2 January – First three Uttar Pradesh rail accidents: Three train accidents occur in Uttar Pradesh amid thick fog. Ten people died in the accidents and 45 others were injured.
9 January – 2009 attacks on Indian students in Australia: An Indian man is set on fire in Melbourne, Australia, in the latest in a series of attacks on Indian nationals in the country.{{cite web|author=Robyn Grace |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/indian-man-set-on-fire-in-melbourne-attack-20100109-lzq2.html |title=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=9 January 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/460270_29-year-old-Indian-set-on-fire-in-Melbourne|title=Site Under Construction|agency=Press Trust of India}}{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h7wbvqRvJ1oB2eymmh8F2-AmkkHA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112100050/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h7wbvqRvJ1oB2eymmh8F2-AmkkHA |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 January 2010 |title=AFP |date=9 January 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}
16 January – Fourth Uttar Pradesh rail accident: two express trains collide in thick fog in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Three people died in the accident and around a dozen were injured.
17 January – Fifth Uttar Pradesh rail accidents: A car hit by a train at an unmanned crossing in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh. Two of the six people in the car died and four got injured.
22 January – Sixth Uttar Pradesh rail accidents: A goods train derailed near Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, disrupting rail traffic in the region. No one was injured in the accident.
25 January – Environment ministers from the G4 bloc (IBSA Dialogue Forum & China) meet in New Delhi, India, to agree a common position ahead of future climate change talks.
30 January – 12 people drown and at least 20 other went missing after a boat accident in West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh in India.{{cite news|author=G. Nagaraja |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article97319.ece |work=The Hindu |title=11 pilgrims killed, several others feared dead in boat capsize |date=30 January 2010 |access-date=7 August 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0130/127001-india/ |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |date=30 January 2010 |title=12 dead as boat capsizes in India |access-date=7 August 2014}}

=February=

5 February – The last native of India's Andaman Islands fluent in the Aka-Bo language dies, rendering the language extinct. {{cn|date=May 2020}}
8 February – At least 17 Indian soldiers are killed in an avalanche in Kashmir.{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/jk-avalanche-rescue-operations-called-off-17-jawans-1-officer-die/577123/ |work=The Indian Express|date=9 February 2010 |title=17 killed as avalanche hits Army camp |access-date=7 August 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8504034.stm |publisher=BBC |date=8 February 2010 |title=Kashmir avalanche kills 17 soldiers, Indian army says |access-date=7 August 2014}}
13 February – 2010 Pune bombing: a bomb exploded at the German Bakery in the city of Pune in western India, killing 17 people and injuring at least 60 others. Two little known groups calling themselves the Lashkar-e-Taiba Al Alami and the Mujahideen Islami Muslim Front claimed they were behind the bomb attack. However, according to government agencies, the attack could have been part of a project by Lashkar-e-Taiba to use the Indian Mujahideen, called the 'Karachi project'. David Coleman Headley a Pakistani-American terror suspect has been accused of involvement in the project.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8514232.stm |publisher=BBC |date=14 February 2010 |title=India restaurant bomb blast kills nine in Pune |access-date=7 August 2014}}
15 February – Silda camp attack: A Naxalite attack on an army camp in West Bengal kills 24 Indian soldiers, with many more reported missing.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maoist-attack-chidambaram-accepts-failure/article1-509356.aspx |work=Hindustan Times |date=16 February 2010 |title=Maoist attack: Chidambaram accepts failure |access-date=7 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313092754/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maoist-attack-chidambaram-accepts-failure/article1-509356.aspx |archive-date=13 March 2014 }}
17 February – 2010 Jalaun district bus crash: At least 22 people are killed in a bus crash in Northern India.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/17/2822851.htm?section=justin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221024509/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/17/2822851.htm?section=justin|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2010|title=Bus crash kills wedding guests|work=ABC News}}

