January[edit]

 2 January – Government approves merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of
Baroda.[1]
 3 January – Rajya Sabha Passes National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment)
Bill.[2]
 4 January – Arunima Sinha becomes world's first woman amputee to scale Mount Vinson.[3]
 7 January – Centre clears 10 per cent quota for economically weak in general category.[4]
February[edit]
 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 Indian air force crossing the Line of
Control directed against a terrorist training camp.
March[edit]
 27 March – India becomes 4th nation to have Anti-satellite missile.[5]
April[edit]
 11 April - Voting for the 2019 Indian general election began
May[edit]
 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[edit]
July[edit]
 July 19 - Vidisha Baliyan becomes the first Indian to be crowned as Miss Deaf World after
winning the Miss Deaf World 2019.[6][7]
 July 23 - ISRO launches India's second mission to moon chandrayaan 2
 July 30 - India bans triple talaq.
August[edit]
 August 5
o 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.[8] Meanwhile, 11 deaths (3 Pakistani soldiers, 6 Indian soldiers, 2 Pakistani civilians) have
been reported in the Kashmir region.[9]
 August 17 - Fire brokes 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[edit]
 September 5 - Erramatti Mangamma becomes the world's oldest living mother after giving
birth to twins.[10]
 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 (PSA), a law that allows detention without trial for two
years.[11]
 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
Feature rally in NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.[12]
October[edit]
 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 (union territory) and Ladakh (union territory) will come in
effect.
November[edit]
 November 9 - India's Supreme Court rules in favor of Hindu over ayodhya temple.[13][14][15]
 November 27 - 2019 Hyderabad gang rape
December[edit]

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January[edit]
Pinaki Thakur

Krishna Sobti

George Fernandes

 January 2
o Ramakant Achrekar, Indian cricket coach (b. 1931)[16]
o Samuel Rayan, Indian theologian (b. 1920)[17]
 January 3
o Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari, Indian judge and independence activist
(b. 1927)[18]
o Dibyendu Palit, Indian writer (b. 1939)[19]
o Pinaki Thakur, Indian poet (b. 1959)[20]
 January 8 – Jayantilal Bhanusali, Indian politician (b. 1964)[21]
 January 9 – Mahendra Mewati, Indian actor (b. 1969)[22]
 January 11
o Kishore Pradhan, Indian actor (b. 1932)[23]
o Meera Sanyal, Indian banker (b. 1961)[24]
o Charles Soreng, Indian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1934)[25]
 January 14
o Shivajirao Deshmukh, Indian politician (b. 1934)[26]
o Lenin Rajendran, Indian film director (b. 1951)[27]
o Devendra Swarup, Indian journalist (b. 1925)[28]
 January 15 - Biraj Kumar Sarma, Indian politician (b. 1948)[29]
 January 16 - Vishnu Hari Dalmia, Indian industrialist, (b. 1924)
 January 17 - S. Balakrishnan, Indian film score composer and music director (b. 1949)[30]
 January 19
o Jagjit Singh Chopra, Indian neurologist (b. 1934)[31]
o Jaswinder Singh Sandhu, Indian politician (b. 1955)[32]
 January 21
o Raghbir Singh Bhola, Indian field hockey player (b. 1927)[33]
o Shivakumara Swami, Indian Lingayat spiritual leader and educationist (b. 1907)[34]
 January 23 – Sitaram Rao Valluri, Indian-born American engineer (b. 1924)[35]
 January 25 – Krishna Sobti, Indian author (b. 1925)[36]
 January 29 – George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)[37]
 January 30 – Dara Dotiwalla, Indian cricket umpire (b. 1933)[38]
February[edit]
Thuppettan

Chavara Parukutty Amma

Vishnu Wagh

 February 1 – Thuppettan, Indian Malayalam playwright (b. 1929)[39]

 February 2 – Arunendu Das, Indian musician (b. 1937)[40]
 February 3
o Jeetendra Singh Bundela, Indian politician (b. 1958)[41]
o Tapan Mitra, Indian-born economist (b. 1948)[42]
 February 4 – Ramesh Bhatkar, Indian actor (b. 1948)[43]
 February 5 – Ladu Kishore Swain, Indian politician (b. 1947)[44]
 February 6 – Chakradhar Sahu, Indian film director (b. 1963)[45]
 February 7 – Chavara Parukutty Amma, Indian dancer and teacher (b. 1943)
 February 8
o Mahesh Anand, Indian actor (b. 1961)[46]
o Anilkumar Patel, Indian politician (b. 1945)[47]
o Vishnu Wagh, Indian poet, writer, dramatist, journalist, politician and management
consultant/ trainer (b. 1964)[48]
 February 9 – Satyajit Biswas, Indian politician (b. 1983)
 February 11 – Vijaya Bapineedu, Indian film director (b. 1936)[49]
 February 12
o Afsir Karim, Indian army general and author (b. 1933)[50]
o Suresh Luthra, Indian cricketer (b. 1944)[51]
 February 14 – Francis D'Souza, Indian politician (b. 1954)
 February 18 – Ram Shankar Tripathi, Scholar of Buddhism, editor and author (b. 1929)[52]
 February 19 – Namvar Singh, Indian writer (b. 1926)[53]
 February 20 – Nandyala Srinivasa Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1918)[54]
 February 21 – Rajkumar Barjatya, Indian movie producer[55]
 February 22 – Kodi Ramakrishna, Indian film director (b. 1949)[56]
 February 23
o Ko Channabasappa, Indian writer (b. 1922)[57]
o S. Rajendran, Indian politician (b. 1956)[58]
 February 26 – Uday Bhanu Hans, Indian poet (b. 1926)[59]
March[edit]

