2026 in India

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The following is a list of events for the year 2026 in India.

Incumbents

National government

Position	Name	Image	Since
President of India	Droupadi Murmu (Age 67)		25 July 2022
Vice-President of India/ Chairman of Rajya Sabha	C. P. Radhakrishnan (Age 68)		12 September 2025
Prime Minister of India	Narendra Modi (Age 75)		26 May 2014
Chief Justice of India	Surya Kant (Age 63)		24 November 2025
Speaker of the Lok Sabha	Om Birla (Age 63)		19 June 2019
Chief Election Commissioner of India	Gyanesh Kumar (Age 61)		19 February 2025
Chief of Defence Staff	Anil Chauhan (Age 64)		30 September 2022
Governor of Reserve Bank of India	Sanjay Malhotra (Age 57)		11 December 2024
Lok Sabha	18th Lok Sabha		4 June 2024

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			Vijay Bishnoi
Bihar	Arif Mohammad Khan	Nitish Kumar	JD(U)		K. Vinod Chandran
Chhattisgarh	Ramen Deka	Vishnu Deo Sai	BJP		Ramesh Sinha
Goa	Ashok Gajapathi Raju	Pramod Sawant			Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya
Gujarat	Acharya Dev Vrat	Bhupendrabhai Patel			Sunita Agarwal
Haryana	Ashim Kumar Ghosh	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		M. S. Ramachandra Rao
Karnataka	Thawar Chand Gehlot	Siddaramaiah	INC		Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria
Kerala	Rajendra Arlekar	Pinarayi Vijayan	CPI(M)		Nitin Madhukar Jamdar
Madhya Pradesh	Mangubhai Patel	Mohan Yadav	BJP	N.D.A.	Suresh Kumar Kait
Maharashtra	Acharya Devvrat	Devendra Fadnavis	BJP		Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya
Manipur	Ajay Kumar Bhalla	President's rule	BJP		Siddharth Mridul
Meghalaya	C. H. Vijayashankar	Conrad Sangma	NPP		S. Vaidyanathan
Mizoram	V. K. Singh	Lalduhoma	ZPM	Regional	Vijay Bishnoi
Nagaland	Ajay Kumar Bhalla	Neiphiu Rio	NPF	N.D.A.	Vijay Bishnoi
Odisha	Kambhampati Hari Babu	Mohan Charan Majhi	BJP		Chakradhari Sharan Singh
Punjab	Gulab Chand Kataria	Bhagwant Mann	AAP	Regional	Sheel Nagu
Rajasthan	Haribhau Kisanrau Bagde	Bhajan Lal Sharma	BJP	N.D.A.	Manindra Mohan Shrivastava
Sikkim	Om Prakash Mathur	Prem Singh Tamang	SKM		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		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			Manoj Kumar Gupta
West Bengal	C. V. Ananda Bose	Mamata Banerjee	AITC	I.N.D.I.A	T. S. Sivagnanam

Union territory governments

State	Lieutenant governor and Administrators	Chief Minister	Party	Political alliance	Chief Justice
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant governor)	N	N	N	T. S. Sivagnanam (Calcutta High Court)
Chandigarh	Gulab Chand Kataria (Administrators)	N	N	N	Sheel Nagu (Punjab and Haryana High Court)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Praful Khoda Patel (Administrators)	N	N	N	Alok Aradhe (Bombay High Court)
Delhi	Vinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant governor)	Rekha Gupta	BJP	N.D.A.	Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya (Delhi High Court)
Jammu and Kashmir	Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant governor)	Omar Abdullah	JKNC	I.N.D.I.A	Arun Palli (High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh)
Ladakh	Kavinder Gupta (Lieutenant governor)	N	N	N	Arun Palli (High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh)
Lakshadweep	Praful Khoda Patel (Administrators)	N	N	N	Nitin Madhukar Jamdar (Kerala High Court)
Puducherry	Kuniyil Kailashnathan (Lieutenant governor)	N. Rangaswamy	AINRC	N.D.A.	Kalpathi Rajendran Shriram (Madras High Court)

Events

January

• 2 January – At least 14 people die and several people are hospitalised after drinking contaminated water in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.^[1][2][3]
• 5 January – A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Assam, injuring three people.^[4]
• 9 January –
  • Fourteen people are killed and over 30 others are injured when a bus falls into a gorge near Nahan, Himachal Pradesh.^[5]
  • At least 20 people are reported killed after being attacked by a single wild elephant roaming the forests of West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand since 1 January.^[6]

Scheduled Events

• February 7 – March 8: 2026 Men's T20 World Cup.
• April – June – November: 2026 Rajya Sabha elections.
• March – April 2026: 2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election.
• April – May 2026: 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
• April – May 2026: 2026 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election.
• April – May 2026: 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.
• April – May 2026: 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.

