1931 in India

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin
• Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon (from 18 April)

Events

• National income - 26,389 million
• 25 January – Mohandas Gandhi released again.
• January – The All-Asian Women's Conference (AAWC) takes place in Lahore.
• 13 February – New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
• 27 February – Chandrasekhar Azad martyrdom in an encounter with the British in Allahabad.
• 4 March – British viceroy of India and Mohandas Gandhi negotiate.
• 23 March – Independent India leaders Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev are hanged by the British Government.
• October, November – Mohandas Gandhi visits England.
• 4 November – Inauguration of the Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway station by the Maharaja of Travancore Sree Chithira Thirunal
• 6 November – Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba arrives in America for the first time.
• 2nd Round Table Conference
• Charka was adopted on centre of the flag by INC (Indian National Congress)

Law

• 5 March – Gandhi Irwin Pact
• Bijni Succession Act
• Indian Tolls (Amendment) Act
• Provisional Collection of Taxes Act

Births

• 4 January – Nirupa Roy, actress (died 2004).
• 28 January – S. Venkitaramanan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (died 2023).
• 3 February – Imtiaz Qureshi, chef (died 2024).
• 3 February – Charanjit Singh, hockey player (died 2022).
• 10 May – M. Chidananda Murthy, historian (died 2020).
• 16 May – K. Natwar Singh, politician and Minister.
• 27 May – O. N. V. Kurup, poet (died 2016).
• 20 June – Zia Mohyeddin, Pakistani actor and broadcaster (died 2023).
• 25 June – V. P. Singh, Prime Minister of India (died 2008).
• 17 July – B. V. Nimbkar, agricultural scientist and social worker (died 2021).
• 26 July – S. L. Bhyrappa, novelist.
• 27 August – Sri Chinmoy, spiritual teacher and philosopher (died 2007).
• 16 September – E. C. George Sudarshan, physicist, author and professor (died 2018).
• 26 September – Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (died 1983)
• 12 October – Padma Desai, economist (died 2023)
• 15 October – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, eleventh President of India.(died 2015)
• 21 October – Shammi Kapoor, actor (died 2011).
• 11 December - Rajneesh, spiritual guru.

Full date unknown

• Satyen Kappu, actor (died 2007).
• Romila Thapar, historian

Deaths

• 23 March – Shivaram Rajguru, revolutionary, executed (born 1908).
• 23 March – Bhagat Singh, freedom fighter, executed (born 1907).
• 23 March – Sukhdev Thapar, revolutionary, executed (born 1907).
• 7 July – Dinesh Gupta, freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (born 1911).

References

References

1. ''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263