1925 in India
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{{Year in India|1925}}
Events in the year 1925 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading
Events
- National income - {{INR}}31,179 million
- 3 February – The first ever electric train of India completes its journey from Victoria Terminus to Kurla on the Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway).{{cite web |url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html |title=Indian Railways FAQ: Electric Traction – I |access-date=2008-09-14 |publisher=Indian Railways Fan Club| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080915095129/http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html| archive-date= 15 September 2008 | url-status= live}}
- 9 March – 1 May Pink's War; RAF operations against tribesmen in Waziristan
- 12 March - Meeting and dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=When Mahatma Gandhi and Sree Narayana Guru met in Kerala |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/revisiting-the-historic-encounter-of-mahatma-gandhi-and-sree-narayana-guru-1.10414049 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}}
- 16 June - Chittaranjan Das passes away
- 27 September - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is founded.
- 23 November - Vaikom Satyagraha ends with opening of all entrances of Vaikom Sree Mahadeva Temple except the East one for all castes.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-29 |title=Vaikom Satyagraha completes a century tomorrow |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/vaikom-satyagraha-completes-a-century-tomorrow-1.9445460 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}}
- 26 December – Communist Party of India is founded at Kanpur.
- Dyarchy suspended in Bengal.{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |edition=6th |publication-date=1971 |pages=262}}
Law
- Indian Succession Act
- Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
- Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act
- Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act
- Provident Funds Act
- Coal Grading Board Act
- Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act
Births
- 1 January – Wahiduddin Khan, religious scholar and peace activist (died 2021)
- 19 January – Pradeep Kumar, actor (died 2001)
- 25 January – Kakarla Subba Rao, radiologist (died 2021)
- 8 May – G. S. Amur, writer and critic (died 2020)
- 9 July – Guru Dutt, film director, producer, and actor (died 1964)
- 22 July
- Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu, poet and political activist (died 1987)
- Govind Talwalkar, journalist (died 2017)[http://www.manase.org/en/maharashtra.php?mid=68&smid=23&pmid=9&id=764 MANASE Biography of Govind Talwalkar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402064400/http://www.manase.org/en/maharashtra.php?mid=68&smid=23&pmid=9&id=764 |date=2 April 2012 }} by Raj Thackeray (Maharashtra NavNirman Sena) Retrieved 20 October 2011
- 7 August – M. S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist (died 2023)
- 19 August – Madhav Dalvi, cricketer (died 2012)
- 31 August – Aarudhra, author, poet and historian (died 1998)
- 13 September – Namboothiri (died 2023)
- 24 September – Autar Singh Paintal, medical scientist (died 2004)
- 4 November – Ritwik Ghatak, film director (died 1976){{cite news |title=Los Angeles Review of Books |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/out-of-the-waiting-room-of-history-ritwik-ghataks-cinema-of-partition/ |access-date=13 August 2021 |work=Los Angeles Review of Books |date=22 February 2020}}
- 29 December – Keshav Dutt, hockey player (died 2021)
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- Raja Ramanna, nuclear scientist (died 2004){{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
Deaths
- Gokulchandra Nag, writer and artist (born 1895).
- Chittaranjan Das, Freedom activist and leader of Swaraj Party
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