Rajya Sabha elections were held in India on 21 July and 8 August 2017 to elect ten members of the Rajya Sabha, replacing those who retired in July and August 2017. In addition to scheduled elections, unforeseen vacancies, caused by members' retirement or death, may also be filled via By-elections.
January 2 - In a landmark 4:3 judgement, the Supreme Court of India held that an appeal for votes during elections on the basis of religion, caste, race, community or language, even that of the electorate, will amount to a ‘corrupt practice’ and call for disqualification of the candidate in any election[2]
January – 2017 pro-Jallikattu protests Hundreds joined and staged protest at Marina beach, Chennai and all over Tamil Nadu in support of conducting Jallikattu.[9]
6 March – Indian Navy's oldest serving aircraft carrier, INS Viraat is decommissioned after 30 years of service.[15]
7 March – Nine people are injured after a planned low intensity explosion in Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train by ISIS. Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad neutralises one terrorist in Lucknow, 8 suspects arrested from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.[16]
11 March – Election results of elections in five states declared by Election Commission.
11 March – 12 CRPF personnel killed in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh.[17]
16 March – Amarinder Singh took oath as the new Chief Minister of Punjab.[20]
18 March – Yogi Adityanath took oath as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
26 March – Lucknow Metro North–south line is expected to be opened.
April - June
1 April – the Gujarat Assembly amended a bill further extending the punishment and fine for Cattle slaughter in India. The punishment was increased to a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of 'life term of a 14 years', and the fine was enhanced to the range of ₹1 lakh – ₹5 lakh.[21][22][23][24]
6 June - Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the state police to take action against cow slaughter and cattle smuggling under the National Security Act and the Gangster Act.[25]
23 June – ISRO puts 31 satellites including 29 satellites from others countries through PSLV C-38 successfully.[28]
July
1 July – Goods and Services Tax (India) Act came into force in India. The India's biggest tax reform in 70 years of independence, was launched at midnight of 30 June 2017. It replaced many Indirect taxes.
10 July – 7 pilgrims killed, 16 injured during Amarnath Yatra in terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag.[29]
11 July – Major landslide occurred in Arunachal Pradesh. 14 people died while many injured[30]
27 July – NDA (JDU + BJP) led government comes in Bihar. Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi took oath as chief minister and vice chief minister of Bihar respectively.[34]
22 August – Supreme Court bans instant triple talaq calling it unconstitutional. Instructed central government to pass law in parliament for triple talaq.[41]
25 August – Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh conviction in rape case leads to violence by Dera Sacha Sauda's followers in Punjab, Haryana. 38 died, 300 injured.[44] Army out, curfew clamped in Punjab, Panchkula, Chandigarh.
28 August – CBI special court sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh 20 years jail in a verdict of a rape case.[45]
28 August – India China agree to end border stand off in Doklam as both nations withdrew their armies from the disputed region.[47]
28 August – Election commission declared by election result of four legislative seats of three states. AAP won Delhi's Bawana, BJP won Goa's Panji and Valpoi, TDP won Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh.[48]
29 August – Flood in the city of Mumbai. Lifeline came to still. The railway malfunctioned due to heavy rains. Mumbai-Pune Express highway closed.
30 August – 290 children have died at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur due to lack of oxygen.[49]
31 August - A three-story building collapsed in Mumbai, 32 died.[50]
31 August - Switzerland president Doris Leuthard visited India for a bilateral talk.[51]
31 August - ISRO launch of navigation satellite IRNSS 1H failed after heat shield does not detach.[52]
September
1 September – Union Skill Development Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Minister of State for Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey resigned ahead of a cabinet reshuffle.
Indian Economy is expected to surpass United Kingdom Economy in 2017 according to new International Monitory Fund report due to 20% drop in pound and Brexit. Thus India will become world's sixth strongest economy.[70][71]
GSAT-7A military communication, GSAT-9 multi brand communication, GSAT-11 geostationary communications satellites launched by ISRO.
ISRO launched GSAT-17 and GSAT-19E communications satellites.
Indian Air Force may get S-400 Triumph Missile System by 2017.[citation needed]
16 February – Krishnaraj Sriram, 43, first-class cricketer for Karnataka (born 1973)[91]
17 February – Ved Prakash Sharma, 61, writer of novels and screenplays in Hindi (born 1955)[92]
18 February – Jambuwantrao Dhote, 77, former MP and MLA from Maharashtra (born 1939)[93]
20 February – Antony Mitradas, 103, film director in Tamil, Malayalam and Sinhalese (born 1913)[94]
26 February – Mushi Santappa, 93, polymer chemist, leather technologist, former vice chancellor of Sri Venkateswara University and the University of Madras (born 1923)[95]
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