1927 in India

Events in the year 1927 in India.

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  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

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

Events
  • National income - ₹32,890 million
  • 18 January – Council House in New Delhi is opened.[1]
  • 20 March - Mahad Satyagraha lead by B. R. Ambedkar for Dalit rights.[2]
  • 14 April - The first formal meeting of Haj Committee of India held at Bombay.[3]
  • 28 September – Fatal communal riots in Dehra Dun, U.P.[4]
  • 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.
  • Dr. B.R. Ambedkar started temple entry movement in 1927.

Law
  • Indian Forest Act
  • Light House Act

Births
  • 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 (died 1996)
  • 20 July – Rajendra Kumar, actor and producer (died 1999).
  • 26 August
    • B. V. Doshi, architect (died 2023)
    • 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
  • 8 December - Parkash Singh Badal, politician and former Chief Minister of Punjab (died 2023)
  • 25 December – Ram Narayan, sarangi player

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

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

References
  1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
  2. "On Ambedkar Jayanti, a look at the significance of the Mahad Satyagraha". The Indian Express. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. "History - Haj Committee of India".
  4. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262-63


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