1 January – The Indian and Pakistani governments provided one another with a full list of nuclear sites, military and civilian, in accordance with the 1988 Non-Nuclear Aggression Agreement.[1]
3 January – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck India 29 km (18 mi) west of Imphal with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong).[3] At least eight people were killed, 100 others were injured and some buildings were damaged.[4][5]
8 February - Facebook's FreeBasics declared illegal in India and stopped services in the country.[7][8][9]
18 March - Ahead of polls in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Supreme Court of India allows pictures of Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Governors and State Ministers to appear in government advertisements.[10]
18 September – Four terrorists attacked an Indian Army brigade headquarters in Uri, near the Line of Control in a pre-dawn ambush. September 22- Tamil Nadu cm Jayalalithaa hospitalized at Apollo Hospital.
28 September- India Surgical Strike on Pakistan.
30 September – Bihar liquor ban: Patna High Court struck down liquor ban law.[11]
8 November – The Indian government withdraws ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes with immediate effect. New notes will be issued to the nation. Caused political uproar.
30 November – Supreme Court of India ordered cinemas to play national anthem before films.[34]
5 December – Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa who has been hospitalized for 72 days in Apollo Hospital was officially announced as dead after having a heart attack.
10 December – Industrialist Pawan Ruia arrested following railway complaint.[35]
14 December – The National Green Tribunal banned kite-flying with manja, a thread coated in a sticky paste of ground-up glass, following outcry over deaths and injury caused by it.[37]
15 December – Supreme Court bans sale of liquor on national and state highways due to large number of road accidents caused by drunks every year.[38]
24 December – Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation the Pune Metro Project. Metro work starts off.[39]
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^Former chief justice of India SH Kapadia passes away Archived 25 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine, indiatimes.com
^Noted Gujarati Litterateur Labshankar Thakar passes away Archived 24 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, deshgujarat.com/
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