

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in Uttarakashi kills nearly 30 mountaineers, from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. * 5 October - An accident happened in Mal river in

Malbazar Malbazar, also known as Mal, is a town and a municipality in Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Malbazar subdivision. It lies about 65 km from Jalpaiguri and 55 km from Siliguri. It li ...

during immersion of idols during

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, where 8 people died and many were seriously injured. * 6 October - Congress president

joined the

, which resumed its journey in Pandavapura in Karnataka's Mandya district on Thursday after a two-day Dasara break. * 11 October - Chief Justice of India Uday Lalit, nominates

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as his successor, prior his retirement on 8 November. * 13 October - Two bench

Panel provided a split decision over the Hijab row, and would be further transferred to a larger CJI led bench. * 14 October -

Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court, officially known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, is the high court based in the city of Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established o ...

, rejects the plea to carry out

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process on the alleged Shivaling, found in the surroundings of Gyanvyapi mosque. * 17 October - Elections for the president of All India National Congress carried out. Former president

votes from

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, Karnataka. * 19 October -

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elected Elected may refer to: * "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973 * ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008 *The Elected, an American indie rock band See also *Election An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population ch ...

as the national President of Indian National Congress, thereby becoming the first Non-Gandhi president after 24 years by defeating his poll rival

Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor (; born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician, author, and former diplomat, who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is currently the Chairman of Committee on External Affairs. ...

. * 25 October -

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 ...

terror plot; suicide bomber blasts a car in

of Tamil Nadu with no casualties. * 27 October -

BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the principal national governing body of the sport of cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at the Cricket Centre in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. BCCI is the wealthiest governing body ...

announces equal match fees to both men and women cricketers across all the formats of the game. * 30 October -

2022 Morbi bridge collapse On 30 October 2022, a pedestrian suspension bridge over the Machchhu River in the city of Morbi in Gujarat, India, collapsed, causing the deaths of at least 141 people and injuries to more than 180 others. The 19th-century bridge had reopened ...

November

* 1 November - The

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plunges to 'severe' category in

Noida Noida (), short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (ISO: ), is a city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. As per provisional reports of Census of India, the population of Noida in 2011 was ...

, remains 'very poor' 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 ...

, creation of thick

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in the city. * 2 November - Global Investors Meet 2022 held in

Bengaluru 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 ...

, with delegates and investors present from various countries. * 6 November -

Bhavya Bishnoi Bhavya Bishnoi (born 16 February 1993) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Adampur constituency in the November 2022 by-election. He was the youngest member of th ...

is elected to the

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for the Adampur, Haryana Assembly constituency in a by-election. * 7 November - In ''Janhit Abhiyan vs Union of India'' case,

upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment which provides 10% reservation for the

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s by a 3-2 majority. * 9 November - Logo with lotus launched, for the G-20 Summit hosted in India. * 10 November - D. Y. Chandrachud takes oath as the 50th

, succeeding Uday Lalit. * 11 November - ** Bangalore welcomes 2nd

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terminal T2, with 108 ft statue of

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, the architect of Bangalore called ' The Statue of Prosperity', inaugurated by

. ** All the 6 assassins of former Prime Minister

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released from prison, as per the orders of the

. *12 November - 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections, underway for 68 seats of the state. *14 November - Horrific Incident in Delhi; Man named Aftab kills girlfriend Shraddha Walker by strangling, chops the body into 35 pieces for dispose. Caught by the police department during the act. *18 November - ** Vikram-S rocket, India's first rocket launch partnered with private space organisation with

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launched from

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. **

sacks entire selection committee of the cricket board, led by

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. **" 3rd - No Money for Terror" -

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conference held under the presidency of

in the presence of International delegates. *20 November - Blast in an auto-rickshaw in

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street, by accused Mohammed Shafiq using a pressure-cooker bomb.

