2019 in India

Incumbents

Government of India

State Governments

Events

January

• 2 January – Government approves merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda.
• 3 January – Rajya Sabha Passes National Council for Teacher Education Bill.
• 4 January – Arunima Sinha becomes world's first woman amputee to scale Mount Vinson.
• 7 January – Centre clears 10 per cent quota for economically weak in general category.

  February

• 14 February – Pulwama attack: A convoy of vehicles carrying security personnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was attacked by a suicide bomber near Pulwama District, Jammu and Kashmir.
• 21 – 25 February – 2019 Assam alcohol poisonings: At least 168 people died after consuming poisonous liquor and more than 300 admitted in hospitals in Jorhat and Golaghat districts.
• 26 February – 2019 Balakot airstrike was carried out by the Indian Air Force crossing the Line of Control directed against a terrorist training camp.

  March

• 27 March – India becomes 4th nation to have Anti-satellite missile this year.

  April

• 11 April - Voting for the 2019 Indian general election began
• 17 April - A major airlines, Jet Airways was without license and ceases operation.

  May

• 3 May - Cyclone Fani arrives on the coast of Odisha
• 23 May - Counting and declaration of results for the 2019 Indian general election. Narendra Modi secures landslide victory.
• 24 May - Surat Fire Tragedy; 22 Deaths and 17 Non-fatal injuries.
• 30 May - Narendra Modi takes oath as 14th Prime Minister of India.

  June

July

• July 19 - Vidisha Baliyan becomes the first Indian to be crowned as Miss Deaf World after winning the Miss Deaf World 2019.
• July 23 - ISRO launches India's second mission to moon chandrayaan 2
• July 30 - India bans triple talaq.

  August

• August 5
• * Article 370 and Article 35A revoked from Constitution of India that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Government also bifurcates Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh into separate Union Territories.
• Schools and Colleges are shut down in Pune, Mumbai, Nashik in Maharashtra due to floods.
• August 7 - Over 1.32 lakh peoples are evacuated in Sangli and Kolhapur districts of Maharashtra state due to heavy rains.
• August 16 - Millions of residents in Jammu and Kashmir still have no communication with the outside world, eleven days after the Government of India imposed restrictions on August 5. Meanwhile, 11 deaths have been reported in the Kashmir region.
• August 17 - Fire broke out in Emergency Ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. No casulties reported.
• August 22 - Former Finance minister P Chidambaram is arrested by CBI under INX media scam charges after 27 hours long drama.

  September

• September 5 - Erramatti Mangamma becomes the world's oldest living mother after giving birth to twins.
• September 6 – Chandrayaan-2, India's second lunar partially successful. Vikram, the lander, crashes into the surface of the moon.
• September 16 — Jammu & Kashmir National Conference president Farooq Abdullah is arrested under the Public Safety Act , a law that allows detention without trial for two years.
• September 22 — U.S. president Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi address 50,000 Indian Americans at the Howdy, Modi: Shared Dreams Bright Futures rally in NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

  October

• October 24 - India and Pakistan sign a memorandum of understanding opening the Kartarpur Corridor for visa-free border crossings, allowing Indian citizens to visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Sikh shrine.
• October 31 - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will come in effect.

  November

• November 9 - India's Supreme Court rules in favor of Hindus over Ram Janmabhoomi temple.

  December

• December 8 - 43 killed in Delhi's Anaj Mandi fire, 150 officials
• December 11 - The Citizenship Act, 2019 passed by the Parliament of India.

  Publications

Deaths

January

• January 2
• * Ramakant Achrekar, Indian cricket coach
• * Samuel Rayan, Indian theologian
• January 3
• * Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari, Indian judge and independence activist
• * Dibyendu Palit, Indian writer
• * Pinaki Thakur, Indian poet
• January 8 – Jayantilal Bhanusali, Indian politician
• January 9 – Mahendra Mewati, Indian actor
• January 11
• * Kishore Pradhan, Indian actor
• * Meera Sanyal, Indian banker
• * Charles Soreng, Indian Roman Catholic prelate
• January 14
• * Shivajirao Deshmukh, Indian politician
• * Lenin Rajendran, Indian film director
• * Devendra Swarup, Indian journalist
• January 15 - Biraj Kumar Sarma, Indian politician
• January 16 - Vishnu Hari Dalmia, Indian industrialist,
• January 17 - S. Balakrishnan, Indian film score composer and music director
• January 19
• * Jagjit Singh Chopra, Indian neurologist
• * Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, Indian politician
• January 21
• * Raghbir Singh Bhola, Indian field hockey player
• * Shivakumara Swami, Indian Lingayat spiritual leader and educationist
• January 23 – Sitaram Rao Valluri, Indian-born American engineer
• January 25 – Krishna Sobti, Indian author
• January 29 – George Fernandes, Indian politician
• January 30 – Dara Dotiwalla, Indian cricket umpire

