1933 in India

Events in the year 1933 in India.

Incumbents

National income – {{INR}} 19,502 million
January – Extensive prosecutions of Communists for treason.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
Pakistan Declaration published{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Indian National Congress meeting at Calcutta prevented by the police.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
1 May – Gandhi released.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
8 May – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 3-week hunger strike because of the mistreatment of the lower castes.
1 August – Rearrest of Gandhi; released on 24 August.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
Gandhi transfers charge of Congress to Nehru.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
26 November – A 20 year old landlord from Pakur named Amarendra Chandra Pandey was killed using a Biological agent.{{Cite news|date=2021-12-24|title=The Indian 'germ murder' that gripped the world|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-59760633|access-date=2022-01-12}}

8 January – Supriya Devi, Bengali actress (born in Burma, now Myanmar) (died 2018).{{cite web|url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/article/474436/আমি-সেই-মেয়ে-সুপ্রিয়া-দেবী|title=আমি সেই মেয়ে : সুপ্রিয়া দেবী|publisher=Prothom Alo|date=12 March 2015|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=9 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209080111/http://www.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/article/474436/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80|url-status=dead}}
14 February – Madhubala, actress (died 1969).
18 February – Nimmi, actress. (died 2020).
4 April – Balan K. Nair, actor (died 2000).
28 June – V. Sasisekharan, molecular biologist.
15 July – M. T. Vasudevan Nair, writer and film director (died 2024).
20 July – Roddam Narasimha, scientist (died 2020).
1 August – Meena Kumari, actress and poet (died 1972).
31 August – Dhiru Parikh, poet, writer and critic (died 2021).
5 September – Laxminarayan Ramdas, admiral (died 2024).
27 September – Nagesh, comedian actor (died 2009).
3 November – Amartya Sen, economist, philosopher and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998.
8 December – Narenda Kumar, mountaineer and soldier (died 2020).