Deaths
- 17 January - Jyoti Basu, 95, former Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1914)
- 2 February
- Salim Ahmed Ghoush (stage name Cochin Haneefa), 58, South Indian film actor and director (b. 1951)
- Naga Vaishnavi, 10, murder victim (b. 2000)
- 10 February - Gireesh Puthenchery, 48, Malayalam lyricist and screenwriter (b. 1961)
- 18 February - Nirmal Pandey, 48, film and television actor (b. 1961)
- 23 April - Sreenath, 53, Malayalam film and television actor (b. 1956)
- 10 May - Mac Mohan, 71, character actor (b. 1938)
- 15 May - Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, 86, 11th Vice President of India (b. 1923)
- 24 May - Tapen Chatterjee, 72, Bengali film actor (b. 1937)
- 14 June - Manohar Malgonkar, 96, author in English (b. 1913)
- 17 June - Anjali Mendes, 64, fashion model (b. 1946)
- 25 June - Viveka Babajee, 37, model and actress (b. 1973)
- 2 July - M.G. Radhakrishnan, 69, Malayalam film music director and Carnatic vocalist (b. 1940)
- 23 July - A. Sreedhara Menon, 84, historian. (b. 1925)
- 27 July - Ravi Baswani, 63, actor (b. 1946)
- 1 August - K. M. Mathew, 93, newspaper editor (Malayala Manorama). (b. 1917)
- 10 August - Leo Pinto, 96, field hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1948). (b. 1914)
- 13 August - Janaki Venkataraman, 89, First Lady (1987–1992) (b. 1921)
- 16 August - Narayan Gangaram Surve, 83, poet. (b. 1926)
- 27 August - Ravindra Kelekar, 85, author, poet and activist. (b. 1925)
- 5 September - Homi Sethna, 86, nuclear scientist and chemical engineer. (b. 1924)
- 8 September - Murali, 46, Tamil actor. (b. 1964)
- 9 September - Venu Nagavally, 61, actor, screenwriter, director in Malayalam film (b. 1949)
- 12 September - Swarnalatha, 37, playback singer. (b. 1973)
- 7 October - A. Venkatachalam, 55, Indian politician
- 8 October - S. S. Chandran, 69, Indian comic actor and politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (2001–2007)
- 20 October - Parthasarathy Sharma, 62, Indian Test cricketer (1974–1977)
- 21 October - A. Ayyappan, 61, Indian poet.
- 2 November - Kalim Sharafi, 85, Indian Bengali language singer.
- 3 November - P. Lal, 81, Indian writer.
- 6 November - Siddhartha Shankar Ray, 90, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–1977), Governor of Punjab (1986–1989)
- 17 November - N. Viswanathan, 81, Indian actor
- 28 November - Mahaveer Prasad, 71, Indian politician
- 23 December - K. Karunakaran, 92, politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala. (b. 1918)
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