2017 in India highlights the national/Daily level events during the year.

Incumbents

Government of India

President of India The president of India ( IAST: ) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, the first citizen of the country, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. Droupadi Murm ...

Pranab Mukherjee Dr. Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 193531 August 2020) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the Indi ...

(until

July 24 Events Pre-1600 *1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. * 1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. *1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirl ...

Ram Nath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind (; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the 14th President of India from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the second person after K. R. Narayanan, from the Dalit community ...

(since

July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge ...

) *

Vice-President of India The vice president of India (IAST: ) is the deputy to the head of state of the Republic of India, i.e. the president of India. The office of vice president is the second-highest constitutional office after the president and ranks second in the ...

: Mohammad Hamid Ansari (until August 10),

Venkaiah Naidu Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician who served as the 13th vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first Indian vice president born in independent India. He has also served as the minister of Hous ...

(since August 11) *

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 ...

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...

Chief Justice of India The chief justice of India ( IAST: ) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India as well as the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Judiciary. The Constitution of India grants power to the president of India to appoint, in consultation ...

: T. S. Thakur (until January 3), Jagdish Singh Khehar (January 5 to August 27),

Dipak Misra Justice Dipak Misra (born 3 October 1953) is an Indian jurist who served as the 45th Chief Justice of India from 28 August 2017 till 2 October 2018. He is also former Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and Delhi High Court. He is the nephew ...

(since August 28) *

Speaker of the Lok Sabha The speaker of the Lok Sabha (IAST: ) is the presiding officer and the highest official of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general ...

Sumitra Mahajan Sumitra Mahajan ( ''née'' Sathe; born: 12 April 1943) is an Indian politician who was the Speaker of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament from 2014 to 2019. She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She represented the Indore cons ...

State Governments

Elections

President

* Presidential elections were held on 17 July 2017 and results were declared on 20 July.

has been elected the

Vice president

* Vice Presidential elections were held on 5 August 2017.

has been elected the

Vice President of India The vice president of India (IAST: ) is the deputy to the head of state of the Republic of India, i.e. the president of India. The office of vice president is the second-highest constitutional office after the president and ranks second in the ...

Rajya Sabha Elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in India on 21 July and 8 August 2017 to elect ten members of the Rajya Sabha, replacing those who retired in July and August 2017. In addition to scheduled elections, unforeseen vacancies, caused by members' retirement or death, may also be filled via By-elections.

State

Events

* National income - 170,900,424 million *

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire ...

- In a landmark 4:3 judgement, the

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 ...

held that an appeal for votes during elections on the basis of

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatur ...

, caste, race, community or language, even that of the electorate, will amount to a ‘corrupt practice’ and call for disqualification of the candidate in any election *

- Nuclear-capable

intercontinental ballistic missile An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than , primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). Conventional, chemical, and biological weapo ...

Agni-IV Missile tested successfully off the coast of

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

. *

January 7 Events Pre-1600 * 49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso I ...

– Heavy snowfall in

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 ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several pea ...

and

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

disrupt normal life. Many places record heaviest snowfall in over two decades. *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written c ...

– 25 people are dead after a boat capsizes on river

Ganga The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

during

Makar Sankranti Makar(a) Sankranti (), also referred to as Uttarayana, Maghi, or simply Sankranti, is a Hindu observance and a festival. Usually falling on the date of January 14 annually, this occasion marks the transition of the Sun from the zodiac of Sag ...

celebrations. *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (Middle East, The Middle East). It is ...

delegation led by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dha ...

visited India to sign 14 agreements including strategic partnership, defense industries, transport, cyber security and shipping. *

- Avalanches hit

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 ...

. 20 persons including 15 military personnel are found dead. *

January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...

– Republic Day is celebrated across the country. Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan attends the parade in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Hous ...

as the chief guest. *

January January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is also the first of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the ...

–

2017 pro-Jallikattu protests The 2017 pro-jallikattu protests, also known as the pro-jallikattu movement, were leaderless apolitical youth protests which took place in January 2017 in large groups in several locations across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Some sporadic sma ...

Hundreds joined and staged protest at Marina beach, Chennai and all over Tamil Nadu in support of conducting Jallikattu. *

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...

– The annual budget for the union government is presented in the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...

finance minister A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

Arun Jaitley Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 – 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jai ...

. The 92-year-old railway budget is discontinued and merged into the general budget. * February 6 – One person is dead after a 5.8 magnitude

earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, fr ...

hit

Uttrakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

North India North India is a loosely defined region consisting of the northern part of India. The dominant geographical features of North India are the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the Himalayas, which demarcate the region from the Tibetan Plateau and Cen ...

. *

February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tib ...

