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• National income - ₹153,916,690 million
• 1 January – The Indian and Pakistani governments provided one another with a full list of nuclear sites, military and civilian, in accordance with the 1988 Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement.^[1]
• 2 January – Heavily armed gunmen, reportedly members of Jaish-e-Mohammed, attacked an Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, Punjab. Two of the gunmen were killed.^[2]
• 3 January – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck India 29 km (18 mi) west of Imphal with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong).^[3] At least eight people were killed, 100 others were injured and some buildings were damaged.^[4][5]
• 17 January - A PhD student from University of Hyderabad named Rohith Vemula committed suicide due to Caste based discrimination. The event triggered a countrywide agitation against casteism in institutions of higher learning.^[6]
• 8 February - Facebook's FreeBasics declared illegal in India and stopped services in the country.^[7][8][9]
• 18 March - Ahead of polls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court of India allows pictures of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and State Ministers to appear in government advertisements.^[10]
• 5 April - Bihar state imposed liquor ban.^[11]
• 5 April - India's fastest train Gatimaan Express started Operating between Hazrat Nizamuddin and Agra Cantonment by Indian Railways.
• 2016 Ujjain Simhastha Kumbha Fair organized between 22 April and 21 May. Nearly 75  million people visited the fair during this one-month period.^[12]
• 10 April – Puttingal temple fire caused 107 deaths.^[13]
• 11 April – 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election – BJP won the majority.
• 5 May - 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election – Mamata Banerjee-led TMC won majority.
• 16 May - 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election- Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK won majority.
• 16 May - 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election – Congress won majority.
• 23 May - Hypersonic Flight Experiment: The ISRO's RLV-TD vehicle was launched from the first launchpad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre on board an HS9 rocket booster.^[14]
• 30 May - 30 died following fire in army weapon depot in Pulgaon, Wardha district, Maharashtra.^[15]
• 22 June – ISRO send 20 satellites in space on PSLV-XL.^[16]
• 25 June – 2016 Pampore attack.
• 28 June – Government of India accepted 7th Pay Commission recommendations to increase salaries of employees.^[17]
• 2016 Kashmir unrest.
• 2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance.
• 2 July - At least 30 died in heavy rains in Uttarakhand.^[18]
• 3 August – Goods and Services Tax (India) Bill passed in Parliament.^[19][20]
• 5 August – 2016 Kokrajhar shooting.
• 9 August – Manipur activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16 years of hunger strike.^[21]
• 13 August - Pramukh Swami Maharaj - died he was a Swaminarayan Guru.
• 14 August – Na. Muthukumar – died he was an Indian / Tamil poet, lyricist, and author National award winner.
• 2 September - Indian general strike of 2016.
• Kaveri River water dispute: violence broke out in Karnataka.^[22]
• 13 September – 43 out of 44 MLAs of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly left Congress and joined People's Party of Arunachal.^[23]
• 18 September – Four terrorists attacked an Indian Army brigade headquarters in Uri, near the Line of Control in a pre-dawn ambush. September 22- Tamil Nadu cm Jayalalithaa hospitalized at Apollo Hospital.
• 28 September- India Surgical Strike on Pakistan.

• 30 September – Bihar liquor ban: Patna High Court struck down liquor ban law.^[11]
• 2 October – 2016 Baramulla attack.
• 11 October – Jangaon district was formed in 2016 in Telangana.
• 13 October – BJP joined People's Party of Arunachal- lead Government in Arunachal Pradesh.^[24]
• 15 October – 24 died following stampede at religious meet in Varanasi.^[25]
• 17 October – Fire in SUM Hospital in Bhubaneshwar. 22 died.^[26]
• 19 October -Qnet multi-level marketing: former World Billiards Champion Michael Ferreira arrested.^[27]
• 24 October – Cyrus Mistry was sacked as the Chairman of the Tata Sons. Tata was one of India's biggest conglomerate.^[28]
• 27 October – Senari massacre case of Bihar: 15 convicted, 23 acquitted by court. 10 death sentence.^[29]
• October – Bihar liquor ban: Supreme Court stays High Court order, liquor ban reimposed.^[11]
• October – Samajwadi Party, ruling Uttar Pradesh, caught in family feud.^[30]
• 31 October – October 2016 Bhopal encounter.
• 1 November – 2016 Manipur unrest started.
• 8 November – The Indian government withdraws ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes with immediate effect. New notes will be issued to the nation. Caused political uproar.
• 11 November – 42 Congress MLAs submitted their resignations to Punjab Vidhan Sabha following the Supreme Court order related to the Sutlej Yamuna link canal project.
• 16 November- The winter session of Indian Parliament starts, with debate on note ban.^[31]
• 20 November – A train derails near Pukhrayan killing at least 150 people.^[32]
• 26 November – Nabha jailbreak in Punjab. 6 flee.^[33]
• 29 November – 2016 Nagrota army base attack.
• 30 November – Supreme Court of India ordered cinemas to play national anthem before films.^[34]
• 5 December – Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa who has been hospitalized for 72 days in Apollo Hospital was officially announced as dead after having a heart attack.
• 10 December – Industrialist Pawan Ruia arrested following railway complaint.^[35]
• 12 December – Cyclone Vardah makes landfall on Tamil Nadu coast. 18 died.^[36]
• 14 December – The National Green Tribunal banned kite-flying with manja, a thread coated in a sticky paste of ground-up glass, following outcry over deaths and injury caused by it.^[37]
• 15 December – Supreme Court bans sale of liquor on national and state highways due to large number of road accidents caused by drunks every year.^[38]
• 24 December – Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation the Pune Metro Project. Metro work starts off.^[39]
• December – 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal: arrests made including former Indian Air Force chief.^[40]