Manohar Parrikar

 March 1 – Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury, Indian naturalist (b. 1931)[60]

 March 4 – V. Dhananjay Kumar, Indian politician (b. 1951)
 March 5 – Boro Maa, Indian religious leader (b. 1918)
 March 6 – Typist Gopu, Indian actor (b. 1933)
 March 11 – Sundar Lal Tiwari, Indian politician (b. 1957)
 March 14 – Rosamma Chacko, Indian politician (b. 1927)
 March 15 – Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1950)
 March 17
o Manohar Parrikar, Indian politician (b. 1955)[61]
o Chinmoy Roy, Indian actor (b. 1940)
 March 19 – S. B. Sinha, Indian judge (b. 1944)
 March 21 – Haku Shah, Indian artist (b. 1934)
 March 22 – C. S. Shivalli, Indian politician (b. 1962)
 March 23 – Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, Indian singer and composer (b. 1920)
 March 27 – Ashitha, Indian writer (b. 1956)
April[edit]

D. Babu Paul
S. K. Shivakumar

 April 1 – Dilip Sarkar, Indian politician (b. 1958)[62]

 April 2 – J. Mahendran, Indian film director and actor (b. 1939)[63]
 April 5 – Anandavally, Indian actress (b. 1952)[64]
 April 9
o Bhima Mandavi, Indian politician, MLA (since 2019), bombing.[65]
o K. M. Mani, 86, Indian politician, member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (since
1965).[66]
 April 10 – Drupad Borgohain, Indian politician (b. 1941)[67]
 April 11 – Vijay Dev, 78, Indian academic.[68]
 April 13
o D. Babu Paul, 78, Indian civil servant, multiple organ failure.[69]
o J. K. Rithesh, 46, Indian actor and politician, heart attack.[70]
o S. K. Shivakumar, 66, Indian space scientist, complications from jaundice.[71]
 April 14 – Nand Lal, 74, Indian politician.[72]
 April 16 – Abraham D. Mattam, 96, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Bishop
of Satna (1968–1999).[73]
 April 20
o Bed Prakash Agarwal, 83, Indian politician, Odisha MLA (1974–1980, 1990–1995, 2000–
2004, since 2009).[74]
o S. Muthiah, 89, Indian historian.[75]
o Amar Pal, 96, Indian folk singer, heart attack.[76]
 April 22 – Simon Kaipuram, 65, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Balasore (since
2013).[77]
 April 25 – Vidya Sagar Chaudhary, 85, Indian politician.[78]
 April 27 – Vasanthi Stanley, 56, Indian politician, MP (2008–2014).[79]
 April 30 – S. P. Y. Reddy, 68, Indian politician, MP (since 2004), lung infection.[80]
May[edit]

Rallapalli
Vijaya Mulay

 May 1 – B. Subhashan Reddy, Indian judge,former Chief Justice of Madras High

Court and Kerala High Court (b. 1943)
 May 2 – Master Hirannaiah, Indian actor (b. 1934)
 May 3 – V. Viswanatha Menon, Indian politician (b. 1927)
 May 8 – N. R. Madhava Menon, Indian legal educator (b. 1935)
 May 10
o Thoppil Mohamed Meeran, Indian Tamil writer (b. 1945)
o M. Ramanathan, Indian politician, former MLA (b. 1935)
 May 11 – Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, Indian businessman, former Chairman and CEO
of ITC Limited (b. 1947)
 May 12 – Hiralal Yadav, Indian folk singer (b. 1926)
 May 15 – Neerav Patel, Indian poet (b. 1950)[81]
 May 17 – Rallapalli, 73, Indian actor (Bombay, Minsara Kanavu, Anveshana).[82]
 May 19 – Vijaya Mulay, 98, Indian film director, historian and educationist[83]
 May 20 – Adrish Bardhan, 86, Indian science fiction writer[84]
 May 21 – Tirong Aboh, Indian politician[85]
 May 22 – Surya Prakash, 79, Indian artist.[86]
 May 23
o Zakir Rashid Bhat, 24, Indian militant, founder of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind [87]
o Kalpana Dash, 52, Indian mountaineer.[88]
 May 27
o Kamlesh Balmiki, 51, Indian politician [89]
o Veeru Devgan, 77, Indian film choreographer, actor and director[90]
o Hariom Singh Rathore, 61, Indian politician[91]
o Moni Kumar Subba, 61, Indian politician[92]
June[edit]

