1934 in India

← 1933 1932 1931 1934 in India → 1935 1936 1937
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Events in the year 1934 in India.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 15 January – The 8.0 M_w Nepal–Bihar earthquake shakes the Himalayas with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), leaving 6,000–10,700 dead.
• 7 April – Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience.
• July – The Communist Party of India is declared unlawful.^[1]
• 54-hour week passed.^[1]
• September – Gandhi is successful in forcing the hand of the caste Hindus in favour of the depressed classes in the scheme of representation.^[1]

Full date unknown

• G. Edward Lewis discovers 'man-like ape' fossils in Northern India. They are named Ramapithecus and Sugrivapithecus, after Rama and Sugriva.
• The Reserve Bank of India Act passed

Births

• 7 January – Jamila Massey, actress and writer.
• 9 January – Mahendra Kapoor, playback singer (died 2008).
• 22 January – Vijay Anand, filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor and actor (died 2004).
• 24 April – Jayakanthan, writer, essayist, journalist, pamphleteer, film-maker and critic.
• 15 March – Kanshi Ram, politician and founder of Bahujan Samaj Party (died 2006).
• 19 May – Ruskin Bond, children's writer.
• 21 July – Chandu Borde, cricketer.
• 26 July – S. L. Bhyrappa, novelist.

Full date unknown

• Manoj Das, writer.
• Vijaya Mehta, theatre and film director and actress.
• Kedarnath Singh, poet.

References