Arunima Sinha
Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountaineer and sportswoman. She is the world's first female amputee to scale Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Elbrus (Russia), Mount Kosciusko (Australia), Mount Aconcagua (South America), Mount Den ...
becomes world's first woman amputee to scale
Mount Vinson
Vinson Massif () is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is long and wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located a ...
.
* 7 January – Centre clears 10 per cent quota for economically weak in general category.
* 12 February – Delhi hotel fire.
* 14 February –
Pulwama attack
The 2019 Pulwama attack occurred on 14 February 2019, when a convoy of vehicles carrying Indian security personnel on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethapora in the Pulwama district ...
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
.
*15 February -
Prime Minister of India
The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the ...
2019 Assam alcohol poisonings
In February 2019, at least 168 people died after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Golaghat and Jorhat districts in Indian state of Assam. The incident occurred two weeks after 100 people died by drinking toxic alcohol in the northern states of ...
: At least 168 people died after consuming poisonous liquor and more than 300 admitted in hospitals in
Jorhat
Jorhat ( ) is one of the important cities and a growing urban centre in the state of Assam in India.
Etymology
Jorhat ("jor" means twin and "hat" means market) means two hats or mandis - "Masorhaat" and "Sowkihat" which existed on the opposite ...
2019 Balakot airstrike
The 2019 Balakot airstrike was a bombing raid conducted by Indian warplanes on February 26, 2019, in Balakot, Pakistan against an alleged terrorist training camp. Open source satellites imagery has revealed that no targets of consequence wer ...
was carried out by the
Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial w ...
crossing the
Line of Control
The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistanicontrolled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but serve ...
directed against a terrorist training camp.
* 1 March – Wing Commander
Abhinandan Varthaman
Abhinandan Varthaman Vir Chakra, VrC (born 21 June 1983) is an Indian Air Force fighter pilot who, during the 2019 India–Pakistan standoff, was involved in entering Pakistani airspace and his MIG 21 was shot down by Pakistani Pakistan Air Forc ...
, returns to India at Atari-Wagah Border during the night time.
* 27 March – India becomes 4th nation to have Anti-satellite missile.
* 2 April -
Serious Fraud Investigation Office
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is a statutory corporate fraud investigating agency in India. Initially, it was set up by a resolution adopted by the Government of India on 2 July 2003 and carried out investigations within the exist ...
arrests former Vice Chairman of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services, Hari Sankaran for granting loans to entities that were not creditworthy and thereby causing loss to the company and its creditors.
* 11 April – Voting for the
2019 Indian general election
General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...
began.
* 17 April – A major airlines, Jet Airways ceased operations with its last flight from
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport
Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport is an international airport serving Amritsar, Punjab, India, located 11 km (7 mi) north-west from the city centre. It is named after Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amritsar. The ...
.
* 3 May –
Cyclone Fani
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani () was the worst tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Odisha since the 1999 Odisha cyclone. The second named storm and the first severe cyclonic storm of the 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, ...
arrives on the coast of Odisha.
* 19 May – Voting for the
2019 Indian general election
General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...
ends.
* 23 May – Counting and declaration of results for the
2019 Indian general election
General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...
. Narendra Modi secures landslide victory.
* 24 May –
2019 Surat fire
On 24 May 2019, a fire occurred at a commercial complex in Sarthana jagatnaka area of Surat in the Gujarat state of India. Twenty-two students died and others were injured in an academic coaching centre located on the building's terrace. The f ...
tragedy: 22 Deaths and 17 Non-fatal injuries.
*30 May – Narendra Modi takes oath as 14th
Prime Minister of India
The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the ...
.
17 June –
Tabrez Ansari lynching
On 17 June 2019, 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari was attacked by a lynch mob in Jharkhand, India. Ansari, a Muslim, was tied to a tree, brutally beaten and forced to chant Hindu religious slogans. He died four days later. The incident came to ligh ...
: 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari was attacked by a
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
, was tied to a tree, brutally beaten and forced to chant
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
religious slogans. He died four days later.
* 17 July - The
Population Control Bill, 2019
The Population Control Bill, 2019 (or, Population Regulation Bill, 2019) is a proposed bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha in July 2019 by Rakesh Sinha. The purpose of the bill is to control the population growth of India. According to the ''World P ...
is a proposed bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha by
Rakesh Sinha
Rakesh Sinha is a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.
He was serving as a member of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Trust Board (2019-2021) and is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Ho ...
. The purpose of the bill is to control the
Population growth
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to ...
