Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India

President of India from 2012 to 2017

Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".

Indian track and field athlete (1935–2021)

Indian playback singer (1946–2020)

Indian actor (1935–2020)

Islamic Scholar (1925–2021)

former Chief Minister of the state of Assam in India (1936-2020)

Indian music director (1952–2022)

Indian writer and politician

Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, India.

Indian politician (1949–2020)

Indian poet (1932-2021)

Indian Roman Catholic priest and tribal rights activist (1937-2021)

Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet (1950–2020)

Vijayaraj Alagarswami (25 August 1952 – 28 December 2023), known by his stage name Vijayakanth, was an Indian actor, filmmaker, philanthropist and politician. He worked in Tamil cinema in a career spanning four decades. He ventured into politics in the later part of his career and founded his own party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam.

environmental activist from Uttarakhand, India (1927-2021)

Indian boxer (1979–2021)

Indian actor and screenwriter (1948–2021)

Indian actor (1940-2022)

Indian medical academic

Indian businesswoman (1936–2021)

cricketer and politician from India (1947-2020)

field hockey player (1955-2021)

Indian politician

Indian politician (1928-2020)

field hockey player

Indian architect and sculptor (1943-2021)

Indian film director

Indian journalist (1936–2021)

Governor of the state of Haryana (1932-2021)

Indian politician (1934–2023)

Indian Urdu language poet, author, critic and theorist.

Indian writer (1932-2021)

Chandrawati Sheoran (3 September 1928 – 15 November 2020) was an Advocate, Indian politician and activist who served as an M.P. (member of parliament), 6 times M.L.A. and also as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.

Indian actor

Indian film director (1966-2021)

Indian actress

Indian politician

Indian singer

Indian academic (1933-2020)

Indian politician-businessman

Indian politician (1946–2020)

Indian politician (1961-2020)

Catholic archbishop (1945-2021)

former Chief Minister of Odisha

Indian politician (1955–2020)

Indian astrophysicist

Urdu Poet

Indian Catholic priest

Indian politician (1935–2020)

politician from Odisha, India

8th Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Indian activist

Indian politician (1958-2020)

Indian actor and retired Indian Army Officer

Indian singer

Indian astrologer

Indian volleyball player (1938-2021)

Indian politician (1921–2021)

Indian lawyer (1930–2021)