2015 in India explained
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Republic of India.
Incumbents
Governors
Elections
See main article: 2015 elections in India.
State elections
Events
- National income - 137,718,739 million
- 1 January – NITI Aayog was established to replace Planning Commission of India.[1]
- 2–3 January – Gyan Sangam, a two-day retreat took place at Pune, it was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan and chiefs of various financial institutions.[2]
- 8–9 January – Annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference took place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.[3] [4]
- 13 January – 32 died in Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh after drinking hooch.[5]
- 26 January – Republic Day celebrations were held, US President Barack Obama was the chief guest.[6]
- 27 January – M. N. Rai, a colonel in the Rashtriya Rifles and Sanjeev Kumar Singh, a head constable in the Special Operations Group, died in a gun battle in Tral in Pulwama district. Two militants were also killed. M. N. Rai had been awarded the Yudh Seva medal on 26 January.[7]
- 31 January – The Agni-V was test launched from a canister in Wheeler Island, suitable for road or rail mobile launch vehicles.[8]
- 7 February – Polling for the New Delhi state elections held.[9]
- 10 February – Delhi Legislative Assembly election's results announced with Aam Aadmi Party securing 67 of 70 seats.[10]
- 13 February – A grenade attack by the United Liberation Front of Assam on a family in the town of Sepon in India's Assam state killed two people.[11]
- 14 February – A house under construction collapsed in the Indian city of Mughalsarai in the state of Uttar Pradesh killing twelve people and injuring two.[12]
- 15 February – The number of reported deaths of swine flu in India reached 585, with Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra being the worst-affected with reported death tolls at 165, 144, 76 and 58 respectively.[13]
- 16 February – Govind Pansare, a CPI politician and his wife were shot at in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Govind Pansare later died on 20 February.[14]
- 18 February – The Cabinet Committee on Security approves the construction of seven stealth frigates and six nuclear submarines for the Indian Navy.[15]
- 18–22 February – The 10th edition of Aero India took place at Yelahanka Air Force Station near Bangalore.[16]
- 23 February – Budget session of the Parliament began with the President's address to the joint session of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.[17]
- 28 February – Union Budget presented to the Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.[18]
- 3 March – National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme launched by the Election Commission of India.[19]
- 17 March – Supreme Court of India rejected the classification of Jat people as Other Backward Classes.[20] [21]
- 18 March – Beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile, Astra, was successfully test fired from a Su-30MKI in test range in Chandipur, Orissa.[22]
- 23 March – Amaravathi was announced to be name of the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, to be built near Thullur.[23]
- 24 March – Supreme Court of India declared Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 unconstitutional.[24]
- 26 March – National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) unveiled Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle (PROVe), which would be used to study the monsoon.[25]
- 27 March – Bharat Ratna was awarded to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee[26]
- 28 March – ISRO placed Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) 1-D satellite in orbit by a PSLV C-27 launch vehicle.[27]
- 29 March – India began to evacuate its citizens from Yemen.[28]
- 30 March – Bharat Ratna awarded to freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malaviya posthumously.[29]
- 1 April – Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India (FAME India) scheme was launched by the government to boost electric and hybrid vehicle sales.[30]
- 5 April – Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched the Give up LPG subsidy campaign urging rich people to give up LPG subsidy.[31]
- 7 April – Police killed 20 Red sanders, Pterocarpus santalinus smugglers in Chittoor district.[32]
- 8 April –