ISRO
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman ...
launches India's second mission to moon Chandrayaan-2
* 30 July – India bans triple talaq.
* 5 August -
Article 370
Article 370 of the Indian constitution
gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, a region located in the northern part of Indian subcontinent and part of the larger region of Kashmir which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pak ...
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
. Government also bifurcates
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
due to floods.
* 7 August – Over 132,000 people evacuated in Sangli and Kolhapur districts of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
state due to heavy rains.
* 16 August – Millions of residents in
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
still have no communication with the outside world, eleven days after the Government of India imposed restrictions on 5 August. Meanwhile, 11 deaths (3 Pakistani soldiers, 6 Indian soldiers, 2 Pakistani civilians) have been reported in the
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
region.
* 17 August – Fire broke out in Emergency Ward of the
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, also known as AIIMS Delhi, is a public medical research university and hospital in New Delhi, India. The institute is governed by the AIIMS Act, 1956 and operates autonomously under the Mini ...
. No casualties reported.
* 22 August –
** Former Finance minister
P Chidambaram
Palaniappan Chidambaram (born 16 September 1945), better known as P. Chidambaram, is an Indian politician and lawyer who currently serves as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee ...
is arrested by CBI under INX media scam charges after 27 hours long drama.
**
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (translation: Maharashtra Reformation Army; MNS) is a Regionalist far-right Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of "Hindutva" and "Marathi" Manus. It was founded ...
chief
Raj Thackeray
Raj Shrikant Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: aːd͡ʒ ʈʰaːkɾeː born Swaraj Shrikant Thackeray; 14 June 1968) is an Indian politician and the founding chairperson of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a regional political party. Raj wa ...
Money laundering
Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdictions ...
in Kohinoor CTNL building project that had financial connections with
IL&FS
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) is an Indian state-funded infrastructure development and finance company. It was created by public sector banks and insurance companies.
It operates through more than 250 subsidiaries i ...
.
* 5 September –
Erramatti Mangamma
Erramatti Mangamma (born 1 September 1946) is currently the oldest living mother in the world. She achieved this feat on 5 September 2019, giving birth to twin girls at the age of 73. The record for being the oldest mother in the world was prev ...
becomes the world's oldest living mother after giving birth to twins.
*6 September – Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar partially successful. Vikram, the lander, crashes into the surface of the moon.
*16 September —
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Founded as the ''All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference'' by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam A ...
Public Safety Act
The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA) is a preventive detention law under which a person is taken into custody to prevent them from acting harmfully against "the security of the state or the maintenance of the public order" in the ...
Sikh
Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...
Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme judicial authority of India and is the highest court of the Republic of India under the constitution. It is the most senior constitutional court, has the final decision in all legal matters ...
rules in favor of
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
s over
Ram Janmabhoomi temple
Ram Mandir is a Hindu temple that is being built in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi, according to the ''Ramayana'' the birthplace of Rama, a principal deity of Hinduism. The temple construction is being supervised ...
.
* 22 November -
Securities and Exchange Board of India
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulatory body for securities and commodity market in India under the ownership of Ministry of Finance within the Government of India. It was established on 12 April 1988 as an executive ...
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing a pathway to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Banglades ...
Hemant Soren
Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who is currently the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Previously, he had also served as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand from July 2013 to December 2014. He is also the presid ...
, chief of
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( lit. ''Jharkhand Liberation Front''; JMM) is a State political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. It has one seat in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shibu Soren is the president of th ...
Chief Minister of Jharkhand
The Chief Minister of Jharkhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Jharkhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief ministe ...
after elections. His first decision was to drop all cases related to
Pathalgadi movement The Pathalgadi movement was started by tribals in Khunti district of Jharkhand as a resistance movement to assert their rights, including the right to sovereign territory. Pathalgadi literally translates to 'carving a stone'. On these stones orders ...
Ramakant Achrekar
Ramakant Vitthal Achrekar (1932 – 2 January 2019) was an Indian cricket coach from Mumbai. He was most famous for coaching young cricketers at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai, most notably Sachin Tendulkar. He had also been a selector for the ...
, Indian cricket coach (b. 1931)
**
Samuel Rayan
Samuel Rayan (23 July 1920 – 2 January 2019) is a student of IHS and the first Indian liberation theologian.
Biography
Rayan was born in the village of Kumbalam in Kollam District, Kerala into a family of eight children (2 girls and 6 boys). ...