  February

• February 1 – Thuppettan, Indian Malayalam playwright
• February 2 – Arunendu Das, Indian musician
• February 3
• * Jeetendra Singh Bundela, Indian politician
• * Tapan Mitra, Indian-born economist
• February 4 – Ramesh Bhatkar, Indian actor
• February 5 – Ladu Kishore Swain, Indian politician
• February 6 – Chakradhar Sahu, Indian film director
• February 7 – Chavara Parukutty Amma, Indian dancer and teacher
• February 8
• * Mahesh Anand, Indian actor
• * Anilkumar Patel, Indian politician
• * Vishnu Wagh, Indian poet, writer, dramatist, journalist, politician and management consultant/ trainer
• February 9 – Satyajit Biswas, Indian politician
• February 11 – Vijaya Bapineedu, Indian film director
• February 12
• * Afsir Karim, Indian army general and author
• * Suresh Luthra, Indian cricketer
• February 14 – Francis D'Souza, Indian politician
• February 18 – Ram Shankar Tripathi, Scholar of Buddhism, editor and author
• February 19 – Namvar Singh, Indian writer
• February 20 – Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy, Indian politician
• February 21 – Rajkumar Barjatya, Indian movie producer
• February 22 – Kodi Ramakrishna, Indian film director
• February 23
• * Ko Channabasappa, Indian writer
• * S. Rajendran, Indian politician
• February 26 – Uday Bhanu Hans, Indian poet

  March

• March 1 – Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury, Indian naturalist
• March 4 – V. Dhananjay Kumar, Indian politician
• March 5 – Boro Maa, Indian religious leader
• March 6 – Typist Gopu, Indian actor
• March 11 – Sundar Lal Tiwari, Indian politician
• March 14 – Rosamma Chacko, Indian politician
• March 15 – Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy, Indian politician
• March 17
• * Manohar Parrikar, Indian politician
• * Chinmoy Roy, Indian actor
• -
• March 19 – S. B. Sinha, Indian judge
• March 21 – Haku Shah, Indian artist
• March 22 – C. S. Shivalli, Indian politician
• March 23 – Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, Indian singer and composer
• March 27 – Ashitha, Indian writer

  April

• April 1 – Dilip Sarkar, Indian politician
• April 2 – J. Mahendran, Indian film director and actor
• April 5 – Anandavally, Indian actress
• April 9
• * Bhima Mandavi, Indian politician, MLA, bombing.
• * K. M. Mani, 86, Indian politician, member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
• April 10 – Drupad Borgohain, Indian politician
• April 11 – Vijay Dev, 78, Indian academic.
• April 13
• * D. Babu Paul, 78, Indian civil servant, multiple organ failure.
• * J. K. Rithesh, 46, Indian actor and politician, heart attack.
• * S. K. Shivakumar, 66, Indian space scientist, complications from jaundice.
• April 14 – Nand Lal, 74, Indian politician.
• April 16 – Abraham D. Mattam, 96, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Satna.
• April 20
• * Bed Prakash Agarwal, 83, Indian politician, Odisha MLA.
• * S. Muthiah, 89, Indian historian.
• * Amar Pal, 96, Indian folk singer, heart attack.
• April 22 – Simon Kaipuram, 65, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Balasore.
• April 25 – Vidya Sagar Chaudhary, 85, Indian politician.
• April 27 – Vasanthi Stanley, 56, Indian politician, MP.
• April 30 – S. P. Y. Reddy, 68, Indian politician, MP, lung infection.