–

Indian Space Research Organisation 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 o ...

launches

PSLV-C37 PSLV-C37 was the 39th mission of the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) program and its 16th mission in the XL configuration. PSLV-C37 successfully carried and deployed a record 104 satellites in sun-synchronous orbits. Launched on ...

, sending104 satellites from seven countries into orbit, the highest ever in the history of space exploration. *February 17 –

South India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union terr ...

n actress Bhavana assaulted by a group of criminals at

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of ...

allegedly under the instruction of

Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, '' Elippathaya ...

actor

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, inc ...

. * 6 March –

Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates si ...

's oldest serving aircraft carrier,

INS Viraat INS ''Viraat'' (Sanskrit: International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, Virāṭa meaning ''Giant'') was a of the Indian Navy. INS ''Viraat'' was the flagship of the Indian Navy before was commissioned in 2013. The ship was completed and ...

is decommissioned after 30 years of service. * 7 March – Nine people are injured after a planned low intensity explosion in Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train by

ISIS Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kin ...

. Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad neutralises one terrorist in Lucknow, 8 suspects arrested from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. * 11 March – Election results of elections in five states declared by Election Commission. * 11 March – 12 CRPF personnel killed in Naxal attack in

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prad ...

. * 14 March –

Manohar Parrikar Manohar Parrikar (born Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar; 13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 until his death. Previous ...

took oath as the new Chief Minister of Goa. * 15 March –

N. Biren Singh Nongthombam Biren Singh ( Meitei pronunciation: /nōng-thōm-bam bī-ren sīng/; born 1 January 1961) is an Indian politician, former footballer and journalist, who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Manipur for the second term sin ...

took oath as the new Chief Minister of

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...

. * 16 March –

Amarinder Singh Captain Amarinder Singh (born 11 March 1942), is an Indian politician, military historian, former royal and Indian Army veteran who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. A former Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab and Member ...

took oath as the new Chief Minister of Punjab. * 18 March –

Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath (born on 5 June 1972 as Ajay Singh Bisht),

took oath as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. * 26 March – Lucknow Metro North–south line is expected to be opened. * 1 April – the Gujarat Assembly amended a bill further extending the punishment and fine for

Cattle slaughter in India Cattle slaughter in India, especially cow slaughter, is controversial because of cattle's status as endeared and respected living beings to adherents of Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism; while being an acceptable source of meat for Muslims, ...

. The punishment was increased to a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 'life term of a 14 years', and the fine was enhanced to the range of ₹1 lakh – ₹5 lakh. * 6 June - Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister

Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath (born on 5 June 1972 as Ajay Singh Bisht),

directed the state police to take action against

cow slaughter Due to the multiple benefits from cattle, there are varying beliefs about cattle in societies and religions. In some regions, especially most states of India, the slaughter of cattle is prohibited and their meat may be taboo. Cattle are consider ...

and cattle smuggling under the National Security Act and the Gangster Act. * 9 June – India became full member of

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation russian: Шанхайская Организация Сотрудничества , image = , caption = , logo = SCO logo.svg , logo_size = 160px , map = Shanghai Cooperati ...

. * 16 June – Gorkhaland agitations in

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nep ...

, West Bengal. * 17 June – Kochi Metro inaugurated. * 19 June – BJP announced Ramanath Kovind as its candidate for the

presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The p ...

* 20 June –

Presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The p ...

. * 23 June – ISRO puts 31 satellites including 29 satellites from others countries through PSLV C-38 successfully. * 1 July –

Goods and Services Tax (India) Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax (or consumption tax) used in India on the supply of goods and services. It is a comprehensive, multistage, destination-based tax: comprehensive because it has subsumed almost all the indirect taxe ...

Act came into force in India. The India's biggest tax reform in 70 years of independence, was launched at midnight of 30 June 2017. It replaced many Indirect taxes. * 10 July – 7 pilgrims killed, 16 injured during Amarnath Yatra in terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag. * 11 July – Major landslide occurred in

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares ...

. 14 people died while many injured * 12 July – 3 terrorist shot dead in Badgam * 15 July – 3 terrorist of Jaish e Mohammad shot dead in

Tral Tral is a town, sub-district and a notified area committee in the Pulwama district of Indian-administered Kashmir. The town is situated at a distance of from summer capital, Srinagar and from district headquarters, Pulwama. Tral is the sec ...

of Jammu & Kashmir by Indian military. * 16 July – 16 Amarnath devotees killed in a bus accident in

. * 17 July – Indian presidential elections were held. * July – Heavy rain due to Monsoon raised level of most of the rivers causing flood in many states. More than 200 died. * 17 July – BJP led NDA declared Venkai Naidu as their candidate for vice-presidential election. * 18 July –

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

protests against

Madhur Bhandarkar Madhur Bhandarkar (born 26 August 1968) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. In 2016,Bhandarkar was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour, by the Government of India. The drama film '' Chandni B ...

