The following is a list of events for the year 2024 in India.
Incumbents
National government Position Name Image President of India Droupadi Murmu(Age ) Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar(Age ) Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi(Age ) Chief Justice of IndiaDhananjaya Y. Chandrachud(Age ) Sanjiv Khanna(Age ) (from 11 November 2024) Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla(Age ) Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar(Age ) Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan(Age ) Governor of Reserve Bank of India Shaktikanta Das(Age ) Sanjay Malhotra (Age ) (from 11 December 2024) Lok Sabha 18th Lok Sabha (from 24 June 2024)
State governments StateGovernorChief MinisterPartyPolitical allianceChief JusticeAndhra PradeshS. Abdul NazeerN. Chandrababu NaiduTDPN.D.A.Dhiraj Singh ThakurArunachal PradeshKaiwalya Trivikram ParnaikPema KhanduBJPVijay BishnoiAssamLakshman Prasad AcharyaHimanta Biswa SarmaVijay BishnoiBiharArif Mohammad KhanNitish KumarJD(U)K. Vinod ChandranChhattisgarhRamen DekaVishnu Deo SaiBJPRamesh SinhaGoaP. S. Sreedharan PillaiPramod SawantDevendra Kumar UpadhyayaGujaratBhupendrabhai PatelSunita AgarwalHaryanaNayab Singh SainiSheel NaguHimachal PradeshShiv Pratap ShuklaSukhvinder Singh SukhuINCI.N.D.I.AM. S. Ramachandra RaoJharkhandSantosh Kumar GangwarHemant SorenJMMShree Chandrashekhar (Acting)KarnatakaThawar Chand GehlotSiddaramaiahINCNilay Vipinchandra AnjariaKeralaRajendra ArlekarPinarayi VijayanCPI(M)Ashish Jitendra DesaiMadhya PradeshMangubhai PatelMohan YadavBJPN.D.A.Suresh Kumar KaitMaharashtraC.P. RadhakrishnanDevendra FadnavisBJPDevendra Kumar UpadhyayaManipurAjay Kumar BhallaN. Biren SinghBJPSiddharth MridulMeghalayaC. H. VijayashankarConrad SangmaNPPS. VaidyanathanMizoramV. K. SinghLalduhomaZPMRegional Vijay BishnoiNagalandLa. GanesanNeiphiu RioNDPPN.D.A.Vijay BishnoiOdishaKambhampati Hari BabuMohan Charan Majhi BJPN.D.A.Chakradhari Sharan SinghPunjabGulab Chand KatariaBhagwant MannAAPI.N.D.I.ASheel NaguRajasthanHaribhau Kisanrau BagdeBhajan Lal SharmaBJPN.D.A.Manindra Mohan ShrivastavaSikkimOm Prakash MathurPrem Singh TamangSKMBiswanath SomadderTamil NaduR. N. RaviM. K. StalinDMKI.N.D.I.ASanjay V. GangapurwalaTelanganaJishnu Dev VermaRevanth ReddyINCAlok AradheTripuraN. Indrasena ReddyManik SahaBJPN.D.A.Aparesh Kumar SinghUttar PradeshAnandiben PatelYogi AdityanathArun BhansaliUttarakhandGurmit SinghPushkar Singh DhamiRitu BahriWest BengalC. V. Ananda BoseMamata BanerjeeAITCI.N.D.I.AT. S. Sivagnanam
Events January 1 January - ISRO successfully launches its first X-Ray polarimeter satellite XPoSat to study the polarization of intense X-Ray sources in space. 2 January - 2023–2024 Indian truckers' protests: Protests are organized by Indian truckers against the severity of the newly proposed law in dealing with the hit-and-run cases. 3 January - A court in Jaunpur sentences two men to death over the 2005 Jaunpur train bombing which killed 14 people. A bus carrying 45 passengers collides with a truck in Golaghat district in Assam killing 12 and injuring 30 others. 5 January - 2024 Sandeshkhali violence: A team of ED officers are injured in clashes with local supporters of Shahjahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali, West Bengal. 6 January - ISRO's Aditya-L1 spacecraft on India's first solar mission, successfully enters its final orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1), approximately 1.5 million kilometers from the earth. Three Maldives government ministers (Maryam Shiuna, Malsha Shareef and Mahzoom Majid) make derogatory remarks against the Indian Prime Minister on social media, causing massive backlash and tourism boycott in India, and triggering the 2024 India-Maldives diplomatic row, which forced the Maldivian government to suspend the ministers. 7 January - Tribal protests are held in Hasdeo Arand, Chhattisgarh against the felling of four lakh trees at the Parsa Coal Mines, operated by Adani Group and Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam. 12 January - Prime Minister Modi inaugurates Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, the longest bridge in India that connects Mumbai with Navi Mumbai. 14 January - Rahul Gandhi commences his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Imphal, Manipur. 22 January - Ram Mandir Prana Pratishtha: The Ram Mandir at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh is inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 25 January - French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Jaipur as part of his two-day state visit to India and holds a joint roadshow with Indian Prime Minister Modi from Jantar Mantar to Sanganeri gate. 26 January - India's 75th Republic Day is celebrated with French President Macron participating as the Chief Guest. 28 January - 2024 Bihar political crisis: Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar resigns, ending the coalition with the INDIA bloc and takes oath as the Chief Minister for the ninth time by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA. 29 January - An 18 year old JEE aspirant dies by suicide in Kota, Rajasthan leaving behind a suicide note. 30 January - Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are killed and 14 others injured in a Naxal attack near Tekalgudem village in Chhattisgarh. The historic Masjid Akhonji in Mehrauli, Delhi, is demolished by the Delhi Development Authority. 31 January - Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren is arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to a land scam.