=March=

3 March – Three are killed in Indian Navy air show crash in Hyderabad, India.{{cite news |author=Marri Ramu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article125469.ece |work=The Hindu|date=3 March 2010 |title=2 pilots killed in Hyderabad air crash |access-date=7 August 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8546735.stm |publisher=BBC |date=3 March 2010 |title=India navy plane crashes at air show, killing pilots |access-date=7 August 2014}}
4 March – 2010 Pratapgarh stampede: At least 63 people die after a stampede at a Hindu temple in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh.{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100304/ts_afp/indiareligionaccidentstampede |title=Yahoo News |access-date=7 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307222454/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100304/ts_afp/indiareligionaccidentstampede |archive-date=7 March 2010 }}
12 March – Russia signs a nuclear reactor deal with India which will see it build 16 nuclear reactors in India.
23 March – A fire tears through at a combined residential and office building in Kolkata, India, killing 24 people, including two who leapt to their deaths.{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/story/767695/fire-kills-24-as-victims-leap-to-their-deaths |publisher=Sky News |date=24 March 2010 |title=Fire Kills 24 As Victims Leap To Their Deaths |access-date=7 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227050625/http://news.sky.com/story/767695/fire-kills-24-as-victims-leap-to-their-deaths |archive-date=27 February 2014 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.lbc.co.uk/fire-kills-24-as-victims-leap-to-their-deaths-22221 |title=LBS |access-date=7 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325173134/http://www.lbc.co.uk/fire-kills-24-as-victims-leap-to-their-deaths-22221 |archive-date=25 March 2010 }}
27 March – India test fires two short range missiles, the Dhanush and Prithvi II.{{cite news |author=Y.Mallikarjun |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article306715.ece |work=The Hindu|date=27 March 2010 |title=Dhanush, Prithvi-II test-fired successfully |access-date=7 August 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2010-03/27/c_13226796.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330075726/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2010-03/27/c_13226796.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 March 2010 |agency=Xinhua News Agency |date=27 March 2010 |title=India successfully testfires two short-range ballistic missiles |access-date=7 August 2014}}
30 March – Somali pirates hijack 8 Indian vessels abducting 120 sailors, biggest abduction count till date, off the coast of Kismayo.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Somali-pirates-capture-120-Indian-sailors/articleshow/5741365.cms |work=The Times of India|date=30 March 2010 |title=Somali pirates capture 120 Indian sailors |access-date=7 August 2014}}

=April=

1 April – The Indian government initiates The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act to provide free and compulsory education to all children aged between 6 and 14 years, making education a fundamental right for millions of children.{{cite news |author=Aarti Dhar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article337111.ece |work=The Hindu |date=1 April 2010 |title=Education is a fundamental right now |access-date=7 August 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8598167.stm |publisher=BBC |date=1 April 2010 |title=India launches children's right to education |access-date=7 August 2014}}
1 April – India launches its new 2011 biometric census, the largest census in the world.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Counting-a-billion-India-begins-new-census |title=Counting a billion India begins new census |access-date=7 August 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8598159.stm |publisher=BBC |date=1 April 2010 |title=India launches biometric census |access-date=7 August 2014}}
3 April – At least 10 Indian security personnel are killed and three injured when Maoist guerrillas blow up a police bus in Odisha's Koraput district.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/10-security-personnel-killed-as-Maoists-blow-up-police-bus-in-Orissa |title=10 security personnel killed as Maoists blow up police bus in Orissa |access-date=7 August 2014}}
6 April – 2010 Dantewada ambush: At least 70 Indian soldiers are killed in an attack by Naxalites in the Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/75-security-personnel-killed-in-Chhattisgarh-Maoist-ambush/articleshow/5765722.cms |work=The Times of India|date=6 April 2010 |title=75 security personnel killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist ambush |access-date=7 August 2014}}
13 April – 2010 Eastern Indian storm: At least 140 people were killed in eastern India after a powerful storm demolished thousands of homes in West Bengal. {{citeweb| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8619222.stm|title=At least 100 killed in India-Bangladesh storm|publisher=BBC News|date=14 April 2010}} Nearly 500,000 people were left homeless or otherwise affected by the storm.{{cite web|publisher=Thomson Reuters Foundation |url=http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/55867/2010/03/16-153544-1.htm |title=Indian tornado deaths rise, survivors wait for aid |website=AlertNet |access-date=7 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100419222842/http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/55867/2010/03/16-153544-1.htm |archive-date=19 April 2010}}
15 April – The maiden flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.II, India's first launch with an indigenous cryogenic upper stage, ends in failure, resulting in the loss of the GSAT-4 satellite.{{cite news |author=T.S.Subramanian |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/article398070.ece |work=The Hindu |date=15 April 2010 |title=India's own cryogenic rocket launch fails |access-date=7 August 2014}}
17 April – Twin bombs injure eight people outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore ahead of an IPL-3 league game between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Mumbai Indians. A third device is located outside.{{cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/2-blasts-outside-ipl-venue-in-bangalore-another-bomb-defused-show-goes-on/607965/ |work=The Indian Express|date=18 April 2010 |title=2 blasts outside IPL venue in Bangalore, another bomb defused, show goes on |access-date=7 August 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8626992.stm |publisher=BBC |date=17 April 2010 |title=Bomb strikes IPL cricket match in Bangalore, police say |access-date=7 August 2014}}
21 April - 2010 Mirchpur caste violence: Jat villagers in Mirchpur riot against the Balmiki Dalit population, killing two and injuring 51.{{Cite web|title=Mirchpur Dalit Killings: Delhi HC Dismisses Appeal of 15, Convicts Another 20|url=https://thewire.in/caste/mirchpur-dalit-killings-delhi-hc-dismisses-appeal-of-15-convicts-another-20|access-date=2020-10-29|website=The Wire}}
27 April – India arrests a woman working at its embassy in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on charges of espionage.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Woman-diplomat-accused-of-passing-secrets-to-Pakistan-arrested/articleshow/5863761.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811061450/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-04-27/india/28130822_1_madhuri-gupta-pakistani-spy-woman-diplomat |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2011 |date=27 April 2010|work=The Times of India |title=Woman diplomat accused of passing secrets to Pakistan, arrested |access-date=7 August 2014}}

