2022 in India explained

Events in the year 2022 in India.

Incumbents

National government

PhotoPostName
President of IndiaRam Nath Kovind (till 25 July 2022)Droupadi Murmu (from 25 July 2022)
Vice-President of India and Chairman of Rajya SabhaVenkaiah Naidu (till 11 August 2022)Jagdeep Dhankhar (from 11 August 2022)
Prime Minister of IndiaNarendra Modi
Speaker of the Lok SabhaOm Birla
Chief Justice of IndiaN. V. Ramana (till 28 August 2022)
Uday Umesh Lalit (28 August 2022 - 8 November 2022)
Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud (From 8 November 2022)
Shaktikanta Das
Chief Election Commissioner of IndiaRajiv Kumar
Chief of Defence StaffAnil Chauhan
Lok Sabha17th Lok Sabha

State governments

StateGovernorChief MinisterPartyPolitical AllianceChief Justice
Andhra PradeshBiswabhusan HarichandanY. S. Jagan Mohan ReddyYSRCPRegionalPrashant Kumar Mishra
Arunachal PradeshPema KhanduBJPN.D.A.Sudhanshu Dhulia (Gauhati High Court)
AssamHimanta Biswa SarmaBJPN.D.A.Sudhanshu Dhulia (Gauhati High Court)
BiharPhagu ChauhanNitish KumarJD(U)U.P.A.Sanjay Karol (Patna High Court)
ChhattisgarhBhupesh BaghelINCU.P.A.P. R. Ramachandra Menon
GoaP. S. Sreedharan PillaiPramod SawantBJPN.D.A.Dipankar Datta
GujaratBhupendra PatelBJPN.D.A.Vikram Nath
HaryanaManohar Lal KhattarBJPN.D.A.Ravi Shankar Jha
Himachal PradeshRajendra ArlekarSukhvinder Singh SukhuINCN.D.A.L. Narayana Swamy
JharkhandRamesh BaisHemant SorenJMMU.P.A.Ravi Ranjan
KarnatakaThawar Chand GehlotBasavaraj BommaiBJPN.D.A.Ritu Raj Awasthi
KeralaArif Mohammad KhanPinarayi VijayanCPI(M)RegionalS. Manikumar
Madhya PradeshMangubhai PatelShivraj Singh ChouhanBJPN.D.A.Ravi Malimath
MaharashtraBhagat Singh KoshyariEknath ShindeShiv SenaN.D.A.Dipankar Datta
ManipurLa. GanesanN. Biren SinghBJPN.D.A.Ramalingam Sudhakar
MeghalayaConrad SangmaNPPN.D.A.Biswanath Somadder
MizoramZoramthangaMNFRegionalSudhanshu Dhulia
NagalandNeiphiu RioNDPPN.D.A.Sudhanshu Dhulia
OdishaNaveen PatnaikBJDRegionalS. Muralidhar
PunjabBanwarilal PurohitBhagwant MannAAPRegionalRavi Shankar Jha
RajasthanAshok GehlotINCU.P.A.Manindra Mohan Shrivastava
SikkimPrem Singh TamangSKMN.D.A.Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari
Tamil NaduM. K. StalinDMKU.P.A.Munishwar Nath Bhandari
TelanganaK. Chandrashekar RaoTRSRegionalSatish Chandra Sharma
TripuraRamesh BaisManik SahaBJPN.D.A.Akil Kureshi
Uttar PradeshYogi AdityanathBJPN.D.A.Rajesh Bindal
UttarakhandGurmit Singh (general)Pushkar Singh DhamiBJPN.D.A.Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
West BengalC. V. Ananda BoseMamata BanerjeeAITCRegionalPrakash Shrivastava