Pinaki Thakur
Pinaki Thakur (21 April 1959 – 3 January 2019) was a Bengali poet
Biography
Thakur was born in 1959 at Bansberia, Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. He studied Engineering but was passionate in Bengali poetry from student lif ...
, Indian poet (b. 1959)
* 8 January – Jayantilal Bhanusali, Indian politician (b. 1964)
* 9 January –
Mahendra Mewati
Mahendra Mewati (25 January, 1970 – 9 January, 2019) was an Indian theatre and film actor known for his theatre productions. and for films. He has also directed the play ''Oedipus Rex'' (written by Sophocles).
Early life
Mahendra Mewati was ...
, Indian actor (b. 1969)
* 11 January
** Kishore Pradhan, Indian actor (b. 1932)
**
Meera Sanyal
Meera Sanyal (née Hiranandani; 15 October 1961 – 11 January 2019) was an Indian banker and politician. She served as CEO and chairperson of the Royal Bank of Scotland in India. The daughter of a highly decorated Naval officer, Vice Admiral Gu ...
, Indian banker (b. 1961)
** Charles Soreng, Indian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1934)
* 14 January
**
Shivajirao Deshmukh
Shri Shivajirao Bapusaheb Deshmukh (1 September 1935 – 14 January 2019) was the Chairman of the state of Maharashtra's Legislative Council in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is ...
, Indian politician (b. 1934)
** Lenin Rajendran, Indian film director (b. 1951)
** Devendra Swarup, Indian journalist (b. 1925)
* 15 January – Biraj Kumar Sarma, Indian politician (b. 1948)
* 16 January –
Vishnu Hari Dalmia
Vishnu Hari Dalmia (6 May 1924 – 16 January 2019) was a noted Indian industrialist and a prominent member of Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Early life
He was born into an Agarwal family and scion of Dalmia Group of industries and the eldest son ...
, Indian industrialist, (b. 1924)
* 17 January – S. Balakrishnan, Indian film score composer and music director (b. 1949)
* 19 January
**
Jagjit Singh Chopra
Jagjit Singh Chopra (15 June 1935 – 18 January 2019) was an Indian neurologist, medical writer and an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Neurology at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).
He was the found ...
, Indian neurologist (b. 1934)
**
Jaswinder Singh Sandhu
Jaswinder Singh Sandhu (4 August 1955 - 19 January 2019) was an Indian politician. Belonging to the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) party, he was a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly representing the Pehowa Vidhan Sabha constituency in Har ...
, Indian politician (b. 1955)
* 21 January
**
Raghbir Singh Bhola
Raghbir Singh Bhola (18 August 1927 – 21 January 2019) was an Indian Airforce Officer and international hockey player who represented India in the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics, winning a gold and silver medal respectively for th ...
, Indian field hockey player (b. 1927)
**
Shivakumara Swami
Shivakumara Swami (born Shivanna; 1 April 1907 – 21 January 2019) was an Indian humanitarian, spiritual leader, educator and supercentenarian. He was a Veerashaiva
Lingayat religious figure, he joined the Siddaganga Matha in 1930 Karnataka ...
, Indian Lingayat spiritual leader and educationist (b. 1907)
* 23 January – Sitaram Rao Valluri, Indian-born American engineer (b. 1924)
* 25 January – Krishna Sobti, Indian author (b. 1925)
* 29 January – George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)
* 30 January –
Dara Dotiwalla
Dara Dotiwalla (30 October 1933 – 30 January 2019) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in six Test matches between 1982 and 1987, including the second ever Tied Test, and eight One Day International (ODI) games between 1982 and 1988. H ...
, Indian cricket umpire (b. 1933)
February
* 1 February –
Thuppettan
M. Subramanian Namboodiri (1 March 1929 – 1 February 2019), commonly known by his pen name Thuppettan, was a Malayalam-language playwright from Kerala, India. Hailing from Panjal, a village in Thrissur district of Kerala, Thuppettan had been ...
, Indian Malayalam playwright (b. 1929)
* 2 February – Arunendu Das, Indian musician (b. 1937)
* 3 February
**
Jeetendra Singh Bundela
Jeetendra Singh Bundela (died February 3, 2019) was an Indian politician. He was member of 15th Lok Sabha from Khajuraho seat. He was Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh, representing the Bijawar seat in Chhatarpur district. He ...
, Indian politician (b. 1958)
**
Tapan Mitra
Tapan Mitra (18 July 1948 – 3 February 2019) was an Indian-born economist. Life and career
Tapan Mitra was born to parents Ashok and Santi Mitra. He attended St. Xavier's High School, Bombay, and Rajkumar College, Raipur. In 1968, Mitra gradu ...
