2017 in India

Incumbents

Government of India

• President of India: Pranab Mukherjee, Ram Nath Kovind
• Vice-President of India: Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Venkaiah Naidu
• Prime Minister of India: Narendra Modi
• Chief Justice of India: T. S. Thakur, Jagdish Singh Khehar, Dipak Misra
• Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Sumitra Mahajan

  State Governments

Elections

President

• Presidential elections were held on 17 July 2017 and results were declared on 20 July. Ram Nath Kovind has been elected the President of India..

  Vice President

• Vice Presidential elections were held on 5 August 2017. Venkaiah Naidu has been elected the Vice President of India.

  Rajya Sabha Elections

State

Events

January

• January 2
• * In a landmark 4:3 judgement, the Supreme Court of India held that an appeal for votes during elections on the basis of religion, 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 Agni-IV Missile tested successfully off the coast of Odisha.
• January 7 – Heavy snowfall in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand disrupt normal life. Many places record heaviest snowfall in over two decades.
• January 14 – 25 people are dead after a boat capsizes on river Ganga in Patna during Makar Sankranti celebrations.
• January 25
• * United Arab Emirates delegation led by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi visited India to sign 14 agreements including strategic partnership, defense industries, transport, cyber security and shipping.
• * Avalanches hit Jammu and Kashmir. 20 persons including 15 military personnel are found dead.
• January 26 – Republic Day is celebrated across the country. Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan attends the parade in New Delhi as the chief guest.
• January – Hundreds joined and staged protest at Marina beach, Chennai and all over Tamil Nadu in support of conducting Jallikattu.

  February

• February 1 – The annual budget for the union government is presented in the Lok Sabha by finance minister Arun Jaitley. 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 hit Uttrakhand, North India.
• February 15 – Indian Space Research Organisation launches PSLV-C37, sending104 satellites from seven countries into orbit, the highest ever in the history of space exploration.

  March

• 6 March – Indian Navy's oldest serving aircraft carrier, INS Viraat 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. 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.
• 14 March – Manohar Parrikar took oath as the new Chief Minister of Goa.
• 15 March – N. Biren Singh took oath as the new Chief Minister of Manipur.
• 16 March – Amarinder Singh took oath as the new Chief Minister of Punjab.
• 18 March – Adityanath Yogi took oath as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
• 26 March – Lucknow Metro North–south line is expected to be opened.

  June

• 9 June – India became full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
• 16 June – Gorkhaland agitations in Darjeeling, West Bengal.
• 17 June – Kochi Metro inaugurated.
• 19 June – BJP announced Ramanath Kovind as its candidate for the presidential election
• 20 June – Presidential election.
• 23 June – ISRO puts 31 satellites including 29 satellites from others countries through PSLV C-38 successfully.

  July

• 1 July – Goods and Services Tax 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. 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 of Jammu & Kashmir by Indian military.
• 16 July – 16 Amarnath devotees killed in an bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir.
• 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 protests against Madhur Bhandarkar's film Indu Sarkar based on 1975 emergency in India.
• 20 July – Ram Nath Kovind won the 2017 Indian presidential election with 65.65% votes against Meira Kumar, the presidential candidate of the opposition.
• 25 July – Ram Nath Kovind took oath as 14th President of India.
• 26 July – Nitish Kumar resignes as Chief Minister of Bihar, breaking the coalition with RJD & Indian National Congress.
• 27 July – NDA led government comes in Bihar. Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi took oath as chief minister and vice chief minister of Bihar respectively.
• July – 2017 Gujarat flood resulting in more than 250 deaths.
• July – 2017 West Bengal floods; 70 died.