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2 January 2022. Sanjay. Khajuria. 12 pilgrims die as New Year rush sparks Vaishno Devi stampede. 2022-01-10. The Times of India. en.
  2. News: 2022-01-06. India PM Narendra Modi trapped on Punjab flyover in security breach. en-GB. BBC News. 2022-01-10.
  3. Web site: 6 January 2022. Hemanta Kumar. Nath. Bulli Bai row: Who is Niraj Bishnoi, a 2nd-year engineering student and face behind the app. 2022-01-11. India Today. en.
  4. Web site: 10 January 2022. Ankita. Garg. What is Bulli Bai app, what is its link to Sulli Deals, and how GitHub is involved: Story in 10 points. 2022-01-11. India Today. en.
  5. News: Bikaner-Guwahati Express derails: 5 dead, NDRF teams rushed to spot . 13 January 2022 . Hindustan Times . www.hindustantimes.com . 13 January 2022.
  6. Web site: 20 January 2022. Mohammad. Suffian. After Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, now Centre rejects Odisha's Republic Day tableau. 2022-01-27. India Today. en.
  7. Amar Jawan Jyoti merged with Eternal Flame at National War Memorial in New Delhi . India Today. en.
  8. Web site: 2022-01-21. Burning for 5 decades, flame at Amar Jawan Jyoti will be put out at India Gate, merged with National War Memorial. 2022-01-23. Indian Express Limited.
  9. Web site: 2022-02-13 . Gujarat shipbuilding firm booked for Rs 22,000 crore loan fraud: CBI . 2022-03-28 . The Indian Express . en.
  10. Web site: 2022-03-15. Flag bearer at the winter games. 4 February 2022. indianexpress.com.
  11. Web site: 2022-03-15 . 'The Kashmir Files': List of states which have declared the film tax-free . 2022-07-02 . Hindustan Times . en.
  12. Web site: 2022-03-15 . LIVE updates: Karnataka HC upholds Hijab ban . 2022-03-15 . The Siasat Daily . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2022-03-15 . Hijab Row Handbook: With HC Verdict, News18 Looks Back at And Beyond The Window Dressing of The Issue . 2022-03-15 . News18 . en.
  14. Web site: 15 March 2022 . India court in Karnataka upholds ban on hijabs in colleges . TheGuardian.com.
  15. Web site: India court upholds Karnataka state's ban on hijab in class .
  16. News: Singh . Shiv Sahay . 2022-03-25 . Birbhum deaths CBI takes over probe after Calcutta High Court order . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-03-26 . 0971-751X.
  17. Web site: 2022-04-22 . Assam police arrest Mevani from Gujarat after complaint over tweet . 2022-05-02 . The Indian Express . en.
  18. News: Venkatasubramanian . V. . 2022-04-27 . 11 die of high-voltage electrocution during a procession near Thanjavur . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-05-02 . 0971-751X.
  19. News: Phukan . Sandeep . 2022-05-25 . Kapil Sibal quits Congress, to fight Rajya Sabha polls with SP support . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-08-27 . 0971-751X.
  20. News: India's Nikhat Zareen Wins Gold At Women's World Boxing Championships . 19 May 2022 . NDTV . 19 May 2022.
  21. News: Reuters . 2022-05-24 . Floods kill 25 in India's Assam, displace thousands . en . Reuters . 2022-06-03.
  22. Web site: Sri Lanka Adani Row: Official Quits After Alleging Link To PM Modi . 2022-07-05 . NDTV.com.
  23. Web site: 13 June 2022 . 10 hours of questions, drama and fresh summons: Rahul Gandhi's date with ED . 2022-07-02 . India Today . en.
  24. Web site: 2022-06-16 . Indian Railways launches first private rail service, welcomes passengers with colourful folk performances . 2022-06-21 . The Indian Express . en.
  25. Web site: 2022-06-15 . First private train in India flagged off from Coimbatore: Details . 2022-06-21 . The News Minute . en.
  26. Web site: 2022-06-16 . Agnipath Protestors Burn Trains In Bihar, Pelt Stones On BJP MLA As Agitation Spreads Across India . 2022-06-29 . outlookindia.com . en.
  27. News: 2022-06-29 . Maharashtra political turmoil live Supreme Court to hear Shiv Sena's 'urgent petiton' against floor test today . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-06-29 . 0971-751X.
  28. Web site: 21 June 2022 . Yashwant Sinha to be joint opposition candidate . 2022-07-02 . The Times of India . en.
  29. Web site: Supreme Court dismisses Zakia Jafri's plea against SIT clean chit to Narendra Modi in Gujarat riots case . 2022-07-03 . Tribuneindia News Service . en.
  30. Web site: 2022-07-03 . Activist Teesta Setalvad, former Gujarat top cop RB Sreekumar sent to judicial remand . 2022-07-05 . The News Minute . en.
  31. Web site: 2022-06-28 . Mohammed Zubair, AltNews co-founder, arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments . 2022-07-03 . The Indian Express . en.
