2025 in India

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The following is a list of events for the year 2025 in India.

Incumbents

National government

Position	Name	Image
President of India	Droupadi Murmu (Age 66)
Vice-President of India	Jagdeep Dhankhar (Age 73)
Prime Minister of India	Narendra Modi (Age 74)
Chief Justice of India	Sanjiv Khanna (Age 64)
Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Om Birla (Age 61)
Chief Election Commissioner of India	Rajiv Kumar (Age 64)
Chief of Defence Staff	Anil Chauhan (Age 63)
Governor of Reserve Bank of India	Sanjay Malhotra (Age 56)
Lok Sabha	18th Lok Sabha

State governments

State	Governor	Chief Minister	Party	Political alliance	Chief Justice
Andhra Pradesh	S. Abdul Nazeer	N. Chandrababu Naidu	TDP	N.D.A.	Dhiraj Singh Thakur
Arunachal Pradesh	Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik	Pema Khandu	BJP		Vijay Bishnoi
Assam	Lakshman Prasad Acharya	Himanta Biswa Sarma	BJP		Vijay Bishnoi
Bihar	Arif Mohammad Khan	Nitish Kumar	JD(U)		K. Vinod Chandran
Chhattisgarh	Ramen Deka	Vishnu Deo Sai	BJP		Ramesh Sinha
Goa	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai	Pramod Sawant			Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya
Gujarat	Acharya Dev Vrat	Bhupendrabhai Patel			Sunita Agarwal
Haryana	Bandaru Dattatreya	Nayab Singh Saini			Sheel Nagu
Himachal Pradesh	Shiv Pratap Shukla	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu	INC	I.N.D.I.A	M. S. Ramachandra Rao
Jharkhand	Santosh Kumar Gangwar	Hemant Soren	JMM		Shree Chandrashekhar (Acting)
Karnataka	Thawar Chand Gehlot	Siddaramaiah	INC		Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria
Kerala	Rajendra Arlekar	Pinarayi Vijayan	CPI(M)		Ashish Jitendra Desai
Madhya Pradesh	Mangubhai Patel	Mohan Yadav	BJP	N.D.A.	Suresh Kumar Kait
Maharashtra	C.P. Radhakrishnan	Devendra Fadnavis	BJP		Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya
Manipur	Ajay Kumar Bhalla	N. Biren Singh	BJP		Siddharth Mridul
Meghalaya	C. H. Vijayashankar	Conrad Sangma	NPP		S. Vaidyanathan
Mizoram	V. K. Singh	Lalduhoma	ZPM	Regional	Vijay Bishnoi
Nagaland	La. Ganesan	Neiphiu Rio	NDPP	N.D.A.	Vijay Bishnoi
Odisha	Kambhampati Hari Babu	Mohan Charan Majhi	BJP	N.D.A.	Chakradhari Sharan Singh
Punjab	Gulab Chand Kataria	Bhagwant Mann	AAP	I.N.D.I.A	Sheel Nagu
Rajasthan	Haribhau Kisanrau Bagde	Bhajan Lal Sharma	BJP	N.D.A.	Manindra Mohan Shrivastava
Sikkim	Om Prakash Mathur	Prem Singh Tamang	SKM	N.D.A.	Biswanath Somadder
Tamil Nadu	R. N. Ravi	M. K. Stalin	DMK	I.N.D.I.A	Sanjay V. Gangapurwala
Telangana	Jishnu Dev Verma	Revanth Reddy	INC	I.N.D.I.A	Alok Aradhe
Tripura	N. Indrasena Reddy	Manik Saha	BJP	N.D.A.	Aparesh Kumar Singh
Uttar Pradesh	Anandiben Patel	Yogi Adityanath			Arun Bhansali
Uttarakhand	Gurmit Singh	Pushkar Singh Dhami			Ritu Bahri
West Bengal	C. V. Ananda Bose	Mamata Banerjee	AITC	I.N.D.I.A	T. S. Sivagnanam