=May=

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3 May – Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is found guilty of murder, conspiracy, and waging war against India.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfCYOKxkJou-hpK6D9bq_8zIZ9hAD9FFAI500 |title=The Associated Press: Indian court convicts Pakistani for Mumbai siege|access-date=3 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508215142/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfCYOKxkJou-hpK6D9bq_8zIZ9hAD9FFAI500 |archive-date=8 May 2010 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/kasab-guilty-says-2611-verdict-2-indians-acquitted-22835.php |title=Kasab guilty says 26/11 verdict, 2 Indians acquitted |publisher=NDTV |date=3 May 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}
6 May – Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving member of a group responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is sentenced to death.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8664179.stm |work=BBC News |title=Mumbai gunman sentenced to death |date=6 May 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803205243/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8664179.stm |archive-date=3 August 2010 |url-status=live}}
7 May – May 2010 Kashmir skirmishes: 5 insurgents and 2 soldiers die in a gunbattle between islamic terrorists and Indian security forces in Kashmir.
7–9 May – India International Light Fair & India International Sign Show in Mumbai.
8 May – Naxalite rebels blow up a bullet-proof vehicle of the Central Reserve Police Force in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, killing seven officers.{{cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/644997_Seven-CRPF-jawans-killed-in-Naxal-attack-in-Bijapur|title=Site Under Construction|agency=Press Trust of India}}
10 May – Acharya Shri Mahashraman was declared the 11th Acharya of Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Sect
16 May – Maoist guerrillas kill six villagers in an alleged revenge attack in Chhattisgarh.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Six-civilians-two-Maoists-killed-in-Chhattisgarh/H1-Article3-544342.aspx |title=Six civilians, two Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=7 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064301/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Six-civilians-two-Maoists-killed-in-Chhattisgarh/H1-Article3-544342.aspx |archive-date=6 June 2011 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jZkSPT5PFJ8RooKIE6sHFMC34zTg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521064045/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jZkSPT5PFJ8RooKIE6sHFMC34zTg |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 May 2010 |title=Maoist kill eight villagers in 'revenge' attack |date=16 May 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014 |agency=Agence France-Presse}}
17 May – 2010 Dantewada bus bombing: Naxalite insurgents blow up a bus in India filled with police and paramilitaries. Fatalities reports range from 31{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/dantewada-bus-blast-toll-30-pm-to-review-naxal-strategy-26185.php?u=1439 |title=Stone-pelters kill 11-day-old infant in Kashmir |publisher=NDTV |date=22 February 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}} to 44,{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Talks-with-Maoists-if-they-suspend-violence-Chidambaram/articleshow/5945211.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811065659/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-18/india/28306798_1_abjure-violence-maoists-dantewada | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | title=Talks with Maoists if they suspend violence: Chidambaram | date=18 May 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }} including several Special Police Officers (SPOs) and civilians.{{cite news|title=Naxals blow up bus near Dantewada, 50 feared killed|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/naxals-blow-up-bus-near-dantewada-50-feared-killed-26110.php|date=17 May 2010|publisher=NDTV| access-date= 3 September 2010 }}
19 May – 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season: Cyclone Laila approaches landfall in southeastern India, having already caused at least ten deaths and prompting the evacuations of 10,000 people in Tamil Nadu.{{cite web|url=http://www.india-server.com/news/andhra-cyclone-laila-10000-evacuated-10-26781.html |title=Andhra Cyclone Laila 10000 Evacuated, 10 Dead|access-date=3 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529060615/http://www.india-server.com/news/andhra-cyclone-laila-10000-evacuated-10-26781.html |archive-date=29 May 2010 }}
21 May – A court restores the Indian Hockey Federation, two years after it was dissolved by the country's Olympic chiefs over bribery allegations and poor on-field results.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1LRx_GZLjgjmqbM7seG7tTMaYSQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524190410/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1LRx_GZLjgjmqbM7seG7tTMaYSQ |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2010 |title=AFP: FHockey: Court restores India's sacked federation |date=21 May 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Hockey-battle-resumes-as-IHF-gets-court-lifeline/Article1-546801.aspx |title=Hockey battle resumes as IHF gets court lifeline |work=Hindustan Times |date=21 May 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606104247/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Hockey-battle-resumes-as-IHF-gets-court-lifeline/Article1-546801.aspx |archive-date=6 June 2011 }}
21 May – Six girls aged between eight and twelve years drown in the Rapti in Balrampur while bathing.{{cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/663358_Six-girls-aged-8-12-years-drown-in-Balrampur-district|title=Site Under Construction|agency=Press Trust of India}}
22 May – Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors.{{cite news |url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_INDIA_PLANE_CRASH?SITE=NYMID&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT |title=Plane crashes in India, 158 feared dead, 8 alive |access-date=22 May 2010 |agency=Associated Press |date=22 May 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
23 May – Clashes break out between Indian and Pakistani troops near the border in the disputed Kashmir region.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Pak-troops-violate-ceasefire-open-fire-at-Indian-post-along-LoC/H1-Article1-547435.aspx |title=Pak troops violate ceasefire, open fire at Indian post along LoC |work=Hindustan Times |date=23 May 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606113123/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Pak-troops-violate-ceasefire-open-fire-at-Indian-post-along-LoC/H1-Article1-547435.aspx |archive-date=6 June 2011 }}
28 May – Gyaneshwari Express train derailment: At least 25 people are killed and 150 injured in India after a Mumbai train with 13 passenger coaches is derailed by an explosion on the tracks and collides with another train as it traveled through the Paschim Medinipur district, a communist terrorist stronghold in eastern India.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoist-attack-derails-13-coaches-of-Express-train-68-dead/articleshow/5983218.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811070600/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-28/india/28278846_1_goods-train-derailment-khemasoli-and-sardiya-stations | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | title=Maoist attack derails 13 coaches of Express train, 68 dead | date=28 May 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }}{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/10178967.stm | work=BBC News | title=India train crash deaths pass 100 | date=28 May 2010| access-date= 3 September 2010 }}

