1930 in India

Incumbents

National income - Template:INR31,435 million
26 January – The Indian National Congress declares January 26 as Independence Day, or the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence).
28 February - Sir C V Raman Received Nobel Prize in Physics.
2 March – Mohandas Gandhi informs British viceroy of India that civil disobedience would begin nine days later.
12 March – Mohandas Gandhi sets off to a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest the British monopoly on salt – more will join them during the Salt March that ends on 5 April.
6 April – In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and taking salt.
18 April – Chittagong armoury raid also known as Chittagong uprising.
30 April – The Vedaranyam Salt satyagraha led by Rajaji and Sardar Vedarathinam Pillai culminates in South India
4–5 May – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested again.
October – First Round Table Conference opens in London.^[1]
28 December – Mohandas Gandhi leaves for Britain for negotiations

3 June – George Fernandes, politician (died 2019)^[3]
6 June – Sunil Dutt, actor, producer, director and politician (died 2005).
7 June – Chitrananda Abeysekera, Sri Lankan veteran broadcaster (died 1992)
10 June – Satya Priya Mahathero, Bangladeshi Buddhist pundit, religious leader and social worker (died 2019)
17 June – Anup Kumar, actor (died 1998).
26 June – Mehli Irani, cricketer (died 2021)
30 June – Nabeesa Ummal, politician (died 2023)
9 July – Kailasam Balachander, Producer, Director, Actor (died 2014).
11 July – Shafiqur Rahman Barq, politician
10 August – R. Nagaswamy, historian and archaeologist (died 2022).
5 November – Arjun Singh, politician and Minister (died 2011).
15 November – Geeta Bali, actress (died 1965).
18 November – Jai Narain Prasad Nishad, politician (died 2018)^[4]
23 November – Geeta Dutt, playback singer (died 1972).
13 December – Jacob Thoomkuzhy, Syro-Malabar hierarch (died 2025).

10 February – Akshay Kumar Maitreya, historian (born 1861)^[5]
12 May Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (born 1858)
16 September – Martial Paillot, French Roman Catholic missionary, history professor and parish priest
28 September – T K Madhavan, the architect of Vaikam Sayagraham and organizing secretary of SNDP Yogam

↑ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
↑ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
↑ Human Rights in India: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on International Relations{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. U.S. Government Printing Office(1976)
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↑ Maitreya, Akshay Kumar. Banglapedia.