1932 in India

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See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1932 in India.

IncumbentsEdit

Third civil disobedience campaign.^[1]
3 January – British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
February – Terrorism in Bengal.^[1]
16 May – Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay – thousands dead and injured.
25 -28June - Indian Cricket Team play their first ever Test match.^[2]
17 August – Government award as to representation published.^[1]
August – India wins Hockey Gold Medal at Los Angeles Olympics
20 September – Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in Poona prison.
24 September – Gandhi approves a compromise.^[1]
8 October – Indian Air Force established.
15 October – J. R. D. Tata flew from Karachi to Bombay via Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India.^[3]

1 January – Shamsul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (died 2018)^[4]
6 January – Kamleshwar, writer, screenwriter, critic and essayist (died 2007).
7 January – Obaid Siddiqui, neurogeneticist. (died 2013)
9 February – Mohamad Abdul Tayyab, agricultural scientist (died 2007).
13 February – V. Balakrishnan, writer and translator (died 2004).
13 February – Leela Devi, writer, translator, and teacher (died 1998).
18 May – D. Pandian, politician (died 2021)
1 June – Ashis Roy, marathon runner
7 June – M. S. Narasimhan, mathematician (died 2021)
12 June – Padmini, actress and dancer (died 2006).
12 June – E. Sreedharan, IES
22 June
- Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar, orthopedic surgeon
- Amrish Puri
  Amrish Puri, actor (died 2005).
1 August – Meena Kumari, actress (died 1972).
20 August – Chandrakant Bakshi, author (died 2006).
20 September – Hamid Dalwai, social reformer and writer (died 1977).
27 September – Yash Chopra, director and producer (died 2012).
29 September – Mehmood, actor, director and producer (died 2004).
13 October – Anup Kumar, actor (died 1997).
5 December – Nadira, actress (died 2006).
21 December – U. R. Ananthamurthy, writer and critic. (died 2014)

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