=June=

2 June – 2010 Indian heatwave: A heat wave strikes India and South Asia, reaching 53°C (127°F) and killing many hundreds of people.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/01/pakistan-record-temperatures-heatwave |location=London |work=The Guardian |title=Temperatures reach record high in Pakistan |first1=John |last1=Vidal |first2=Declan |last2=Walsh |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014120503/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/01/pakistan-record-temperatures-heatwave |archive-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=live}}
7 June – The Magistrate court in Bhopal, India convicts eight people, one posthumously, for their role in the Bhopal disaster industrial catastrophe 25 years ago in 1984.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8725140.stm | work=BBC News | title=Eight convicted over Bhopal leak | date=7 June 2010| access-date= 3 September 2010 }}
17 June – Heavy rains claim 46 lives in Maharashtra.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/audio-news-video/Heavy-rains-claim-46-lives-in-Maharashtra/Article2-559302.aspx |title=Heavy rains claim 46 lives in MaharashtraAV-India Videos |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=7 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313015524/http://www.hindustantimes.com/audio-news-video/Heavy-rains-claim-46-lives-in-Maharashtra/Article2-559302.aspx |archive-date=13 March 2014 }}
23 June – 1 person is killed when a crane crashes at Chennai International Airport, Chennai.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/1-dead-as-crane-crashes-at-Chennai-airport/articleshow/6082265.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811075353/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-23/chennai/28283971_1_crane-crashes-airport-expansion-work-airport-officials | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | title=1 dead as crane crashes at Chennai airport | date=23 June 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }}
25 June – 17 people are killed and 25 others injured when an overcrowded bus collided head-on with a speeding truck near Chenaki More, about 30 km from Patna, India.{{cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/seventeen-killed-in-bihar-road-mishap_100386327.html |title=Seventeen killed in Bihar road mishap – Thaindian News |publisher=Thaindian.com |date=26 June 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-date=8 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008192825/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/seventeen-killed-in-bihar-road-mishap_100386327.html |url-status=dead }}
26 June – Four people are killed and five wounded in violence in Indian-administered Kashmir's Sopore area.{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/25/kashmir.violence/index.html?hpt=T2&fbid=1_Jr6j87U9d | publisher=CNN | title=4 dead, 5 wounded in Kashmir fighting | date=25 June 2010| access-date= 3 September 2010 }}
29 June – 2010 Maoist attack in Narayanpur: At least 26 policemen are killed in a Maoist attack in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