's film ''

Indu Sarkar ''Indu Sarkar'' is a 2017 Indian period political thriller film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. The story screenplay of the movie is written by Anil Pandey and Madhur Bhandarkar and the dialogues are penned by Sanja ...

'' based on 1975 emergency in India. * 20 July –

won the 2017 Indian presidential election with 65.65% votes against

Meira Kumar Meira Kumar (born 31 March 1945) is an Indian politician and former diplomat. A member of the Indian National Congress, she was the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004 to 2009, the Minister of Water Resources for a brief per ...

, the presidential candidate of the opposition. * 25 July – Ram Nath Kovind took oath as 14th

. * 26 July –

Nitish Kumar Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician, who is serving as Chief Minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015, having previous held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. The leader of the Janata Dal (Unit ...

( JDU) resigns as Chief Minister of Bihar, breaking the coalition with

RJD The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

. * 27 July – NDA (JDU + BJP) led government comes in Bihar.

and Sushil Modi took oath as chief minister and vice chief minister of Bihar respectively. * July –

2017 Gujarat flood Following heavy rain in July 2017, the Indian state of Gujarat was affected by severe flooding. The floods were reported to have caused total 224 deaths between 1 June and 31 July 2017. 16 people had died in neighbouring Rajasthan state by 31 July ...

resulting in more than 250 deaths. * July – 2017 West Bengal floods; 70 died. * 1 August – Lashkar-E-Taiba militant Abu Dujana Shot dead by Indian Army In

* 4 August –

Vice-President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi ( ; born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the president o ...

's car attacked by mob in Banaskatha in

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the 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 fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

5 August –

won the Indian vice-presidential election with 67.89% votes against

Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Devadas Gandhi (born 22 April 1945) is a former administrator and diplomat who served as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji). As a former ...

the opposition candidate. * 6 August – Bangladeshi terrorist arrested by

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 195 ...

Police in

Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar is a city under Muzaffarnagar District in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway on the Delhi - Haridwar/Dehradun National Highway (NH 58) and is also well connected with the national railway network. It is ...

* 7 August –

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 ...

removed lifetime ban on cricketer

S. Sreesanth Shanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth (, born 6 February 1983) is an Indian former cricketer and film actor who played all forms of the game. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he p ...

* 9 August –

Maratha Kranti Morcha The Maratha Kranti Morcha, loosely translated as "Maratha revolutionary demonstration" in the Marathi language, is a series of silent and pragmatic protests organized by the Maratha community in various cities across India as well as overseas. ...

starts in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

for the demand for reservation for the Maratha community in the state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdi ...

* 11 August –

took oath as 13th

. * 13 August – 46 died in a landslide in

Mandi Mandi may refer to: Places * Mandı, Azerbaijan India * Mandi, Jammu and Kashmir, a town on the Mandi River in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir * Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, a city in Himachal Pradesh ** Mandi State, former princely s ...

district of Himachal Pradesh. * 15 August – Nation celebrated 70th Independence Day. * August – August 2017 Nepal and India floods; more than 450 died. * 19 August –

Kalinga Utkal Express The 18477 / 18478 Kalinga Utkal Express is an important Express of Indian Railways connecting two pilgrimage centres of India, Yog Nagari Rishikesh and Puri. Route & Halts The train runs from via , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ...

from Puri to Haridwar derailed in

, Uttar Pradesh. 23 died, more than 100 injured. * 22 August – Supreme Court bans instant triple talaq calling it unconstitutional. Instructed central government to pass law in parliament for triple talaq. * 24 August -

Reserve Bank of India The Reserve Bank of India, chiefly known as RBI, is India's central bank and regulatory body responsible for regulation of the Indian banking system. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is responsible f ...

introduces Rs. 200 bank notes in India to plug the gap in currency system by abiding to

Renard series Renard series are a system of preferred numbers dividing an interval from 1 to 10 into 5, 10, 20, or 40 steps. This set of preferred numbers was proposed in 1877 by French army engineer Colonel Charles Renard. His system was adopted by the ISO in ...

. * 25 August –

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan (born 15 August 1967), known also as MSG, is the head of the Indian social group Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) since 1990. Prior to a 2017 rape conviction, he was a religious leader, actor, singer, writer, songwriter, d ...

conviction in rape case leads to violence by

Dera Sacha Sauda Dera Sacha Sauda ("Camp True-Deal"; colloquially DSS) is an Indian non-governmental organization described as a "religious cult" and "non-profit social welfare dera" that was established on 29 April 1948 by Mastana Balochistani, an ascetic fol ...

