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The following is a list of events for the year 2025 in India.
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January
- 3 January –
- Five female members of the same family are fatally stabbed in a suspected honour killing by a relative in Lucknow.[1]
- The body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, who went missing on 1 January, is found inside a septic tank at a compound belonging to a road construction contractor in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh.[2]
- 5 January – An HAL Dhruv helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard crashes during a training flight in Porbandar, Gujarat, killing three crew members.[3]
- 6 January –
- The first HMPV Virus case in India is detected in Bengaluru.[4]
- Nine people, including eight police officers, are killed after their vehicle hits a landmine planted by Naxalites in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh.[5]
- Nine miners are killed in the flooding of a coal mine in Dima Hasao district, Assam.[6][7]
- 9 January – At least six people are killed and many others are injured in a stampede at the Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.[8][9]
- 10 January – Larsen & Toubro chairman S. N. Subrahmanyan's statement on a 90-hour work week and working day on Sunday sparks outrage and debate on work–life balance.[10]
- 13 January – The Sonamarg Tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir is inaugurated in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[11]
- 13 January–26 February : 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela.[12][13]
- 16 January – Actor Saif Ali Khan is stabbed by an unknown man during an alleged robbery at his Mumbai residence.[14][15]
- 18 January – Sanjay Roy is convicted by the Sealdah court in Kolkata for the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder case.[16]
- 19 January – A fire caused by an exploding gas cylinder destroys at least 18 temporary tents at the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela festival grounds. No injuries are reported.[17]
- 20 January – The Sealdah Court in Kolkata sentences Sanjay Roy to rigorous life imprisonment following his conviction in the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder case.[18]
- 22 January –
- Thirteen people are killed and 15 others are injured after a passenger train collides with a group of people that disembarked from another train following a false fire alarm near Pachora, Maharashtra.[19]
- A truck falls into a ravine along National Highway 63 in Yellapur, Karnataka, killing 10 people and injuring 15 others.[20]
- 24 January – Eight people are killed in an explosion at an ordnance factory in Bhandara district, Maharashtra.[21]
- 29 January – At least 30 people are killed in a crowd crush at the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.[22]
February
- 1 February – NAAC rating bribery case: The CBI arrests the chairman and six members of NAAC for accepting bribes for a favorable NAAC rating.
- 2 February – A bus carrying pilgrims falls into a gorge near Saputara, Gujarat, killing five people and injuring 35 others.[23]
- 5 February – 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election: The Bharatiya Janata Party wins a two-thirds majority in the Delhi Legislative Assembly.[24]
- 6 February – A Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashes in Shivpuri district, Madhya Pradesh. The two pilots on board eject safely.[25]
- 9 February –
- Thirty-one Naxalites and two military personnel are killed in the 2025 Bijapur clash.[26]
- N. Biren Singh resigns as the Chief Minister Of Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state.[27]
- 10 February – Ranveer Allahabadia's remarks on the show India's Got Latent sparks nation-wide outrage and debate on free speech and laws on obscene content on social media.[28][29]
- 13 February – The Union Government imposes President's rule in Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state.[30]
- 14 February – A series of police raids on bookstores are carried out in Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the seizure of 668 books released by a publishing house associated with the outlawed Islamic organisation Jamaat-e-Islami.[31]
- 15 February –
- An SUV carrying pilgrims to the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela collides with a bus in Prayagraj, killing all ten people aboard the SUV.[32]
- At least 18 people are killed in a crowd crush at New Delhi railway station.[33]
- 16 February – Suicide of Prakriti Lamsal.