, Indian-born economist (b. 1948)
* 4 February –
Ramesh Bhatkar
Ramesh Bhatkar (3 August 1949 – 4 February 2019) was a Marathi film, stage and TV actor. Of the various roles that Bhatkar portrayed, he was best known for his roles in the TV series ''Commander'' and '' Hello Inspector''. He worked for more ...
, Indian actor (b. 1948)
* 5 February –
Ladu Kishore Swain
Ladu Kishore Swain (8 July 1947 – 5 February 2019) was an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Aska in the Indian state of Odisha.
He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He was a mem ...
, Indian politician (b. 1947)
* 6 February – Chakradhar Sahu, Indian film director (b. 1963)
* 7 February –
Chavara Parukutty Amma
Chavara Parukutty Amma (12 February 1943 – 7 February 2019) was an Indian artiste of the Kathakali dance drama. She was one of the few women exponents of this overwhelmingly male tradition. For her services to the art of Kerala, she was honoure ...
, Indian dancer and teacher (b. 1943)
* 8 February
** Mahesh Anand, Indian actor (b. 1961)
**
Anilkumar Patel
Anilkumar Tribhovandas Patel (8 March 1944 – 8 February 2018) was an Indian politician, educationist and industrialist from Mehsana, Gujarat. He was a Member of Legislative assembly from Mehsana constituency for 11th and 12th Gujarat Legis ...
, Indian politician (b. 1945)
** Vishnu Wagh, Indian poet, writer, dramatist, journalist, politician and management consultant/ trainer (b. 1964)
* 9 February – Satyajit Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1983)
* 11 February –
Vijaya Bapineedu
Gutta Bapineedu Chowdary (22 September 1936 – 11 February 2019), better known as Vijaya Bapineedu, was an Indian film screenwriter and director, known for his works predominantly in Telugu Cinema. He started his career as a magazine editor and ...
, Indian film director (b. 1936)
* 12 February
**
Afsir Karim
Major General Afsir Karim, was an Indian Army general and military scholar who has authored several books on strategic affairs & military studies. He was a graduate of the Defense Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence Coll ...
, Indian army general and author (b. 1933)
** Suresh Luthra, Indian cricketer (b. 1944)
* 14 February – Francis D'Souza, Indian politician (b. 1954)
* 18 February – Ram Shankar Tripathi, Scholar of Buddhism, editor and author (b. 1929)
* 19 February – Namvar Singh, Indian writer (b. 1926)
* 20 February – Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1918)
* 21 February – Rajkumar Barjatya, Indian movie producer
* 22 February – Kodi Ramakrishna, Indian film director (b. 1949)
* 23 February
** Ko Channabasappa, Indian writer (b. 1922)
** S. Rajendran, Indian politician (b. 1956)
* 26 February –
Uday Bhanu Hans
Uday Bhanu (1926-2019) was a Hindi poet. He born in Daira Din Panah, Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan. He was bestowed with the title of the state poet of Haryana when Haryana became a state in 1966.
Publications
Poetry
* ''Bhedion Ke Dhang'' ...
, Indian poet (b. 1926)
March
* 1 March –
Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury
Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury (10 September 1931 – 1 March 2019) was an Indian Bengali author and expert on Indian elephants.
Biography
Lahiri Choudhury was born to Dhirendrakanta and Renuka Debi in 1931 in village of Kalipur in the Mymensing ...
, Indian naturalist (b. 1931)
* 4 March –
V. Dhananjay Kumar
Venur Dhananjay Kumar Alva (4 July 19514 March 2019) was a former Union and Cabinet minister of India and a former Member of Parliament from Mangalore. He was cabinet minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism in 1996, Union Minister of State for ...
, Indian politician (b. 1951)
* 5 March –
Boro Maa
Boro Maa ( bn, বড়মা, 21 September 1920 — 5 March 2019) was a matriarch of the Matua Mahasangha, a Hindu religious reformation movement. Her original name was Binapani Devi Thakur; the name "Boro Maa" translates to "elder mother", an e ...
, Indian religious leader (b. 1918)
* 6 March – Typist Gopu, Indian actor (b. 1933)
* 11 March – Sundar Lal Tiwari, Indian politician (b. 1957)
* 14 March –
Rosamma Chacko
Rosamma Chacko (17 March 1927 – 14 March 2019) was an Indian National Congress politician from Kerala. She was thrice a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, each time from a different constituency.