- 10 April – India completed evacuating citizens from Yemen, and announced the closure of embassy.[36] In all, about 4,640 Indians and 960 nationals from 41 other countries were evacuated.[37]
- 11 April – Maoists killed 7 of personnel of Chhattisgarh's Special Task Force in south Bastar.[38]
- 25 April – April 2015 Nepal earthquake, a 7.9 Richter scale earthquake occurred in Nepal. Parts of North India were affected.[39]
- 1 May – One of India's most wanted Maoist leaders Roopesh and his wife were arrested in Coimbatore.[40]
- 3 May – Militants ambushed and killed 8 personnel of Assam Rifles in Mon district of Nagaland.[41]
- 5 May – The Akash missile was inducted into the Indian Army.[42]
- 6 May – India and Iran signed an agreement which would allow India to develop the Port of Chabahar. The deal was signed during Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari's Iran visit.[43]
- 7 May – The Parliament passed the Constitution (119th Amendment) Bill, 2013. It would allow India to solve its territorial disputes with Bangladesh.[44]
- 9 May – Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 3 large-scale social security schemes, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, and Atal Pension Yojana, at Nazrul Mancha in Kolkata.[45]
- 9 May – Maoists released about 250 hostages they had taken a day before in Sukma district. One hostage was killed.[46]
- 11 May –
- 13 May - Supreme Court of India laid down guidelines for publication of government advertisements and suggests that only pictures of President of India, Prime Minister of India, and Chief Justice of India be used in such ads.[49] [50]
- 24 May – The reported death toll from 2015 India heat wave reached 335 people.[51]
- 27 May - Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Sarkar withdraws Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act that's in force in Tripura since 1997.[52]
- 4 June – 20 army personnel were killed and 11 were injured in a militant attack in Manipur. The responsibility for the attack was claimed by National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang.[53] [54]
- 8 June – A Shahjahanpur-based journalist Jagendra Singh died from burn injuries in a hospital in Lucknow. He had allegedly been set on fire by the local police on 1 June for making Facebook posts against the Uttar Pradesh Minister for Dairy Development Rammurti Singh Verma.[55] [56]
- 9 June – Indian army attacked two militant groups across the Myanmar border in retaliation for 4 June attack.[57]
- 15 June – The Supreme Court of India directed the Central Board of Secondary Education to conduct the All India Pre Medical Test again due to allegations of cheating.[58]
- 17 June – 94 people died in Malad area of Mumbai after drinking hooch.[59]
- 19 June – Sandeep Kothari, a journalist, was kidnapped from Katangi area of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh and killed for refusing to withdraw an illegal mining case from the court. His body was recovered in Wardha district of Maharashtra on 20 June.[60] [61]
- 21 June – The first International Yoga Day was held.[62]
- 29 June – India signed the legal framework of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and pledged billion towards it.[63]
- 1 July – The Digital India programme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[64]
- 9 July – The Ministry of Home Affairs declared Nagaland a "disturbed" region under Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for one year, starting from 30 June 2015.[65]
- 10 July
- 15 July – 29 people died in a stampede at Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh during the Godavari Maha Pushkaram.[68] [69]
- 21 July – Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan was launched by Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. The campaign aims to promote food safety in India.[70]
- 23 July – Two Anglo-Indian members were nominated by President Pranab Mukherjee to the Lok Sabha. The two nominated members were George Baker, a BJP leader and actor from West Bengal, and Richard Hay, an economics professor from Kerala.[71] [72]
- 27 July
- 1 August – Landslide killed at least 20 people in a village in Chandel district, Manipur.[76] [77]
- 6 August – Indian forces captured a terrorist, Mohammed Naved, allegedly from Faisalabad, Pakistan, following an attack on a convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway.[78] [79]
- 8 August – Godman Sarathi Baba was arrested following a TV channel exposé and subsequent protests in Odisha.[80]
