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2016 in India

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2016
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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in India.

Incumbents

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President Pranab Mukherjee
Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Chief Justice T. S. Thakur

Governors

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Post Name
Andhra Pradesh E. S. L. Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa (until 9 July)
Tathagata Roy (10 July-12 August)
V. Shanmuganathan (starting 14 September)
Assam Padmanabha Acharya (until 17 August)
Banwarilal Purohit (starting 22 August)
Bihar Ram Nath Kovind
Chhattisgarh Balram Das Tandon
Goa Mridula Sinha
Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli
Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki
Himachal Pradesh Acharya Devvrat
Jammu and Kashmir Draupadi Murmu
Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
Kerala P. Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh Ram Naresh Yadav
Maharashtra V. Shanmuganathan
Manipur Najma A. Heptulla
Meghalaya Kummanam Rajasekharan
Mizoram P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya
Odisha S. C. Jamir
Punjab Kaptan Singh Solanki (until 22 August)
Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore (starting 22 August)
Rajasthan Kalyan Singh
Sikkim Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
Tamil Nadu Konijeti Rosaiah (until 1 September)
C. Vidyasagar Rao (starting 1 September)
Tripura Tathagata Roy
Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik
West Bengal Baby Rani Maurya

Events

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Public holidays

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Publications

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Deaths

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January

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February

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June

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July

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August

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October

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November

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December

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See also

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References

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  57. ^ Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji Attains Samadhi, newindianexpress.com
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