  August

• 1 August – Lashkar-E-Taiba militant Abu Dujana Shot dead by Indian Army In Jammu and Kashmir
• 4 August – Indian National Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's car attacked by mob in Banaskatha in Gujarat
• 5 August – Venkaiah Naidu won the Indian vice-presidential election with 67.89% votes against Gopalkrishna Gandhi the opposition candidate.
• 6 August – Bangladeshi terrorist arrested by Uttar Pradesh Police in Muzaffarnagar
• 7 August – Kerala High Court removed lifetime ban on cricketer S. Sreesanth
• 9 August – Maratha Kranti Morcha starts in Mumbai for the demand for reservation for the Maratha Community in the state of Maharashtra
• 11 August – Venkaiah Naidu took oath as 13th Vice President of India.
• 13 August – 46 died in a landslide in Mandi 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 from Puri to Haridwar derailed in Muzaffarnagar, 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.
• 25 August – Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh conviction in rape case leads to violence by Dera Sacha Sauda's followers in Punjab, Haryana. 38 died, 300 injured. Army out, curfew clamped in Punjab, Punchkulla, Chandigarh.
• 28 August –
• * CBI special court sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh 20 years jail in verdict of rape case.
• * Dipak Misra sworn in as 45th chief justice of India.
• * India China agree to end border stand off in Doklam as both nations withdrew their armies from the disputed region.
• * Election commission declared by election result of four legislative seats of three states. AAP won Delhi's Bawana, BJP won Goa's Panji and Valpoi, TDP won Nandyal in Andra Pradesh.
• 29 August –
• * Nagpur–Mumbai Duronto Express derailed near Asangoan in the outskirts of Mumbai; No casualties reported.
• * Flood in the city of Mumbai. Lifeline came to still. The railway 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-storey building collapsed in Mumbai, 32 died.
• * Switzerland president Doris Leuthard visited India for bilateral talk.
• * ISRO launch of navigation satellite IRNSS 1H failed after heat shield does not detach.

  September

• 1 September – Union Skill Development Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Minister of State for Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey resigned ahead of cabinet reshuffle.
• 3 September
• * Cabinet expansion conducted in Rashtrapati Bhavan, 9 new ministers took oath. Nirmala Sitaraman and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi got promoted to Cabinet Ministers.
• * Nirmala Sitharaman became defence minister of India.
• 5 September
• * Narendra Modi on visit of China for 9th BRICS Summit and Myanmar for bilateral talk.
• * Lucknow Metro inaugurated.
• * Gauri Lankesh, senior journalist shot dead in Bangalore.
• 7 September – A goods train derailed near Khandala in Maharashtra.
• 11–12 September – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visited India for bilateral talk, signed 10 agreement including defense.
• 13–14 September – Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe 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 and Prabhadevi stations in Mumbai

  October

• 6 October –
• * FIFA U-17 World Cup kickoff.
• * Air force chopper crashed near Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh during training sortie.7 died.
• 10 October – BJP emerged as largest party in the Gram Panchayat Elections in Maharashtra for the first time followed by Congress.
• 11 October – Australia cricket team bus attacked by mob in Guwahati after the T20I match played between India and Australia. Two Arrested.
• 16 October – 6 Corporaters in Mumbai joined Shivsena leaving Raj's MNS.

  November

• 1 November –
• *Ashish Nehra retired from International Cricket.
• *Shreyas Iyer made his T20I debut against New Zealand at New Delhi
• * 32 died in NTPC boiler explosion. More than 100 injured.
• 4 November – Mohammed Siraj made his T20I Debut against New Zealand at Rajkot
• 9 November – Legislative election will take place in Himachal Pradesh
• 18 November – Manushi Chhillar won the 6th Miss World crown for India in Sanya, China.
• 29 November – Inauguration of Hyderabad Metro.

  December

• 1 December – Uttar Pradesh municipal corporation result declared by state election commission.
• 2 December – Cyclone Ockhi hits Tamil Nadu and Kerala causing many deaths.
• 9–14 December – polling for Gujarat legislative assembly election take place.
• 7 December –
• *Earthquake shakes Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and the North India on a Richter Scale of 5.5.
• * Mani Shankar Aiyar removed from Congress.
• 10 December – Shreyas Iyer made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka at Dharamsala.
• 11 December – 5 soldiers missing as avalanche hits Gurez sector in Jammu & Kashmir.
• 13 December –
• *Rohit Sharma scored third double century in ODIs against Sri Lanka.
• * Washington Sundar made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka at Mohali
• 16 December – Rahul Gandhi takes over as Congress president
• 18 December – The Bharatiya Janata Party wins majority of the seats in the recently concluded Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh 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. Thus India will become world's sixth strongest economy.
• GSAT-7A military communication, GSAT-9 multi brand communication, GSAT-11 geostationary communications satellites launched by ISRO.
• ISRO launched GSAT-17 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 in Doklam over border dispute.
• India Military operation All Out in Kashmir. 205 militants shot down.
• Manushi Chhillar 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.
• 28 March – 2 April – India Super Series was held in New Delhi.
• 10–14 May – 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship held in New Delhi, India.
• 6–9 July – 2017 Asian Athletics Championship held in Bhubaneswar.
• 27 August – India beat Nepal by 2–1 in final of 2017 SAFF under −15 championship.
• 6–28 October – FIFA U-17 World Cup is scheduled. England wins the maiden title by beating Spain in final by 5–2.
• 22 October – India 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.
• 5 October – India won 2017 Hockey women's Asia cup held in Japan by beating China in final by 5–4.
• 1 November – Indian cricket team registered their first T20I win against New Zealand at New Delhi
• 30 November – Mirabai Chanu wins gold in 2017 world weightlifting championship held in USA.
• 1–10 December – The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Final took place in Bhubaneswar, India. India won bronze medal.