=July=

4 July - Assault on Prof. T. J. Joseph a college teacher in Kerala by Popular Front of India members alleging Blasphemy.
5 July – A nationwide strike takes place in India in protest at a recent rise in fuel prices.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/business/global/06rupee.html | work=The New York Times | title=Protests Over Fuel Costs Idle Much of India | first1=Heather | last1=Timmons | first2=Hari | last2=Kumar | date=5 July 2010| access-date= 3 September 2010 }}
8 July – A bomb rips through the engine and coach of a passenger train in Assam, killing one person.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Child-dead-13-hurt-in-as-militants-blast-track-in-Assam/articleshow/6141334.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811082535/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-08/india/28279402_1_ndfb-militants-militants-blast-assam | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | title=Child dead, 13 hurt in as militants blast track in Assam | date=8 July 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }}
13 July – One death and three injuries result from a stampede during pulling of Ratha Yatra chariots in Puri, India.{{cite news |url=http://english.samaylive.com/nation/676468254.html |title=Jagannath Yatra:Stampede led to death of one in Puri |publisher=samaylive.com |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308123010/http://english.samaylive.com/nation/676468254.html |archive-date=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}
13 July – The Supreme Court of India tentatively approves the Tamil Nadu government's new quota law, providing 69% of employment in educational institutions to scheduled castes and tribes and other backward classes.{{cite news |url=http://english.samaylive.com/nation/676468252.html |title=SC okays Tamil Nadu quota law |publisher=samaylive.com |date=13 July 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308123017/http://english.samaylive.com/nation/676468252.html |archive-date=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}
14 July – Senior Indian Army officer Major AK Thinge is killed in battle in Kashmir.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10625633 |work=BBC News |title=India army officer killed in Kashmir clash |date=14 July 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831105130/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10625633 |archive-date=31 August 2010 |url-status=live}}{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Major-killed-Colonel-injured-in-gunbattle/articleshow/6169556.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811083341/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-15/india/28311717_1_gunbattle-terrorists-jammu-kashmir-s-poonch | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | first1=Sanjay | last1=Khajuria | title=Major killed, Colonel injured in gunbattle | date=15 July 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }}
19 July – Two trains collide in the Birbhum district of West Bengal with at least 50 people feared dead.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gvNPUEKOTTOI9AumfFfjiEGSlZsQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722065657/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gvNPUEKOTTOI9AumfFfjiEGSlZsQ |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2010 |title=60 dead in India train crash |date=19 July 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10679933 |work=BBC News |title=Dozens die in West Bengal train crash |date=19 July 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906232902/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10679933 |archive-date=6 September 2010 |url-status=live}}
20 July – Former Indian junior diplomat Madhuri Gupta is charged under the Official Secrets Act with spying for Pakistan.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10700475 |title=India charges diplomat with spying for Pakistan |publisher=BBC |date=20 July 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Diplomat-Madhuri-Gupta-chargsheeted-for-passing-secret-info-to-ISI/articleshow/6191754.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811085618/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-20/india/28274219_1_isi-agents-diplomat-madhuri-gupta-pakistan-s-isi | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | title=Diplomat Madhuri Gupta chargsheeted for passing secret info to ISI | date=20 July 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }}
21 July – Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles fatally shoot Indian civil rights campaigner and environmentalist Amit Jethwa in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10720104 |work=BBC News |title=Indian civil rights campaigner shot dead |date=21 July 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901143009/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10720104 |archive-date=1 September 2010 |url-status=live}}
23 July – The Indian Government unveils a solar power touch-screen laptop, cheaper than America's iPad, expected to be on sale next year.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10740817 |work=BBC News |title=India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer |date=23 July 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914010716/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10740817 |archive-date=14 September 2010 |url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/23/india-unveils-cheapest-laptop |location=London |work=The Guardian |title=India unveils world's cheapest laptop |first=Josh |last=Halliday |date=23 July 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831211915/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/23/india-unveils-cheapest-laptop |archive-date=31 August 2010 |url-status=live}}

