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[[File:Ancient_One.jpg | thumb | right | [[Meher Baba]] in 1925]]

{{Year in India|1925}}
Events in the year '''1925 in India'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]
* Viceroy of India – [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|The Earl of Reading]]

==Events==
* National income - {{INR}}31,179 million
* 3 February – The first ever electric train of India completes its journey from [[Victoria Terminus]] to [[Kurla]] on the [[Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html |title=Indian Railways FAQ: Electric Traction – I |access-date=2008-09-14 |publisher=Indian Railways Fan Club| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080915095129/http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html| archive-date= 15 September 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* 9 March – 1 May [[Pink's War]]; RAF operations against tribesmen in Waziristan
* 12 March - Meeting and dialogue between [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Narayana Guru]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=When Mahatma Gandhi and Sree Narayana Guru met in Kerala |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/specials/revisiting-the-historic-encounter-of-mahatma-gandhi-and-sree-narayana-guru-1.10414049 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref>
* 16 June - [[Chittaranjan Das]] passes away
* 27 September - [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] is founded.
* 22 November - [[Periyar]] walks out of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in Provincial Conference held at [[Kanchipuram]] due to non-acceptances of resolution brought against [[Caste discrimination in India|Caste discrimination]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=indiatoday |title=Alliances & Animosities: The Political Ping-Pong & Punching Bags |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/interactive/visuals/time-tide-tamil-alliances-and-animosities-the-political-ping-pong-and-punching-bags-part-21-346-05-02-2026 |access-date=2026-02-23 |website=indiatoday |language=en}}</ref>
* 23 November - [[Vaikom Satyagraha]] ends with opening of all entrances of [[Vaikom Sree Mahadeva Temple]] except the East one for all castes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-29 |title=Vaikom Satyagraha completes a century tomorrow |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/vaikom-satyagraha-completes-a-century-tomorrow-1.9445460 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref>
* 26 December – [[Communist Party of India]] is founded at [[Kanpur]].
* Dyarchy suspended in Bengal.<ref name="Everyman">{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |edition=6th |publication-date=1971 |pages=262}}</ref>

==Law==
*Indian Succession Act
*Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
*Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act
*Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act
*Provident Funds Act
*Coal Grading Board Act
*Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act

==Births==
* 1 January – [[Wahiduddin Khan]], religious scholar and peace activist (died [[2021 in India|2021]])
* 19 January – [[Pradeep Kumar (actor)|Pradeep Kumar]], actor (died [[2001 in India|2001]])
* 25 January – [[Kakarla Subba Rao]], radiologist (died [[2021 in India|2021]])
* 8 May – [[G. S. Amur]], writer and critic (died [[2020 in India|2020]])
* 9 July – [[Guru Dutt]], [[film director]], producer, and actor (died [[1964 in India|1964]])
* 22 July
** [[Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu]], [[poet]] and [[political activist]] (died [[1987 in India|1987]])
** [[Govind Talwalkar]], journalist (died [[2017 in India|2017]])<ref name=MANASE>[http://www.manase.org/en/maharashtra.php?mid=68&smid=23&pmid=9&id=764 MANASE Biography of Govind Talwalkar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402064400/http://www.manase.org/en/maharashtra.php?mid=68&smid=23&pmid=9&id=764 |date=2 April 2012 }} by Raj Thackeray (Maharashtra NavNirman Sena) Retrieved 20 October 2011</ref>
* 7 August – [[M. S. Swaminathan]], [[Agricultural science|agricultural scientist]] (died [[2023 in India|2023]])
* 19 August – [[Madhav Dalvi]], cricketer (died [[2012 in India|2012]])
* 31 August – [[Aarudhra]], author, poet and historian (died [[1998 in India|1998]])
* 13 September – [[Namboothiri (artist)|Namboothiri]] (died [[2023 in India|2023]])
* 24 September – [[Autar Singh Paintal]], medical scientist (died [[2004 in India|2004]])
* 4 November – [[Ritwik Ghatak]], film director (died [[1976 in India|1976]])<ref name="Ritwik Ghatak, Los Angeles Review of Books">{{cite news |title=Los Angeles Review of Books |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/out-of-the-waiting-room-of-history-ritwik-ghataks-cinema-of-partition/ |access-date=13 August 2021 |work=Los Angeles Review of Books |date=22 February 2020}}</ref>
* 29 December – [[Keshav Dutt]], hockey player (died [[2021 in India|2021]])

===Full date unknown===
* [[A. T. M. Mustafa]], lawyer, cricketer and politician (died [[1966 in Pakistan|1966]])
* [[Raja Ramanna]], nuclear scientist (died [[2004 in India|2004]]){{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

==Deaths==
*[[Gokulchandra Nag]], writer and artist (born [[1895 in India|1895]]).
*[[Chittaranjan Das]], Freedom activist and leader of [[Swaraj Party]]

==References==
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Surendra Sharma at 02:55, 12 March 2026