  32. Web site: 28 June 2022 . Hindu man beheaded in Udaipur: Prohibitory orders clamped in Rajasthan, NIA to probe case . 2022-06-29 . India Today . en.
  33. Web site: 2022-07-02 . Assam flood situation worsens; 14 dead, 29.70 lakh affected . 2022-07-02 . Deccan Herald . en.
  34. Web site: 30 June 2022 . Neeraj Chopra breaks his own national record with 89.94m throw at Stockholm Diamond League, finishes 2nd . 2022-07-01 . India Today . en.
  35. News: 2022-06-29 . Uddhav Thackeray resigns as Maharashtra Chief Minister after Supreme Court denies stay on floor test . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-07-02 . 0971-751X.
  36. Web site: 2022-07-05 . Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde clears floor test: Will not pursue politics of vendetta . 2022-07-05 . The Indian Express . en.
  37. Web site: 2022-07-15 . No words banned, list is a compilation: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla . 2022-07-31 . The Indian Express . en.
  38. Web site: Words Like 'Ashamed', 'Abused, 'Betrayed', 'Corrupt' To Be Unparliamentary in LS, RS . 2022-07-31 . The Wire.
  39. News: Langa . Mahesh . 2022-07-27 . Death toll reaches 42 in Gujarat hooch tragedy . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-07-31 . 0971-751X.
  40. Web site: Nitish Kumar quits NDA: A look at JD(U) chief's unpredictable flip-flops since 1989 . 2022-08-16 . DNA India . en.
  41. News: Phadnis . Aditi . 2022-08-10 . Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar CM for 8th time, Tejashwi to be his deputy . Business Standard India . 2022-08-16.
  42. News: 2022-08-13 . Dalit boy dies after being assaulted by teacher in Rajasthan school . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-08-15 . 0971-751X.
  43. Web site: 2022-08-23 . India's Chess Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa beats 5-time World Chess Champ Carlsen . 2022-08-27 . Hindustan Times . en.
  44. Web site: What is the Muruga Mutt case? Know why Karnataka's most prominent seer is in the eye of a storm . 2022-09-01 . Financialexpress . 31 August 2022 . en.
  45. Web site: Read Ghulam Nabi Azad's Explosive Resignation Letter To Sonia Gandhi . 2022-08-27 . NDTV.com.
  46. Web site: 2022-08-27 . Justice U U Lalit sworn in as 49th Chief Justice of India . 2022-08-28 . The Indian Express . en.
  47. Web site: 2022-08-28 . What next: removing 80,000 tonnes of debris of Supertech twin towers in 3 months . 2022-08-30 . The Indian Express . en.
  48. Web site: 29 August 2022 . Man who set girl on fire in Jharkhand's Dumka seen smiling in police custody . 2022-08-30 . India Today . en.
  49. Web site: 1 September 2022 . Rasheed . Kidwai . Paola Maino: The woman who shaped Sonia Gandhi's life and destiny . 2022-09-01 . India Today . en.
  50. News: India's Q1 GDP grows at 13.5 percent, lags estimates . The Economic Times . 2022-09-01.
  51. Web site: Gupta . Shekhar . 2022-09-03 . 3 cheers for INS Vikrant & 3 questions for India's leadership on naval doctrine . 2022-09-03 . ThePrint . en-US.
  52. Web site: 2022-09-05 . Cyrus Mistry was not wearing seat belt; car covered 20km in 9 minutes: Police . 2022-09-05 . Hindustan Times . en.
  53. Web site: Sabarimala Temple was Buddhist temple, Kerala government informs High Court . 2022-09-08 . The New Indian Express. 12 November 2018 .
  54. Web site: 6 September 2022 . ED conducts raids across multiple states in Delhi excise policy case . 2022-09-06 . The Times of India . en.
  55. Web site: Congress Launches Its Nationwide Bharat Jodo Yatra In Tamil Nadu . 2022-09-08 . NDTV.com.
  56. Web site: 2022-09-07 . PM Modi to inaugurate Kartavya Path on Thursday Here's traffic advisory . 2022-09-08 . Hindustan Times . en.
  57. Web site: 2022-09-22 . NIA raids PFI-SDPI in Kerala, Bengal, other states. 105 arrested, details here . 2022-09-29 . Hindustan Times . en.
  58. News: 2022-09-28 . Senior advocate R. Venkataramani is the new Attorney General of India . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-10-02 . 0971-751X.
  59. Web site: 28 September 2022 . Jitendra Bahadur . Singh . Radical outfit PFI, 8 associated fronts banned for 5 years after nationwide mega raids, arrests . 2022-09-29 . India Today . en.
  60. Web site: 2022-09-28 . New CDS a border expert, collector of masks, keen golfer . 2022-09-29 . Hindustan Times . en.
  61. Web site: India's Supreme Court allows all women, regardless of marital status, to have abortions up to 24 weeks into pregnancies . 2022-09-29 . www.cbsnews.com . 29 September 2022 . en-US.
  62. News: Mishra . Shalinee . PM Narendra Modi launches first phase of 5G services in 13 cities . The Economic Times . 2022-10-02.