- 10 August
- 26 August – Demonstrations demanding reservations for the Patel community began in Gujarat. The following clashes killed at least 8. Army was deployed in select areas.[83]
- 27 August
- 12 September – A gas cylinder explosion killed at least 80 in Petlawad, Madhya Pradesh.[86]
- 14 September – Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) released a report ranking the states on ease of doing business and regulatory reforms.[87]
- 16 September – Central Government banned the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) for five years.[88]
- 25 September – Anti-India protests erupted in Nepal over the blockade of trade routes. Madhesi and Tharu ethnic groups blocked the routes, by doing a dharna on the no man's land, after Nepal's new constitution was deemed unfavorable to the ethnic groups living in the Terai plains. Nepali politicians said that such a blockade is not possible without the approval of the Indian government.[89] [90] [91] [92]
- 28 September –
- 2 October – Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar announced India's Intended Nationally Determined Contributions for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It set a target of reducing its emission intensity by 33–35%, by 2030 from 2005 levels.[94]
- 9 October
- 12 – 22 October – India and China conducted joint anti-terror drills in Kunming, China.[97]
- 15 – 19 October – India, US and Japan conducted the 19th Exercise Malabar in the Bay of Bengal.[98]
- 16 October
- 19 October – The retail price of Toor dal reached per kg. Other pulses also reached high prices. Several state governments were selling imported pulses at subsidised prices in order to curb the inflated prices.[103]
- 20 October – The Government of Maharashtra invoked the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders and Dangerous Persons Act, 1981, and Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 against hoarders of pulses and edible oil.[104]
- 21 October – Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Indian Police Foundation (IPF) and the Indian Police Institute (IPI) in New Delhi.[105]
- 22 October – Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.[106]
- 24 October
- 26 October – The third India–Africa Forum Summit began in New Delhi.[109]
- 27 October – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched the e-Sahayog of the Income Tax Department. The facility will allow the tax office to remotely notify the payer in case of mismatch in filings.[110] [111]
- 31 October – The birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was observed as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day).[112]
- 1 November - Premiere of India's popular show Naagin (2015 TV series)
- 26 November – Samvidhan Divas (Constitution Day) to be observed.[113]
- 22 December – The Beechcraft King Air plane chartered by India's Border Security Force (BSF) crashed on take-off near the Delhi airport, killing 10 people.[114]
Publications
Deaths
January
- 2 January
- 4 January
- 5 January – Ganesh Patro, 69, Telugu playwright and screenwriter (born 1945).[120]
- 7 January
- 9 January – Jasodhara Bagchi, 77, women's rights activist (born 1937).[123]
- 13 January – Hara Patnaik, 56, Oriya actor and film director (born 1958).[124]
- 15 January – Rameshwar Thakur, 88, politician, Governor of Odisha (2004–2006), Andhra Pradesh (2006–2007) and Karnataka (2007–2009); (born 1927).[125]
- 16 January – Ghelubhai Nayak, 91, social activist and freedom fighter (born 1924).[126]
- 17 January – Gobinda Haldar, 84, Bengali lyricist and composer (born 1930).[127]
- 18 January – Harish Chandra Srivastava, 90, politician (born 1925).[128]
- 19 January – Rajni Kothari, 86, political scientist (born 1928)[129]
- 23 January – M. S. Narayana, 63, Telugu actor (born 1951)[130]
- 24 January – V. S. Raghavan, 89, Tamil actor (born 1925)[131]
- 25 January – Sarojini Mahishi, 88, translator and politician.[132]
- 26 January – R. K. Laxman, 94, cartoonist (born 1921)[133]
- 27 January – José Pereira, 84, Indian-origin American Sanskrit scholar, theologian and artist from Goa (born 1931).[134]
- 28 January
- Mala Aravindan, 76, Malayalam theatre and film actor (born 1939)[135]
- Jaswant Singh Rajput, 88, field hockey player, part of Olympic gold medal-winning team in 1948 and 1952 (born 1926).[136]
- Dhruv Ganesh, He was just 29 when he died. The young actor had faced a tragic death due to Tuberculosis that put an end to his film journey.