Events

January

3 January – Five female members of the same family are fatally stabbed in a suspected honour killing by a relative in Lucknow.^[1]
3 January – The body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar, who went missing on 1 January, is found inside a septic tank at a compound belonging to a road construction contractor in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh.^[2]
5 January – An HAL Dhruv helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard crashes during a training flight in Porbandar, Gujarat, killing three crew members.^[3]
6 January –
- The first HMPV Virus case in India is detected in Bengaluru.^[4]
- Nine people, including eight police officers, are killed after their vehicle hits a landmine planted by Naxalites in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh.^[5]
9 January – At least six people are killed and many others are injured in a stampede at the Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.^[6]^[7]
9 January – At least two JEE aspirants die by suicide within 24 hours in Kota, Rajasthan.^[8]^[9]
10 January – Larsen & Toubro chairman S. N. Subrahmanyan's statement on a 90-hour work week and working day on Sunday sparks outrage and debate on work–life balance.^[10]
13 January – The Z-Morh Tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir is inaugurated in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.^[11]
13 January to 26 February – 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela.^[12]
16 January – Actor Saif Ali Khan is stabbed by an unknown man during an alleged robbery at his Mumbai residence.^[13]^[14]
18 January – Sanjay Roy is convicted for the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder.^[15]
.18 January – Two more students die by suicide in Kota, Rajasthan within 48 hours.^[16]
20 January – The Sealdah Court in Kolkata sentences Sanjay Roy to life imprisonment following his conviction in the 2024 Kolkata rape and murder.^[17]
22 January –
- Thirteen people are killed and 15 others are injured after a passenger train collides with a group of people that disembarked from another train following a false fire alarm near Pachora, Maharashtra.^[18]
- At least two more students die by suicide in Kota, Rajasthan within three hours.^[19]^[20]
24 January – Eight people are killed in an explosion at an ordnance factory in Bhandara district, Maharashtra.^[21]
29 January – At least 30 people are killed in a crowd crush at the 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj.^[22]

Scheduled

January – 2025 Kabaddi World Cup (standard style)^[23]^[24]
5 February – 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election.
15 June–15 July – 2025 Rajya Sabha elections^[25]
October – 2025 Asia Cup^[26]
October/November – 2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election.
December – 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup^[27]^[28]

Deaths

January

1 January:
- K. S. Manilal, 86, botany scholar and taxonomist.
- Kaak, 84, cartoonist.^[29]
2 January- S. Jayachandran Nair, 85, journalist
4 January- Rajagopala Chidambaram, 88, nuclear scientist
5 January- Na D'Souza, 87, novelist
6 January- Alok Chatterjee, 64, theatre actor and director
7 January-
- Jiban Mukhopadhyay, 76, politician
- Jagdish Mittal, 99, art collector
8 January-
- Pritish Nandy, 73, filmmaker, poet, and politician
- Gyanada Kakati, 92, actress
9 January- P. Jayachandran, 80, playback singer
11 January- Gurpreet Gogi, 57, politician
12 January- Manda Jagannath, 73, politician
13 January- Palavalasa Rajasekharam, 80, politician
14 January- Surat Singh Khalsa, 91, Indian-American political activist
15 January-
- Manjul Sinha, television director
- P. R. Sundaram, 73, politician
- Sarigama Viji, 76, actor
17 January-
- M. Srinivas, 82, politician
- K. N. Chandrasekharan Pillai, 81, legal scholar
18 January-
- N. Kayisii, 58, politician
- K. R. Punia, 89, politician
- T. M. Jayamurugan, film director
20 January- Shamsheer Singh Manhas, 64, politician
21 January- Kaajee Singh, 80, percussionist
22 January- Tabish Mehdi, 73, poet
25 January-
- K. M. Cherian, 82, heart surgeon
- Harpal Brar, 85, politician
- Latika Katt, 76, sculptor
26 January-
- Shafi, 56, film director
- Samarendra Narayan Dev, 84, filmmaker

References

^ "U.P. man kills mother, four young sisters to 'save their honour'". The Hindu. 1 January 2025.
^ "Body of missing Indian journalist found in septic tank". BBC. 3 January 2025.
^ "Coast guard helicopter crashes in Gujarat during training, 3 dead". Hindustan Times. 5 January 2025.
^ "HMPV in India, new cases identified: All about symptoms, treatment and how to remain safe". Times Of India. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
^ "Nine killed in roadside bomb attack in central India". Al Jazeera. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
^ "Miscommunication or Negligence? What Triggered Tirupati Stampede That Claimed 6 Lives". Times Now. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ "Overwhelming Rush Of Pilgrims": Witnesses Recall Tirupati Stampede". NDTV. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
^ "Two JEE Aspirants Die By Suicide Within 24 Hours In Kota". News18. 2025-01-09. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
^ "Student Suicides Rock Kota: How To Find Your Way Out Of Hopelessness — Guide From A Psychologist". ABP News. 2025-01-12. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
^ ""What Do You Do Sitting At Home": L&T Chairman Suggests Working Sundays". NDTV. 2025-01-10. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
^ "India's Modi inaugurates a strategic tunnel in disputed Kashmir". AP News. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
^ "Fire burns through multiple tents at Maha Kumbh festival but causes no injuries". AP News. 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
^ "Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan out of danger after being stabbed". BBC India. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
^ "Bollywood Star Saif Ali Khan Stabbed Multiple Times in Mumbai Home Invasion Attack". Variety. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
^ "Indian police volunteer convicted of rape, murder of a trainee doctor that led to protests". AP News. 18 January 2025.
^ "16-Year-Old JEE Aspirant Dies By Suicide In Kota Days Before Exam, Fourth Case This Month". ABP News. 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
^ ""Not Rarest Of Rare": RG Kar Rape-Murder Convict Sentenced To Life In Jail - Updates". NDTV. 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
^ "Thirteen passengers killed by another train after fleeing fire rumour alarm". BBC. 23 January 2025.
^ "2 Student Suicides In Rajasthan's Kota In 24 Hours, Six So Far This Month". NDTV. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ "Two coaching students die by suicide within three hours in Kota". Hindustan Times. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ "Eight people killed in ordnance factory explosion in western India". Reuters. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
^ "Survivors of India festival stampede recount deadly crush". France 24. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
^ "Sports Calendar of Activities for the year 2024 – 2025" (PDF). IKF. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
^ "Kabaddi World Cup set to kickoff in January 2025". Khel Now. 5 April 2024.
^ "Nominees of BJP, AGP elected unopposed to two RS seats in Assam". Business Standard. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
^ "India to host Men's Asia Cup 2025". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 2024-07-28. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
^ "India to host 2025 FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ "With first ever FIH Hockey5s World Cup in the background, EB meets to discuss strategy and development". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "Renowned cartoonist Harish Chandra Shukla dies of heart attack". The Indian Express. 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2025-01-01.