  Domestic leagues

Deaths

January

• 1 January – Abis Rizvi, 48, businessman, film producer
• 3 January – H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, 58, MLA, Minister of State in Karnataka
• 4 January – Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, 89, sitar player
• 5 January – Gangmumei Kamei, 77, politician, former minister in Manipur
• 6 January – Om Puri, 66, actor,
• 7 January – Ramanuja Devanathan, 57, Sanskrit scholar
• 14 January – Surjit Singh Barnala, 91, former Union Minister, former Chief Minister of Punjab, former Governor of several states
• 14 January – C. V. Vishveshwara, 78, scientist, black hole physicist
• 18 January – Zohurul Hoque, 90, Islamic scholar
• 22 January – Naqsh Lyallpuri, 88, ghazal and film lyricist
• 26 January – Ramdas Agarwal, 79, former BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan

  February

• 1 February – E. Ahamed, 78, former Minister of State, MP from Kerala
• 1 February – Asim Basu, 81, theatre artiste, film art director
• 13 February – Salma Siddiqui, 85, novelist in Urdu
• 16 February – Krishnaraj Sriram, 43, first-class cricketer for Karnataka
• 17 February – Ved Prakash Sharma, 61, writer of novels and screenplays in Hindi
• 18 February – Jambuwantrao Dhote, 77, former MP and MLA from Maharashtra
• 20 February – Antony Mitradas, 103, film director in Tamil, Malayalam and Sinhalese
• 26 February – Mushi Santappa, 93, polymer chemist, leather technologist, former vice chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University and the University of Madras
• 28 February – Haji Abdul Salam, 68, Rajya Sabha MP from Manipur

  March

• 1 March – Raajesh Johri, 64, poet, lyricist, ad film maker
• 1 March – Shiv K. Kumar, 95, English poet, playwright, novelist, short story writer
• 1 March – Taarak Mehta, 87, columnist, humorist, writer, playwright
• 6 March – Joachim Baxla, 66, four time MP from Alipurduars constituency, West Bengal
• 6 March – Rabi Ray, 90, former Union Minister and speaker of the Lok Sabha
• 7 March – Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, 47, folk singer and researcher from Assam
• 11 March – Cheyyar Ravi, 54, film and television director

  April

• 27 April – Vinod Khanna, 70, actor, former Minister of State, Bladder Cancer.
• 29 April – Sonika Chauhan, 28, model, television actress.

  May

• 17 May – Rima Lagoo, 59, actress
• 18 May – Anil Dave, 60, cabinet minister, environmentalist
• 26 May – K P S Gill, 82, IPS officer.

  June

• 2 June 2017 – C. Narayana Reddy, writer and composer.

  July

• 2 July – Madhukar Toradmal, 84, Marathi actor, professor, writer, play-translator
• 11 July – Mangesh Tendulkar, 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, 43, actor.
• 30 July – H. Sayeeduddin Dagar, 78, Indian Classical Vocalist.

  August

• 1 August – Pushpa Mittra Bhargava, 89, scientist, administrator
• 2 August – Santosh Mohan Dev, 83, politician, former minister in UPA government.
• 9 August – Sanwar Lal Jat, 62, Member of Parliament from Ajmer, Rajasthan
• 14 August – Bhakti Yadav, 91, gynaecologist, Padma Shri recipient.

  September

• 2 September – Shirish Pai, 88, social worker and poet, daughter of Pralhad Keshav Atre.
• 5 September – Gauri Lankesh, 55, journalist, homicide
• 16 September – Arjan Singh, 98, Air Force marshal
• 29 September – Tom Alter, 67, Indo-American actor, Padma Shri Award winner.

  October

• 7 October – Kundan Shah, 69, Indian film director.
• 24 October – Girija Devi, 68, classical singer.
• 27 October – Punathil Kunjabdulla, 77, Malayalam-language author
• 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, 79, Indian actor.