- 19 February – The BJP names Rekha Gupta as Chief Minister of Delhi.[34]
- 21 February –
- The Invest Kerala Global Summit is held by the Kerala state government.[35]
- The Drugs Controller General of India orders a ban on the manufacture and export of the opioids tapentadol and carisoprodol following reports of widespread addiction and deaths caused by the said drugs in West African countries.[36]
- 22 February –
- An SUV crashes into a truck near Dhanbad while traveling to the 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Mela, killing six people and injuring two others.[37]
- The Srisaliam Left Bank Canal collapses in Nagarkurnool district, Telangana, leaving eight workers missing.[38]
- 26 February – An army truck is attacked by militants in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir.[39]
- 28 February – An avalanche hits a Border Roads Organisation camp in Mana, Uttarakhand, killing eight people.[40]
March
- 1 March – Delhi orders a ban on vehicles aged 10 years and above from refuelling inside city limits effective 31 March due to air pollution concerns.[41]
- 7 March –
- A SEPECAT Jaguar of the Indian Air Force crashes during a training exercise in Panchkula district, Haryana. The pilot ejects safely.[42]
- An Antonov An-32 of the Indian Air Force crashes on landing at Bagdogra Airport in West Bengal. No fatalities are reported.[43]
- 9 March – India wins the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy for a record third time, in Dubai.[44]
- 17 March – 2025 Nagpur violence: At least 30 people are injured in clashes demanding the removal of the tomb of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Nagpur, Maharashtra.[45]
- 18 March – Three people are convicted and sentenced to death by a special court in Mainpuri for the killing of 24 Dalits in the village of Dehuli, Uttar Pradesh in 1981.[46]
- 20 March – Thirty Naxalites and one military personnel are killed in clashes between police and naxalites in Dantewada district and Kanker district, Chhattisgarh.[47]
- 27 March – Four police officers and three militants are killed in clashes in Kathua District, Jammu and Kashmir.[48]
- 29 March – 3 April – 2025 Varanasi gang rape: A 19-year-old girl is gang raped by a group of 23 men in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
- 29 March – Sixteen Naxalites are killed in clashes with police in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh.[49]
- 30 March – Eleven cars of a Bengaluru-Kamakhya train derail near Nirgundi Train Station in Cuttack, killing one person and injuring eight others.[50]
- 31 March – Eight members of the same family are killed in an explosion caused by a gas cylinder at a house that doubled as an illegal firecracker factory in Patharpratima, West Bengal.[51]
April
- 1 April –
- 2 April –
- 2025 India–Pakistan heat wave: India and Pakistan are struck by a heatwave with temperatures nearing 47 °C to 53 °C in several regions. The event is linked to climate change and shifting weather patterns across South Asia.[55]
- A SEPECAT Jaguar fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashes in Jamnagar district, Gujarat, killing a pilot and injuring another.[56]
- 5 April – The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 comes into effect replacing the Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 and amend the Waqf Act, 1995.
- 8 April – Murshidabad violence: Three people are killed in clashes in protest against The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in Murshidabad, West Bengal.[57]
- 10 April – Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pakistani-born Canadian national and terrorist wanted by India for his role in the 26/11 attacks, arrives in Delhi following his arrest and extradition from the United States.[58]
- 12 April – 2025 Nainital child sexual assault case: A 12-year-old girl was raped by a 73-year-old man in Nainital, Uttarakhand.[59]
- 19 April – Eleven people are killed in the collapse of a residential building in New Delhi.[60]
- 21 April – The Central Government declares a three-day state mourning period over the death of Pope Francis.[61]
- 22 April – 2025 Pahalgam attack: At least 26 people are killed in an attack by terrorists on a group of tourists visiting Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.[62] The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based, UN-designated terrorist group, Lashkar-e-Taiba,[63] claims responsibility for the attack.[64]
- 25 April – 2025 India–Pakistan standoff: Indian and Pakistani soldiers briefly exchange fire along the Line of Control.[65]
- 27 April – A van collides with a bicycle before plunging into a well in Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh, killing 12 people and injuring four others.[66]
- 28 April – India signs a contract to purchase 26 Rafale fighter jets from France.[67]
- 29 April – Fourteen people are killed in a fire at the Rituraj Hotel in Kolkata.[68]
May
- 3 May – At least six people are killed in a crowd crush during a Hindu festival at the Sree Lairai Devi temple in Shirgao, Goa.[69]
- 5 May – A mob beats a man to death for allegedly yelling Pakistan Zindabad at a cricket match in Kudupu, Karnataka. Fifteen people are arrested.[70]
- 7 May –
- 2025 India civil defence mock drill: A mock drill is organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs (India) in 244 districts of India in response to tensions with Pakistan following the 2025 Pahalgam attack.