December

* 1 December - Phase 1 of 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Elections held. * 2 December - Marriage of Dr Abhinav khare with Dr Palak Khare, NAVPAL * 5 December - Phase 2 of 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Elections carried out. * 8 December - Result of 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Elections and

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declared.

won a seventh consecutive term in

with a landslide victory (156 out of total 182 seats) and

toppled incumbent

government in

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 ...

by bagging 40 out of 68 seats. * 9 December - Indian soldiers clash with Chinese soldiers at the

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 ...

border of

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. No casualties, several injured. * 12 December - Congress Leader Raja Pateria arrested for comments "Kill Prime Minister Modi to save constitution" in Madhya Pradesh. * 13 December - 3 students die by suicide in

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. * 20 December — India enacted its first domestic anti-piracy legislation as the Maritime Anti-Piracy Act 2022, criminalizing maritime piracy and empowering Indian agencies with the authority to respond to threats. * 24 December -

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, a television actress, who was playing the role of Mariyam, in Indian sitcom

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, died by suicide on the set of Ali Baba at the age of 20 just 11 days before her 21st birthday. * 30 December - ** Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother, Heeraben Modi passes away at the age of 100 in

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. ** Cricketer

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meet with a major accident, his car (

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GLE 43 4MATIC Coupe) collided with a road divider on the Delhi-Dehradun

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. He was admitted to

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, Delhi

Deaths

January

*4 –

Sindhutai Sapkal Sindhu Shrihari Sapkal (14 November 1948 – 4 January 2022) (), affectionately called Sindhutai, was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for her work in raising orphaned children in India. She was awarded the Padma Sh ...

, 73, social worker;

cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest (also known as sudden cardiac arrest CA is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When the heart stops beating, blood cannot properly Circulatory system, circulate around the body and the blood flow to the ...

*8 –

Ramesh Babu Ghattamaneni Ramesh Babu (13 October 1965 – 8 January 2022) was an Indian actor and film producer, who was known for his work in Telugu cinema. Babu made his on screen debut with the film ''Alluri Seetharama Raju (film), Alluri Seetharama Ra ...

, 56, film actor *17 –

Birju Maharaj Pandit Birju Maharaj (born Brijmohan Nath Mishra; 4 February 1938 – 17 January 2022) was an Indian dancer, composer, singer, and exponent of the Lucknow "Kalka-Bindadin" Gharana of Kathak dance in India. He was a descendant of the Maharaj fa ...

, 83, dancer *18 –

Narayan Debnath Narayan Debnath (25 November 1925 – 18 January 2022) was an Indian comics artist, writer and illustrator. He created the Bengali comic strips '' Handa Bhonda'' (1962), '' Bantul the Great'' (1965) and '' Nonte Phonte'' (1969). He holds the re ...

, 97, cartoonist *22 –

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 ...

, 90, field hockey player

February

*6 –

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar (; born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. He ...

, 92, singer;

multiple organ dysfunction syndrome Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring immediate medical intervention. There are different stages of organ dysfunction for certain different organs, both in acute and in chronic ...

*15 –

Bappi Lahiri Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da, was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...

, 69, music composer

obstructive sleep apnea Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and is characterized by recurrent episodes of complete or partial airway obstruction, obstruction of the respiratory tract#Upper respiratory tract, upper airway lea ...

*15 –

Sandhya Mukhopadhyay Geetashree Sandhya Mukherjee (also spelled Mukhopadhyay; 4 October 1931 – 15 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and musician, specialising in Bengali music. She received Banga Bibhushan, the highest civilian honour of the Indian st ...

, 90, legendary Bengali singer,

*12 –

Rahul Bajaj Rahul Bajaj (10 June 1938 – 12 February 2022) was an Indian billionaire businessman and politician. He was the chairman emeritus of the Indian conglomerate Bajaj Group. He was awarded the third-highest civilian award in India, the Padma Bhus ...

