The following lists events that happened during 2015 in the Republic of India.
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1 January – NITI Aayog was established to replace Planning Commission of India. 2–3 January – Gyan Sangam, a two-day retreat took place at Pune, it was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan and chiefs of various financial institutions. 8–9 January – Annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference took place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 13 January – 32 died in Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh after drinking hooch. 26 January – Republic Day celebrations were held, US President Barack Obama was the chief guest. 27 January – M. N. Rai, a colonel in the Rashtriya Rifles and Sanjeev Kumar Singh, a head constable in the Special Operations Group, died in a gun battle in Tral in Pulwama district. Two militants were also killed. M. N. Rai had been awarded the Yudh Seva medal on 26 January. 31 January – The Agni-V was test launched from a canister in Wheeler Island, suitable for road or rail mobile launch vehicles. 7 February – Polling for the New Delhi state elections held. 10 February – Delhi Legislative Assembly election's results announced with Aam Aadmi Party securing 67 of 70 seats. 13 February – A grenade attack by the United Liberation Front of Assam on a family in the town of Sepon in India's Assam state killed two people. 14 February – A house under construction collapsed in the Indian city of Mughalsarai in the state of Uttar Pradesh killing twelve people and injuring two. 15 February – The number of reported deaths of swine flu in India reached 585, with Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra being the worst-affected with reported death tolls at 165, 144, 76 and 58 respectively. 16 February – Govind Pansare, a CPI politician and his wife were shot at in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Govind Pansare later died on 20 February. 18 February – The Cabinet Committee on Security approves the construction of seven stealth frigates and six nuclear submarines for the Indian Navy. 18–22 February – The 10th edition of Aero India took place at Yelahanka Air Force Station near Bangalore. 23 February – Budget session of the Parliament began with the President's address to the joint session of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. 28 February – Union Budget presented to the Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. 3 March – National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme launched by the Election Commission of India. 17 March – Supreme Court of India rejected the classification of Jat people as Other Backward Classes. 18 March – Beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile, Astra, was successfully test fired from a Su-30MKI in test range in Chandipur, Orissa. 23 March – Amaravathi was announced to be name of the new capital of Andhra Pradesh, to be built near Thullur. 24 March – Supreme Court of India declared Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 unconstitutional. 26 March – National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) unveiled Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle (PROVe), which would be used to study the monsoon. 27 March – Bharat Ratna was awarded to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee 28 March – ISRO placed Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) 1-D satellite in orbit by a PSLV C-27 launch vehicle. 29 March – India began to evacuate its citizens from Yemen. 30 March – Bharat Ratna awarded to freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malaviya posthumously. 1 April – Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles in India (FAME India) scheme was launched by the government to boost electric and hybrid vehicle sales. 5 April – Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched the Give up LPG subsidy campaign urging rich people to give up LPG subsidy. 7 April – Police killed 20 Red sanders, Pterocarpus santalinus smugglers in Chittoor district. 8 April – The Padma awards were given at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Among the 50 recipients were actor Amitabh Bachchan, actor Dilip Kumar, nuclear scientist M.R. Srinivasan, mathematician Manjul Bhargava, computer scientist Vijay P. Bhatkar, Hindu spiritual guru Swami Satyamitranand and Aga Khan IV. The Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (MUDRA Bank) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The financial institution aims to provide financing to small entrepreneurs. 10 April – India completed evacuating citizens from Yemen, and announced the closure of embassy. In all, about 4,640 Indians and 960 nationals from 41 other countries were evacuated.