(2005–2017) June 12 Ram Chander Bainda, 72, politician, member of the Lok Sabha Bhaiyyu Maharaj, 50, spiritual guru June 14 – Shujaat Bukhari, 63, journalist (assassinated) July July 9 – Kavi Kumar Azad, Actor in Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah July 17 – Rita Bhaduri, 62, actress July 20 – Akhtar Raza Khan, 77, Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and mufti. July 19 – Gopal das neeraj, 93, Hindi poet August August 7 – M. Karunanidhi, 94, former DMK chief and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu August 13 – Somnath Chatterjee, former MP and Speaker of Lok Sabha August 14 – Balram Das Tandon, Governor of Chhattisgarh, former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and former Member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh August 14 – Chemmanam Chacko, 92, Malayalam poet August 15 – Ajit Wadekar, 77, cricketer August 16 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, former Prime Minister of India. August 22 – Gurudas Kamat, 63, politician, Minister of Communications and Information Technology in Government of India August 23 – Kuldip Nayar, 95, journalist, ex-High Commissioner of India to United Kingdom August 24 – Vijay Chavan, Marathi film and play actor September September 17 – Captain Raju, 68, military officer and actor October October 20 – N. D. Tiwari, 93, politician October 28 – Madan Lal Khurana, former Chief Minister of Delhi, Governor of Rajasthan November November 12 – Ananth Kumar, 59, politician and minister November 27 – Mohammed Aziz, 64, playback singer December December 17 – Brigadier Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri, 78, leader in Battle of Longewala, Maha Veer Chakra awardee. December 22- Danish Zehen, 24 contestant of ace of space Died in car accident December 24 – Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, 91, Bengali composer December 30 – Mrinal Sen, 95, Bengali filmmaker December 31 - Kader Khan, 81, Indian actor Simon Britto Rodrigues, 64, politician References India Years of the 21st century in India 2010s in India 2018 in Asia