- At least 15 Naxalites are killed in clashes with security forces in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh.[71]
- 7 May – 10 May – 2025 India–Pakistan conflict: The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force conduct surgical strikes code-named 'Operation Sindoor' on targets in Pakistan in response to the 2025 Pahalgam attack.[72]
- 10 May – 2025 India–Pakistan conflict: India and Pakistan reach a ceasefire agreement.[73]
- 12 May – Cricketer Virat Kohli announces his retirement from Test cricket.[74]
- 13 May –
- Three militants are killed in a shootout with security forces in Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir.[75]
- At least 14 people are reported dead after consuming tainted liquor in the Amritsar area.[76]
- 14 May –
- The Government announces the successful Operation Black Forest against Naxal insurgents.
- 10 militants are killed in a gunfight with security forces in Chandel district, Manipur.[77][78]
- 15 May – Three JeM militants are killed in a shootout with security forces in Awantipora district, Jammu and Kashmir.[79][80]
- 16 May – A Sudanese student, Mohamed Wada of Lovely Professional University is fatally stabbed by six other students after attempting with his cousin try to stop them from harassing their female friends.[81][82]
- 17 May – India bans Bangladeshi ready-made garments from being exported through their common land borders.[83]
- 18 May – At least 17 people are killed in the 2025 Gulzar Houz fire in Hyderabad.[84]
- 19 May –
- Haryana-based travel YouTuber influencer and Jyoti Malhotra is arrested on suspicion of spying for Pakistan following a history of travel to the country.[85]
- The EOS-09 satellite fails shortly after launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre.[86]
- 20 May –
- Five people are killed in rain-related incidents in Bengaluru.[87][88]
- Karnataka-based writer Banu Mushtaq wins the 2025 International Booker Prize for her short story anthology Heart Lamp, which is also the first Kannada language work to win the award.[89]
- 21 May – 2025 Abujhmarh clash: Twenty-seven Naxalites are killed in clashes with police in Abujhmarh, Narayanpur district, Chhattisgarh.[90][91]
- 23 May – Murder of Raja Raghuvanshi.[92]
- 24 May – The Liberian cargo vessel MSC ELSA 3 sinks off the coast of Kerala. All 24 people on board are rescued.[93]
- 27 May – Former Wrestling Federation of India head Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is cleared by a court in Delhi in one count of sexual harassment filed by a minor female wrestler.[94]
- 28 May – Punjilal Meher is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the Patnagarh bombing that killed two people in Odisha in 2018.[95]
- 31 May –
- The Miss World 2025 pageant is held in Hyderabad, with India's Nandini Gupta finishing in the Top 20.[96]
- At least five people are reported killed in flooding and landslides in Assam.[97]
June
- 1 June – Three soldiers are killed in a landslide at an army camp in Chaten, Sikkim.[98]
- 4 June – At least 11 people are killed in a crowd crush during celebrations for Royal Challengers Bengaluru's victory in the Indian Premier League in Bengaluru.[99]
- 6 June – The Udhampur–Baramulla railway in Jammu and Kashmir is inaugurated in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[100]
- 7 June – The leader of the armed Meitei group Arambai Tenggol, Asem Kanan Singh, is arrested along with four other officials in Imphal Airport, resulting in unrest across Manipur.[101]
- 9 June –
- A police officer is killed in a bomb attack by Naxalites in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh.[102]
- The Singapore-flagged cargo vessel MV Wan Hai 503 catches fire off the coast of Kerala, leaving four sailors missing.[103]
- At least four people are killed and several others are injured after falling off an overcrowded train between the Diva and Kopar railway stations in Mumbai.[104][105]
- 12 June – Air India Flight 171: A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner passenger aircraft operated by Air India crashes shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport, killing at least 279 people.[106]
- 14 June – At least 328 guns and 9,300 rounds of ammunition are recovered in a joint operation by security forces in Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state.[107][108]
- 15 June – 15 July – 2025 Rajya Sabha elections.[109]
- 15 June –
- Four people are killed and 32 are injured in a bridge collapse near the Indrayani River in Pune.[110][111]
- Seven people are killed in a helicopter crash in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand.[112]
