1930 in India

Events in the year 1930 in India.

Incumbents

National income - {{INR}}31,435 million
26 January – The Indian National Congress declares January 26 as Independence Day, or the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence).
28 February - Sir C V Raman Received Nobel Prize in Physics.
2 March – Mohandas Gandhi informs British viceroy of India that civil disobedience would begin nine days later.
12 March – Mohandas Gandhi sets off to a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest the British monopoly on salt – more will join them during the Salt March that ends on 5 April.
6 April – In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and taking salt.
18 April – Chittagong armoury raid also known as Chittagong uprising.
30 April – The Vedaranyam Salt satyagraha led by Rajaji and Sardar Vedarathinam Pillai culminates in South India
4–5 May – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested again.
October – First Round Table Conference opens in London.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
28 December – Mohandas Gandhi leaves for Britain for negotiations

Publication of the report of the Simon Commission.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
Sale of Goods Act
Hindu Gains of Learning Act

3 June – George Fernandes, politician (died 2019){{cite book|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Organizations|title=Human Rights in India: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on International Relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rnHGvjghV9EC&pg=PA118|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=118}}
6 June – Sunil Dutt, actor, producer, director and politician (died 2005).
7 June – Chitrananda Abeysekera, Sri Lankan veteran broadcaster (died 1992)
10 June – Satya Priya Mahathero, Bangladeshi Buddhist pundit, religious leader and social worker (died 2019)
26 June – Mehli Irani, cricketer (died 2021)
30 June – Nabeesa Ummal, politician (died 2023)
9 July – Kailasam Balachander, Producer, Director, Actor (died 2014).
11 July – Shafiqur Rahman Barq, politician
10 August – R. Nagaswamy, historian and archaeologist (died 2022).
5 November – Arjun Singh, politician and Minister (died 2011).
18 November – Jai Narain Prasad Nishad, politician (died 2018){{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gm-7YfQrb8gC|year=2000|publisher=Parliament Secretariat|page=647}}
23 November – Geeta Dutt, playback singer (died 1972).

12 May Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (born 1858)
16 September – Martial Paillot, French Roman Catholic missionary, history professor and parish priest
28 September – T K Madhavan, the architect of Vaikam Sayagraham and organizing secretary of SNDP Yogam.