1936 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1936 in India.
Incumbents[edit]
- Emperor of India – George V (until 20 January), Edward VIII (until 11 December), George VI
- Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon
- Viceroy of India – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (from 18 April)
Events[edit]
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- 3 March – Legislative Assembly passed a motion to terminate the Ottawa trade agreement.[1]
- 15–18 October – Religious riots in Bombay.[2]
- 28 December – Indian National Congress rejected new constitution.[3]
Undated[edit]
- Temple Entry Proclamation issued.
Births[edit]
- 8 January – Jyotindra Nath Dixit, diplomat and politician (died 2005).
- 12 January – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, politician and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. (died 2016)
- 1 April
- Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam (died 2020)
- Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist born in Bhopal (died 2021)
- 15 July – Prabhash Joshi, writer, editor and political analyst. (died 2009)
- 3 August – Bannanje Govindacharya, Sanskrit scholar (died 2020)
- 9 August – Satish Kumar, peace activist and editor.
- 13 August – Vyjayanthimala, award-winning actress and classical dancer.
- 8 September – Indu Jain, media executive and philanthropist (died 2021)
- November – Anant D. Adawadkar, author.
- 25 December – Ismail Merchant, film producer (died 2005).
Full date unknown[edit]
- Anand, writer.
Deaths[edit]
- 13 August – Bhikaiji Cama, independence campaigner (born 1861).
- 19 September – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian classical musician (born 1860).
- 8 October – Munshi Premchand, writer in Hindi-Urdu literature and Indian Freedom fighter (born 31 July 1880).
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