1927 in India

Template:Year in region Events in the year 1927 in India.

Incumbents[edit | edit source]

Emperor of India – George V
Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin

Events[edit | edit source]

18 January – Council House in New Delhi is opened.^[1]

28 September – Fatal communal riots in Dehra Dun, U.P.^[2]
12 November – Mahatma Gandhi made his first and last visit to Ceylon.
The Simon commission is formed to consider further steps toward self-rule of India. No Indian member is included.

Births[edit | edit source]

24 January – J. Om Prakash, film producer. (died 2019)
30 January – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, dermatologist (died 2005)
3 February - Vasant Sarwate, cartoonist and writer (died 2016)
28 February – Krishan Kant, politician, Vice President of India (died 2002)
3 June – M. Narasimham, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (died 2021)
1 July – Chandra Shekhar, politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (died 2007)
3 July – Balivada Kantha Rao, novelist and playwright (died 2000)
12 July – Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani hammer thrower
20 July – Rajendra Kumar, actor and producer (died 1999).
26 August – Bansi Lal, Haryana's four time chief minister, and defence minister of India during Indian Emergency (1975–77) (died 2006)
8 November – Lal Krishna Advani, politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of India
25 December – Ram Narayan, sarangi player

Full date unknown[edit | edit source]

Adoor Bhasi, actor, writer, journalist, singer and film producer (died 1990)
K. T. Muhammed, playwright (died 2008)

Deaths[edit | edit source]

19 December – Ashfaqulla Khan, freedom fighter
19 December – Ram Prasad Bismil, freedom fighter

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
↑ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262-63

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