sarod player, 84 January 15 – Raghunath Jha, former Union minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise in the First Manmohan Singh ministry, 78 January 15 – Gnani Sankaran, journalist and writer in Tamil, 64 January 16 – Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil, Indian Syro-Malankala Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bathery (1996–2010) and Puthur (2010–2017), 67 January 18 – Kashinatha Hathwar, actor and director primarily in Kannada, 67 January 18 – Chandi Lahiri, journalist, cartoonist at Anandabazar Patrika, 88 January 19 – Sriniwas Tiwari, freedom fighter, Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1993–2003), 91 January 20 – Hasmukh Patel, architect, 84 January 26 – Supriya Devi, Bengali actress, 85 January 30 – Chintaman Vanaga, politician and Member of Parliament from Palghar, 61 February February 11- Parbati Ghose, 85, Oriya film director February 24- Sridevi, Bollywood Actress, 54 February 28 – Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya, 82, 69th Shankaracharya guru March March 1 – Arabinda Muduli, 56, Indian musician and Bhajan singer March 2 – Khagendra Jamatia, 64, Indian politician March 4 – Javed Abidi, 53, Indian disability rights activist March 6 – Shammi, 87, actress March 6 – Indra Bahadur Rai, 91, Indian writer March 9 – Patangrao Kadam, 74, politician from Maharashtra, former Forest Minister in Maharashtra Government March 9 – Pyarelal Wadali, 75, Indian Sufi singer March 13 – Hamida Habibullah, 101, politician March 14 – Narendra Jha, 55, actor and singer March 19 – Kedarnath Singh, 83, poet March 27 – Gangadhar Pantawne, 81, writer April April 2 – Bhai Vaidya, 89, veteran Socialist leader, former Home Minister of Maharashtra state April 3 – S. Madhavan, 84, politician April 4 – Raobail, 80, Indian cartoonist April 6 – Raj Kishore, 85, Indian actor April 7 – Munin Barua, 72, Indian film director April 12 – Naseem Mirza Changezi, 108, Indian independence activist April 14 – Ram Kumar, 94, Indian artist April 15 – Waqar Ahmad Shah, 74, Indian politician May May 4 – BN Vijaya Kumar, 60, politician and MLA from Jayanagar, Karnataka May 6 – Arun Date, 84, Marathi singer May 11 – Anita Das, 66, Odia actress May 14 – E. C. George Sudarshan, 86, Indian theoretical physicist May 19 – Jivya Soma Mashe, 84, Indian Warli tribal artist May 31 – Pandurang Pundalik Fundkar, 67, Minister of Agriculture in Maharashtra government June June 9 – Shantaram Naik, 72, politician, member of the Rajya Sabha