1934 in India

← 1933 1932 1931 1934 in India → 1935 1936 1937
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Events in the year 1934 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon

Events

• National income - ₹22,775 million
• 15 January – The 8.0 M_w  Nepal–Bihar earthquake shakes the Himalayas with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), leaving 6,000–10,700 dead.
• 25 February - Mahatma Gandhi visits Udupi.
• 7 April – Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience.
• July – The Communist Party of India is declared unlawful.
• September – Gandhi is successful in forcing the hand of the caste Hindus in favour of the depressed classes in the scheme of representation.
• G. Edward Lewis discovers 'man-like ape' fossils in Northern India. They are named Ramapithecus and Sugrivapithecus, after Rama and Sugriva.
• Unsuccessful attempts on the life of Sir John Anderson, Governor of Bengal.
• Protection was granted to the steel industry till 31 March 1941 subject to preference for English steel under the Ottawa agreement.
• Formation of Congress Socialist Party

Law

• 54-hour week passed.
• Reserve Bank of India Act passed
• The graduates of Dehra Dun Academy could, by a new law, get the Governor-General's commission in the army and the Navy.
• Sugarcane Act
• Indian Aircraft Act
• Petroleum Act
• Dock Labourers Act

Births

• 7 January – Jamila Massey, actress and writer.
• 9 January – Mahendra Kapoor, playback singer (died 2008).
• 22 January
  • Vijay Anand, filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor and actor (died 2004).
  • Sugathakumari, poet and activist (died 2020)
• 2 February – Haripal Kaushik, field hockey player and commentator (died 2018)
• 27 February – Manoj Das, writer (died 2021)
• 15 March – Kanshi Ram, politician and founder of Bahujan Samaj Party (died 2006).
• 21 March – Buta Singh, politician, Minister of Home Affairs (1986–1989), Governor of Bihar (2004–2006) and Chairman of NCSC (died 2021)
• 29 March – Shahryar Khan, Pakistani diplomat and politician (died 2024)
• 31 March – Kamala Surayya, poet and author (died 2009)
• 24 April – Jayakanthan, writer, essayist, journalist, pamphleteer, film-maker and critic (died 2015).
• 16 May – Leela Nambudiripad, children's writer (died 2021)
• 19 May – Ruskin Bond, children's writer.
• 24 May – M. S. Valiathan, cardiac surgeon (died 2024)
• 31 May – Bhagwatikumar Sharma, author and journalist (died 2018)
• 1 June – Mohan Kumar, Indian director (died 2017)
• 16 June – Kumari Kamala, dancer and actress
• 23 June – Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
• 12 July – May Routh, Indian-born British-American costume designer (died 2022)
• 21 July – Chandu Borde, cricketer.
• 8 August – Sudakshina Sarma, Ammamese singer (died 2023)
• 4 November – Vijaya Mehta, theatre and film director and actress.
• 5 November – Rashid Byramji, horse trainer (died 2022)
• 18 November – C. N. Balakrishnan, Indian politician (died 2018)

Full date unknown

• Kedarnath Singh, poet. (died 2018)
• J. P. S. Uberoi, sociologist (died 2024)

Death

• C. Sankaran Nair, former Indian National Congress president (b.1857)