- 17 June – India and Canada announce an agreement to restore normal diplomatic relations following a dispute that began in 2023 over the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver.[113]
- 22 June – Thirty-five Nepali youths are rescued from captivity in Kashipur, Uttarakhand, following a coordinated operation by the Nepali Embassy and Indian authorities.[114][115]
- 25 June –
- Shubhanshu Shukla becomes the second Indian, after Rakesh Sharma in 1984, to go to outer space, as group captain of the Axiom Mission 4 which takes off from the Kennedy Space Center in the United States.[116]
- At least three people are killed while 11 others are reported missing following flash floods in Himachal Pradesh.[117]
- 26 June – At least three people are killed and nine others are injured after a bus crashes into the Alaknanda River in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand.[118][119]
- 29 June – At least three people are killed in a crowd crush at a Hindu festival near the Gundicha Temple in Puri, Odisha.[120]
- 30 June – At least 44 people are killed and several others are injured in a chemical factory explosion at the Sigachi Industries pharmaceutical plant in Sangareddy, Telangana.[121]
July
- 4 July – At least 203 guns are recovered in a joint operation by security forces in Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state.[122]
- 5 July – X briefly withholds access to multiple Reuters accounts in India, citing a legal request under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The accounts are restored the next day.[123]
- 6 July – Five members of a single family are killed after being accused of witchcraft in Tetgama, Bihar.[124]
- 8 July – Ten people are killed and several others are injured when a fire and explosion cause eight rooms to collapse at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu.[125]
- Five members of a single family are killed after being accused of witchcraft in Bihar.[126]
- 9 July –
- Eleven people are killed in the collapse of the Gambhira-Mujpur bridge in Vadodara, Gujarat.[127][128]
- An Indian Air Force trainer aircraft crashes near Churu, Rajasthan, killing its two pilots.[129]
- A Russian woman and her two children are discovered living inside a cave in Ramatirtha Hill in Karnataka after staying there for a week.[130]
- 10 July –
- A magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits Haryana, killing two people in Meerut.[131]
- Murder of Radhika Yadav
- 11 July – The Maratha Military Landscapes of India are designated as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[132]
- 14 July – A passenger train collides with a school bus in Cuddalore, killing three people and injuring two others.[133]
- 15 July – At least 86 guns and 974 rounds of ammunition are recovered in a joint operation by security forces in Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state.[134]
- 19 July – The Dharmasthala mass burials investigation, led by a Special Investigation Team, officially begin in Karnataka.[135][136]
- 21 July –
- The Bombay High Court acquits all 12 accused of the 2006 Mumbai train bombings due to lack of evidence from the prosecution.[137][138] The decision is stayed by the Supreme Court on 24 July following an appeal from the Maharashtra state government.[139]
- Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns as the Vice President of India citing health reasons.[140]
- 23 July – China–India relations: The government resumes issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens, ending the five-year suspension following the 2020 border skirmishes.[141]
- 25 July – Piplodi school roof collapse: Seven children are killed in a roof collapse at a school in Piplodi in Jhalawar district, Rajasthan.[142]
- 26 July – At least 90 guns and 728 rounds of ammunition are recovered in a joint operation by security forces in Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state.[143][144]
- 27 July –
- Six people are killed in a crowd crush at the Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar.[145]
- Two Kerala Nuns are arrested in Durg Junction railway station in Chhattisgarh on charges of forced conversion and human trafficking following a complaint by Bajrang Dal.[146]
- 28 July –
- Three LeT militants including the mastermind of the 2025 Pahalgam attack are killed in a joint operation by security forces in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.[147][148]
- At least 155 guns and 1,652 rounds of ammunition are recovered in a joint operation by security forces in Manipur amid ongoing ethnic violence in the state.[149][150].