Early life
Rosamma Chacko was born on 1 ...
, Indian politician (b. 1927)
* 15 March –
Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
Yeduguri Sandinti Vivekananda Reddy (8 August 1951 – 15 March 2019) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Kadapa constituency of Andhra Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. He was brutally hacke ...
, Indian politician (b. 1950)
* 17 March
** Manohar Parrikar, Indian politician (b. 1955)
** Chinmoy Roy, Indian actor (b. 1940)
* –
* 19 March – S. B. Sinha, Indian judge (b. 1944)
* 21 March – Haku Shah, Indian artist (b. 1934)
* 22 March –
C. S. Shivalli
Channabasappa Sathyappa Shivalli (6 May 1962 - 22 March 2019) was an Indian people, Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka who served as Minister of Municipalities and Local bodies of Karnataka ...
, Indian politician (b. 1962)
* 23 March – Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, Indian singer and composer (b. 1920)
* 27 March – Ashitha, Indian writer (b. 1956)
April
* 1 April –
Dilip Sarkar
Dilip Sarkar (born 1948 or 1949 - died 9 June 2013) was an Indian politician, who was West Bengal MLA for Barabani.
Death
On 9 June 2013 Sarkar was shot, at the age of 64.
See also
* List of assassinated Indian politicians
This is an incom ...
, Indian politician (b. 1958)
* 2 April – Mahendran, Indian film director and actor (b. 1939)
* 5 April – Anandavally, Indian actress (b. 1952)
* 9 April
** Bhima Mandavi, Indian politician, MLA (since 2019), bombing.
**
K. M. Mani
Karingozhackal Mani Mani (30 January 1933 – 9 April 2019) was an Indian politician and the chairman of Kerala Congress (M), one of the main factions of Kerala Congress, a party born in the Travancore or Central South Kerala region which foc ...
, 86, Indian politician, member of the
Kerala Legislative Assembly
The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...
(since 1965).
* 10 April –
Drupad Borgohain
Drupad Borgohain (7 November 1941 – 10 April 2019) was an Indian politician. He was a veteran leader of the left-wing in the Assam state.NetIndia123. Jorhat: Handique eyeing 7th term in quadrangular fight' As of 2014 he was the secretary of th ...
, Indian politician (b. 1941)
* 11 April – Vijay Dev, 78, Indian academic.
* 13 April
**
D. Babu Paul
Daniel Babu Paul ( ml, ഡാനിയേൽ ബാബു പോൾ; 11 April 1941 – 12 April 2019) was an Indian civil servant, writer, member of the Indian Administrative Service and member Ombudsman for local self-government institutions ...
, 78, Indian civil servant, multiple organ failure.
**
J. K. Rithesh
J. K. Rithesh (5 March 1973 – 13 April 2019) was an Indian actor and member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He was a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Member of Parliament (MP) in the 15th Lok Sabha from Ramanathpuram constitue ...
, 46, Indian actor and politician, heart attack.
**
S. K. Shivakumar
S. K. Shivakumar (1953 – 13 April 2019) was an Indian scientist from Karnataka state who worked at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) centres. He was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.
Ea ...
, 66, Indian space scientist, complications from jaundice.
* 14 April –
Nand Lal
Master Nand Lal (Hindi: मास्टर नंद लाल; 1 January 1887 – 17 April 1959), also referred to as Nanadlal of Jaranwala, was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from Ea ...
Syro-Malabar Catholic
lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ
, native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg
, caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...
hierarch, Bishop of Satna (1968–1999).
* 20 April
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Bed Prakash Agarwal
Bed Prakash Agarwal (died April 20, 2019) was an Indian politician.
Biography
Agarwal was of Marwari descent and a native of Patkura. He was a member of the Kendrapara municipal council from 1957 to 1970, when he began serving as chairman of ...
, 83, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (1974–1980, 1990–1995, 2000–2004, since 2009).
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S. Muthiah
Subbiah Muthiah, (13 April 1930 – 20 April 2019), was an Indian writer, journalist, cartographer, amateur historian and heritage activist known for his writings on the political and cultural history of Chennai city. He was the founder of t ...
, 89, Indian historian.
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Amar Pal
Amar Pal (19 May 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Indian Bengali folk singer and author.
Early life
Pal was born in 1922 at Brahmanbaria in British India. His father Mahesh Chandra Pal died when Pal was 10. He learned folk songs from his mother Du ...
, 96, Indian folk singer, heart attack.
