1927 in India

Events in the year 1927 in India.

← 1926 1925 1924 1927 in India → 1928 1929 1930
Centuries:	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