- January – Subhash Ghisingh, 78, founder of the Gorkha National Liberation Front in the Gorkhaland movement (born 1936)[137]
February
- 2 February – Anand Shukla, 74, cricketer (born 1941).[138]
- 7 February – Vasu Malali, 48, Kannada author and film director (born 1967).[139]
- 13 February – Kesava Reddy, 68, Telugu novelist (born 1946).[140]
- 16 February
- 18 February – D. Ramanaidu, 78, Telugu film producer and politician (born 1936)[144]
- 19 February – Nirad Mohapatra, 67, Oriya film director known for his film Maya Miriga, (born 1947)[145]
- 20 February – Govind Pansare, 81, political activist and author (born 1933)[146]
- 23 February – R. C. Sakthi, 76, Tamil film director and actor (born 1940).[147]
- 24 February – Mayandi Bharathi, 98, Indian independence activist (born 1917).[148]
- 25 February – A. Vincent, 86, cinematographer (Prem Nagar) and director (Bhargavi Nilayam) (born 1928).[149]
- 26 February
March
- 1 March – Atul Tandon, 67, academic, former Director of MICA (born 1948).[152]
- 2 March – Lavkumar Khachar, 84, ornithologist (born 1931).[153]
- 3 March – Laxminarayana Mudiraj, 86, politician, Mayor of Hyderabad (1969–1970).[154]
- 4 March – Ninan Koshy, 81, foreign affairs expert, political thinker and theologian (born 1934).[155]
- 6 March –
- Ram Sundar Das, 94, politician, Chief Minister of Bihar (1979–1980), (born 1921).[156]
- Kishore Te, 36, film editor, his work Aadukalam won the 2010 National Film Award for Best Editing, (born 1973).[157]
- Pheiroijam Parijat Singh, 72, politician (born 1943).[158]
- 7 March – G. Karthikeyan, 66, politician, speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (born 1949).[159]
- 8 March – Vinod Mehta, 73, editor of The Pioneer and Outlook magazine, (born 1941).[160]
- 10 March – Meena Shah, 78, badminton player, Arjuna Award recipient (born 1936).[161]
- 12 March – Siddalingaiah, 79, Kannada film director, known for his works Bangaarada Manushya and Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu, (born 1936).[162]
- 13 March – Suzette Jordan, 40, anti-rape campaigner (born 1974).[163]
- 15 March –
- 16 March – D. K. Ravi, 35, IAS officer.[167] (born 1979)
- 17 March – Ameerjan, 70, film director.[168] (born 1942)
- 18 March – Ramesh Chandra Bhanja, 76, writer of Oriya children's literature.[169]
- 20 March – Shahir Krishnarao Sable, 92, Marathi folk singer-songwriter.[170] (born 1923)
- 21 March – Yusufali Kechery, 81, Malayalam poet and film producer.[171] (born 1934)
- 26 March – Paty Ripple Kyndiah, 86, politician from Meghalaya.[172] (born 1928)
- 28 March – T. Sailo, 93, former Chief Minister of Mizoram (born 1922)[173]
April
- 1 April – Kailash Vajpeyi, 79, Hindi poet, Sahitya Akademi Award recipient (born 1923).[174]
- 4 April – Malli Mastan Babu, 40, mountaineer (born 1974).[175]
- 7 April – Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty, 78, former Supreme Court judge (born 1927).[176]
- 8 April –
- 9 April –
- 10 April – Ghulam Rasool Kar, 94, politician (born 1921).[182]
- 11 April – Hanut Singh Rathore, 82, Lieutenant general in Indian Army, played a key role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, recipient of Maha Vir Chakra (born 1933).[183]
- 14 April – Vilas Sarang, 73, author (born 1942).[184]
- 15 April – Bidyut Chakraborty, 56, Assamese film director.[185]
- 21 April – Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, 89, former Governor of Assam and former Chief Minister of Odisha (born 1927)[186]
- 23 April – E. M. Subramaniam, 67, Carnatic percussionist, noted Ghatam player (born 1948).[187]
- 24 April – Ismail Hussain, 65, politician, MP for Barpeta (2009–2014) (born 1950).[188]
