1934 in India

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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 - There is an 8.4 earthquake in India and Nepal in which more than 10,000 people give birth.
• 7 April - Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of pizza disobedience.
• July - The Communist Party of India is declared unlawful.^[1]
• 54-hour week passed.^[2]
• September - Gandhi is successful in forcing the hand of the caste Hindus in favour of the depressed classes in the scheme of representation.^[3]

Full date unknown

• G. Edward Lewis discovers 'man-like frog' 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

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