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[1] "U.P. man kills mother, four young sisters to 'save their honour'". The Hindu. 1 January 2025.

[2] "Body of missing Indian journalist found in septic tank". BBC. 3 January 2025.

[3] "Coast guard helicopter crashes in Gujarat during training, 3 dead". Hindustan Times. 5 January 2025.

[4] "HMPV in India, new cases identified: All about symptoms, treatment and how to remain safe". Times Of India. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.

[5] "Nine killed in roadside bomb attack in central India". Al Jazeera. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.

[6] "Miscommunication or Negligence? What Triggered Tirupati Stampede That Claimed 6 Lives". Times Now. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[7] "Overwhelming Rush Of Pilgrims": Witnesses Recall Tirupati Stampede". NDTV. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[8] "Two JEE Aspirants Die By Suicide Within 24 Hours In Kota". News18. 2025-01-09. Retrieved 2025-01-09.

[9] "Student Suicides Rock Kota: How To Find Your Way Out Of Hopelessness — Guide From A Psychologist". ABP News. 2025-01-12. Retrieved 2025-01-12.

[10] ""What Do You Do Sitting At Home": L&T Chairman Suggests Working Sundays". NDTV. 2025-01-10. Retrieved 2025-01-10.

[11] "India's Modi inaugurates a strategic tunnel in disputed Kashmir". AP News. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.

[12] "Fire burns through multiple tents at Maha Kumbh festival but causes no injuries". AP News. 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-01-20.

[13] "Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan out of danger after being stabbed". BBC India. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

[14] "Bollywood Star Saif Ali Khan Stabbed Multiple Times in Mumbai Home Invasion Attack". Variety. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

[15] "Indian police volunteer convicted of rape, murder of a trainee doctor that led to protests". AP News. 18 January 2025.

[16] "16-Year-Old JEE Aspirant Dies By Suicide In Kota Days Before Exam, Fourth Case This Month". ABP News. 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2025-01-18.

[17] ""Not Rarest Of Rare": RG Kar Rape-Murder Convict Sentenced To Life In Jail - Updates". NDTV. 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-01-20.

[18] "Thirteen passengers killed by another train after fleeing fire rumour alarm". BBC. 23 January 2025.

[19] "2 Student Suicides In Rajasthan's Kota In 24 Hours, Six So Far This Month". NDTV. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[20] "Two coaching students die by suicide within three hours in Kota". Hindustan Times. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[21] "Eight people killed in ordnance factory explosion in western India". Reuters. 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.

[22] "Survivors of India festival stampede recount deadly crush". France 24. Retrieved 2025-01-30.

[23] "Sports Calendar of Activities for the year 2024 – 2025" (PDF). IKF. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

[kn-24] "Kabaddi World Cup set to kickoff in January 2025". Khel Now. 5 April 2024.

[ibt-25] "Nominees of BJP, AGP elected unopposed to two RS seats in Assam". Business Standard. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

[26] "India to host Men's Asia Cup 2025". cricketpakistan.com.pk. 2024-07-28. Retrieved 2024-07-29.

[27] "India to host 2025 FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[28] "With first ever FIH Hockey5s World Cup in the background, EB meets to discuss strategy and development". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

[29] "Renowned cartoonist Harish Chandra Shukla dies of heart attack". The Indian Express. 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2025-01-01.

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Incumbents

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Events

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