February 2 February - Champai Soren takes oath as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand following the arrest of Hemant Soren. 6 February - An explosion at a firecracker factory in Harda, Madhya Pradesh, leaves 11 dead, over 100 injured and destroys 60 nearby houses, leading to the evacuation of over 100 houses. The Election Commission of India recognises Ajit Pawar's faction as the official Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and grants his faction the party's poll symbol and name, while directing Sharad Pawar's camp to take a new name. 7 February - The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly passes the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) bill 2024, making Uttarakhand the first state in India to pass a law on the same. 8 February - 2024 Haldwani violence: Four people are killed and over 100 are injured after clashes break out between rioters and police in Haldwani, Uttarakhand after the demolition of an illegal madrasa following a court order, prompting the suspension of internet services, closure of schools, and issuance of shoot-at-sight orders against the rioters. 12 February - Seven of the eight Indian Navy veterans who were released after being initially sentenced to death on espionage charges in Qatar, reach India. 2024 Indian farmers' protest: Second round of protests and road blockades by farmers begin in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, demanding Minimum Support Price and waiver of agricultural loans. 15 February - A unanimous judgement by the constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India strikes down the Electoral bond scheme, stating it to be unconstitutional, arbitrary and violation of right to information under article 19 of the Constitution. A fire breaks out at a paint factory in Alipur, Delhi, resulting in 11 deaths and 4 injuries. 17 February - ISRO launches the INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite. 2024 Virudhunagar explosions: A firecracker factory explosion in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, leaves 10 dead and seven injured. 23 February – 2024 Indian farmers' protest: A farmer dies amidst the ongoing protests, raising the death toll to five. 24 February – A tractor carrying a wagon loaded with Hindu pilgrims overturns and falls into a pond in Kasganj District, Uttar Pradesh, killing 23 people and injuring nine. 25 February – Former MLA and then INLD state president Nafe Singh Rathee is shot and killed in Bahadurgarh, Jhajjar district, Haryana. 27 February - 2024 Rajya Sabha elections: Elections are held to elect 65 of the 245 members of Rajya Sabha with the BJP winning 32 seats, two more than what it held previously at the expense of Indian National Congress, whose candidates lost in Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh due to cross voting of legislators from the Congress and the Samajwadi Party.
March 1 March – 2024 Bangalore Cafe bombing: At least eight people are injured after an improvised explosive device explodes in a café in Bengaluru. 9 March – Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of the general elections. The Miss World 2023 pageant is held in Mumbai. 11 March – The union government announces the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which enables persecuted minority communities from select religions (including Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Christians, Buddhists, and Parsis) from India's neighboring countries Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh to acquire Indian citizenship. 12 March – The State Bank of India submits the data about electoral bonds before the Election Commission after the Supreme Court dismissed its plea seeking an extension up to 30 June for disclosing details about electoral bonds. 14 March – The Election Commission publishes data on electoral bonds submitted by the State Bank. 16 March – Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announces the schedule for the upcoming general elections. 19 March – Two children are attacked and killed in Budaun with the suspect killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh Police. 21 March – Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. 26 March – Sonam Wangchuk ends his 21-day hunger strike demanding statehood for Ladakh. Two Chinese nationals are arrested by the Indian Police near the India–Nepal border after they were intercepted entering Uttar Pradesh illegally.
April 3 April – Seven people, including two children are killed in a fire at a tailoring shop in Aurangabad. 12 April – Two suspects in the March café bombing in Bengaluru are arrested in Kolkata. 14 April – The BJP launches its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election titled ‘Sankalp Patra’ (Resolution Letter). 16 April – At least six people are killed and three others are reported missing after a boat capsizes along the Jhelum River in Srinagar. 2024 Kanker clash: Twenty-nine Naxalites are killed and three members of the security forces are injured during a police raid in Kanker District, Chhattisgarh. 19 April–1 June - 2024 Indian general election: First of the seven phases of polling begins to elect members to the 18th Lok Sabha with the election expected to be the largest in history. 19 April – 2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 2024 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election A restaurant fire that spreads to an adjacent hotel in Patna kills six people and injures 20. 29 April – 2024 Indian heat wave: Two more people die in South India as a heatwave sweeps across India.
May 1 May – 2024 Indian bomb hoaxes: About 150 schools in Delhi receive bomb threats, prompting evacuation and closure of schools in the region. 4 May – Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar rejects comments made by US President Joe Biden saying that India's economic growth was being held back by xenophobia. 9 May – Air India Express cancels more than 85 flights due to staff calling in sick, linked to a protest against working conditions imposed by the new owner Tata Group. 10 May – The Supreme Court grants Arvind Kejriwal interim bail in connection with the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case thus permitting him to campaign in general elections. Security forces kill 12 Maoists in Chhattisgarh. 13 May - 1 June – 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election 13 May – Mumbai hoarding collapse: 17 people are killed and 74 others are injured after an illegal hoarding collapses onto a gas station during a storm in the Ghatkopar suburb of Mumbai. 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.