's followers in Punjab, Haryana. 38 died, 300 injured. Army out, curfew clamped in Punjab, Panchkula, Chandigarh. * 28 August – CBI special court sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh 20 years jail in a verdict of a rape case. * 28 August –

sworn in as 45th

chief justice of India The chief justice of India ( IAST: ) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India as well as the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Judiciary. The Constitution of India grants power to the president of India to appoint, in consultation ...

. * 28 August – India China agree to end border stand off in

Doklam Doklam (), called Donglang () by China, is an area in Bhutan with a high plateau and a valley, lying between China's Chumbi Valley to the north, Bhutan's Ha District to the east and India's Sikkim state to the west. It has been depicted as p ...

as both nations withdrew their armies from the disputed region. * 28 August – Election commission declared by election result of four legislative seats of three states. AAP won Delhi's

Bawana Bawana is a census town founded by two Gaur Brahmins Kala and Thukrai in the North West district of Delhi, India. It houses the Bawana Fortress of Zail (also called Bawana Tehsil), a Zail headquarter built by the who were (chief) of Bawana Zai ...

, BJP won Goa's Panji and

Valpoi Valpoi or Valpoy (''Vallpoi'', pronounced ) is a city and a municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is the headquarters of the Sattari Taluk. The Western Ghats are to the east of the town. According to the auth ...

, TDP won

Nandyal Nandyal is a city and District headquarters of Nandyal district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Nandyal mandal in Nandyal revenue division. Demographics In the 2011 census of India, Nandya ...

in Andra Pradesh. * 29 August –

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nagpur is projected to ...

–

Duronto Express Duronto Express is a category of long-distance non-stop source to destination trains run by the Indian Railways. Initially these trains did not have any ticketing stops between the origin and the destination, but since January 2016 it is possi ...

derailed near Asangoan in the outskirts of

; No casualties reported. * 29 August – Flood in the city of

. Lifeline came to still. The

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a p ...

malfunctioned due to heavy rains. Mumbai-Pune Express highway closed. * 30 August – 290 children have died at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur due to lack of oxygen. * 31 August - A three-story building collapsed in Mumbai, 32 died. * 31 August - Switzerland president Doris Leuthard visited India for a bilateral talk. * 31 August - ISRO launch of navigation satellite IRNSS 1H failed after heat shield does not detach. * 1 September – Union Skill Development Minister

Rajiv Pratap Rudy Rajiv Pratap Rudy (born 30 March 1962) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, and a Member of Parliament representing Saran (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar, India. In 2014. Rudy became the Minister of State (Independent C ...

and Minister of State for Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey resigned ahead of a cabinet reshuffle. * 3 September - ** Cabinet expansion conducted in

Rashtrapati Bhavan The Rashtrapati Bhavan (, rāsh-truh-puh-ti bha-vun; ; originally Viceroy's House and later Government House) is the official residence of the President of India at the western end of Rajpath, Raisina Hill, New Delhi, India. Rashtrapati B ...

, 9 new ministers took the oath.

Nirmala Sitaraman Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist and politician serving as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India since 2019. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2014. S ...

and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi got promoted to Cabinet Ministers. **

Nirmala Sitharaman Nirmala Sitharaman (born 18 August 1959) is an Indian economist and politician serving as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of India since 2019. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2014. ...

became defense minister of India. * 5 September - ** Narendra Modi on visit of China for 9th BRICS Summit and

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

for bilateral talk. ** Lucknow Metro inaugurated. **

Gauri Lankesh Gauri Lankesh (29 January 1962 – 5 September 2017) was an Indian activist and former journalist from Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as an editor in ''Lankesh Patrike'', a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh, and ran her own wee ...

, senior journalist shot dead in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. * 7 September – A goods train derailed near

Khandala Khandala is a hill station in the Western Ghats in the state of Maharashtra, India, about from Lonavala, 12 kilometres from Khopoli and from Karjat. Khandala is located at the top end of the Bhor Ghat, a major ''ghat'' (meaning valley i ...

. * 11–12 September –

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

President

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...

visited India for bilateral talk, signed 10 agreement including defense. * 13–14 September –

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...

prime minister

Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍晋三, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 20 ...

visited Ahmadabad for bilateral talk, signed many agreement including Bullet Train project in India. * 29 September – 22 killed, many injured when a stampede occurred on the

Lower Parel Lower Parel (Pronunciation: əɾəɭ əɾeːl station code: PL) railway station is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, India. The next station south is Mahalaxmi railway station; the next station north is ...

and

Prabhadevi Prabhadevi (Pronunciation: ɾəbʱaːd̪eʋiː is a small up-scale southern neighbourhood of Mumbai, situated between Dadar to the north, Worli to the south and the Arabian Sea to the west. The area derives its name from the 300 year old Pra ...

stations in

* 6 October – **

FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédératio ...

kickoff. ** Air force chopper crashed near

Tawang Tawang is a town and administrative headquarter of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The town was once the capital of the Tawang Tract, which is now divided into the Tawang district and the West Kameng district. Tawan ...