* 22 April – Simon Kaipuram, 65, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Balasore
Balasore or Baleswara is a city in the state of Odisha, about north of the state capital Bhubaneswar and from Kolkata, in eastern India. It is the largest town of northern Odisha and the administrative headquarters of Balasore district. It i ...
(since 2013).
* 25 April –
Vidya Sagar Chaudhary
Vidya Sagar Chaudhary (1933/34 – 25 April 2019) was an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Chaudhary was a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Kangra constituency in Kangra district
Kangra i ...
, 85, Indian politician.
* 27 April – Vasanthi Stanley, 56, Indian politician, MP (2008–2014).
* 30 April –
S. P. Y. Reddy
S. Pedda Yerikal Reddy (4 June 1950 – 30 April 2019) was a three-time Lok Sabha MP and Industrialist who headed the Nandi Group of Industries. He was born on 4 June 1950 in the Ankalammagudur village from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. ...
, 68, Indian politician, MP (since 2004), lung infection.
Madras High Court
The Madras High Court is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and is the third oldest high court of India after the Calcutta High C ...
and
Kerala High Court
The High Court of Kerala is the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and the Union territory of Lakshadweep. It is located in Kochi. Drawing its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the High Court has the power to issu ...
(b. 1943)
* 2 May –
Master Hirannaiah
Hirannaiah or Hirannayya known by his stage name Master Hirannaiah (15 February 1934 – 2 May 2019) was an Indian actor in the Kannada film industry and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Master Hirannaiah as an ...
Thoppil Mohamed Meeran
Thoppil Mohamed Meeran (26 September 1944 – 10 May 2019) was an Indian Nagercoil based author who wrote in Tamil.
Meeran was awarded the highest Indian Government award for Literature, Sahitya Akademi Award in 1997 for his novel ''Saivu Nar ...
, Indian Tamil writer (b. 1945)
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M. Ramanathan
M. Ramanathan (1934/1935 – May 10, 2019) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Coimbatore West ...
, Indian politician, former MLA (b. 1935)
* 11 May –
Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (4 February 1947 – 11 May 2019) was an Indian businessman. He was the chairman of ITC Limited. He was the longest-serving CEO of any Indian company.
Early life
Yogesh Chander Deveshwar was born on 4 February 1947 in ...
, Indian businessman, former chairman and CEO of ITC Limited (b. 1947)
* 12 May – Hiralal Yadav, Indian folk singer (b. 1926)
* 15 May –
Neerav Patel
Neerav Patel (2 December 1950 – 15 May 2019) was a Gujarati and English language poet, translator and editor; primarily known for his contribution in Gujarati Dalit literature such as ''Burning From Both The Ends'' (1980, English poems), ''What ...
Anveshana
''Anveshana'' () is a 1985 Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Vamsy. It stars Karthik, Bhanupriya, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Sarath Babu with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The story revolves around an or ...
'').
* 19 May – Vijaya Mulay, 98, Indian film director, historian and educationist
* 20 May –
Adrish Bardhan
Adrish Bardhan (1 December 1932 – 20 May 2019) was a Bengali science fiction writer, editor and translator.
Career
Bardhan was born on 1 December 1932 in Calcutta in British India. He graduated with a BSc from the University of Calcutta. He ...
, 86, Indian science fiction writer
* 21 May –
Tirong Aboh
Tirong Aboh (died 21 May 2019) was an Indian politician from the state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Aboh was elected from Khonsa West seat in the 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly elect ...
, Indian politician
* 22 May – Surya Prakash, 79, Indian artist.
* 23 May
** Zakir Rashid Bhat, 24, Indian militant, founder of
Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind
Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind ( ur, ) is an Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamist militant group active in Kashmir. The group's stated objective is to impose Sharia law in Jammu and Kashmir and jihad against India.
Background
Zakir Rashid Bhat was an Islami ...
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Kalpana Dash
Kalpana Dash (7 July 1966 – 23 May 2019) was an Indian lawyer and mountaineer. She was the first Odia mountaineer to scale Mount Everest. She scaled Mount Everest on 21 May 2008, along with a team of five members from the United States, Canada ...
, 52, Indian mountaineer.
* 27 May
** Kamlesh Balmiki, 51, Indian politician
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Veeru Devgan
Veeru Devgan (25 June 1934 — 27 May 2019) was an Indian action choreographer, actor and film director who worked in Bollywood films. He worked on more than 200 Indian films including ''Roti Kapada Aur Makaan'', ''Kranti'', ''Mr. Natwarlal'', ...
