1925 in India

Events in the year 1925 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading

Events

• National income - 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).
• 9 March – 1 May Pink's War; RAF operations against tribesmen in Waziristan
• 12 March - Meeting and dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru.
• 16 June - Chittaranjan Das passes away
• 27 September - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is founded.
• 22 November - Periyar walks out of Congress in Provincial Conference held at Kanchipuram due to non-acceptances of resolution brought against Caste discrimination.
• 23 November - Vaikom Satyagraha ends with opening of all entrances of Vaikom Sree Mahadeva Temple except the East one for all castes.
• 26 December – Communist Party of India is founded at Kanpur.
• Dyarchy suspended in Bengal.

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)
• 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)
• 29 December – Keshav Dutt, hockey player (died 2021)

Full date unknown

• A. T. M. Mustafa, lawyer, cricketer and politician (died 1966)
• Raja Ramanna, nuclear scientist (died 2004)

Deaths

• Gokulchandra Nag, writer and artist (born 1895).
• Chittaranjan Das, Freedom activist and leader of Swaraj Party

References