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Template:Year in region 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.
January – The All-Asian Women's Conference (AAWC) takes place in Lahore.
13 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.
Charka was adopted on centre of the flag by INC (Indian National Congress)^{[citation needed]}

Births

4 January – Nirupa Roy, actress (died 2004).
16 May – K. Natwar Singh, politician and Minister.
27 May – O. N. V. Kurup, poet. (died 2016)
17 July – B. V. Nimbkar, agricultural scientist and social worker (died 2021).
26 July – S. L. Bhyrappa, novelist.
27 August – Sri Chinmoy, spiritual teacher and philosopher (died 2007).
16 September – E. C. George Sudarshan, physicist, author and professor. (died 2018)
26 September – Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (died 1983)
15 October – Abdul Kalam, eleventh President of India.(died 2015)
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

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

Years in India (1500–present)

Pre-British period

British India (1612–1950)

Republic of India (1950–present)

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