, 83, billionaire businessman and CEO of

Bajaj Group Bajaj Group is an Indian multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded by Jamnalal Bajaj in Mumbai in 1926. The group comprises 40 companies and its flagship company Bajaj Auto is ranked as the world's fourth largest two- and three- ...

*21 – Mekapati Goutham Reddy, 50, politician;

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...

March

*4 -

Sunith Francis Rodrigues General (India), General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, Param Vishisht Seva Medal, PVSM, Vishisht Seva Medal, VSM (19 September 1933 – 4 March 2022) was an Indian army officer who was Chief of the Army Staff (India), Chief of the Army Staff of the ...

, 88, army officer *14 –

Sandeep Nangal Ambian Sandeep Singh Sandhu also popularly known as Sandeep Nangal Ambian or Gladiator ( 1983 – 14 March 2022) was a British-Indian kabaddi player who played in the position of a stopper. He had represented both India and the United Kingdom in inter ...

, 38,

kabaddi Kabaddi (, ) is a contact team sport played between two teams of seven players. It is one of the traditional games of South Asia. In this game, a raider enters the opposing half of the court to touch defenders and attempt to return within 30 ...

player; shot dead *23 - Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, 81, 35th Chief Justice of India *24 -

Abhishek Chatterjee Abhishek Chatterjee (30 April 1964 – 24 March 2022) was an Indian actor who was known for his work in Bengali cinema. He made his big screen debut alongside veterans such as Sandhya Roy, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Tapas Paul and Utpal Dutt with t ...

, 57, actor

May

*10 –

Shivkumar Sharma Shivkumar Sharma (13 January 1938 – 10 May 2022) was an Indian classical musician and santoor player who is credited with adapting the santoor for Indian classical music. As a music composer, he collaborated with Indian flautist Hariprasad ...

, 84, classical musician and

santoor The Indian santoor instrument is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, and a variation of the Iranian santur. The instrument is generally made of walnut wood and has 25 bridges. Each bridge has 4 strings, making for a total of 100 strings. It ...

player,

Cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest (also known as sudden cardiac arrest CA is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When the heart stops beating, blood cannot properly Circulatory system, circulate around the body and the blood flow to the ...

*11 -

Sukh Ram Pandit Sukh Ram (born Sukhram Sharma; 27 July 1927 – 11 May 2022) was an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Communications and Information Technology from 1993 to 1996. He was a member of Lok Sabha from the Mandi constituency o ...

, 94, politician *14 -

Urvashi Vaid Urvashi Vaid (October 8, 1958 – May 14, 2022) was an Indian-born American LGBT rights activist, lawyer, and writer. An expert in gender and sexuality law, she was a consultant in attaining specific goals of social justice. She held a series of ...

, 63, activist, lawyer, and writer *29 –

Sidhu Moose Wala Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu (11 June 199329 May 2022), known professionally as Sidhu Moose Wala, was an Indian singer and rapper. He worked predominantly in Punjabi Music, Punjabi-language music and Punjabi cinema, cinema. Moose Wala is considered t ...

, 28, entertainer; shot dead *31 – KK, 54, Singer,

*31 -

Bhim Singh Bhim Singh may refer to: * Bhim Singh of Amber (died 1537), ruler of the kingdom of Amber * Bhim Singh Rana (1707–1756), ruler of the princely state of Gohad * Bhim Singh of Marwar (died 1803) * Bhim Singh of Mewar (1768–1828), of Mewar Kingdom ...

, 80, politician, activist, lawyer and author

June

*13 –

Hari Chand Hari Chand (1 April 1953 – 13 June 2022) was an Indian long-distance runner. In the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he came eighth in the heats of the 10,000 metre run with a time of 28:48.7. This however was a national record for a ...

, 69,

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance ru ...

Olympian *15 -

Gopi Chand Narang Gopi Chand Narang (11 February 1931 – 15 June 2022) was an Indian theorist, literary critic, and scholar who wrote in Urdu and English. His Urdu literary criticism incorporated a range of modern theoretical frameworks including stylistics, st ...