=August=

1 August – Six people die in the Indian province of Jammu and Kashmir after a third day of clashes between security forces and Kashmiri separatists.{{cite news |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/indian-forces-kill-2-protesters-in-kashmir-99717179/123073.html |title=Clashes in Indian Kashmir Kill at Least 7 |publisher=Voice of America |date=31 July 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804144057/http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Indian-Forces-Kill-2-Protesters-in-Kashmir-99717179.html |archive-date=4 August 2010 |url-status=live }}
4 August – About 70 Indian police personnel are reported missing in Chhattisgarh forests amid a major engagement with Maoist guerrillas; they are later found. No casualties have been reported.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Encounter-with-Naxals-in-Dantewada-over-no-casualties/articleshow/6256151.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811094558/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-04/india/28315150_1_crpf-personnel-maoists-dantewada | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | first1=Supriya | last1=Sharma | title=Encounter with Naxals in Dantewada over, no casualties | date=4 August 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10866353 |work=BBC News |title=Indian police clash with Maoists in remote jungle area |date=4 August 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807072710/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10866353 |archive-date=7 August 2010 |url-status=live}}
6 August – 2010 Leh floods: Flash floods in the Ladakh region of India's Jammu and Kashmir state kill at least 113 people and leave many others missing.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Flash-floods-in-Leh-leave-103-dead-370-injured/articleshow/6264165.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811095349/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-06/india/28306557_1_flash-floods-leh-town-himalayan-town | url-status=live | archive-date=11 August 2011 | title=Flash floods in Leh leave 103 dead, 370 injured | date=6 August 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }}
7 August – 2010 Mumbai oil spill: An oil spill stretching at least two miles long occurs in the Arabian Sea offshore Mumbai, India, after a vessel from Panama collides with another vessel from St. Kitts. The Panamanian ship was carrying 2,662 tons of oil, 283 tons of diesel and 88,040 liters of lube oil when it became grounded and started to leak.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/india.oil.spill/ |publisher=CNN |title=Vessels collide, cause oil spill off Mumbai Coast |date=8 August 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914172829/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/india.oil.spill/ |archive-date=14 September 2010 |url-status=live}}
12 August – India issues the producer of the controversial BlackBerry devices a 31 August deadline to give the Indian Government access to its services or be shut down over concerns the devices could be used to commit a repeat of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10951607 |work=BBC News |title=India threatens to suspend Blackberry by 31 August |date=13 August 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908120718/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10951607 |archive-date=8 September 2010 |url-status=live}}
15 August – India celebrated its 63rd Independence Day. Sreeram Chandra from Andhra Pradesh won the Indian Idol Season 5 music reality show beating Bhoomi Trivedi and Rakesh Maini.
17 August - Peoples Democratic Party chairman Abdul Nazer Mahdani an accused in 2008 Bangalore serial blasts, arrested from Kollam district in Kerala.{{Cite web|date=August 17, 2010|title=PDP chief Madani arrested in Bangalore blast case|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pdp-chief-madani-arrested-in-bangalore-blast-case/articleshow/6323605.cms|access-date=2022-01-22|website=The Times of India|language=en}}
18 August – A school building collapses due to heavy rain in the village of Sumgarh in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 17 schoolchildren.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/18-kids-buried-alive-as-rock-flattens-Uttarakhand-school/articleshow/6330766.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103045434/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-18/india/28309821_1_uttarakhand-ramesh-pokhariyal-nishank-incessant-rains | url-status=live | archive-date=3 November 2012 | title=18 kids buried alive as rock flattens Uttarakhand school | date=18 August 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }}[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioW6G2mITX0EkTQC4CJvAFydlnlwD9HLRRI80] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821103958/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioW6G2mITX0EkTQC4CJvAFydlnlwD9HLRRI80|date=21 August 2010}}
27 August – Police in India kill Umakanta Mahato, a top Maoist guerrilla wanted in connection with the Gyaneshwari Express train derailment in May.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11106278 |work=BBC News |title=India police kill Maoist wanted over deadly train crash |date=27 August 2010 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829204843/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11106278 |archive-date=29 August 2010 |url-status=live}}{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jnaneswari-sabotage-Top-Maoist-leader-killed-in-encounter/articleshow/6443575.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011042404/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-27/india/28299696_1_jnaneswari-sabotage-pcpa-leader-joint-forces | url-status=live | archive-date=11 October 2011 | title=Jnaneswari sabotage: Top Maoist leader killed in encounter | date=27 August 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 3 September 2010 }}

=September=

10 September – Thousands of people are evacuated in Delhi over flooding fears.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11259449 |work=BBC News |title=Flood fears in Delhi as Yamuna river overflows |date=10 September 2010 |access-date=6 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915041720/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11259449 |archive-date=15 September 2010 |url-status=live}}
20 September – At least 21 people are killed and dozens are injured after 2 trains collide in the Shivpuri district of India's Madhya Pradesh state.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article700390.ece |location=Chennai, India |work=The Hindu |title=23 killed as freight train rams Gwalior Intercity |date=20 September 2010 |access-date=6 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924050833/http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article700390.ece |archive-date=24 September 2010 |url-status=live}}
23 September – Speeding train kills 7 elephants in Eastern India.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/23/ap/asia/main6893713.shtml |work=CBS News |title=Speeding train kills 7 elephants in Eastern India |access-date=6 October 2010 }}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
29 September – India launches a national identity scheme aimed at reducing fraud and improving access to state benefits.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/software-services/Aadhaar-the-Unique-ID-project-goes-live/articleshow/6652043.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103135546/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-29/software-services/28217394_1_unique-id-project-unique-identification-numbers-tembhli | url-status=live | archive-date=3 November 2012 | title='Aadhaar', the Unique ID project goes live! | date=29 September 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 6 October 2010 }}