  May

• May 1 – B. Subhashan Reddy, Indian judge, former Chief Justice of Madras High Court and Kerala High Court
• May 2 – Master Hirannaiah, Indian actor
• May 3 – V. Viswanatha Menon, Indian politician
• May 8 – N. R. Madhava Menon, Indian legal educator
• May 10
• * Thoppil Mohamed Meeran, Indian Tamil writer
• * M. Ramanathan, Indian politician, former MLA
• May 11 – Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, Indian businessman, former Chairman and CEO of ITC Limited
• May 12 – Hiralal Yadav, Indian folk singer
• May 15 – Neerav Patel, Indian poet
• May 17 – Rallapalli, 73, Indian actor.
• May 19 – Vijaya Mulay, 98, Indian film director, historian and educationist
• May 20 – Adrish Bardhan, 86, Indian science fiction writer
• May 21 – Tirong Aboh, Indian politician
• May 22 – Surya Prakash, 79, Indian artist.
• May 23
• * Zakir Rashid Bhat, 24, Indian militant, founder of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind
• * Kalpana Dash, 52, Indian mountaineer.
• May 27
• * Kamlesh Balmiki, 51, Indian politician
• * Veeru Devgan, 77, Indian film choreographer, actor and director
• * Hariom Singh Rathore, 61, Indian politician
• * Moni Kumar Subba, 61, Indian politician

  June

• June 2 – P. K. Dharmalingam, Indian cricketer
• June 3 – Ruma Guha Thakurata, Indian actress and singer
• June 4 – Geevarghese Mar Timotheos, Indian Eastern Catholic prelate
• June 5 – Dinyar Contractor, Indian actor
• June 10
• * R. V. Janakiraman, Indian politician
• * Girish Karnad, Indian actor, screenwriter and playwright
• * Crazy Mohan, Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright
• June 14 – S. Sivasubramanian, Indian politician
• June 19 – D. K. Chowta, Indian businessman, writer, artist, and theatre personality

  July

• July 2 – Rabin Mondal, Indian painter
• July 3
• * Sudarshan Agarwal, Indian politician
• * Basant Kumar Birla, Indian businessman
• July 4 – H. Gopal Bhandary, Indian politician
• July 6 – K. L. Shivalinge Gowda, Indian politician
• July 7 – R. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician, industrialist, and philanthropist
• July 12 – M. J. Radhakrishnan, Indian cinematographer
• July 13 – Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar, Indian writer and art curator
• July 14 – Rahul Desikan, Indian-American neuroscientist and neuroradiologist
• July 16 – Raja Dhale, Indian writer, artist and activist
• July 18 – P. Rajagopal, Indian businessman and convicted murderer
• July 20 – Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician
• July 21
• * Mange Ram Garg, Indian politician
• * A. K. Roy, Indian politician
• July 23 – Charan Narzary, Indian politician
• July 26 – Attoor Ravi Varma, Indian poet and translator
• July 27 – Samprada Singh, Indian businessman

  August

• August 2 – Devadas Kanakala, Indian actor
• August 4 – Kanti Bhatt, Indian author, journalist and columnist
• August 6 – Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician
• August 7 – J. Om Prakash, Indian film director and producer
• August 8
• * Era. Anbarasu, Indian politician
• * Shamnad Basheer, Indian legal scholar
• August 14 – V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer
• August 15
• * Lalbihari Bhattacharya, Indian politician
• * Vidya Sinha, Indian actress
• August 17
• * Damodar Ganesh Bapat, Indian social worker
• * Neelum Sharma, Indian anchorwoman
• * Tabu Taid, Indian educationist, linguist, author and administrator
• August 19
• * Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Indian music director and composer
• * Jagannath Mishra, Indian politician
• August 20 – Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Indian politician
• August 21 – Babulal Gaur, Indian politician
• August 24 – Arun Jaitley, Indian politician

  September

• September 5 – Kiran Nagarkar, Indian novelist, playwright and screenwriter
• September 6 – Sukhdev Singh Libra, Indian politician
• September 8
• * Ram Jethmalani, Indian lawyer and politician
• * Yusuf Motala, Indian scholar
• September 16
• * B. J. Khatal-Patil, Indian politician
• * Kodela Siva Prasada Rao, Indian politician
• September 17
• * Khem Singh Gill, Indian geneticist and plant breeder
• * Sathaar, Indian actor
• September 18 – Shyam Ramsay, Indian film director
• September 19 – S. K. Padmadevi, Indian actress
• September 21 – Naramalli Sivaprasad, Indian actor
• September 23 – Madhav Apte, Indian cricketer
• September 25 – Venu Madhav, Indian actor and comedian

  October

• October 29 - Sujith Wilson

  November

• 14 November - Vashishtha Narayan Singh, Mathematician

  December

• December 16 - Geeta Siddharth, Bollywood Actress
• December 17 - Shriram Lagoo, Marathi Actor
• December 26 - Kushal Punjabi,TV Actor
• December 29 - Vishwesha Teertha, Hindu Saint
• December 30 - Sonny Mehta, Editor