, 91, theorist, literary critic, and scholar *26 - V. Krishnamurthy, 97, civil servant *28 - Varinder Singh, 75, field hockey player *28 -

Pallonji Mistry Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (1 June 1929 – 28 June 2022) was an Irish billionaire businessman of Indian descent. He was chairman of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and a major shareholder of India's largest private conglomerate, Tata Group. Earl ...

, 93, billionaire construction tycoon

July

*3 - E.N. Sudhir, 74, footballer *4 -

Tarun Majumdar Tarun Majumdar (or Mazumdar, 8 January 1931 – 4 July 2022) was an Indian film director, documentary filmmaker, author, illustrator and screenwriter who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He received five National Awards, seven BFJA Aw ...

, 91, film director *5 - P. Gopinathan Nair, 99, social worker *9 - B. K. Syngal, 82, Father of Internet & Data Services in India *12 - T. R. Prasad, 80, bureaucrat *15 -

Pratap Pothen Pratap Pothen (13 August 1952 – 15 July 2022) was an Indian actor and filmmaker who acted in about 100 films and directed 12 films. He appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, and Telugu cinema, Telugu as well as Bollywo ...

, 69, actor and filmmaker *18 - Bhupinder Singh, 82, musician *25 - Ashok Jagdale, 76, cricketer *26 - Sushovan Banerjee, 84, physician and politician *29 -

Rasik Dave Rasik Dave (19 June 1957 – 29 July 2022) was an Indian actor working predominantly in Hindi television industry. He is best known for his role of Nanda baba, father of Krishna in B. R. Chopra's television show ''Mahabharat'' (1988). Dave had ...

, 65, actor

August

*3 -

Mithilesh Chaturvedi Mithilesh Chaturvedi (15 October 1954 – 3 August 2022) was an Indian film and theatre actor. Biography Chaturvedi worked in '' Koi... Mil Gaya'', '' Gadar: Ek Prem Katha'', ''Krrish'', ''Satya'', '' Mohalla Assi'', and web series like '' S ...

, 67, actor *5 -

Debi Ghosal Debi Ghosal (1 November 1934 – 5 August 2022) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India, from Barrackpore, West Bengal as a member of the Indian National Congress, serving from 1984 to 1 ...

, 87, politician *8 - Sharad Hazare, 77, cricketer *9 - Pradeep Patwardhan, 65, actor and comedian *11 -

Shimoga Subbanna Shimoga Subbanna or Shivamogga Subbanna (born as G. Subramanya, 14 December 1938 – 11 August 2022) was an Indian Sugama Sangeetha(Light Music) playback singer in the Kannada language. He received a national award for singing for the song ' ...

, 83, singer *12 - Anshu Jain, 59, business executive *14 -

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Rakesh Radheyshyam Jhunjhunwala (5 July 1960 – 14 August 2022) was an Indian billionaire investor, stock trader, and Chartered Accountant. He began investing in 1985 with a capital of , with his first major profit in 1986. At the time of his ...

, 62, stock trader and investor *14 - Vinayak Mete, 52, politician *16 -

Subhash Singh Singam Subhash Singh (born 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for indian club Sagolband United. Youth career Subhash had to choose between football or weight-lifting as a career option, his father preferred h ...

, 59, politician *20 -

Samar Banerjee Samar "Badru" Banerjee (; 30 January 1930 – 20 August 2022) was an Indian association football, footballer who played primarily as a striker for the India national football team. He captained India at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, wh ...

, 92, footballer *20 -

Syed Sibtey Razi Syed Sibtey Razi (7 March 1939 – 20 August 2022) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress who served as the governor of Assam and Jharkhand, in addition to also serving as the Deputy Home minister of India. Early ...