Girish Karnad

 June 2 – P. K. Dharmalingam, Indian cricketer (b. 1936)[93]

 June 3 – Ruma Guha Thakurata, Indian actress and singer (b. 1934)[94]
 June 4 – Geevarghese Mar Timotheos, Indian Eastern Catholic prelate (b. 1928)[95]
 June 5 – Dinyar Contractor, Indian actor (b. 1940)[96]
 June 10
o R. V. Janakiraman, Indian politician (b. 1940)[97]
o Girish Karnad, Indian actor, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1938)[98]
o Crazy Mohan, Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1952)[99]
 June 14 – S. Sivasubramanian, Indian politician (b. 1937)[100]
 June 19 – D. K. Chowta, Indian businessman, writer, artist, and theatre personality
(b. 1938)[101]
July[edit]

M. J. Radhakrishnan

Sheila Dikshit

 July 2 – Rabin Mondal, Indian painter (b. 1929)[102]

 July 3
o Sudarshan Agarwal, Indian politician (b. 1931)[103]
o Basant Kumar Birla, Indian businessman (b. 1921)[104]
 July 4 – H. Gopal Bhandary, Indian politician (b. 1952)[105]
 July 6 – K. L. Shivalinge Gowda, Indian politician (b. 1926)[106]
 July 7 – R. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician, industrialist, and philanthropist (b. 1946)[107]
 July 12 – M. J. Radhakrishnan, Indian cinematographer (b. 1957)[108]
 July 13 – Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar, Indian writer and art curator (b. 1933)[109]
 July 14 – Rahul Desikan, Indian-American neuroscientist and neuroradiologist (b. 1978)[110]
 July 16 – Raja Dhale, Indian writer, artist and activist (b. 1940)[111]
 July 18 – P. Rajagopal, Indian businessman and convicted murderer (b. 1947)[112]
 July 20 – Sheila Dikshit, Indian politician (b. 1938)[113]
 July 21
o Mange Ram Garg, Indian politician (b. 1936)[114]
o A. K. Roy, Indian politician (b. 1928)[115]
 July 23 – Charan Narzary, Indian politician (b. 1933)[116]
 July 26 – Attoor Ravi Varma, Indian poet and translator (b. 1930)[117]
 July 27 – Samprada Singh, Indian businessman (b. 1925)[118]
August[edit]
Sushma Swaraj
Arun Jaitley

 August 2 – Devadas Kanakala, Indian actor (b. 1945)[119]

 August 4 – Kanti Bhatt, Indian author, journalist and columnist (b. 1931)[120]
 August 6 – Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician (b. 1952)[121]
 August 7 – J. Om Prakash, Indian film director and producer (b. 1926)[122]
 August 8
o Era. Anbarasu, Indian politician (b. 1940)[123]
o Shamnad Basheer, Indian legal scholar (b. 1976)[124]
 August 14 – V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer (b. 1961)[125]
 August 15
o Lalbihari Bhattacharya, Indian politician (b. 1937)[126]
o Vidya Sinha, Indian actress (b. 1947)[127]
 August 17
o Damodar Ganesh Bapat, Indian social worker (b. 1935)[128]
o Neelum Sharma, Indian anchorwoman (b. 1969)[129]
o Tabu Taid, Indian educationist, linguist, author and administrator (b. 1942)[130]
 August 19
o Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Indian music director and composer (b. 1927)[131]
o Jagannath Mishra, Indian politician (b. 1937)[132]
 August 20 – Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Indian politician (b. 1959)[133]
 August 21 – Babulal Gaur, Indian politician (b. 1930)[134]
 August 24 – Arun Jaitley, Indian politician (b. 1952)[135]
September[edit]

Ram Jethmalani

 September 5 – Kiran Nagarkar, Indian novelist, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1942)[136]
 September 6 – Sukhdev Singh Libra, Indian politician (b. 1932)[137]
 September 8
o Ram Jethmalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1923)[138]
o Yusuf Motala, Indian scholar (b. 1946)[139]
 September 16
o B. J. Khatal-Patil, Indian politician (b. 1919)[140]
 o Kodela Siva Prasada Rao, Indian politician (b. 1947)[141]
 September 17
o Khem Singh Gill, Indian geneticist and plant breeder (b. 1930)[142]
o Sathaar, Indian actor (b. 1952)[143]
 September 18 – Shyam Ramsay, Indian film director (b. 1952)[144]
 September 19 – S. K. Padmadevi, Indian actress (b. 1924)[145]
 September 21 – Naramalli Sivaprasad, Indian actor (b. 1951)[146]
 September 23 – Madhav Apte, Indian cricketer (b. 1932)[147]
 September 25 – Venu Madhav, Indian actor and comedian (b. 1968)[148]
October[edit]
 29 October - Sujith Wilson[149]
December[edit]
 16 December-Geeta Siddharth,Bollywood Actress
 17 December-Shriram Lagoo,Marathi Actor