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India-related events during the year of 1931
Events in the year 1931 in India.
- 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.
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- 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
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Charka was adopted on centre of the flag by INC (Indian National Congress)[
citation needed]
- 5 March –
Gandhi Irwin Pact
- Bijni Succession Act
- Indian Tolls (Amendment) Act
- Provisional Collection of Taxes Act
- 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.
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^ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263