=October=

File:A spectacular view of Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium during the opening ceremony of the 19th Commonwealth Games 2010-Delhi, in New Delhi on October 03, 2010.jpg held in Delhi.]]3 October – XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.
3 October – Violet Line of the Delhi Metro system opened.
10 October – At least 36 people die after an overloaded boat capsizes on the Ganges River in the Buxar district of India's Bihar state.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11490697 |work=BBC News |title=India boat capsizes on Ganges, at least 36 dead |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101014132247/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11490697 |archive-date=14 October 2010 |url-status=live}}
Mid-October, Mrs. Kashmira and Dr. Leo Rebello visit Andaman Islands, flying directly from Bombay to Portblair, on a chartered flight of Yatra travel, and find Jarawas (tar black people) still roaming fully naked hardly 30 km away from the Governor's Palace. Visit the Cellular Jail and recommend that the said imposing edifice should be turned into a Heritage-Jail Hotel, and oppose the setting up of an Allopathy hospital on the campus of the Cellular Jail to medicate the Jarawas, destroying their original genetic pool of over 5000 years old.
11 October – 18 people are killed when a bus falls into a river in Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh, India.{{cite news|url=http://www.zeenews.com/news660820.html |title=18 die as bus falls into river in Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Zeenews |access-date=7 February 2014}}
25 October – More than 700 species of ancient insects are discovered preserved in amber in an ancient rainforest in India.{{cite news|last=Moskvitch |first=Katia |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11618809 |title=Ancient bugs found in 50-million-year-old Indian amber |publisher=BBC |date=25 October 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}
29 October - Two siblings were kidnapped, tortured and killed on their way to school by a driver in Coimbatore.{{Cite news |date=2019-08-01 |title=Coimbatore siblings murder case: Supreme Court confirms death penalty |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/coimbatore-siblings-murder-case-supreme-court-confirms-death-penalty/article28787313.ece |access-date=2023-07-27 |issn=0971-751X}}
30 October – At least 16 people drown and 70 are missing after an overcrowded ferry sinks in a river in West Bengal, eastern India.{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hAiL_Fk_JialyaEHnGfrJI0TjKrQ?docId=CNG.f64a3c11c51ce2fdec300da4be7d77e5.8e1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529115402/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hAiL_Fk_JialyaEHnGfrJI0TjKrQ?docId=CNG.f64a3c11c51ce2fdec300da4be7d77e5.8e1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2012 |date=30 October 2010 |title=At least 16 people drown and 70 are missing after an overcrowded ferry sinks in a river in West Bengal |access-date=7 August 2014 }}

=November=

1 November – At least 74 people drown after a ferry-boat capsizes on the Muri Ganga River in West Bengal, India.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11679012|title=India ferry disaster kills scores|date=2 November 2010|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101103045250/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11679012| archive-date= 3 November 2010 | url-status= live}}
2 November – 17 people are killed and three others injured when a truck carrying them overturned at Tarapur talukav near Indranaj in India. The truck was on its way from Surat to Bhavnagar.{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=100118 |title=Seventeen killed in road mishap |publisher=Mathrubhumi.com |date=2 November 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222053930/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=100118 |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}
15 November – 66 people die after a building collapses in eastern New Delhi.
21 November – Seven people are killed after a bomb planted by suspected Maoist rebels explodes in Aurangabad district, Bihar, northeastern India.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11805286 |title='Maoist rebel bomb' kills seven in Bihar |publisher=BBC |date=21 November 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}

=December=

5 December – 20-year-old Nicole Faria from Bangalore, Miss India, wins the Miss Earth 2010 crown in Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang, Vietnam.{{cite news |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2010/12/05/india-nicole-faria-wins-miss-earth-2010-crown.html |publisher=News.oneindia.in |date=5 December 2010 |title=India's Nicole Faria wins Miss Earth 2010 crown |access-date=7 August 2014}}
10 December – Agni-II plus missile test fails in Orissa, India test-fired an upgraded version of the Agni-II plus nuclear-capable intermediate range ballistic missile off the Orissa coast. The test was declared a failure. The latest version of the "Agni" series missile is described as a two-stage, solid propellant rail and road mobile missile.
26 December – A collision between a bus and a mini-truck kills 34 people and leaves 30 injured, near the town of Budaun in Uttar Pradesh state, in northern India.{{cite web |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/mourners-killed-in-indian-road-accident/story-fn3dxix6-1225976276663?nk=85f9bf51fe3afd90874229d5082cb24b |work=The Australian |date=29 August 2013 |title=Mourners killed in Indian road accident |access-date=7 August 2014}}
Late December – Onion price rise in Indian markets leads to political tensions.{{cite news|last=Magnier|first=Mark|title=Indians in tears over skyrocketing onion prices|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-27-la-fg-1227-india-onions-20101227-story.html|access-date=3 January 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=27 December 2010}}

Predicted and scheduled events

December – Mumbai Metro rout Versova – Andheri – Ghatkopar is expected to be completed.

Sports

=Hockey=

28 February – 13 March – 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup.

=Cricket=

12 March – 25 April – 2010 Indian Premier League.
November–December: New Zealand's tour of India (3 Test/5 ODI).

=Football=

=Multi Sports Games=

3–14 October – 2010 Commonwealth Games.

=Others=

3–12 April: 2010 Kabaddi World Cup in Punjab won by India by defeating Pakistan on 12 April 2010.

