2018 in India

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Events in the year 2018 in the Republic of India.

Government of India[edit]

Central government[edit]

Photo Post Name
Ram Nath Kovind official portrait.jpg President of India Ram Nath Kovind
Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg Vice-President of India

Chairman of Rajya Sabha

Venkaiah Naidu
PM Modi 2015.jpg Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
CJI Ranjan gogoi.jpg Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi
Om Birla Member of Parliament Rajasthan India.jpg Speaker of the Lok Sabha Om Birla
Media address by Chief Election Commissioner of India, Shri Sunil Arora on 2nd December 2018 (cropped).jpg Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora

State governments[edit]

State Governor Chief Minister Chief Justice
Andhra Pradesh E.S.L Narasimhan Nara Chandra Babu Naidu Ranganathan(Hyderabad High Court)
Arunachal Pradesh B. D. Mishra Pema Khandu Ajit Singh (Gauhati High Court)
Assam Jagdish Mukhi Sarbananda Sonowal Ajit Singh (Gauhati High Court)
Bihar Lalji Tandon Nitish Kumar Rajendra Menon (Patna High Court)
Chhattisgarh Anandiben Patel Bhupesh Baghel T. B Radhakrishnan
Goa Mridula Sinha Manohar Parrikar Manjula Chellur
Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Vijay Rupani R. Subhash Reddy
Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki Manohar Lal Khattar Shiavax Jal Vazifdar
Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat Jai Ram Thakur Sanjay Karol (Acting)
Jammu and Kashmir Satyapal Malik president's rule Badar Durrez Ahmed
Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu Raghubar Das Dhirubhai N. Patel (Acting)
Karnataka Vajubhai Vala H.D.Kumaraswamy H. G. Ramesh (Acting)
Kerala P. Sathasivam Pinarayi Vijayan Antony Dominic (Acting)
Madhya Pradesh Om Prakash Kohli (Additional charge) Kamal Nath Hemant Gupta
Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Devendra Fadnavis Manjula Chellur
Manipur Najma Heptulla N. Biren Singh N. Kotiswar Singh (Acting)
Meghalaya Ganga Prasad Mukul Sangma Dinesh Maheshwari
Mizoram Nirbhay Sharma Zoramthanga Ajit Singh
Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya Neiphiu Rio Ajit Singh
Odisha Ganeshi Lal Naveen Patnaik Vineet Saran
Punjab V. P. Singh Badnore Amarinder Singh Shiavax Jal Vazifdar
Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Vasundhara Raje Pradeep Nandrajog
Sikkim Shriniwas Patil Pawan Kumar Chamling Satish K. Agnihotri
Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit Edappadi K. Palaniswami Indira Banerjee
Telangana E. S. L. Narasimhan (Additional charge) K. Chandrashekar Rao Ramesh Ranganathan (Acting)
Tripura Tathagata Roy Biplab Kumar Deb Tinlianthang Vaiphei
Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Yogi Adityanath Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale
Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul Trivendra Singh Rawat K. M. Joseph
West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi Mamata Banerjee Jyotirmay Bhattacharya (Acting)

Elections[edit]

Following elections were scheduled to take place in various states of the country

Events[edit]

  • National income - 188,869,569 million

January - March[edit]

April - June[edit]

July - September[edit]

October - December[edit]

Sports[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

India vs Australia test series 2018

In Men's Hockey World Cup 2018 Belgium won the tournament for the first time after defeating the Netherlands 3–2 in the final on a penalty shoot-out after a 0–0 draw. Defending champions Australia won the third place match by defeating England 8–1.[4]

Publications[edit]

Deaths[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

  • September 17 – Captain Raju, 68, military officer and actor

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

References[edit]

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  3. "Telangana farmers to get uninterrupted power supply from today". The Hans India. January 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  4. "Maharashtra caste clash: Several schools and colleges shut in Mumbai – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
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  6. "Pune's Dalit Violence Reaches Mumbai, Riot Police Called In: 10 Updates". NDTV.com. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
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  12. "GDP growth may slow down to 6.5% in FY18". The Economic Times. 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
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  43. Radha Vishwanathan, daughter of M.S. Subbulakshmi, dies at 83
  44. Pandit Ulhas Bapat, santoor maestro and close associate of RD Burman, dies at 67
  45. Kapil Mohan, creator of the iconic Old Monk rum, passes away at 88
  46. Atomic scientist professor Baldev Raj passes away
  47. Lagaan actor Shrivallabh Vyas dies at 60
  48. Five Powerlifters Including World Champion Saksham Yadav Killed In Car Accident in Delhi
  49. Veteran Hindi writer Doodhnath Singh passes away at 81[permanent dead link]
  50. Satnam Kainth, now Punjab Congress VP and BSP’s LoP in 1992, passes away
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  52. Sarod player Buddhadev Dasgupta dies in Kolkata
  53. Former Union Minister Raghunath Jha passes away in Delhi
  54. Veteran journalist and writer Gnani Sankaran passes away
  55. Bishop Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil
  56. Veteran Kannada actor Kashinath passes away in Bengaluru
  57. Legendary cartoonist Chandi Lahiri passes away
  58. "Former MP Assembly Speaker Sriniwas Tiwari no more". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. January 19, 2018 – via Business Standard.
  59. Architect Hasmukh Patel dies at 84
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  61. "City Obituary – Old Delhi's Living Encyclopedia, Naseem Mirza Changezi, Dies at 108, 1910-2018". April 12, 2018.
  62. Noted artist Ram Kumar passes away
  63. "Veteran actor Anita Das passes away". The New Indian Express. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  64. "Kalaignar bids goodbye: One of TN's last tall leaders, M Karunanidhi passes away". The News Minute. August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
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