1932 in India

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Events in the year 1932 in India.

Incumbents

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

Events

• Third civil disobedience campaign.^[1]
• 3 January – British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
• February – Terrorism in Bengal.^[2]
• 16 May – Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay – thousands dead and injured.
• 17 August – Government award as to representation published.^[3]
• August – India wins Hockey Gold Medal at Los Angeles Olympics
• 20 September – Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in Poona prison.
• 24 September – Gandhi approves a compromise.^[4]
• 8 October – Indian Air Force established.
• 15 October – J. R. D. Tata flew from Karachi to Bombay via Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India.^[5]

Births

• 6 January – Kamleshwar, writer, screenwriter, critic and essayist (died 2007).
• 7 January – Obaid Siddiqui, neurogeneticist.
• 9 February – Dr. Mohamad Abdul Tayyab, agricultural scientist (died 2007).
• 13 February – V. Balakrishnan, writer and translator (died 2004).
• 13 February – Leela Devi, writer, translator, and teacher (died 1998).
• 12 June – Padmini, actress and dancer (died 2006).
• 22 June – Amrish Puri, actor (died 2005).
• 1 August – Meena Kumari, actress (died 1972).
• 20 August – Chandrakant Bakshi, author (died 2006).
• 27 September – Yash Chopra, director and producer (died 2012).
• 29 September – 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.

Full date unknown

• Ashalata, actress.
• Hamid Dalwai, social reformer and writer (died 1977).

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