# 2024 in Indian public domain

When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. The following is a list of creators whose works enter the public domain in 2025 as per Copyright law of India.

## List of works that are entering into public domain in India
### Works Entering Public Domain After 60 Years from Author's Death

These works enter the public domain 60 years after the author's death (or, in the case of a multi-author work, the death of the last surviving author), counted from the beginning of the following calendar year
| Name | Birth | Death | Occupation(s) |
| Pingali Venkayya | 1876-08-02 | 1963-07-04 | writer, designer |
| A. S. Subbaraj | 1914-10-28 | 1963-02-22 | politician |
| Karam Chand Thapar | 1900-01-01 | 1963-01-01 | banker |
| Swami Ramdas | 1884-04-10 | 1963-08-02 | guru |
| Lala Shri Ram | 1884-04-27 | 1963-01-11 | businessperson |
| Laxminarayan Sahu | 1890-01-01 | 1963-01-18 | politician, historian, writer, poet, journalist |
| F. G. Natesa Iyer | 1880-11-11 | 1963-01-23 | actor, film actor |
| G. Ramanathan | | 1963-01-01 | actor, composer |
| Bernard Spencer | 1909-11-09 | 1963-09-11 | poet |
| Jaganath Rao Bhonsle | 1907-12-10 | 1963-05-14 | leader, politician, military personnel |
| Prasad Das Roy | 1888-09-02 | 1963-04-18 | writer, children's writer |
| Baba Kharak Singh | 1868-06-20 | 1963-10-06 | political activist |
| Chilakalapudi Seeta Rama Anjaneyulu | 1907-07-11 | 1963-10-08 | actor, film director |
| Rahul Sankrityayan | 1893-04-09 | 1963-04-14 | autobiographer, writer, linguist, biographer, freedom fighter |
| M. Govinda Pai | 1883-03-23 | 1963-09-06 | poet |
| Raghu Vira | 1902-12-30 | 1963-05-14 | politician, linguist |
| Acharya Shivpujan Sahay | 1893-08-09 | 1963-01-21 | writer, novelist |
| Kavalam Madhava Panikkar | 1895-06-03 | 1963-12-10 | scientist, barrister, politician, historian, university teacher, author, journalist, diplomat |
| Babu Gulabrai | 1888-01-17 | 1963-04-13 | writer, philosopher, essayist, literary critic, literary scholar |
| Devudu Narasimha Sastri | 1896-01-01 | 1963-01-01 | writer, journalist |
| Chintaman Vinayak Joshi | 1892-01-19 | 1963-11-21 | writer |
| Sabu Dastagir | 1924-01-27 | 1963-12-02 | actor, film actor |
| Sivananda Saraswati | 1887-09-08 | 1963-07-14 | writer, philosopher, yoga instructor, autobiographer |
| Amar Nath Kak | 1889-01-01 | 1963-01-01 | writer |
| Jai Narayan Vyas | 1899-02-18 | 1963-03-14 | politician |
| Saifuddin Kitchlew | 1888-01-15 | 1963-10-09 | barrister, politician |
| Syed Abdul Rahim | 1909-08-17 | 1963-06-11 | association football player, association football manager |
| B. A. Saletore | 1902-01-01 | 1963-01-01 | historian, author |
| Rajendra Prasad | 1884-12-03 | 1963-02-28 | lawyer, politician |
| C. S. Ranga Iyer | 1895-01-01 | 1963-01-01 | author, journalist |
| Annie Mascarene | 1902-06-06 | 1963-07-19 | politician, freedom fighter |
| Ralph Griffith | 1882-03-04 | 1963-12-11 | politician, diplomat |
| Gopal Singh Nepali | 1926-01-01 | 1963-04-17 | writer, poet, lyricist |
| Athar-Ali Fysee | 1883-08-28 | 1963-11-03 | tennis player, table tennis player |
| Anasuya Shankar | 1928-01-01 | 1963-01-01 | author |

### Works Entering Public Domain After 60 Years from Publication

These works enter the public domain 60 years after the date of first publication, counted from the beginning of the following calendar year:
* Anonymous works
* Photographs
* Cinematographic works (aka movies/films)
* Sound recordings
* Government works
* Works of corporate authorship or of international organizations

#### Movies
## See Also

* Public domain in India
* 2024 in public domain
* Copyright law of India
* 1963 in India