- Divya Deshmukh wins the Women's Chess World Cup 2025 after defeating Koneru Humpy in the final round.[151][152]
- 29 July – At least 18 people on a Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage are killed in a bus accident in Deoghar, Jharkhand.[153][154]
- 30 July –
- NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), a joint project between NASA and ISRO to co-develop and launch a dual-frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite that is used for remote sensing, is launched into space. It is the first dual-band radar imaging satellite.[155]
- The Ministry of Culture announces the repatriation of the Piprahwa gems, which were taken out of the country during British rule and subjected to an attempted auction by Sotheby's in May.[156]
- 31 July –
- US President Donald Trump imposes a 25% tariff on Indian exports to the United States in part due to Indian purchases of oil from Russia.[157]
- A special NIA court acquits former MP Pragya Singh Thakur and five others in the 2006 Malegaon bombings.[158][159]
- SSC Scam.
August
- 1 August –
- Prajwal Revanna is convicted of rape by a special court in Bengaluru.[160][161] He is sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment the next day.[162][163]
- Vietnamese automaker VinFast begins production at a US$200 million factory in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, as part of an investment that will create over 3,000 jobs.[164]
- 5 August –
- Four people are killed while more than 100 others are reported missing in flash flooding in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand.[165][166]
- The government bans the possession and sale of 25 books in Jammu and Kashmir, including works by Arundhati Roy, A.G. Noorani, Sumantra Bose, Christopher Snedden and Victoria Schofield.[167]
- 6 August – US president Donald Trump imposes 50% tariffs on exports from India.[168]
- 7 August – Rahul Gandhi alleges systemic voter list fraud done by Election Commission of India in connivance with Bharatiya Janata Party in multiple elections.[169]
- 8 August – Two soldiers and one militant are killed in clashes in Kulgam District, Jammu and Kashmir.[170]
Scheduled
- Exact dates unknown – 2025 Kabaddi World Cup (International Kabaddi Federation).[171][172]
- 9 September – 2025 Indian vice presidential election.
- 9 September – 28 September: 2025 Asia Cup[173][174]
- October/November – 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
- December – 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup[175][176]
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Deaths
January
- 1 January-
- Pradeep Hemsingh Jadhav, 70, politician
- K. S. Manilal, 86, botany scholar and taxonomist.
- Mukesh Chandrakar, 32, journalist
- Kaak, 84, cartoonist.[177]
- 2 January-
- Govind Sharan Lohra, 69, folk singer, songwriter and dancer
- S. Jayachandran Nair, 85, journalist
- 4 January- Rajagopala Chidambaram, 88, nuclear scientist
- 5 January- Na D'Souza, 87, novelist[178]
- 6 January- Alok Chatterjee, 64, theatre actor and director[179]
- 7 January-
- Jiban Mukhopadhyay, 76, politician
- Jagdish Mittal, 99, art collector
- 8 January-
- Pritish Nandy, 73, filmmaker, poet, and politician
- Gyanada Kakati, 92, actress
- 9 January-
- Bimla Bissell, 92, civil servant and businesswoman
- P. Jayachandran, 80, playback singer
- 11 January- Gurpreet Gogi, 57, politician
- 12 January- Manda Jagannath, 73, politician
- 13 January-
- Abdul Sathar Kunju, 85, police officer
- Palavalasa Rajasekharam, 80, politician
- 14 January- Surat Singh Khalsa, 91, Indian-American political activist
- 15 January-
- Jafar Masood Hasani Nadwi, 59, Islamic scholar
- Sudip Pandey, 30, actor and producer
- Manjul Sinha, television director
- P. R. Sundaram, 73, politician
- Sarigama Viji, 76, actor
- 17 January-
- M. Srinivas, 82, politician
- K. N. Chandrasekharan Pillai, 81, legal scholar