, Arunachal Pradesh during training sortie.7 died. * 10 October – BJP emerged as largest party in the

Gram Panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

Elections in

for the first time followed by

. * 11 October –

Australia cricket team The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877, the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) ...

bus attacked by mob in

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

after the

T20I A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the ...

match played between

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), 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 and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...

and

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...

. Two Arrested. * 16 October – 6 Corporaters in

joined

Shivsena Shiv Sena (IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bo ...

leaving Raj's MNS. * 1 November – **

Ashish Nehra Ashish Nehra (; born 29 April 1979) is a cricket coach and former cricketer who played in all formats of the game. Nehra announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in late 2017, with the Twenty20 International match against New Zealan ...

retired from International Cricket. **

Shreyas Iyer Shreyas Santosh Iyer (born 6 December 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a Right-handed batter. He has played in all formats for the Indian team. Iyer has scored a century in his debut test matc ...

made his

debut against

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...

** 32 died in NTPC boiler explosion. More than 100 injured. * 4 November –

Mohammed Siraj Mohammed Siraj (born 13 March 1994) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team as a Right-arm fast medium bowler. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and Hyderabad in dom ...

made his

Debut against

Rajkot Rajkot () is the fourth-largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat after Ahmedabad, Vadodara, and Surat, and is in the centre of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Rajkot is the 35th-largest metropolitan area in India, with a population ...

* 9 November – Legislative election will take place in

* 18 November – Manushi Chhillar won the 6th Miss World crown for India in Sanya, China. * 29 November – Inauguration of

Hyderabad Metro The Hyderabad Metro is a rapid transit system, serving the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is the second longest operational metro network in India after the Delhi Metro (285 stations) with 57 stations and the lines are arranged in a ...

. * 1 December – Uttar Pradesh municipal corporation result declared by state election commission. * 2 December –

Cyclone Ockhi Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Ockhi was a strong tropical cyclone that devastated parts of Sri Lanka and India in 2017, and was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Arabian Sea since Cyclone Megh in 2015. The ninth depression, and the third an ...

hits

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

and

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a 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 regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Ca ...

causing many deaths. * 9–14 December – polling for Gujarat legislative assembly election take place. * 7 December – Earthquake shakes

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, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

, and the North India on a Richter Scale of 5.5. * 7 December – Mani Shankar Aiyar removed from Congress. * 10 December –

made his

ODI ODI may refer to: * Object Design, Incorporated, a defunct database software company * One Day International, cricket match * Open Data Institute, a UK not-for-profit company promoting open data * Open Data-Link Interface, an implementation of ...

debut against

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

at Dharamsala. * 11 December – 5 soldiers missing as avalanche hits Gurez sector in Jammu & Kashmir. * 13 December –

Rohit Sharma Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer and the current captain of the Indian cricket team. Widely considered as one of the best opening batter of all time, he plays as a right-handed batsman for Mumb ...

scored third double century in ''ODIs'' against Sri Lanka. * 13 December –

Washington Sundar Washington Sundar (born 5 October 1999) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team. He also plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League and Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket. He is a left-handed batsma ...

made his

debut against

Mohali Mohali, officially known as Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, is a planned city in the Mohali district in Punjab, India, which is an administrative and a commercial hub lying south-west of Chandigarh. It is the headquarters of the Mohali district. ...

* 16 December – Rahul Gandhi takes over as Congress president * 18 December – The

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. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...

wins majority of the seats in the recently concluded

and

assembly elections.

In the news

* Indian Economy is expected to surpass United Kingdom Economy in 2017 according to new International Monitory Fund report due to 20% drop in pound and

Brexit Brexit (; a portmanteau of "British exit") was the Withdrawal from the European Union, withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) at 23:00 Greenwich Mean Time, GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 Central Eur ...

. Thus India will become world's sixth strongest economy. * GSAT-7A military communication,

GSAT-9 The South Asia Satellite (designated GSAT-9), formerly known as SAARC Satellite, is a geostationary communications and meteorology satellite operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooper ...

multi brand communication,

GSAT-11 GSAT-11 is an Indian geostationary communications satellite. The 5854 kg satellite is based on the new I-6K Bus and carry 40 transponders in the Ku-band and Ka-band frequencies (32 Ka × Ku-Band Forward Link Transponders and 8 Ku × Ka band ...

geostationary communications satellites launched by ISRO. * ISRO launched

GSAT-17 GSAT-17 is an Indian communications satellite. Built by ISRO and operated by INSAT, it carries 24 C-band, 2 lower C-band, 12 upper C-band, 2 CxS (C-band up/ S-band down), and 1 SxC (S-band up/C-band down) transponders. It additionally carries a ...

