2020 in India

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Government of India

State Governments

Events

January

• January 27 – Agreement signed between the Government of India, the Assam Government and the Bodo groups to redraw and rename the Bodoland Territorial Area District in Assam.
• January 30 – The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to India on 30 January 2020 from China.

  February

• February 8 – Polling for the Delhi Legislative Assembly elections held.
• February 11 – 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election's results announced with Aam Aadmi Party securing 62 of 70 seats to claim an absolute majority in the elections.
• February 23-29 – At least 53 people are killed in communal riots in parts of Delhi.
• February 24-25 – U.S. President Donald Trump visited India for a two-day state visit, addressed a "Namaste Trump" event with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad. Toured Mahatma Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram and the Taj Mahal at Agra. Received a formal welcome from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Presidential Palace in New Delhi. Conducted a series of meetings with Prime minister Modi and other government officials, as well as Indian business executives.

  March

• March 20 – Kamal Nath resigned from the post of the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, after a political crisis.
• March 22 – Janta Curfew: India observed a 14-hour lockdown to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• March 23 –
• *Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath as the Chief minister of Madhya Pradesh.
• * Prime Minister Modi announced a 21-day lockdown throughout India until 14 April to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

  April

• India remained under a lockdown throughout the month of April, to check the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

  May

• May 5 – ongoing – Skirmishes between India and China. Several Indian and Chinese soldiers are injured in a cross-border clash at the Nathu La crossing. About one hundred and fifty soldiers were involved in the face-off which included fistfights and stone-throwing.
• May 6 – Wanted terrorist Riyaz Naikoo of the terror group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces.
• May 7 – 13 people are killed from a gas leak at a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
• May 20 – Cyclone Amphan hit the eastern part of India.

  June

• June 2-4 – Cyclone Nisarga hit the western coast of India, causing damage in the state of Maharashtra.
• June 15-16 – 20 personnel of the Indian army including a commanding officer, are killed in action in the ongoing Skirmishes between India and China at LAC in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh.
• June 17 – India wins a two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council to begin January 1, 2021 during the 2020 Security Council Elections.
• June 25 - Indian Railways suspends all passenger train service till 12th August 2020.
• June 29 - Indian Government bans 59 Chinese Apps including TikTok, CamScanner, SHAREit and UC Browser due to ongoing Sino-Indian Border tensions.

  July

• July 3
• * 8 Policemen of the Uttar Pradesh police are martyred in an encounter with the gang of the wanted criminal Vikas Dubey in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh state.
• * Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a visit to Nimu Post near the Indo-China border in Ladakh along with Army Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane and CDS Bipin Rawat amid ongoing India-China border tensions.
• July 4 - 5 Corporaters of Shivsena in Parner, Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra joined Nationalist Congress Party amid these two parties are in coalition government in Maharashtra.
• July 5 - CRPF convoy is attacked by terrorist which results in martyr of 1 CRPF soldier in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.
• July 5 - Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on richter scale hits Kargill in Ladakh.
• July 10 - Wanted Criminal Vikas Dubey shot dead by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
• July 17 - Number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 reach 1 million.
• July 21 – ongoing – Floods in Brahmaputra River in the state of Assam.
• July 29 – National Education Policy 2020, a new policy on education in India approved by the Union Cabinet.
• 2020 Punjab alcohol poisoning

  Deaths

January

• 2 January –
• *Daitari Behera, politician.
• *D. P. Tripathi, politician.
• 3 January –
• *M. Sakthivel Murugan, politician.
• *Rameshwar Prasad, politician.
• 19 January –
• *Sunanda Patnaik, Gwalior gharana classical singer.
• *Sher Bahadur Singh, 87, politician.
• *Man Sood, cricketer.
• 26 January – Maharaj Kishan Bhan, virologist and paediatrician.
• 30 January - Vidya Bal, Marathi Writer

  February

• 9 February – P. Parameswaran, Politician and philosopher..
• 13 February – Rajendra K. Pachauri, Scientist and Civil servant..
• 18 February – Tapas Paul, Actor and Politician..
• 22 February - Krishna Bose, Politician, Educator and Social Worker.
• 28 February - Baidyanath Prasad Mahto, 72, Politician

  March

• 2 March - Virendra Singh Sirohi, 73, Politician
• 8 March – H. R. Bhardwaj, politician
• 20 March – P.K. Banerjee, Football Player
• 22 March – Visu, 74, Indian film director, writer and actor.
• 25 March – Nimmi, 88, Bollywood Actress
• 27 March - Beni Prasad Verma, 79, Politician

  April

• 29 April – Irrfan Khan, Film actor
• 30 April – Rishi Kapoor, Film actor
• 30 April – Chuni Goswami, footballer

  May

• 6 May - Riyaz Naikoo, 35, Wanted terrorist killed in Army clash
• 17 May - Ratnakar Matkari, Marathi Play writer
• 19 May - Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri, Principal Darul Uloom Deoband
• 25 May - Balbir Singh Sr., 96, Hockey player
• 27 May - Mujtaba Hussain, writer
• 28 May - M. P. Veerendra Kumar, 83, Politician
• 29 May - Ajit Jogi, Politician
• 29 May - Bejan Daruwalla, Astrologer
• 29 May - Yogesh, lyricist, writer
• 31 May - Wajid Khan, musician

  June

• 4 June - Basu Chatterjee, Filmmaker
• 5 June - Ved Marwah, Civil Servant
• 7 June - Chiranjeevi Sarja, 39, Film actor
• 12 June - Parasnath Yadav, 71, Politician
• 13 June - Vasant Raiji, 100, Cricketer
• 14 June - Sushant Singh Rajput, 34, Film and television actor
• 15 June - Col. Santosh Babu, 38, Indian Army Soldier died in 2020 China–India skirmishes near Ladakh
• 16 June - Haribhau Jawale, Politician
• 18 June - K.R. Sachidanandan, 48, Indian screenwriter, director, and film producer
• 21 June - Rajinder Goel, 77, Cricketer

  July

• 3 July - Saroj Khan, 71, Dance Choreographer
• 8 July - Jagdeep, 81, Film Actor
• 10 July - Vikas Dubey, 56, Gangster
• 11 July - Jyotsna Bhatt, 79-80, Ceramist
• 13 July - Debendra Nath Roy, 61, Politician
• 16 July - Neela Satyanarayanan, 71, Civil servant
• 21 July - Lalji Tandon, 85, Politician
• 28 July - Kumkum, 86, actress

  August

• 1 August - Amar Singh, 64, politician
• 1 August - Pydikondala Manikyala Rao, 58, former MLA and minister from Andhra Pradesh
• 2 August - Kamal Rani Varun, politician, 62,

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