- 18 January-
- N. Kayisii, 58, politician
- K. R. Punia, 89, politician
- T. M. Jayamurugan, film director
- 19 January- K. K. Gangadharan, 75, translator
- 20 January- Shamsheer Singh Manhas, 65, politician
- 21 January- Kaajee Singh, 80, percussionist
- 22 January- Tabish Mehdi, 73, poet
- 23 January- Appunni Tharakan, 96, artist
- 25 January-
- Tarun Bhartiya, 54, filmmaker, poet and social activist
- K. M. Cherian, 82, heart surgeon
- Harpal Brar, 85, politician
- Latika Katt, 76, sculptor
- 26 January-
- Shafi, 56, film director
- Samarendra Narayan Dev, 84, filmmaker
February
- 1 February-
- Navin Chawla, 79, civil servant
- Kishan Kapoor, 73, politician
- Zakia Jafri, 86, human rights activist
- 2 February- Nasiruddin Ahamed, 70-71, politician
- 3 February-
- Syed Asif Quadri, 88, tennis player[180]
- Victor Menezes, 77, banker[181]
- 4 February-
- Karshan Solanki, 68, politician[182]
- Pushpalatha, 87, actress[183]
- 7 February- Kameshwar Choupal, 68, politician
- 8 February- Gyalo Thondup, 97, Tibetan exile, brother of the 14th Dalai Lama[184]
- 10 February- Gurdev Singh, 77, sarod player
- 11 February- Raosaheb Rangnath Borade, 84, novelist
- 12 February- Prabhakar Karekar, 80, Hindustani classical singer
- 13 February-
- Sukri Bommagowda, 88, folk singer[185]
- Tukaram Bidkar, 73, politician[186]
- 15 February-
- Pratul Mukhopadhyay, 82, singer and songwriter
- Lavoo Mamledar, 68, politician
- R. M. Vasagam, 81–82, space scientist
- Vinod Kumar Gupta, 77, jurist
- 16 February- Krishnaveni, 100, actress
- 19 February-
- Milind Rege, 76, cricketer
- Shyam Singh Shashi, 89, socio-anthropologist
- S. K. Kaul, 89, air force officer
- 20 February- Kejong Chang, 90, politician
- 22 February- Mayadhar Raut, 94, odissi dancer
- 25 February-
- Vimala Rangachar, 96, educationist
- Kala Nath Shastry, 88, linguist and Sanskrit scholar
- 26 February- Anil R. Joshi, 84, poet and essayist
- 27 February-
- Uttam Mohanty, 66, actor[187]
- P. Raju, 73, politician[188]
March
- 2 March-
- Bruno Dias Souza, 99, architect
- George P. Abraham, 74, urologist and nephrologist
- 3 March-
- Padmakar Shivalkar, 84, cricketer
- Sunil Satpal Sangwan, 77, politician
- 5 March- S.K. Bagga, 71, politician
- 8 March-
- V.Ramaswami, 96, judge
- Harbans Jandu, 71, lyricist
- 9 March- Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, 76, classical musician and singer
- 10 March- B. Subbayya Shetty, 91, politician
- 12 March- Syed Abid Ali, 83, cricketer
- 13 March-
- K.K. Kochu, 76, writer and social activist
- Lil Bahadur Chettri, 92, novelist
- 14 March-
- Deb Mukherjee, 83, actor
- Panchakshari Hiremath, 92, writer, critic and translator
- 16 March-
- Ramakanta Rath, 90, modernist poet
- Bindu Ghosh, 76, actress and choreographer
- Arvind Singh Mewar, 80, socialite and hotelier, chairman of HRH Group of Hotels
- 17 March-
- Debendra Pradhan, 83, politician
- Mankombu Gopalakrishnan, 77, lyricist
- Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao, 83, legal expert.
- 20 March- A. T. Raghu, 75, film director
- 21 March-
- Devendra Sharma, 66, politician[189]
- Rakesh Pandey, 77, actor[190]
- 23 March- Krishna Lal Chadha, 88, horticultural scientist
- 25 March-
- Shihan Hussaini, 60, actor and karateka
- Manoj Bharathiraja, 48, actor and film director
- Syed Ali Ashrafi, politician and islamic scholar
- 26 March- Karuppasamy Pandian, 76, politician
- 27 March- Harikrishna Pathak, 86, poet, short story writer, and editor
- 28 March- Eurico Da Silva, 91, judge
- 30 March-
- Tarun Agarwal, 69, jurist
- Prem Parkash, 92, writer
April
- 4 April-
- Manoj Kumar, 87, actor and film director[191]
- Ravikumar, 71, actor[192]
- 6 April- Paschal Topno, 92, roman catholic prelate
- 7 April-
- Raghbir Lal, 95, hockey player
- Kishna Ram Nai, 90, politician
- 8 April- Ram Sahay Panday, 92, rai folk dancer
- 9 April- Kumari Ananthan, 92, politician.
