1931 in India

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Events in the year 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

• 25 January – Mohandas Gandhi released again.
• 10 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.
• 5 March – Gandhi Irwin Pact
• 23 March – Independent India leaders Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev are hanged by the British Government.
• October, November – Mohandas Gandhi visits England.^[1]
• 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.
• Chakra was adopted on centre of the flag by INC (Indian National Congress)

Births

• 4 January – Nirupa Roy, actress (died 2004).
• 16 May – K. Natwar Singh, politician and Minister.
• 27 May – O. N. V. Kurup, poet.
• 27 August – Sri Chinmoy, spiritual teacher and philosopher (died 2007).
• 16 September – George Sudarshan, physicist, author and professor.
• 15 October – Abdul Kalam, eleventh President of India.(died2015)
• 21 October – Shammi Kapoor, actor (died 2011).

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

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