, 83, politician *25 -

Saawan Kumar Tak Saawan Kumar Tak (9 August 1936 – 25 August 2022) was an Indian film director, producer, and lyricist. He directed many Bollywood, Hindi films, including successful films like ''Saajan Bina Suhagan'', ''Souten'', ''Souten Ki Beti'', ''Sanam B ...

, 86, director, producer, and lyricist *25 - Devidhan Besra, 77, politician *26 -

Jalaluddin Umri Syed Jalaluddin Umri (1935 – 26 August 2022) was an Islamic scholar and writer. He was the Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind from 2007 to 2019. Early life and education Jalaluddin Umri was born in 1935 in a village called Puttagram, District of N ...

, 87, scholar and writer *29 -

Pradip Mukherjee Pradip Mukherjee, also known as Pradip Mukhopadhyay (11 August 1946 – 29 August 2022), was an Indian actor and dramatist who primarily acted in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali movies. Although not famous for acting in mainstream movies, Pradip ...

, 76, actor and dramatist *29 - Abhijit Sen, 71, economist

September

*1 -

Mary Roy Mary Roy (1933 – 1 September 2022) was an Indian educator and women's rights activist known for winning a Supreme Court lawsuit in 1986 against the inheritance law prevalent within the Syrian Malabar Nasrani community of Kerala. The judgemen ...

, 89, educator and activist *1 - Bamba Bakya, 49, singer and musician *2 - T. V. Sankaranarayanan, 77, singer *2 -

Ramveer Upadhyay Ramveer Upadhyay (1 August 1957 – 2 September 2022) was an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. He represented the Sadabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Bah ...

, 65, politician *4 -

, 54, businessman *6 -

Umesh Katti Umesh Vishwanath Katti (14 March 1961 – 6 September 2022) was an Indian politician. He was first elected to Karnataka Assembly as member of Janata Dal. At the time of his death, he was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Minister of Foo ...

, 61, Karnataka politician *7 -

Ramchandra Manjhi Ramchandra Manjhi (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Rāmcaṃdra māṃjhī, Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri: 𑂩𑂰𑂧𑂒𑂢𑂹६ 𑂧𑂰𑂖𑂹𑂕𑂲; 1925 – 7 September 2022) was an Indian Bhojpuri folk dance ...

, 97, Bhojpuri folk dancer *8 - Kamal Narain Singh, 95, 22nd Chief Justice of India *10 -

B. B. Lal Braj Basi Lal (2 May 1921 – 10 September 2022) was an Indian writer and archaeologist. He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1968 to 1972 and has served as Director of the Indian Institute of Advance ...

, 101, archaeologist *11 -

Krishnam Raju Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju (20 January 1940 – 11 September 2022) was an Indian actor and politician. He was known for his works in Telugu cinema and was widely known as "''Rebel Star''" for his rebellious acting style. He was also th ...

, 82, actor and politician *11 -

Swaroopanand Saraswati Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati (2 September 1924 – 11 September 2022) was an Indian religious leader. In 1982, he became the Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham in Dwaraka, Gujarat and also of Jyotir Math in Badrinath. He has been the only ...

, 98, religious leader *13 - N. M. Joseph, 78, politician *13 -

Faisal Saif Faisal Saif (27 April 1976 – 13 September 2022) was an Indian film director, film critic and writer. He began his film career as an assistant director on '' Aur Ek Prem Kahani'', ''Angaar'' and ''Grahan''. He mostly chose controversial horror ...

, 46, film director *14 - Naresh Kumar, 93, tennis player *17 - Manikrao Hodlya Gavit, 87, politician *19 - Bishnu Sethi, 61, politician *21 -

Raju Srivastav Satya Prakash Srivastav (25 December 1963 – 21 September 2022), known professionally as Raju Srivastav and often credited as Gajodhar, was an Indian comedian, actor and politician. He was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and moved to Mumbai in ...

, 58, comedian

October

* 1 -

Tulsi Tanti Tulsi Tanti (2 February 1958 – 1 October 2022) was an Indian businessman best known for being the founder and chairman-cum-managing director of Suzlon. He was known as the "Wind man of India" (or India's 'Wind Man') and was the president of the ...

