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<div>{{short description|India-related events during the year of 1921}}<br />
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{{Year in India|1921}}<br />
Events in the year '''1921 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|The Earl of Reading]] (from 2 April)<br />
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==Events==<br />
*8 April – Permanent Advisory Council of Princes inaugurated; Council of State and Legislative Assembly inaugurated.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |edition=6 |page=262}}</ref><br />
*23 December – [[Visva-Bharati University]] is inaugurated.<br />
*The [[Prince of Wales]], later King [[Edward VIII]], arrives in India. Upon his arrival in [[Bombay]] there is widespread agitation. He was greeted with empty streets (The agitation was non violent.)<br />
*June - the Madras province declared to the judgement of women also have to right to vote in the British India.<br />
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==Births And Deaths==<br />
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===January to June===<br />
*9 January – [[Lister Sinclair]], Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright (died 2006)<br />
*21 January – [[Jaswant Singh Marwah]], journalist and author <br />
*8 March – [[Sahir Ludhianvi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]] poet and [[Hindi language|Hindi]] lyricist and songwriter (died 1980).<br />
*14 April – [[Subodh Mukherjee]], filmmaker (died 2005).<br />
*2 May – [[Satyajit Ray]], filmmaker (died 1992).<br />
*21 May – [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]], philosopher, author, social revolutionary, poet, composer and linguist (died 1990).<br />
*2 May – [[B. B. Lal]], archaeologist, Director-General [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (1968–1972)<br />
*28 June – [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of India]] (died 2004).<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*1 August – [[Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak]], poet, novelist and short story writer (died 1966).<br />
*24 September – [[Dhulipala Seetharama Sastry]], actor (died 2007).<br />
*7 December – [[Pramukh Swami Maharaj]], leader of [[BAPS]] [[Swaminarayan]] Sanstha.<br />
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*11 September – [[Subramanya Bharathi]], poet, independence fighter and reformer (born [[1882 in India|1882]]).<br />
*[[Ahmed Rida Khan]], [[Sunni]] Muslim scholar and founder of [[Barelwi]] [[school of thought]] (born [[1856 in India|1856]]).<br />
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==References==<br />
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