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{{Year in India|1922}}<br />
Events in the year '''1922 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|The Earl of Reading]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
*February – The [[Chauari Chaura incident]] occurs, where a mob of about 3000 kills some policemen. With the [[Non-cooperation movement]] (NCM) taking an increasingly violent form, this is the last straw to [[Gandhi]]'s sense of discipline. He immediately calls for suspension of the NCM, leaving many Congress activists disappointed.<br />
*11 March – [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is arrested in [[Bombay]] for [[sedition]].<br />
*13 March – [[Prince of Wales]] [[Edward VIII]] inaugurates the ''[[Rashtriya Indian Military College|Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College]]'' in [[Dehradun]], India marking a capitulation of the British Empire to growing pressure for Indianization of the Officer Cadre of the British Indian Army.<br />
*18 March – [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is sentenced to six years in prison for [[sedition]]. He would serve only two years.<br />
*Mohenjadaro was discovered. under the supervision of R.D.Bannerji<br />
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==Births==<br />
*9 January – [[Har Gobind Khorana]], molecular biologist, shared [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] in 1968 (died [[2011 in India|2011]]).<br />
*27 January – [[Ajit Khan]], actor (died [[1998 in India|1998]]).<br />
*4 February – [[Bhimsen Joshi]], Hindustani classical Singer (died [[2011 in India|2011]]).<br />
*22 February - [[S. H. Raza]], modern Indian painter. (died 2016)<br />
*4 March – [[Dina Pathak]], actress and activist (died [[2002 in India|2002]]).<br />
*2 July – [[Mohammed Fazal]], former Governor of [[Maharashtra]]. (died 2014)<br />
*30 September – [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], film director (died [[2006 in India|2006]]).<br />
*1 October – [[Allu Rama Lingaiah]], actor (died [[2004 in India|2004]]).<br />
*11 December – [[Dilip Kumar]], actor and politician (died [[2021 in India|2021]]).<br />
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*[[Chandrashekhar]], actor.<br />
*[[O. Madhavan]], director and actor (died [[2005 in India|2005]]).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*21 March – [[C. V. Raman Pillai]], novelist and playwright (born [[1858 in India|1858]])<br />
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