, 64, businessman * 1 - Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, 68, kerala politician * 4 - Shekhar Joshi, 90, author. * 7 -

Arun Bali Arun Bali (23 December 1942 – 7 October 2022) was an Indian actor who has worked in numerous films and television series. He played the part of Maharaj Porus in the 1991 period drama '' Chanakya'', Kunwar Singh in the Doordarshan soap oper ...

, 79, actor * 9 -

Temsüla Ao Temsüla Ao (25 October 1945 – 9 October 2022) was an Indian poet, fiction writer, and ethnographer. She was a professor of English at North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) from where she retired in 2010. She served as the director of the N ...

, 76, poet and writer * 9 -

Bhanwar Lal Sharma Bhanwar Lal Sharma (17 April 1945 – 9 October 2022) was an Indian politician. He was a 7th term Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Sardarshahar, Churu, Rajasthan. He emerged as a national figure in the Brahmin Samaj as he was Presiden ...

, 77, rajasthan politician * 10 -

Mulayam Singh Yadav Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, a socialism, socialist figure and founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three t ...

, 82, politician * 10 - Subbu Arumugam, 94, writer and storyteller. * 11 - A. Gopalakrishnan, 85, nuclear engineer. * 14 - Kedar Singh Phonia, 92, uttarakhand politician * 15 - K. Murari, 78, film producer * 16 - Vaishali Takkar, 30, actress * 16 -

Dilip Mahalanabis Dilip Mahalanabis (12 November 1934 – 16 October 2022) was an Indian paediatrician known for pioneering the use of oral rehydration therapy to treat diarrhoeal diseases. Mahalanabis had begun researching oral rehydration therapy in 1966 as a ...

, 87, pediatrician * 22 - Anand Mamani, 56, deputy speaker of Karnataka LA. * 26 -

Esmayeel Shroff Esmayeel Shroff (12 August 1950 – 26 October 2022) was an Indian film director and writer, noted for his work in the Bollywood industry. His hit film ''Thodisi Bewafaii'' was famous among the crowd of the 1980s. The movie was written by his b ...

, 62, film director

November

* 1 - Vijayakumar Menon, 76, art critic and writer * 2 -

Ela Bhatt Ela Ramesh Bhatt (7 September 1933 – 2 November 2022) was an Indian cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian, who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) in 1972, and served as its general secretary from 1972 to 199 ...

, 89, social activist * 2 - T. P. Rajeevan, 63, novelist * 2 -

Jambey Tashi Jambey Tashi ( – 2 November 2022) was an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Arunachal Pradesh, serving as the MLA of 1-Lumla constituency. He was also a Member of National Minority Morcha, BJP. Tashi had previously been a memb ...

, 44, politician * 3 - G. S. Varadachary, 90, film critic and journalist * 5 -

Hyder Ali Hyder Ali (''Haidar'alī''; ; 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and ''de facto'' ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Hyder Ali, he distinguished himself as a soldier, eventually drawing the attention of Mysore's ...

, 79, cricketer * 8 -

Lohithaswa Lohithaswa T. S. (5 August 1942 – 8 November 2022) was an Indian Kannada film actor and playwright and an English professor. He acted in more than five hundred Kannada movies, stage plays, and television serials. He was popularly known for ...

, 80, actor * 10 -

Rajni Kumar Rajni Kumar (born Nancie Joyce Margaret Jones; 5 March 1923 – 11 November 2022) was a British-born Indian educationist and the founder of Springdales School, Springdales Group of Schools. She was the recipient of the Padma Shri, the Governmen ...