and GSAT-19E communications satellites. * Indian Air Force may get S-400 Triumph Missile System by 2017. * Disputed detention of Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan. * Dangal become the first Indian film to gross over 2000 crore rupees in all languages worldwide. * India China military

stand off ''Whole Lotta Sole'' (known as ''Stand Off'' in North America) is a 2012 independent criminal comedy film co-written and directed by Terry George and starring Brendan Fraser, David O'Hara, Colm Meaney, Yaya DaCosta and Martin McCann. Plot H ...

over border dispute. * India Military operation All Out in

. 205 militants shot down. *

Manushi Chhillar Manushi Chhillar (born 14 May 1997) is an Indian actress and model, who was the winner of the Miss World 2017 pageant. She represented her state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2017 pageant, which she won, and went on to become the sixth r ...

wins miss world 2017 and becomes the 6th Miss World from India.

Sports

International events

* 2–8 January – Chennai Open scheduled in Chennai. * 24–29 January – Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold scheduled in Lucknow. * 16–19 February – India Open Squash is scheduled in New Delhi. * 19–26 February – India participated in

2017 Asian Winter Games The 2017 Asian Winter Games ( ja, 2017アジア冬季競技大会, 2017 Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) was the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games. They were hosted in Sapporo and Obihiro in Hokkaido, Japan. These Games were originally scheduled fo ...

. * 28 March – 2 April – India Super Series was held in New Delhi. * 18 June - Srikant Kidambi wins

2017 Indonesia Super Series Premier The 2017 Indonesia Super Series Premier was the fifth Super Series tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Jakarta, Indonesia from 12–18 June 2017 with a total purse of $1,000,000. Venue This tournament was held ...

. * 10–14 May – 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship held in New Delhi, India. * 25 June - Srikant Kidambi wins

2017 Australian Super Series The 2017 Australian Open (badminton), Australian Super Series was the sixth Super Series badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Sydney from 20–25 June 2017 with a total purse of $750,000. Men's singles ...

. * 6–9 July – 2017 Asian Athletics Championship held in

Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar i ...

. * 27 August – India beat Nepal by 2–1 in final of 2017 SAFF under −15 championship. * 6–28 October –

is scheduled. England wins the maiden title by beating Spain in final by 5–2. * 22 October –

beat Malaysia by 2–1 in final of 2017 men's Hockey Asia Cup held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. * 22 October – Srikant Kidambi wins 2017 Denmark Super Series Premier. * 29 October - Srikant Kidambi wins 2017 French Super Series Premier * 5 October –

won 2017 Hockey women's Asia cup held in Japan by beating China in final by 5–4 (1–1). * 1 November –

Indian cricket team The India men's national cricket team, also known as Team India or the Men in Blue, represents India in men's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a Full Member of the International ...

registered their first

win against

* 30 November –

Mirabai Chanu Saikhom Mirabai Chanu ( Meitei pronunciation: /sái.kʰom mi.ra.bái cə.nu/; born 8 August, 1994) is an Indian weightlifter. 27-year-old Mirabai Chanu lifted a total of 201 kg to win the Gold Medal which was also India's third medal after at ...

wins gold in 2017 world weightlifting championship held in USA. * 1–10 December – The

2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final was the final stage of the 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It took place between 1 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India. Australia won the tournament for a record ...

took place in

, India. India won bronze medal.

Domestic leagues

Publications

* “I Do What I Do” by

Raghuram Rajan Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Quote: "I am an Indian citizen. I have always ...

* “Selection Day” by

Aravind Adiga Aravind Adiga (born 23 October 1974) is an Indian writer and journalist. His debut novel, '' The White Tiger'', won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. Biography Early life and education Aravind Adiga was born in Madras (now Chennai) on 23 October 1974 ...

* “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” by

Arundhati Roy Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel ''The God of Small Things'' (1997), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author. S ...

Deaths

January

* 1 January –

Abis Rizvi Abis Hasan Rizvi (27 February 1968 – 1 January 2017) was an Indian businessman, film producer, and screenwriter. Life Early life Rizvi was born to Dr. Akhtar Hassan Rizvi, a former member of the Rajya Sabha in Bandra, West Mumbai, M ...

, 48, businessman, film producer (born 1968) * 3 January – H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, 58, MLA, Minister of State in Karnataka (born 1958) * 4 January – Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, 89, sitar player (born 1927) * 5 January –

Gangmumei Kamei Gangmumei Kamei (21 October 1939 – 5 January 2017) was a notable Indian historian and scholar of Manipur. He was also a politician in his later career, and served as a minister in the Government of Manipur. Academic career Kamei was born in ...

, 77, politician, former minister in Manipur (born 1939) * 6 January –

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English,Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred ...

