1932 in India

Centuries:

• 18th
• 19th
• 20th
• 21st

Decades:

• 1910s
• 1920s
• 1930s
• 1940s
• 1950s

See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1932 in India.

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

• National income - ₹20,286 million
• Third civil disobedience campaign.^[1]
• 3 January – British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.^{[citation needed ]}
• February – Terrorism in Bengal.^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 11 August – India wins the Gold Medal in Field Hockey at the Los Angeles Olympics.^[3]
• 17 August – Government award as to representation published.^[1]
• 20 September – Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in Poona prison.^{[citation needed ]}
• 24 September – Gandhi approves a compromise.^[1]
• 1 October - Port Haj Committee Act 1932 was passed which set up concept of embarkation points for Hajj.^[4]
• 8 October – Indian Air Force established.^[5]
• 15 October – J. R. D. Tata flew from Karachi to Madras via a de Havilland Puss Moth.^[6]

• Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India.^[7]
• Gurjar Veer silent film is released.^[8]
• Poona Pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar

• Indian Partnership Act
• Criminal Law Amendment Act
• Tea District Emigrant Labour Act

• 1 January – Shamsul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (died 2018).^[9]
• 6 January – Kamleshwar, writer, screenwriter, critic and essayist (died 2007).
• 7 January – Obaid Siddiqui, neurogeneticist (died 2013).
• 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 – Padmini, actress and dancer (died 2006).
• 12 June – E. Sreedharan, IES.
• 22 June
  • Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar, orthopedic surgeon.

  • Amrish Puri, actor (died 2005).
• 1 August – Meena Kumari, actress (died 1972).
• 20 August – Chandrakant Bakshi, author (died 2006).
• 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).
• 13 October – Anup Kumar, actor (died 1997).
• 5 December – Nadira, actress (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 – Saida Sherif, broadcaster, educationalist, humanitarian and poet (died 2023).^[10]