1924 in India

Template:Year in region Events in the year 1924 in India.

Incumbents[edit | edit source]

Emperor of India – George V
Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading

Events[edit | edit source]

12 January – Gopinath Saha shoots a man he erroneously thinks is a Police commissioner of Calcutta, Charles Augustus Tegart – he is arrested soon after.
February – Mohandas Gandhi is released prematurely on medical grounds.
9 September – 11 September – 1924 Kohat riots.
4 December – The Gateway of India in Bombay, built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in December 1911, is opened by the Viceroy, the Earl of Reading.
Reorganization of the Muslim League by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Great Flood at Kerala – Great flood of 99
Commencement of Vaikam Satyagraham (the first ever struggle against apartheid in the World) designed by T K Madhavan and Sree Narayana Guru. In Kerala, South India.

Births[edit | edit source]

1 January – Kamala Markandaya, novelist and journalist (died 2004).^[1]
4 January – Sebastian Kappen, priest and theologian (died 1993)
27 January – Sabu Dastagir, actor (died 1963).
21 February – Krishna Prakash Bahadur, writer (died 1989).
2 March – Gulshan Rai, film producer and distributor (died 2004).
19 March – F. C. Kohli, industrialist (died 2020)
3 June - M. Karunanidhi, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, poet, orator (died 07 August 2018 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India).
6 June – S. R. Bommai, politician and Chief Minister of Karnataka (died 2007).
1 July – Jan Azam, Pakistani sports shooter
3 July – Arjun Naidu, first-class cricketer (died 2000)
6 July – Mahim Bora, Indian writer and educationist (died 2016)
22 August – Harishankar Parsai, Hindi satirist and humorist (died 1995)^[2]
18 September – M. R. Schunker, naval officer (died 2021)
13 October – Moturu Udayam, women's activist (died 2002)
29 November – Parassala B. Ponnammal, Carnatic musician (died 2021)
14 December – Raj Kapoor, actor and director (died 1988).
24 December – Narayan Desai, pacifist and writer. (died 2015)
25 December - Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Poet, reporter, Former PM of India (died 2018)
24 December – Nissim Ezekiel, poet, playwright and art critic (died 2004).
24 December – Mohammed Rafi, playback singer (died 1980).
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- P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar, agricultural scientist (died 1996).

Deaths[edit | edit source]

Chattampi Swamikal, Hindu sage and social reformer (born 1853).
Kumaran Asan, a poet of Malayalam – the language of Kerala – attained eternity in a boat accident at Pallana river, near Thrikkunnappuzha, Harippad, in Kerala, Southern India.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Dr. Arjun R. Masal. Kamala Markandaya : A Literary Exploration. Lulu.com. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-359-13447-2.
↑ Hariśaṅkara Parasāī (1994). Inspector Matadeen on the Moon: Selected Satires. Manas. p. 1. ISBN 978-81-85938-26-4.

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[1] Dr. Arjun R. Masal. Kamala Markandaya : A Literary Exploration. Lulu.com. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-359-13447-2.

[2] Hariśaṅkara Parasāī (1994). Inspector Matadeen on the Moon: Selected Satires. Manas. p. 1. ISBN 978-81-85938-26-4.

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