Deaths

January

• 2 January –
  • Shyam Bihari Lal, 60, politician, MLA, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (since 2017).^[7]
  • Ashok Gajanan Modak, 85, politician, Maharashtra MLC (1994–2006) and academic.^[8]
• 4 January –
  • L. Ganesan, 91, politician, MP (1980-1986, 2004-2009).^[9]
  • Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo, 79, historian and archaeologist.^[10]
• 6 January –
  • Suresh Kalmadi, 81, politician, MP (1982–2014) and president of the IOA (1996–2011) and sports administrator.^[11]
  • V. K. Ebrahimkunju, 73, politician, Kerala MLA (2011–2021).^[12]
• 7 January –
  • Madhav Gadgil, 83, ecologist.^[13]
  • Kabindra Purkayastha, 94, politician, MP (1991–2014).^[14]
• 8 January –
  • Vijay Singh Gond, 68, politician, Uttar Pradesh MLA (1980–2007, since 2024).^[15]
  • Meinam Bhorot Singh, 75, politician, Manipur MLA (2002–2007).^[16]
  • Khawlhring Lalremruata, 38, cricketer (Mizoram).^[17]
• 10 January – Davinder Singh, 73, field hockey player, Olympic champion (1980).^[18]
• 11 January –
  • Prashant Tamang, 43, singer (Indian Idol) and actor (Paatal Lok).^[19]
  • Samir Putatundu, 73, politician.^[20]
• 12 January – Jayashree Kabir, 73, actress (Pratidwandi, Simana Periye, Rupali Saikate).^[21]
• 13 January –
  • Indira Devi Dhanrajgir, 95, poet and socialite.^[22]
  • Bir Bhadra Hagjer, 75, politician, Assam MLA (2016–2021).^[23]
• 16 January – Bheemanna Khandre, 100, Karnataka MLA (1962–1972, 1978–1985).^[24]

References

1. "Indore Water Contamination Death Toll Rises To 10; Lab Tests Detect E. coli, Fecal Bacteria". Times Now. 2 January 2026. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
2. "How water contamination in Indore killed residents, including 6-month-old". Firstpost. 2 January 2026. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
3. "Indore water contamination: Mayor says informed of 10 deaths". The Hindu. PTI. 2 January 2026. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
4. "5.1-magnitude quake hits NE, 3 hurt in Assam". Times of India. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
5. "Himachal bus tragedy: 14 killed, over 30 injured as bus falls into gorge in Sirmaur, PM Modi reacts". Hindustan Times. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
6. "Elephant kills 20 in Indian state as rescue efforts continue". BBC. 12 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
7. "Shyam Bihari Lal, BJP MLA from UP dies after suffering cardiac arrest during meeting". The Economic Times. 2 January 2026. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
8. "Former MLC Ashok Modak passes away at 85". Newsdrum. 3 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
9. "Veteran Dravidian ideologue L. Ganesan no more". The Hindu. 4 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
10. "Khariar King Jitamitra Prasad Singh Deo Passes Away at 80". Pragativadi. 4 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
11. "Suresh Kalmadi, former Union Minister and Congress leader, passes away at 81". The Hindu. 6 January 2026. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
12. "V.K. Ebrahim Kunju, IUML leader and former Kerala Minister, passes away". The Hindu. 6 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
13. "Madhav Gadgil (1942-2026)". The Hindu. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
14. "Assam BJP leader Kabindra Purkayastha dies at 94". The Hindu. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
15. "Vijay Singh Gond, SP's 8-term MLA, dies at 68". The Times of India. 9 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
16. "Manipur BJP leader Meinam Bhorot Singh dies after prolonged illness in Imphal". Hindustan Times. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
17. "'Big loss': Former Ranji Trophy player collapses, dies during cricket match; BCCI mourns". The Times of India. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
18. "Hockey Olympian Davinder Singh Garcha passes away". The Tribune. 10 January 2026. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
19. "'Indian Idol 3' winner and 'Paatal Lok' actor Prashant Tamang dies at 43". The Hindu. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
20. Mitra, Atri (12 January 2026). "Samir Putatundu, West Bengal Left leader who joined Mamata Banerjee for Singur, passes away at 74". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
21. Hasan, Bulbul (15 January 2026). "Renowned actress Jayasree Kabir passes away in London". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
22. Banerjee, Mrittika (14 January 2026). "Regal Nizam-era Socialite Indira Devi Passes Away". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
23. "Assam: Retired IAS officer Bir Bhadra Hagjer passes away at 75". NorthEast Now. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
24. "Veteran Congress leader Bheemanna Khandre passes away". The Hindu. 16 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.

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