, 66, actor, (born 1950) * 7 January – Ramanuja Devanathan, 57, Sanskrit scholar (born 1959) * 14 January –

Surjit Singh Barnala Surjit Singh Barnala (21 October 1925 – 14 January 2017) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Punjab state from 1985 to 1987. Following that he served as the governor of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh , l ...

, 91, former Union Minister, former Chief Minister of Punjab, former Governor of several states (born 1925) * 14 January – C. V. Vishveshwara, 78, scientist, black hole physicist (born 1938) * 18 January –

Zohurul Hoque Zohurul Hoque ( bn, জহূরুল হক; 11 October 1926 – 18 January 2017) was an Indian Islamic scholar and doctor known for his translations of the Qur'an into the Bengali, Assamese and English languages. He later moved to Muscat in ...

, 90, Islamic scholar (born 1926) * 22 January – Naqsh Lyallpuri, 88, ghazal and film lyricist (born 1928) * 26 January – Ramdas Agarwal, 79, former BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan (born 1937)

February

* 1 February – E. Ahamed, 78, former Minister of State, MP from Kerala (born 1938) * 1 February –

Asim Basu Asim Basu ( or, ଅସୀମ ବସୁ) was an Indian theatre artiste and director, actor, art director, painter and playwright. Basu was known for his set design work in Ollywood movies and designing Odia book covers and movie posters. Early l ...

, 81, theatre artiste, film art director (born 1935) * 13 February – Salma Siddiqui, 85, novelist in Urdu (born 1931) * 16 February – Krishnaraj Sriram, 43, first-class cricketer for Karnataka (born 1973) * 17 February – Ved Prakash Sharma, 61, writer of novels and screenplays in Hindi (born 1955) * 18 February –

Jambuwantrao Dhote Jambhuwantrao Bapurao Dhote (1939 – 18 February 2017) was an Indian politician. Known by his supporters as ''The Lion of Vidharbha'' & He is son-in-law of veteran Congress leader late Ramrao Adik . Dhote left Congress soon, and founded Vidha ...

, 77, former MP and MLA from Maharashtra (born 1939) * 20 February –

Antony Mitradas Antony Mitradas (3 November 1913 – 20 February 2017) was an Indian film director who directed films in three languages: Tamil, Malayalam and Sinhalese. Early life Mitradas was born in Madurai on 3 November 1913. He did his B.A. Statistics ...

, 103, film director in Tamil, Malayalam and Sinhalese (born 1913) * 26 February – Mushi Santappa, 93, polymer chemist, leather technologist, former vice chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University and the University of Madras (born 1923) * 28 February – Haji Abdul Salam, 68, Rajya Sabha MP from Manipur (born 1948)

March

* 1 March – Raajesh Johri, 64, poet, lyricist, ad film maker (born 1952) * 1 March –

Shiv K. Kumar Shiv K. Kumar (16 August 1921, Lahore, British India – 1 March 2017, Hyderabad, India) was an Indian English-language poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer. His grandfather late Tulsi Das Kumar was a school teacher and his father B ...

, 95, English poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer (born 1921) * 1 March –

Taarak Mehta Taarak Janubhai Mehta was an Indian columnist, humourist, writer and playwright who is best known for the column ''Duniya Ne Undha Chasma'',and was a well-known figure in Gujarati theatre. His humorous weekly column first appeared in '' Chit ...

, 87, columnist, humorist, writer, playwright (born 1929) * 6 March – Joachim Baxla, 66, four time MP from Alipurduars constituency, West Bengal (born 1955) * 6 March – Rabi Ray, 90, former Union Minister and speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1926) * 7 March –

Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (11 September 1970 – 7 March 2017) was an Indian folk singer and researcher. He was born and raised in Silchar, Assam. He went on to study comparative literature at Jadavpur University. His musical inspiration was his u ...

, 47, folk singer and researcher from Assam (born 1970) * 11 March –

Cheyyar Ravi Cheyyar Ravi (c.1962 – 11 March 2017) was an Indian film and television director, who has directed Tamil and Sinhala films and serials. Career Cheyyar Ravi directed two Tamil films in the 1990s, ''Dharma Seelan'' (1993) featuring Prabhu and ' ...

, 54, film and television director (born 1962)

April

Vinod Khanna at Esha Deol's wedding at ISCKON temple 11 (cropped)

* 14 April –

Girish Chandra Saxena Girish Chandra 'Gary' Saxena (5 January 1928 – 14 April 2017) was a governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Born in Agra in 1928, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) and held many positions in police and retired as Director of the ...

, 89, politician. (born 1928) * 27 April –

Vinod Khanna Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who is best known for his work in Hindi films; while also being a notable spiritual seeker. In Bollywood, he was the recipient of two Filmfare awa ...