  63. Web site: Live Updates: 27 killed, 22 injured as tractor-trolley falls into pond in Kanpur . 2022-10-02 . The Times of India . 2 October 2022 . en.
  64. News: Five killed in fire at puja venue in India . . 3 October 2022.
  65. Web site: 2022-10-08 . Uttarakhand avalanche: As Uttarkashi counts the dead, families of climbers brace for worst . 2022-10-08 . The Indian Express . en.
  66. Web site: Mal river flash flood sweeps away 8 during immersion in Durga Puja. The Times Of India. 5 October 2022. 6 October 2022.
  67. News: Sonia joins Bharat Jodo Yatra in Mandya for two hours . 2022-10-06. The Hindu. 6 October 2022 .
  68. Web site: Arora . Sumit . 2022-10-12 . CJI UU Lalit Recommends Justice DY Chandrachud As The Next Chief Justice Of India . 2022-10-12 . adda247 . en-IN.
  69. News: 2022-10-13 . Split over hijab: The Hindu Editorial on the Supreme Court verdict . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-10-14 . 0971-751X.
  70. Web site: 2022-10-26 . 'A labourer's son': New Cong chief Mallikarjun Kharge's 'emotional' moment . 2022-10-27 . Hindustan Times . en.
  71. Web site: Coimbatore car blast: Was there a plot to attack religious places in Tamil Nadu like Easter bombings in Sri Lanka? . 2022-10-27 . The Week . en.
  72. Web site: 2022-10-27 . Pay equity: BCCI announces equal match fee for men, women cricketers . 2022-10-27 . The Indian Express . en.
  73. Web site: Air quality plunges to 'severe' category in Noida, remains 'very poor' in Delhi . 2022-11-03 . India Today . November 2022 . en.
  74. Web site: 2022-11-02 . PM Modi to inaugurate Global Investors Meet 'Invest Karnataka 2022' today . 2022-11-03 . mint . en.
  75. Web site: 2022-11-16 . Bhavya Bishnoi takes oath, becomes youngest member of Haryana Vidhan Sabha . 2022-11-28 . The Indian Express . en.
  76. News: Rajagopal . Krishnadas . 2022-11-07 . Reservation policy cannot stay for indefinite period, says Supreme Court . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-11-08 . 0971-751X.
  77. Web site: 9 November 2022 . G20 presidency reflects world's confidence in India, says PM Modi . 2022-11-09 . The Times of India . en.
  78. Web site: 2022-11-09 . Meet Justice D Y Chandrachud, sworn in as the 50th Chief Justice of India . 2022-11-11 . The Indian Express . en.
  79. Web site: 2022-11-08 . Karnataka minister Dr Ashwathnarayan is bringing the world to Kempegowda, through The Statue Of Prosperity . 2022-11-11 . www.business-standard.com.
  80. News: 2022-11-11 . All 6 Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts to be released on November 12 . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-11-12 . 0971-751X.
  81. Web site: 2022-11-12 . Himachal Pradesh Election 2022 Live Updates: 17.98 per cent voter turnout till 11 am; PM Modi urges people to make new voting record . 2022-11-12 . The Indian Express . en.
  82. Web site: Shraddha Walkar murder: Why it's not easy for abused women to end a toxic relationship . 2022-11-24 . India Today . 23 November 2022 . en.
  83. Web site: 2022-11-18 . Vikram-S rocket launch Live Updates: India's first private rocket blasts off successfully . 2022-11-18 . The Indian Express . en.
  84. Web site: 18 November 2022 . T20 World Cup fallout: BCCI sacks entire Chetan Sharma-led selection committee . 2022-11-18 . The Times of India . en.
  85. Web site: 2022-11-18 . At anti-terror conference, PM Modi's indirect swipe at Pak: 'Some countries...' . 2022-11-18 . Hindustan Times . en.
  86. Web site: 2022-11-21 . Mangaluru blast: Eyewitnesses thought it was an accident, helped driver, accused . 2022-11-21 . The Indian Express . en.
  87. Web site: 2022-12-08 . Himachal Assembly Election Result 2022 Live Updates: Congress MLAs pass resolution authorising party high command to decide new CM . 2022-12-10 . The Indian Express . en.
  88. Web site: Desk . EurAsian Times . 2022-12-12 . Indian, Chinese Soldiers Clash At Tawang Arunachal Pradesh; Indian Sources Claim More PLA Soldiers Injured . 2022-12-13 . Latest Asian, Middle-East, EurAsian, Indian News . en-US.
  89. Web site: 2022-12-13 . Congress leader Raja Pateriya held amid backlash over remarks on PM Modi . 2022-12-13 . Hindustan Times . en.
  90. News: 9 pirates being brought to India to face legal action, says Navy a day after rescuing 23 Pakistani crew from Iranian fishing vessel. 9 May 2024 . The Economic Times.
  91. Web site: TV actress Tunisha Sharma dies by suicide on sets of her show . 6 January 2024 . India Today . 24 December 2022 . en.
  92. Web site: Chenoy. Anuradha. Rajni Kumar: Educator who gave the Capital a new model. Hindustan Times. 11 November 2022.