1924 in India

India-related events during the year of 1924

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See also:| List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1924 in India.

## Incumbents[edit]

* Emperor of India – George V
* Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading

## Events[edit]

* National income - ₹29,930 million
* 12 January – Gopinath Saha shoots a man he erroneously thinks is a Police commissioner of Calcutta, Charles Augustus Tegart – he is arrested soon after.
* January - Bombay textile mill strike by communists began.[1]
* February – Mohandas Gandhi is released prematurely on medical grounds.
* 30 March - Commencement of Vaikom Satyagraha (the first ever struggle against apartheid in the World) designed by T K Madhavan and Sree Narayana Guru in Kerala, South India.
* July - Great Flood at Kerala – Great flood of 99
* 9–11 September – 1924 Kohat riots.
* 17 September - 21 days long fasting by Mahatma Gandhi for Hindu - Muslim unity.
* 4 December – The Gateway of India in Bombay, built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in December 1911, is opened by the Viceroy, the Earl of Reading.
* Reorganization of the Muslim League by Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

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## Births[edit]

* 1 January – Kamala Markandaya, novelist and journalist (died 2004).[2]
* 4 January – Sebastian Kappen, priest and theologian (died 1993)
* 27 January – Sabu Dastagir, actor (died 1963).
* 21 February – Krishna Prakash Bahadur, writer (died 2000).
* 24 February - Talat Mahmood, playback singer and actor (died 1998).
* 2 March – Gulshan Rai, film producer and distributor (died 2004).
* 19 March – F. C. Kohli, industrialist (died 2020)
* 3 June - M. Karunanidhi, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, poet, orator (died 7 August 2018 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India).
* 6 June – S. R. Bommai, politician and Chief Minister of Karnataka (died 2007).
* 1 July – Jan Azam, Pakistani sports shooter
* 3 July – Arjun Naidu, first-class cricketer (died 2000)
* 6 July – Mahim Bora, Indian writer and educationist (died 2016)
* 22 August – Harishankar Parsai, Hindi satirist and humorist (died 1995)[3]
* 18 September – M. R. Schunker, naval officer (died 2021)
* 13 October – Moturu Udayam, women's activist (died 2002)
* 29 November – Parassala B. Ponnammal, Carnatic musician (died 2021)
* 14 December – Raj Kapoor, actor and director (died 1988).
* 24 December – Narayan Desai, pacifist and writer. (died 2015)
* 25 December - Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Poet, reporter, Former PM of India (died 2018)
* 24 December – Nissim Ezekiel, poet, playwright and art critic (died 2004).
* 24 December – Mohammed Rafi, playback singer (died 1980).
* unknown date
* Mahendra Raj, structural engineer (died 2022)
* P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar, agricultural scientist (died 1996).

## Deaths[edit]

* Chattampi Swamikal, Hindu sage and social reformer (born 1853).
* Kumaran Asan, a poet of Malayalam – the language of Kerala – attained eternity in a boat accident at Pallana river, near Thrikkunnappuzha, Harippad, in Kerala, Southern India.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kooiman, Dick (1980). "Bombay Communists and the 1924 Textile Strike". Economic and Political Weekly. 15 (29): 1223–1236. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4368873.
2. ^ Dr. Arjun R. Masal. Kamala Markandaya : A Literary Exploration. Lulu.com. p. 11\. ISBN 978-0-359-13447-2.
3. ^ Hariśaṅkara Parasāī (1994). Inspector Matadeen on the Moon: Selected Satires. Manas. p. 1\. ISBN 978-81-85938-26-4.

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