, 70, actor, former

Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. I ...

(born 1946), Bladder Cancer. * 29 April – Sonika Chauhan, 28, model, television actress.

May

17 May – Rima Lagoo, 59, actress (cardiac arrest) * 18 May – Anil Dave, 60, cabinet minister, environmentalist (lung cancer) * 26 May – K P S Gill, 82, IPS officer.

June

* 2 June 2017 –

C. Narayana Reddy Cingireddi Narayana Reddy (29 July 1931 – 12 June 2017), popularly known as CiNaRe, was an Indian Telugu-language poet and writer. Reddy had produced over eighty literary works including poems, prose-plays, lyrical plays, translations, ...

, writer and composer.

July

*2 July –

Madhukar Toradmal Madhukar Toradmal (24 July 1932 – 2 July 2017) was a Marathi actor, writer and professor who has acted in numerous Marathi dramas and movies. He was also a writer and translator. He translated over 20 plays. He has been associated with Marathi ...

, 84, Marathi actor, professor, writer, play-translator *11 July –

Mangesh Tendulkar Mangesh Tendulkar was an Indian artist as cartoonist and humourist. He has also written in many magazines on cartoons. Early life Brief biography Tendulkar was a caricaturist for the year 1954. He was instrumental in creating traffic awareness ...

, 83, Indian artist, cartoonist, humorist. *24 July – Yash Pal Singh, 90, scientist, educationist. *24 July – U R Rao, 84, space scientist. *28 July –

Inder Kumar Inder Kumar (26 August 1973 – 28 July 2017) was an Indian actor best known for playing supporting roles in Hindi films such as ''Wanted'', '' Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge'', '' Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye'' and '' Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi''. He was a c ...

, 43, actor. *30 July – H. Sayeeduddin Dagar, 78, Indian Classical Vocalist.

August

*1 August –

Pushpa Mittra Bhargava Pushpa Mittra Bhargava (22 February 1928 – 1 August 2017) was an Indian scientist, writer, and administrator. He founded the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, a federally funded research institute, in Hyderabad. He was outspoken and hi ...

, 89, scientist, administrator *2 August –

Santosh Mohan Dev Santosh Mohan Dev (1 April 1934 – 2 August 2017), was an Indian political leader and a key member of the Indian National Congress. Mr. Dev was first elected to the Parliament of India, Parliament in 1980, the first of his seven terms in offi ...

, 83, politician, former minister in UPA government. *9 August –

Sanwar Lal Jat Sanwar Lal Jat (1 January 1955 – 9 August 2017) was the chairman of Rajasthan Kisan Aayog and MP of constituency from Ajmer, Rajasthan. He was also a cabinet minister in the Government of Rajasthan. He held portfolios of irrigation, Indira ...

, 62,

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

from

Ajmer Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "' ...

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern ...

*14 August – Bhakti Yadav, 91,

gynaecologist Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined ar ...

Padma Shri Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...

recipient.

September

*2 September – Shirish Pai, 88, social worker and poet, daughter of Pralhad Keshav Atre. *5 September –

, 55, journalist, homicide *16 September –

Arjan Singh Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC (15 April 1919 – 16 September 2017) was a senior air officer of the Indian Air Force. He served as the 3rd Chief of the Air Staff from 1964 to 1969, leading the Air Force through the Indo-Pa ...

, 98, Air Force marshal * Tom Alter at Dev Anand's birthday celebrations

29 September –

Tom Alter Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Early life Born in Mussoorie ...

, 67, Indo-American actor,

Padma Shri Award Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred ...

winner.

October

*7 October –

Kundan Shah Kundan Shah (19 October 1947 – 7 October 2017), was an Indian film director and writer. He is known for his comedy classic '' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'' (1983) and his 1986–1987, TV series '' Nukkad'' with Saeed Akhtar Mirza. Biography Kundan Sh ...

, 69, Indian film director. *24 October –

Girija Devi Girija Devi (8 May 1929 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas. She performed classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of thumri. She was dubbed as the 'Queen of Thumri ...

, 68, classical singer. *27 October –

Punathil Kunjabdulla Punathil Kunjabdulla (3 April 1940 – 27 October 2017) was an Indian writer from Kerala. A medical doctor by profession, Kunjabdulla was a practitioner of the avant-garde in Malayalam literature. His work includes more than 45 books, including ...

, 77, Malayalam-language author (born 1940) *30 October – M. V. Sridhar, 51, cricketer

November

*14 November – Shyama, 82, actress. *20 November – P R Dasmunsi, politician, former AIFF president.

December

* 4 December –

Shashi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor (pronounced �əʃi kəpuːɾ (born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and film producer who is best known for his work in Hindi films. A recipient of several accolades, including four Nation ...

, 79, Indian actor.

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