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{{Year in India|1931}}<br />
Events in the year '''1931 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|The Lord Irwin]] <br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|The Earl of Willingdon]] (from 18 April)<br />
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==Events==<br />
*25 January – [[Mohandas Gandhi]] released again.<br />
*January – The [[All-Asian Women's Conference]] (AAWC) takes place in [[Lahore]].<br />
*13 February – [[New Delhi]] becomes the capital of India.<br />
*27 February – Chandrasekhar Azad martyrdom in an encounter with the British in Allahabad.<br />
*4 March – British [[viceroy]] of India and [[Mohandas Gandhi]] negotiate.<br />
*5 March – [[Gandhi Irwin Pact]]<br />
*23 March – Independent India leaders [[Bhagat Singh]], [[Shivaram Rajguru|Rajguru]] and [[Sukhdev]] are hanged by the [[United Kingdom|British]] Government.<br />
*October, November – Mohandas Gandhi visits England.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref><br />
*4 November – Inauguration of the Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway station by the Maharaja of Travancore Sree Chithira Thirunal<br />
*6 November – Indian spiritual leader [[Meher Baba]] arrives in America for the first time.<br />
* 2nd round table conference.<br />
* [[Spinning wheel|Charka]] was adopted on centre of the flag by INC (Indian National Congress){{citation needed|date=August 2013}}<br />
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==Births==<br />
*4 January – [[Nirupa Roy]], actress (died [[2004 in India|2004]]).<br />
*16 May – [[K. Natwar Singh]], politician and Minister.<br />
*27 May – [[O. N. V. Kurup]], poet. (died 2016)<br />
*17 July – [[B. V. Nimbkar]], agricultural scientist and social worker (died [[2021 in India|2021]]).<br />
*26 July – [[S. L. Bhyrappa]], novelist.<br />
*27 August – [[Sri Chinmoy]], spiritual teacher and philosopher (died [[2007 in India|2007]]).<br />
*16 September – [[E. C. George Sudarshan]], physicist, author and professor. (died [[2018 in India|2018]])<br />
*26 September – [[Vijay Manjrekar]], cricketer (died [[1983 in India|1983]]) <br />
*15 October – [[Abdul Kalam]], eleventh [[President of India]].(died [[2015 in India|2015]])<br />
*21 October – [[Shammi Kapoor]], actor (died [[2011 in India|2011]]).<br />
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*[[Satyen Kappu]], actor (died [[2007 in India|2007]]).<br />
*[[Romila Thapar]], historian<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*23 March – [[Shivaram Rajguru]], revolutionary, executed (born [[1908 in India|1908]]).<br />
*23 March – [[Bhagat Singh]], freedom fighter, executed (born [[1907 in India|1907]]).<br />
*23 March – [[Sukhdev Thapar]], revolutionary, executed (born [[1907 in India|1907]]).<br />
*7 July – [[Dinesh Gupta]], freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (born [[1911 in India|1911]]).<br />
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