- 11 April- Abdur Razzak Molla, 80, politician
- 12 April-
- Kumudini Lakhia, 94, kathak dancer
- Daripalli Ramaiah, 87, environmental activist[193]
- 13 April-
- Kalaipuli G. Sekaran, 73, film distributor, screenwriter and actor.
- Bank Janardhan, 76, Kannada actor
- 15 April- S. S. Stanley, 57, film director
- 16 April- Jai Kishan, 66, politician
- 17 April- Rose Kerketta, 84, writer[194]
- 18 April-
- Mathew Kalarickal, 77, cardiologist[195]
- A. P. Balachandran, 87, theoretical physicist
- 20 April- Krishan Chandra Singhal, 83, pharmacologist
- 21 April- Tilakdhari Singh, 87, politician
- 25 April- Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, 84, space scientist.
- 26 April- M.G.S. Narayanan, 92, historian.
- 28 April- Shaji N. Karun, 73, filmmaker.
- 29 April- Jyoti Prakash Tamang, 63, microbiologist.
- 30 April-
- Ramdas Ambakar, 64, politician[196]
- Sunny Thomas, 83, sport shooting coach
- Ronald Sapa Tlau, 71, politician
May
- 1 May- Girija Vyas, 78, politician
- 3 May- Sivananda, yoga teacher and longevity claimant
- 4 May-
- K. V. Rabiya, 59, social worker and literacy activist.
- Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, 75, Islamic scholar, vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband (2011).
- 6 May- Sugavasi Palakondrayudu, 78, politician, MP (1984–1989) and Andhra Pradesh MLA (1978–1985, 1999–2009).
- 7 May- Madhav Vaze, 85, actor (Shyamch Aai, 3 Idiots)[197]
- 8 May- B. Raji Reddy, 80, politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (2009–2014).[198]
- 10 May-
- Subbanna Ayyappan, 69, aquaculture scientist (Blue Revolution)
- Ramanand Prasad Singh, 83–84, politician, Bihar MLA (2004–2010, 2015–2020).
- 11 May- Hemaben Acharya, 91, politician
- 14 May-
- Balachandra Rao, 80, astronomer and mathematician
- Nandalike Balachandra Rao, 72, journalist and writer
- 15 May- Tapas Kumar Saha, 65, politician
- 17 May- Saroj Ghose, 89, museum founder
- 18 May- S. R. Nayak, 81, jurist
- 20 May-
- Jayant Narlikar, 86, astrophysicist.[199]
- M. R. Srinivasan, 95, nuclear scientist
- 21 May- Nambala Keshava Rao, 69–70, Maoist rebel, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) (since 2018).[200]
- 22 May- Rattan Singh Jaggi, 97, scholar
- 23 May- Mukul Dev, 54, actor
- 26 May-
- R. T. Deshmukh, politician
- Ram Prakash Bambah, 99, mathematician
- 27 May- Banoth Madanlal, 62, politician
- 28 May-
- Sunjoy Monga, 63, wildlife photographer
- Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, 89, politician
- 29 May-
- Prasanna Pattnaik, 76, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (1977–1980, 1985–1995).[201]
- Rajesh, 75, Indian actor (Kanni Paruvathile, Achamillai Achamillai, Virumaandi).[202]
- 30 May-
- H. S. Venkateshamurthy, 80, Indian screenwriter (Chinnari Mutha, Kraurya) and lyricist (Kotreshi Kanasu).[203]
- Abdul Ismail, 79, Indian cricketer (Bombay), cardiac arrest.[204]
- 31 May- Valmik Thapar, 73, naturalist
June
- 4 June- Sukur Ali Ahmed, 66, politician
- 6 June- Thennala Balakrishna Pillai, 95, politician
- 8 June- Maganti Gopinath, 62, politician
- 9 June-
- Partho Ghosh, 76, film director
- S. Gunasekaran, 58, politician
- 12 June-