- 26 April – Masudur Rahman Baidya, 46, double-amputee swimmer who crossed the English Channel and the Strait of Gibraltar (born 1968).[189]
- 29 April – Gopulu, 90, cartoonist for Ananda Vikatan magazine.[190] (born 1924)
- 30 April – Milap Chand Jain, 86, former Delhi High Court judge and Lokayukta of Rajasthan.[191] [192] (born 1929)
May
- 1 May – Amitabha Chowdhury, 87, journalist.[193] (born 1927)
- 3 May – Baleshwar Ram, 87, former Lok Sabha member from Rosera.[194]
- 7 May – Amalendu Guha, 92, historian (born 1924)[195] [196]
- 10 May – Ninad Bedekar, 65, historian and author.[197]
- 12 May – Suchitra Bhattacharya, 65, Bengali language author, recipient of Katha Award.[198] (born 1950)
- 16 May – Shikha Joshi, 40, actress and model.[199]
- 18 May – Aruna Shanbaug, 67, she was in a vegetative state since 1973 after a brutal rape, she was one of the focuses of the euthanasia debate in India.[200] (born 1948)
- 20 May – Sudha Shivpuri, 77, TV actress (born 1937)[201] (born 1937)
June
- 2 June – Bijoya Ray, 98, Bengali language actress.[202] (born 1917)
- 6 June – Aarthi Agarwal, 31, actress in Telugu films[203] (born 1984)
- 8 June – Dasaradhi Rangacharya, 86, Telugu author and Sahitya Akademi recipient.[204] (born 1928)
- 9 June – Hemant Kanitkar, 72, cricketer.[205] (born 1942)
- 12 June – Nek Chand Saini, 90, artist and creator of the Rock Garden of Chandigarh.[206] (born 1924)
- 13 June – Sheila Kaul, 100, politician, Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1995–1996).[207] (born 1915)
- 16 June – Charles Correa, 84, architect and urban planner, recipient of Padma Shri award.[208] (born 1930)
- 19 June –
- 23 June –
- Sanjeet Bedi, actor known for his role in Sanjivani.[211]
- Praful Bidwai, 66, journalist and columnist.[212] (born 1949)
- Nirmala Joshi, 81, Roman Catholic nun, Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity (1997–2009).[213] (born 1934)
- Alex Mathew, 57, Malayalam actor, known for his role in Thoovanathumbikal[214] [215] (born 1959)
- Ajit Singh, 74, economist of Indian origin.[216] (born 1940)
- 24 June – Dileep Singh Bhuria, 71, politician and Lok Sabha member from Ratlam-Jhabua.[217] (born 1944)
- 25 June – Vithal Rao, 85, ghazal singer.[218] (born 1929)
- 26 June – Shiv Singh, 76, sculptor.[219] (born 1938)
- 30 June – K. P. P. Nambiar, 86, industrialist.[220] (born 1929)
July
- 3 July –
- 6 July –
- 9 July –
- 11 July – P. Chendur Pandian, 65, politician, Tamil Nadu MLA for Kadayanallur (since 2011).[227] (born 1949/1950)
- 14 July – M. S. Viswanathan, 81, music composer.[228] (born 1928)
- 14 July – Sheila Ramani, 83, actress.[229] (born 1932)
- 16 July –
- 18 July – Sushil Bhattacharya, 90, football player, men's (East Bengal) and women's (national team) coach.[232] (born 1924)
- 21 July – T. Kanakam, 88, actress.[233] (born 1927)
- 25 July –
- Kalpataru Das, 67, politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (since 2014), Odisha MLA for Dharmasala (1995–2014)[234] (born 1948)
- R. S. Gavai, 86, politician, Governor of Bihar (2006–2008), Kerala (2008–2011), member of the Rajya Sabha (2000–2006), MP for Amravati (1998).[235] (born 1929)
- 26 July – Bijoy Krishna Handique, 80, politician, MP for Jorhat (1991–2014), Rajya Sabha (1980–1986), Assam MLA for Jorhat (1971–1980).[236] (born 1934)
- 27 July – Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, 83, President (2002–2007) and aerospace scientist.[237] (born 1931)
- 28 July – Suniti Solomon, 76, physician and HIV researcher.[238] (born 1938)
- 30 July – Yakub Memon, 53, chartered accountant, convicted of financing the 1993 Bombay bombings, execution by hanging.[239] (born 1962)