, 99, English-born educationalist, founder of the

Springdales School The Springdales Schools are a group of English-language, co-educational schools run by the Springdales Education Society in New Delhi, India. There are five branches of the school: Pusa Road, Dhaula Kuan, Jaipur, Kirti Nagar, and Dubai. They ...

s * 11 -

Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi (15 December 1975 – 11 November 2022), also known as Anand Suryavanshi, was an Indian television actor. He appeared in over 25 Hindi television shows during his 21-year career and was known for his roles in ''Mamta ...

, 47, actor * 12 - Mohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi, 91, economist * 15 -

Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...

, 79, actor * 18 -

Tabassum Tabassum (born Kiran Bala Sachdev; 9 July 1944 – 18 November 2022), was an Indian actress, talk show host and YouTuber, who started her career as child actor Baby Tabassum in 1947. She later had a television career as the host of first TV t ...

, 78, actress * 19 - Babu Mani, 59, footballer * 20 -

Aaroor Dass S. Yesudas (10 September 1931 – 20 November 2022) known by his stage name Aaroor Dass, was an Indian stage, film and television Screenwriter who was active in Tamil cinema during the latter part of the 20th century. Aaroor Dass has written th ...

, 91, screenwriter * 20 - Aindrila Sharma, 24, actress * 21 -

Avvai Natarajan Sivapatha Sekaran, popularly known as Avvai Natarajan (24 April 1936 – 21 November 2022) was an Indian scholar and educationist from Tamil Nadu. He was theVice-Chancellor of Tamil University, Thanjavur Tamil University during 1992-95. The Gover ...

, 86, academic administrator, * 26 -

Vikram Gokhale Vikram Gokhale (14 November 1945 – 26 November 2022) was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in Marathi theatre, Hindi films and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theatre and film actor, Chandrakan ...

, 77, actor * 30 - Vikram Kirloskar, 64, businessman * 30 - Kumble Sundara Rao, 88,

Yakshagana Yakshagana is a traditional theatre, found in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kasaragod district and Uttara Kannada, Shimoga and western parts of Chikmagalur district, Chikmagalur districts, in the state of Karnataka and in Kasaragod district in Keral ...

artist and politician * 30 - Nagnath Lalujirao Kottapalle, 74, writer and academic administrator

December

* 1 -

Vasu Pisharody Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody (15 August 1943 – 1 December 2022) was an Indian Kathakali actor known for his classical dance-drama of Kerala. A frontline disciple of Padma Shri Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair, he exceled in virtuous , anti-hero Kathi a ...

, 79,

Kathakali ''Kathakali'' (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: Kathakaḷi ) is a traditional form of Indian Classical Dance, and one of the most complex forms of Theatre of India, Indian theatre. It is a play of verses. These vers ...

actor * 1 - Samresh Singh, 81, Indian politician * 2 - Tukaram Gangadhar Gadakh, 69, politician * 2 -

Jharana Das Jharana Das (, 1945 – 2 December 2022) was an Indian Ollywood actress and journalist. She was known for her contributions to the Odia film industry. Life and career Jharana Das started her career in the 1960s as a child artist and announcer ...

, 82, actress * 5 -

Ahmad Ali Barqi Azmi Ahmad Ali Barqi Azmi (25 December 1954 – 5 December 2022) was an Indian poet in the Urdu language. His poetic collections included ''Rooh-e-Sukhan''. Professionally, he served in the Persian service of All India Radio, New Delhi. He devoted h ...

, 67, poet * 6 - Yoginder K Alagh, 83, economist * 7 - Manohar Devadoss, 86, visual artist and writer * 9 -

Sulochana Chavan Sulochana Mahadev Kadam (13 March 1933 – 10 December 2022), better known as Sulochana Chavan, was an Indian singer who was known for her lavanis in Marathi. Amongst various others, her famous lavanis included "Tuzhya Usala Laagal Kolha", " ...

, 89,

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India **Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...

singer * 10 - Kenneth Powell, 82, Olympic sprinter * 12 - Mohan Jena, 65, politician * 13 - Ranjit Singh Brahmpura, 85, politician * 24 -

, 20, actress

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