- Vijay Rupani, 68, MP (2006-2012), and chief minister of Gujarat (2016-2021)[205]
- Sunjay Kapur, 53, businessman
- 14 June- Kollangudi Karuppayee, 99, folk singer and actor[206]
- 16 June-
- Nellai S. Muthu, 74, writer and novelist
- Mangala Bhatt, 62, Kathak dancer
- Indira Billi, 88, actress
- 17 June- Sanjay Raj Subba, 65, politician
- 18 June- Maruti Chitampalli, 92, naturalist, wildlife conservationist, and writer
- 19 June-
- Prafulla Roy, 91, screen writer[207]
- Vivek Lagoo, 71, stage actor
- 20 June-
- Tushar Ghadigaonkar, 32, actor and director[208]
- Pooran Chand Joshi, 69, anthropologist and academic administrator
- 23 June-
- Dilip Doshi, 77, cricketer[209]
- Mohan Singh Kohli, 93, naval officer and mountaineer
- 24 June- Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, 95, nuclear physicist[210]
- 26 June- Surendra Dubey, 71, poet[211]
- 27 June-
- Shefali Jariwala, 42, actress and reality show personality[212]
- B. D. Behring, 79, politician
- Kashmir Singh Sohal, 62, politician
- 28 June- Saquib Nachan, convicted terrorist[213]
July
- 2 July- Shekhar Dutt, 79, civil servant
- 4 July- Munishwar Chandar Dawar, 79, physician
- 5 July- Anand Singh, 87, politician[214]
- 7 July- Siva Shakthi Datta, 92, film director and lyricist[215]
- 10 July- Chandra Shekhar Dubey, 87, politician
- 12 July-
- Gadul Singh Lama, 86, writer
- Ramamurti Rajaraman, 86, physicist
- 13 July-
- Kota Srinivasa Rao, 83, actor and politician[216]
- K. B. Ganapathy, 85, journalist[217]
- 14 July-
- B. Saroja Devi, 87, actress[218]
- Fauja Singh, 114, marathon runner and longevity claimant[219]
- 15 July- Dheeraj Kumar, 79, actor and director[220]
- 16 July- C. V. Padmarajan, 93, politician[221]
- 18 July-
- Fish Venkat, 53, actor and comedian[222]
- Velu Prabhakaran, 68, actor and film director[223]
- M. K. Muthu, 77, actor and politician[224]
- 20 July-
- Chandra Barot, 86, film director[225]
- Abu Hena, 75, politician[226]
- 21 July-
- V. S. Achuthanandan, 101, Chief Minister of Kerala (2006–2011) and seven-time Kerala MLA[227]
- Lalrintluanga Sailo, 65, politician[228]
- 23 July-
- Ratan Thiyam, 77, playwright and theatre director[229]
- Ajit Rai, 58, film and theatre critic and cultural journalist[230]
- 24 July-
- P. Namperumalsamy, 85, ophthalmologist[231]
- Sulochana Gadgil, 81, meteorologist and climate scientist[232]
- 30 July- T. N. Manoharan, 69, chartered accountant, president of the ICAI (2006–2007) and chairman of Canara Bank (2015–2020).[233]
August
- 1 August-
- Vasanthi Devi, 86, academic administrator, vice-chancellor of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (1992–1998)[234]
- Kalabhavan Navas, 51, actor and comedian[235]
- 2 August-
- M. K. Sanu, 98, writer and literary critic[236]
- Madhan Bob, 71, actor and comedian[237]
- 4 August -
- Shibu Soren, 81, Former Minister of Coal of India and former Chief Minister of Jharkhand.[238]
- Shanawas, 71, actor (Aasha, Mylanji, Irattimadhuram).[239]
- 5 August -
- Satya Pal Malik, 79, former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir.[240]
- Santhosh Balaraj, 38, actor (Kempa, Ganapa, Kariya 2), complications from jaundice.[241]
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