1935 in India

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Events in the year 1935 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon

Events

• National income - ₹25,298 million
• 31 May – The 7.7 M_w  Quetta earthquake shook British India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 30,000–60,000.
• Dr. BR. Ambedkar ended all 3 temple entry movement in 1935.
• Government of India act

Law

• 2 August – Government of India Bill, became law; it provided for development of a popular constitution. ^[1]

Births

• 2 January – Syed Jahangir, Bangladeshi painter (died 2018) ^[2]
• 19 January – Soumitra Chatterjee, actor. (died 2020)
• 24 January – Shivabalayogi, Indian yogi (died 1994)
• 1 March – Ajoy Roy, Bangladeshi academic (died 2019)
• 5 March – Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (died 1996) ^[3]
• 17 March – Muhammad Ashiq, Pakistani cyclist (died 2018)
• 7 April – S. P. Muthuraman, film director.
• 3 May – Sujatha, author, short story writer and playwright (died 2008).
• 25 May – Neela Ramgopal, Carnatic musician (died 2023) ^[4]
• 7 June
  • Thomas Kailath, Indian-American engineer, author, and educator
  • Shyama, actress (died 2017)
• 21 June – Pratap Chauhan, cricketer
• 25 June – Udey Chand, wrestler and wrestling coach
• 30 June – Animesh Chakravorty, chemist
• 2 July
  • Guruvayur Dorai, percussionist
  • Amar Singh Sokhi, cyclist
• 10 July – P. K. Gurudasan, politician
• 18 July – Jayendra Saraswathi, Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.
• 1 August – Mohinder Pratap Chand, writer and poet. (died 2020)
• 14 August – Radha Charan Gupta, historian of mathematics (died 2024)
• 23 September – Prem Chopra, actor.
• 30 September – Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, poet and literary critic (died 2020)
• 24 October – Mark Tully, journalist
• 13 November – P. Susheela, playback singer
• 24 November – Salim Khan, actor and scriptwriter.
• 28 November – S. P. Hinduja, businessman (died 2023)
• 8 December – Dharmendra, actor (died 2025).
• 11 December – Pranab Mukherjee, politician and minister. (died 2020)

Full date unknown

• Khalish Dehlavi, poet.

References

1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
2. "Veteran painter Syed Jahangir dies at 83". bdnews24. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
3. Nizampuri, Ashraf Ali (2013). দ্যা হান্ড্রেড (বাংলা মায়ের একশ কৃতিসন্তান) (in Bengali) (1 ed.). Hathazari, Chittagong District: Salman Prakashani. pp. 326–328.
4. Noted Carnatic vocalist and guru Neela Ramgopal passes away