1932 in India
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Events in the year 1932 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India â George V
- Viceroy of India â The Earl of Willingdon
Events
- National income - â¹20,286 million
- Third civil disobedience campaign.[1]
- 3 January â British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.[citation needed]
- February â Terrorism in Bengal.[1]
- 16 May â Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay â thousands dead and injured.
- 25â28 June - Indian Cricket Team play their first ever Test match.[2]
- 11 August â India wins the Gold Medal in Field Hockey at the Los Angeles Olympics.[3]
- 17 August â Government award as to representation published.[1]
- 20 September â Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in Poona prison.[citation needed]
- 24 September â Gandhi approves a compromise.[1]
- 1 October - Port Haj Committee Act 1932 was passed which set up concept of embarkation points for Hajj.[4]
- 8 October â Indian Air Force established.[5]
- 15 October â J. R. D. Tata flew from Karachi to Madras via a de Havilland Puss Moth.[6]
Undated
- Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India.[7]
- Gurjar Veer silent film is released.[8]
- Poona Pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar
Law
- Indian Partnership Act
- Criminal Law Amendment Act
- Tea District Emigrant Labour Act
Births
- 1 January â Shamsul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (died 2018)[9]
- 6 January â Kamleshwar, writer, screenwriter, critic and essayist (died 2007)
- 7 January â Obaid Siddiqui, neurogeneticist (died 2013)
- 5 February â Shankha Ghosh, poet and literary critic (died 2021)[10]
- 13 February
- V. Balakrishnan, writer and translator (died 2004)
- Leela Devi, writer, translator, and teacher (died 1998)
- 1 May â S. M. Krishna, politician (died 2024)
- 18 May â D. Pandian, politician (died 2021)
- 1 June â Ashis Roy, marathon runner
- 7 June â M. S. Narasimhan, mathematician (died 2021)
- 12 June â E. Sreedharan, IES
- 22 June
- Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar, orthopedic surgeon
Amrish Puri
- 20 August
- Chandrakant Bakshi, author (died 2006)
- M. G. S. Narayanan, historian (died 2025)
- 17 September â Indarjit Singh, journalist and broadcaster
- 26 September â Manmohan Singh, politician, prime minister of India (died 2024)
- 27 September â Yash Chopra, director and producer (died 2012)
- 29 September
- Hamid Dalwai, social reformer and writer (died 1977)
- Mehmood, actor, director and producer (died 2004)
- 29 October â Ranjit Das, Bangladeshi football player and coach (died 2026)
- 5 December â Nadira, actress (died 2006)
- 13 December â Padmini, actress and dancer (died 2006)
- 21 December â U. R. Ananthamurthy, writer and critic (died 2014)
- 25 December â Raees Mohammad, cricketer (died 2022 in Pakistan)
- 28 Decemberâ Dhirubhai Ambani, businessman, founder of Reliance Group (died 2002 in India)
- Unknown
- Abdul Gani Bhat, Kashmiri separatist leader (died 2025)
- Saida Sherif, broadcaster, educationalist, humanitarian and poet (died 2023)[11]