, 77, Indian film choreographer, actor and director
** Hariom Singh Rathore, 61, Indian politician
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Moni Kumar Subba
Moni Kumar Subba (16 March 1958 – 27 May 2019) was a member of the 12th Lok Sabha, 13th Lok Sabha and 14th Lok Sabha of India from 1998 to 2009. He represented the Tezpur constituency of Assam and was a member of the Indian National Congress ...
R. V. Janakiraman
R. V. Janakiraman (8 January 1941 – 10 June 2019) was the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry.
Political career
He was elected from Nellithope assembly constituency for five consecutive terms starting from 1985, 1990, ...
, Indian politician (b. 1940)
** Girish Karnad, Indian actor, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1938)
** Crazy Mohan, Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1952)
* 14 June – S. Sivasubramanian, Indian politician (b. 1937)
* 19 June –
D. K. Chowta
Darbe Krishnananda Chowta (1 June 1938 – 19 June 2019) was an Indian businessman, writer, artist, and theatre personality. At the time of his death he was the general secretary of the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath a position he had also ser ...
, Indian businessman, writer, artist, and theatre personality (b. 1938)
July
* 2 July – Rabin Mondal, Indian painter (b. 1929)
* 3 July
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Sudarshan Agarwal
Sudarshan Agarwal (19 June 1931 – 3 July 2019). was an Indian civil servant who served as Governor of Uttarakhand (2003–2007) and Sikkim (2007–2008).
Rahul Desikan
Rahul Desikan (June 6, 1978 – July 14, 2019) was an Indian-American neuroscientist and neuroradiologist. He was an Assistant Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Neurology and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, ...
, Indian-American neuroscientist and neuroradiologist (b. 1978)
* 16 July –
Raja Dhale
Rajaram Piraji Dhale (30 September 1940 – 16 July 2019), commonly referred to as Raja Dhale, was an Indian writer, artist and activist for Dalit rights. In April 1972, he, along with Namdeo Dhasal and J. V. Pawar, founded the Dalit Panther ...
, Indian writer, artist and activist (b. 1940)
* 18 July – P. Rajagopal, Indian businessman and convicted murderer (b. 1947)
* 20 July – Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician (b. 1938)
* 21 July
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Mange Ram Garg
Mange Ram Garg (1935/1936 – 21 July 2019) was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Delhi Legislative Assembly. A confectioner by profession, Garg joined active politics comparatively late but took massive strides in the ensuing ...
, Indian politician (b. 1936)
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A. K. Roy
Arun Kumar Roy (1935 – 21 July 2019) was an Indian politician, who served both as a Member of Parliament and a Member of Legislative Assembly. He was born in a small village in Rajshahi district of the then East Bengal, during the British Raj ...
, Indian politician (b. 1928)
* 23 July –
Charan Narzary
Charan Narzary (28 May 1933 – 23 July 2019) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Kokrajhar in Assam in 1977 as an independent. He founded Plain Tribals Council of Assam in ...
, Indian politician (b. 1933)
* 26 July –
Attoor Ravi Varma
Attoor Ravi Varma (27 December 1930 – 26 July 2019)
, Indian poet and translator (b. 1930)
* 27 July –
Samprada Singh
Samprada Singh (1925 – 27 July 2019) was an Indian businessman, who was the founder and chairman of Alkem Laboratories, which develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical formulations and nutraceuticals in India. It has operations in ...
, Indian businessman (b. 1925)
August
* 2 August –
Devadas Kanakala
Devadas Kanakala (30 July 1945 – 2 August 2019) was an Indian actor from Andhra Pradesh who predominantly appeared in Telugu language films and TV shows. Rajnikanth, Chiranjeevi and Rajendra Prasad trained under him.
He was a very good tra ...
, Indian actor (b. 1945)
* 4 August –
Kanti Bhatt
Kanti Bhatt (15 July 1931 – 4 August 2019) was an Indian author, journalist and columnist who is estimated to have written more than 45,000 columns in several Gujarati language, Gujarati publications. Bhatt became a journalist in 1966 and served ...
, Indian author, journalist and columnist (b. 1931)
* 6 August – Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician (b. 1952)
* 7 August – J. Om Prakash, Indian film director and producer (b. 1926)
* 8 August
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Era. Anbarasu
Era. Anbarasu (20 October 1940 – 8 August 2019) was an Indian politician who served as Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha as an Indian National Congress candidate from Central Chennai constituency in ...
