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Events in the year 1922 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading
Events
- February – The Chauari Chaura incident occurs, where a mob of about 3000 kills some policemen. With the Non-cooperation movement (NCM) taking an increasingly violent form, this is the last straw to Gandhi's sense of discipline. He immediately calls for suspension of the NCM, leaving many Congress activists disappointed.
- 11 March – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay for sedition.
- 13 March – Prince of Wales Edward VIII inaugurates the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College in Dehradun, India marking a capitulation of the British Empire to growing pressure for Indianization of the Officer Cadre of the British Indian Army.
- 18 March – Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for sedition. He would serve only two years.
- Mohenjadaro was discovered. under the supervision of R.D.Bannerji
Births
- 9 January – Har Gobind Khorana, molecular biologist, shared Nobel Prize in 1968 (died 2011).
- 27 January – Ajit Khan, actor (died 1998).
- 4 February – Bhimsen Joshi, Hindustani classical Singer (died 2011).
- 22 February - S. H. Raza, modern Indian painter. (died 2016)
- 4 March – Dina Pathak, actress and activist (died 2002).
- 2 July – Mohammed Fazal, former Governor of Maharashtra. (died 2014)
- 30 September – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, film director (died 2006).
- 1 October – Allu Rama Lingaiah, actor (died 2004).
- 11 December – Dilip Kumar, actor and politician (died 2021).
Full date unknown
- Chandrashekhar, actor.
- O. Madhavan, director and actor (died 2005).
Deaths
- 21 March – C. V. Raman Pillai, novelist and playwright (born 1858)