- 31 July – Sasi Perumal, 59, Gandhian and anti-alcohol activist.[240] (born 1955)
August
- 9 August – Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, 101, freedom fighter and author.[241] (born 1915)
- 10 August – Sunil Das, 76, postmodern artist.[242] (born 1939)
- 13 August – Om Prakash Munjal, 87, industrialist, founder of Hero Cycles.[243] (born 1928)
- 14 August – Lavanam, 86, social reformer.[244] (born 1930)
- 18 August – Suvra Mukherjee, 74, wife of President Pranab Mukherjee (born 1940)[245]
- 19 August –
- 24 August – Venkatesh Nayak, 79, politician, member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka (since 2013), train derailment.[248] (born 1936)
- 30 August – M. M. Kalburgi, 76, writer and academic.[249] (born 1938)
September
- 3 September – Binny Yanga, 57, social worker and activist.[250] (born 1958)
- 4 September – Wilfred de Souza, 88, politician, Chief Minister of Goa (1993–1994, 1998).[251] (born 1927)
- 5 September – Aadesh Shrivastava, 51, composer and singer.[252] (born 1964)
- 7 September – Sowkoor Jayaprakash Shetty, 80, Karnataka politician.[253] (born 1935)
- 9 September
- Mitrasen Yadav, 81, Uttar Pradesh politician.[254] (born 1934)
- Ramaswamy R. Iyer, 86, government adviser on water policy.[255]
- 11 September – Jaswant Singh Neki, 90, academic and poet.[256] (born 1925)
- 13 September – Kalamandalam Satyabhama, 77, Mohiniyattam dancer.[257] (born 1937)
- 17 September – Bal Pandit, 86, cricket player and commentator.[258] (born 1929)
- 20 September
- Jagmohan Dalmiya, 75, cricket administrator, businessman, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, (b. 1940)[259] (born 1940)
- Radhika Thilak, 45, playback singer in Malayalam films.[260] (born 1969)
- 23 September – Dayananda Saraswati, 85, Hindu monk and teacher (Arsha Vidya Gurukulam).[261] (born 1930)
- 24 September – Mohan Bhandari, actor[262] (born 1930)
- 27 September
- 28 September – Ram Kapse, 81, politician, Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2004–2006).[265] (born 1933)
October
- 2 October – Mohan Singh, 68, common but great man (born 1945)
- 3 October – Raghavan Narasimhan, 78, mathematician.[266] (born 1937)
- 4 October – Edida Nageswara Rao, 81, film producer, known for Sankarabharanam.[267] (born 1934)
- 7 October – Pushpa Bhuyan, 69, Sattriya dancer.[268] (born 1946)
- 9 October –
- 10 October – Manorama, 78, Tamil actress.[271] (born 1937)
- 14 October – Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, 85, Chief of the Naval Staff (1984–1987).[272] (born 1930)
- 19 October – Kallu Chidambaram, 67, Telugu comic actor.[273] (born 1948)
- 20 October –
- 22 October – Labh Janjua, 57, singer-songwriter.[276]
- 23 October – Shamshad Hussain, 69, painter.[277] (born 1946)
- 24 October – Bhaskar Save, 93, organic farmer and activist.[278] (born 1922)
- 25 October – Pijush Ganguly, 50, Bengali actor, known for his role in Mahulbanir Sereng.[279] (born 1965)
- 27 October –
- Ranjit Roy Chaudhury, 84, pharmacologist, recipient of Padma Shri award.[280] (born 1930)
- Gulam Noon, Baron Noon, 79, Indian-origin British food production businessman, chancellor of University of East London.[281] (born 1936)
- Rajendra Singh Rana, 54, politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA for Deoband (2002–2007, 2012–2015).[282] (born 1961)
November
- 1 November – Brijmohan Lall Munjal, 92, transportation manufacturing executive, co-founder of Hero Cycles and Hero MotoCorp.[283] (born 1923)
- 2 November –
- 7 November – Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, 45, film director and poet, heart attack.[286] (born 1970)