, Indian politician (b. 1940)
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Shamnad Basheer
Shamnad Basheer (14 May 1976 – c. 8 August 2019) was an Indian legal scholar and founder of the blog ''SpicyIP''. He was also the founder of IDIA, a trust which works on making legal education accessible for underprivileged students. Basheer wa ...
, Indian legal scholar (b. 1976)
* 14 August – V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer (b. 1961)
* 15 August
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Lalbihari Bhattacharya
Lalbihari Bhattacharya (1937/38 – 15 August 2019) was an Indian politician. He was elected as MLA of Barjora Vidhan Sabha Constituency in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislatu ...
, Indian politician (b. 1937)
** Vidya Sinha, Indian actress (b. 1947)
* 17 August
** Damodar Ganesh Bapat, Indian social worker (b. 1935)
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Neelum Sharma
Neelum Sharma (7 March 1969 – 17 August 2019) was an Indian anchor who was most well known as one of the founding anchors of Doordarshan and was a recipient of the Nari Shakti Puraskar, the highest civilian award for women in India.
Life
Thr ...
, Indian anchorwoman (b. 1969)
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Tabu Taid
Tabu Ram Taid ( as, টাবু ৰাম টাইড, hi, टाबु राम टाइड) known as 'Tabu Taid', (1 August 1942 – 17 August 2019) was an Indian educationist, linguist, author and administrator.
Early life and educ ...
, Indian educationist, linguist, author and administrator (b. 1942)
* 19 August
** Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Indian music director and composer (b. 1927)
** Jagannath Mishra, Indian politician (b. 1937)
* 20 August –
Akhilesh Kumar Singh
Akhilesh Kumar Singh (15 September 1959 – 20 August 2019) was an Indian politician.
Akhilesh Singh was born on 15 September 1959. Singh was first elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993 as an Indian National Congress candid ...
, Indian politician (b. 1959)
* 21 August –
Babulal Gaur
Babulal Gaur Yadav (2 June 1929 – 21 August 2019) was an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He was elected ten times to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, twice ...
, Indian politician (b. 1930)
* 24 August – Arun Jaitley, Indian politician (b. 1952)
September
* 5 September – Kiran Nagarkar, Indian novelist, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1942)
* 6 September –
Sukhdev Singh Libra
Sukhdev Singh Libra, was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament.
Early life
He was born on 7th Nov., 1932 in a Ramdasia Sikh Chamar family to Sardar Kartar Singh and Chand Kaur at Libra village, Khanna, Punjab.
He did his schooling ...
, Indian politician (b. 1932)
* 8 September
** Ram Jethmalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
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Yusuf Motala
Muhammad Yusuf ibn Suleman ibn Qasim Motala (25 November 1946 – 8 September 2019) was a British Indians, British Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, founder of Darul Uloom Bury and one of the disciples of Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi.B. J. Khatal-Patil, Indian politician (b. 1919)
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Kodela Siva Prasada Rao
Kodela Siva Prasada Rao (2 May 1947 – 16 September 2019) was an Indian politician from the Telugu Desam Party and also a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sattenapalle.
Beginning 2014 he served for five years as the Speaker of ...
, Indian politician (b. 1947)
* 17 September
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Khem Singh Gill
Khem Singh Gill (1 September 1930 – 17 September 2019) was an Indian academic, geneticist, plant breeder and Vice-Chancellor of the Punjab Agricultural University. He was known for his contributions to the Green Revolution in India. Instrumen ...
, Indian geneticist and plant breeder (b. 1930)
** Sathaar, Indian actor (b. 1952)
* 18 September – Shyam Ramsay, Indian film director (b. 1952)
* 19 September – S. K. Padmadevi, Indian actress (b. 1924)
* 21 September – Naramalli Sivaprasad, Indian actor (b. 1951)
* 23 September –
Madhav Apte
Madhavrao Laxmanrao Apte ( 5 October 1932 – 23 September 2019) was an Indian cricketer who played in seven Test matches from 1952 to 1953. He was elected to the office of the president of the Cricket Club of India in 1989. He afterwar ...
, Indian cricketer (b. 1932)
* 25 September – Venu Madhav, Indian actor and comedian (b. 1968)
Vishwesha Teertha
Sri Vishwesha Tirtharu, officially known as kn, ಶ್ರೀ ಶ್ರೀ ೧೦೮ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶತೀರ್ಥ ಶ್ರೀಪಾದಂಗಳವರು (27 April 1931 – 29 December 2019), was an Indian Hindu guru, sai ...