1927 in India
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Events in the year 1927 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India â George V
- Viceroy of India â The Lord Irwin
Events
- National income â â¹ 32,890 million
- 18 January â Council House in New Delhi is opened.[1]
- 20 March â Mahad Satyagraha lead by B. R. Ambedkar for Dalit rights.[2]
- 14 April â The first formal meeting of Haj Committee of India held at Bombay.[3]
- 28 September â Fatal communal riots in Dehra Dun, U.P.[4]
- 12 November â Mahatma Gandhi made his first and last visit to Ceylon.
- The Simon Commission is formed to consider further steps toward self-rule of India. No Indian member is included.
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar started temple entry movement in 1927.
Law
- Indian Forest Act
- Light House Act
Births
- 24 January â J. Om Prakash, film producer. (died 2019)
- 30 January â Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, dermatologist (died 2005)
- 3 February â Vasant Sarwate, cartoonist and writer (died 2016)
- 28 February â Krishan Kant, politician, Vice President of India (died 2002)
- 1 March â Adoor Bhasi, actor, writer, journalist, singer and film producer (died 1990)
- 3 June â M. Narasimham, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (died 2021)
- 10 June â Altaf Fatima, novelist. (died 2018)
- 1 July â Chandra Shekhar, politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (died 2007)
- 3 July â Balivada Kantha Rao, novelist and playwright (died 2000)
- 12 July â Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani hammer thrower (died 1996)
- 20 July â Rajendra Kumar, actor and producer (died 1999).
- 26 August
- B. V. Doshi, architect (died 2023)
- Bansi Lal, Haryana's four time chief minister, and defence minister of India during Indian Emergency (1975â77) (died 2006)
- 8 November â Lal Krishna Advani, politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of India
- 8 December â Parkash Singh Badal, politician and former Chief Minister of Punjab (died 2023)
- 25 December â Ram Narayan, sarangi player (died 2024)
Full date unknown
- K. T. Muhammed, playwright (died 2008)
Deaths
- 19 December â Ashfaqulla Khan, freedom fighter
- 19 December â Ram Prasad Bismil, freedom fighter