- 8 November – Om Prakash Mehra, 96, military officer, Chief of Air Staff (1973–1976), Governor of Maharashtra (1980–1982) and Rajasthan (1985–1987).[287] (born 1919)
- 14 November –
- 15 November – Saeed Jaffrey, 86, India-born British actor.[290] (born 1929)
- 17 November –
- 19 November – R. K. Trivedi, 94, politician, Governor of Gujarat (1986–1990).[293] (born 1921)
- 24 November – A. S. Ponnammal, 82, politician, cancer.[294] (born 1927)
- 26 November – H. Khekiho Zhimomi, 69, politician, heart ailment.[295] (born 1946)
- 30 November –
December
- 2 December –
- 8 December – Ramashankar Yadav, 58, Hindi poet and activist.[300] (born 1957)
- 11 December – Hema Upadhyay, 43, artist, bludgeoned.[301] (born 2015)
- 12 December –
- 19 December – Ranganath, 66, Telugu actor. (born 1949)
- 22 December – V. S. Malimath, 86, judge, former Chief Justice of Karnataka (1984) and Kerala (1985–1991).[304] (born 1929)
- 24 December – Suprovat Chakravarty, 86, Olympic cyclist (1952), heart attack.[305]
- 25 December – Sadhana Shivdasani, 74, film actress (Love in Simla, Woh Kaun Thi, Hum Dono).[306] (born 1941)
- 29 December –
- 30 December – Mangesh Padgaonkar, 86, Marathi poet.[309] (born 1929)
Transport
Events
Accidents
Railways
Road
- 16 February – A bus carrying at least 60 passengers plunged into a gorge in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh resulting in at least ten deaths and 33 people being injured.[333]
- 12 June – 15 people died and 48 were injured when a bus overturned and collided with a tree on the Chandigarh-Phagwara highway.[334]
- 13 June
- 18 August – 15 people were killed when a mini van collided with a bus in Cherlopalem, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh.[337]
- Date Unknown* A bus going to Jodhpur overturned, killing 2.
Waterways
- 26 August – A fishing boat collided with a ferry at Fort Kochi, Kerala, killing 6 and injuring 21.[338]
Sports
See main article: 2015 in Indian sports.
Badminton
Cricket
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
See main article: ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
Tennis
Hockey
Golf
Other
Notes and References
- News: NITI Aayog will set policy agenda. 29 May 2015. The Hindu. 1 January 2015.
- News: Gyan Sangam: PM Modi, Rajan, Jaitley to focus on M&As of PSU banks. 16 January 2015. Business Today. 1 January 2015.
- News: Pravasi Bharatiya Divas concludes; Overseas Indian doctors ready to help India. 13 January 2015. The Economic Times. 9 January 2015.
- News: PM Modi Inaugurates Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Gandhinagar. 13 January 2015. NDTV. 8 January 2015.
- News: NHRC notice to Uttar Pradesh Government over hooch tragedy in Lucknow. 27 January 2015. DNA India. 19 January 2014.
- News: Obama in India joins Modi at Delhi Republic Day parade. 27 January 2015. BBC News. 26 January 2015.
- News: Colonel MN Rai always led from the front in multiple operations: Army. 29 January 2015. The Indian Express. 29 January 2015.
- News: Agni-V's maiden canister trial successful. 9 February 2015. Zee News. 15 January 2015.
- News: High on poll ink, Delhi breaks turnout record. https://web.archive.org/web/20150207062639/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/kejriwal-or-bedi-delhi-votes-today--to-pick-a-new-government/article1-1314439.aspx. dead. 7 February 2015. 9 February 2015. Hindustan Times. 8 February 2015.
- News: AAP storms to power in Delhi, wins 67 of 70 seats. 10 February 2015. Business Standard. 11 February 2015.
- News: Two Persons Killed in Assam Grenade Blast. 13 February 2015. 19 February 2015. NDTV.
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