Births

= Full date unknown =

Falak, baby murder victim (d. 2012)

Deaths

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=January – July=

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)
9 May - Acharya Shri Mahapragya, 89, 10th Acharya of Jain Terapanth Sect (b. 1920)
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
Shikaripura Harihareshwara, Indian Kannada writer (b. 1936)
A. Sreedhara Menon, 84, historian. (b. 1925)
27 July – Ravi Baswani, 63, actor (b. 1946)

6 Nov Louis Clement dies due to Tumor

=August – December=

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, politician{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/states/tamilnadu/ex-aiadmk-minister-venkatachalam-killed/213421.html |work=The New Indian Express |title=Ratan Tata Hits Back at Amit Mitra's 'Delusion' Remark |access-date=7 August 2014 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
8 October – S. S. Chandran, 69, comic actor and politician, member of the Rajya Sabha (2001–2007){{cite web|author=Settu Shankar |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2010/ss-chandran-passes-away-111010.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708221829/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/exclusive/2010/ss-chandran-passes-away-111010.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2012 |title=SS Chandran passes away |publisher=oneindia.in |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014 }}
20 October – Parthasarathy Sharma, 62, Test cricketer (1974–1977){{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/482823.html |title=Former India cricketer Parthasarthi Sharma dies |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 February 2014}}
21 October – A. Ayyappan, 61, poet.{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Poet-A-Ayyappan-is-dead/articleshow/6793458.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103205448/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-22/thiruvananthapuram/28234488_1_poems-ayyappan-poetry | url-status=live | archive-date=3 November 2012 | title=Poet A Ayyappan is dead | date=22 October 2010| work=The Times of India | access-date= 1 December 2010 }}
2 November – Kalim Sharafi, 85, Bengali language singer.{{cite news|url=http://www.sify.com/news/rabindra-sangeet-exponent-kalim-sharafi-dead-news-international-klcoEnaiege.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001070540/http://www.sify.com/news/rabindra-sangeet-exponent-kalim-sharafi-dead-news-international-klcoEnaiege.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2012 |title=Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kalim Sharafi dead |website=Sify |date=2 November 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}
3 November – P. Lal, 81, writer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110807055947/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=347497%3Aprofessor-p-lal-passes-away&catid=72%3Abengal-plus&from_page=search Professor P Lal passes away]
6 November – Siddhartha Shankar Ray, 90, politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–1977), Governor of Punjab (1986–1989){{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-wb-cm-siddhartha-shankar-ray-passes-away/134542-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110093108/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-wb-cm-siddhartha-shankar-ray-passes-away/134542-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2010 |title=Former West Bengal CM Siddhartha Shankar Ray dies |publisher=CNN-IBN |date=6 November 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}
11 November – Pankaj Advani, 45, film director, film editor, screenplay writer, photographer, theatre director, and painter. (b. 1965)[http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=Entertainment%20-%20Bollywood§id=30&contentid=2010111220101112020940154ac80d299 Obituary: In memory of Pankaj Advani] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322064553/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=Entertainment%20-%20Bollywood§id=30&contentid=2010111220101112020940154ac80d299 |date=22 March 2012 }} by Minty Tejpal, Mumbai Mirror, 12 November 2010.
17 November – N. Viswanathan, 81, actor{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/indian-character-actor-dies-1118027759/ | work=Variety | first=Shalini | last=Dore | title=Indian character actor dies | date=18 November 2010| access-date= 1 December 2010 }}
28 November – Mahaveer Prasad, 71, politician{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Former-Union-minister-Mahavir-Prasad-dies/717439 |title=Former Union minister Mahavir Prasad dies |work=The Indian Express|date=29 November 2010 |access-date=7 February 2014}}
4 December – Manish Acharya, 43, film director, actor (b. 1967){{cite news|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100162222&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA |title=Manish Acharya dies after falling off a horse |agency=Press Trust of India|publisher=NDTV |date=5 December 2010 |access-date=26 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208060821/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100162222&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA |archive-date=8 December 2010}}
23 December – K. Karunakaran, 92, politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala. (b. 1918)

Major public holidays

14 January – Pongal (Farmers' holiday)
26 January – Republic Day (National holiday)
12 February – Maha Shivaratri (Hindu holiday)
26 February – Mawlid (Muslim holiday)
28 February – Mahavir Jayanti (Jain holiday)
2 April – Good Friday (Christian holiday)
5 April – Easter Monday (Christian holiday)
28 April – Buddha Purnima (Buddhist holiday)
15 August – Independence day (National holiday)
24 August – Raksha Bandhan (Hindu holiday)
2 September – Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu holiday)
11 September – Eid ul-Fitr (Muslim holiday)
2 October – Gandhi Jayanti (National holiday)
17 October – Vijayadashami/Dussehra (Hindu holiday)
5 November – Diwali (Hindu holiday)
21 November – Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh holiday)
17 December – Muharram (Muslim holiday)
25 December – Christmas (Christian holiday)

References

External links

[http://www.indobase.com/events/jan-2010.php January 2010 in India]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091118231833/http://igpetbhu.com/idc6/idc6.htm 6th International Dyke Conference, Varanasi]
[http://www.indobase.com/events/mar-2010.php March 2010 in India]
[http://www.indobase.com/events/apr-2010.php April 2010 in India]
[http://www.indobase.com/events/may-2010.php May 2010 in India]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081215183723/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Mumbai-Metro-First-train-to-run-by-July-2010/277114/ First Mumbai Metro]

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