1932 in India

Events in the year 1932 in India.

Incumbents

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

Events

• National income - 20,286 million
• Third civil disobedience campaign.
• 3 January – British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
• 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.
• 11 August – India wins the Gold Medal in Field Hockey at the Los Angeles Olympics.
• 17 August – Government award as to representation published.
• 20 September – Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in Poona prison.
• 24 September – Gandhi approves a compromise.
• 1 October - Port Haj Committee Act 1932 was passed which set up concept of embarkation points for Hajj.
• 8 October – Indian Air Force established.
• 15 October – J. R. D. Tata flew from Karachi to Madras via a de Havilland Puss Moth.

Undated

• Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India.
• Gurjar Veer silent film is released.
• 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)
• 6 January – Kamleshwar, writer, screenwriter, critic and essayist (died 2007)
• 7 January – Obaid Siddiqui, neurogeneticist (died 2013)
• 5 February – Shankha Ghosh, poet and literary critic (died 2021)
• 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 – E. Sreedharan, IES
• 22 June
• Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar, orthopedic surgeon
• 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)
• 29 October – Ranjit Das, Bangladeshi football player and coach (died 2026)
• 5 December – Nadira, actress (died 2006)
• 13 December – Padmini, actress and dancer (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
• Abdul Gani Bhat, Kashmiri separatist leader (died 2025)
• Saida Sherif, broadcaster, educationalist, humanitarian and poet (died 2023)

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