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January edit

• 2 January
  • Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian politician (b. 1924)^[41]
  • Fateh Singh, shooter and army officer (b. 1964)^[42]
• 3 January
  • Shankar Prasad Jaiswal, Indian politician (b. 1932)^[43]
  • Raghu Nandan Mandal, Indian politician (b. 1952)^[44]
• 4 January – S. H. Kapadia, Indian judge (b. 1947)^[45]
• 6 January – Labhshankar Thakar, Gujarati author (b. 1935)^[46]
• 7 January – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian politician (b. 1936)^[47]
• 8 January
  • M. O. Joseph, Malayalam film producer (b. 1929)^[48]
  • Gunaram Khanikar, herbalist (b. 1949)^[49]
• 13 January
  • J. F. R. Jacob, army general (b. 1923)^[50]
  • G A Vadivelu, independence activist and politician (b. 1923)^[51]

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  14 January – Rajesh Vivek, actor (b. 1949)^[52]
• 15 January – Anil Ganguly, film director (b. 1933)^[53]
• 16 January – Ananda Chandra Dutta, botanist (b. 1923)^[54]
• 17 January
  • Geethapriya, film director (b. 1932)^[55]
  • V. Rama Rao, politician (b. 1935)^[56]
  • Sudhindra Thirtha, Hindu religious leader (b. 1926)^[57]
  • Rohith Vemula, PhD scholar. (b. 1989)
• 18 January – Asha Patil, actress (b. 1936)^[58]
• 20 January – Subrata Bose, politician (b. 1932)^[59]
• 21 January – Mrinalini Sarabhai, classical dancer, choreographer and instructor (b. 1918)^[60]
• 22 January – Shankar Ghosh, tabla player (b. 1935)^[61]
• 23 January – A. C. Jose, politician (b. 1937)^[62]
• 25 January
  • Kalpana, Malayalam actress (b. 1965)^[63]
  • Jashubhai Dhanabhai Barad, politician (b. 1955)^[64]
  • Padmarani, Gujarati actress (b. 1936)^[65]
• 28 January – Maheswar Baug, politician and independence activist (b. 1930)^[66]
• 29 January – Nayani Krishnakumari, writer and folklorist (b. 1930)^[67]
• 30 January
  • T. N. Gopakumar, journalist (b. 1957)^[68]
  • K. V. Krishna Rao, military officer (b. 1923)^[69]
  • Kollam G. K. Pillai, actor (b. 1933)^[70]
• 31 January – Randhir Singh, political scientist (b. 1921)^[71]

February edit

• 1 February – Kunigal Ramanath, 83, Kannada actor.^[72]
• 3 February –
  • Balram Jakhar, 92, politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1980–1989).^[73]
  • K. S. Paripoornan, 83, Supreme Court judge^[74]
• 5 February – Markand Bhatt, 87, theatre director and actor.^[75]
• 6 February – Sudhir Tailang, 55, cartoonist.^[76]
• 8 February – Nida Fazli, 77, poet.^[77]
• 13 February – O. N. V. Kurup, 84, poet, recipient of the Jnanpith Award (2007).^[78]
• 17 February – Akbar Kakkattil, 62, writer.^[79]
• 18 February –
  • Abdul Rashid Khan, 107, Hindustani musician.^[80]
  • Cherussery Zainuddeen Musliyar, 78, Indian religious scholar.^[81]
• 20 February – Pradeep Shakti, 60, actor and restaurateur.^[82]
• 21 February –
  • Akbar Ali, 90, Kannada poet.^[83]
  • Kalanidhi Narayanan, 87, classical dancer.^[84]
• 25 February – Bhavarlal Jain, 78, businessman (Jain Irrigation Systems).^[85]
• 26 February
  • Mirza Mohammed Athar, 79, Muslim cleric.^[86]
  • B. K. Garudachar, 99, cricket player.^[87]
• 27 February
  • Banda Jyothi, 41, comedian and actress.^[88]
  • Rajesh Pillai, 41, film director (Traffic).^[89]
• 28 February –
  • Honey Chhaya, 85, film director and actor (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel).^[90]
  • Kumarimuthu, 76, comedian and film actor.^[91]
• 29 February – Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman, 90, politician, Maharashtra MLA (1960–1999), mayor of Malegaon.^[92]

June edit

• 4 June – Sulabha Deshpande, 79, Veteran actress.

July edit

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

August edit

• 9 August – Kalikho Pul, 47, former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh^[93]

October edit

• 10 October – Parmeshwar Godrej, 70, philanthropist and socialite.^[94]

November edit

• 22 November
  • M. Balamuralikrishna, 86, Carnatic vocalist^[95]
  • M. G. K. Menon, 88, physicist^[96]

December edit

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  5 December – Jayalalithaa, 68, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu^[97]
• 7 December – Cho Ramaswamy, 82, actor, political satirist, journalist, lawyer^[98]
• 24 December – Chetan Ramarao, 76, Kannada film actor^[99]

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