1932 in India
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{{Year in India|1932}}
Events in the year 1932 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon
Events
- National income - {{INR}}20,286 million
- Third civil disobedience campaign.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
- 3 January – British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
- February – Terrorism in Bengal.
- 16 May – Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay – thousands dead and injured.
- 25–28 June - Indian Cricket Team play their first ever Test match.{{Cite web|title=Cricket Coverage - England vs India Only Test 1932 - Match Analysis, Reports {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17575/coverage/62605/england-vs-india-only-test-india-tour-of-england-1932|access-date=2020-10-28|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en}}
- 11 August – India wins the Gold Medal in Field Hockey at the Los Angeles Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/HOK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417072012/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/HOK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Hockey at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=11 September 2019}}
- 17 August – Government award as to representation published.
- 20 September – Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in Poona prison.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
- 24 September – Gandhi approves a compromise.
- 1 October - Port Haj Committee Act 1932 was passed which set up concept of embarkation points for Hajj.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-04 |title=History – Haj Committee of India |url=https://hajcommittee.gov.in/history/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |archive-date=2022-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204235622/https://hajcommittee.gov.in/history/ |url-status=live }}
- 8 October – Indian Air Force established.{{cite web|title=History of the IAF|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98|work=Official Website|publisher=Webmaster IAF – Air Headquarters|access-date=7 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235005/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98|archive-date=9 April 2009}}
- 15 October – J. R. D. Tata flew from Karachi to Madras via a de Havilland Puss Moth.{{Cite web|title=Air India needs JRD Tata's legacy once again to get back in shape|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/air-india-needs-jrd-tatas-legacy-once-again-to-get-back-in-shape/article36904875.ece|access-date=15 October 2021|website=@businessline|date=8 October 2021|language=en|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009045322/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/air-india-needs-jrd-tatas-legacy-once-again-to-get-back-in-shape/article36904875.ece|url-status=live}}
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- Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India.{{cite news |title=The Tata Airmail Service |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1933/1933%20-%200531.html |work=Flight Global |date=14 September 1933 |access-date=16 September 2011 }}
- Gurjar Veer silent film is released.{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|author=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|publisher=British Film Institute|year=1994|page=502|isbn=0851704557|id=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOZkAAAAMAAJ&q=veer+gurjar}}
- Poona Pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar
Law
- Indian Partnership Act
- Criminal Law Amendment Act
- Tea District Emigrant Labour Act
Births
- 1 January – Shamsul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (died 2018).{{cite web |url=http://www.unb.com.bd/bangladesh-news/Ex-minister-M-Shamsul-Islam-dies%C2%A0/69233 |title=Ex-minister M Shamsul Islam dies at 87 |website=www.unb.com.bd |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427045322/http://www.unb.com.bd/bangladesh-news/Ex-minister-M-Shamsul-Islam-dies%C2%A0/69233 |archive-date=27 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}
- 6 January – Kamleshwar, writer, screenwriter, critic and essayist (died 2007).
- 7 January – Obaid Siddiqui, neurogeneticist (died 2013).
- 13 February
- V. Balakrishnan, writer and translator (died 2004).
- Leela Devi, writer, translator, and teacher (died 1998).
- 1 May – S. M. Krishna, politician (died 2024).
- 18 May – D. Pandian, politician (died 2021).
- 1 June – Ashis Roy, marathon runner.
- 7 June – M. S. Narasimhan, mathematician (died 2021).
- 12 June – Padmini, actress and dancer (died 2006).
- 12 June – E. Sreedharan, IES.
- 22 June
- Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar, orthopedic surgeon.
- File:Amrish Puri.jpg]]Amrish Puri, actor (died 2005).
- 20 August
- Chandrakant Bakshi, author (died 2006).
- M. G. S. Narayanan, historian (died 2025).
- 17 September – Indarjit Singh, journalist and broadcaster.
- 26 September – Manmohan Singh, politician, prime minister of India (died 2024).
- 27 September – Yash Chopra, director and producer (died 2012).
- 29 September
- Hamid Dalwai, social reformer and writer (died 1977).
- Mehmood, actor, director and producer (died 2004).
- 13 October – Anup Kumar, actor (died 1997).
- 5 December – Nadira, actress (died 2006).
- 21 December – U. R. Ananthamurthy, writer and critic (died 2014).
- 25 December – Raees Mohammad, cricketer (died 2022 in Pakistan).
- 28 December– Dhirubhai Ambani, businessman, founder of Reliance Group (died 2002 in India).
- Unknown – Saida Sherif, broadcaster, educationalist, humanitarian and poet (died 2023).{{cite news |last=Sherif |first=Jamil |date=21 April 2023 |title=Obituary: The passing of a ‘rebel with a cause’ |url=https://muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/obituary/obituary-the-passing-of-a-rebel-with-a-cause/ |access-date=20 March 2025 |work=The Muslim News}}
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