PROFILBARU.COM

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; ;
Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1932 in India.

Incumbents

National income - ₹20,286 million
Third civil disobedience campaign.^[1]
3 January – British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.^{[citation needed]}
February – Terrorism in Bengal.^[1]
16 May – Massive riots between Hindus and Muslims in Bombay – thousands dead and injured.
25–28 June - Indian Cricket Team play their first ever Test match.^[2]
11 August – India wins the Gold Medal in Field Hockey at the Los Angeles Olympics.^[3]
17 August – Government award as to representation published.^[1]
20 September – Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in Poona prison.^{[citation needed]}
24 September – Gandhi approves a compromise.^[1]
1 October - Port Haj Committee Act 1932 was passed which set up concept of embarkation points for Hajj.^[4]
8 October – Indian Air Force established.^[5]
15 October – J. R. D. Tata flew from Karachi to Madras via a de Havilland Puss Moth.^[6]

Ahmedabad landing on a grass strip at Juhu paving the way for civil aviation in India.^[7]
Gurjar Veer silent film is released.^[8]
Poona Pact between Gandhi and Ambedkar

1 January – Shamsul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (died 2018).^[9]
6 January – Kamleshwar, writer, screenwriter, critic and essayist (died 2007).
7 January – Obaid Siddiqui, neurogeneticist (died 2013).
13 February
- V. Balakrishnan, writer and translator (died 2004).
- Leela Devi, writer, translator, and teacher (died 1998).
1 May – S. M. Krishna, politician (died 2024).
18 May – D. Pandian, politician (died 2021).
1 June – Ashis Roy, marathon runner.
7 June – M. S. Narasimhan, mathematician (died 2021).
12 June – Padmini, actress and dancer (died 2006).
12 June – E. Sreedharan, IES.
22 June
- Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar, orthopedic surgeon.
- Amrish Puri
  Amrish Puri, actor (died 2005).
1 August – Meena Kumari, actress (died 1972).
20 August – Chandrakant Bakshi, author (died 2006).
17 September – Indarjit Singh, journalist and broadcaster.
20 September – Hamid Dalwai, social reformer and writer (died 1977).
27 September – Yash Chopra, director and producer (died 2012).
29 September – Mehmood, actor, director and producer (died 2004).
13 October – Anup Kumar, actor (died 1997).
5 December – Nadira, actress (died 2006).
21 December – U. R. Ananthamurthy, writer and critic (died 2014).
25 December – Raees Mohammad, cricketer (died 2022 in Pakistan).
28 December– Dhirubhai Ambani, businessman, founder of Reliance Group (died 2002 in India).

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
^ "Cricket Coverage - England vs India Only Test 1932 - Match Analysis, Reports | ESPNcricinfo.com". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
^ "Hockey at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ "History – Haj Committee of India". 2022-02-04. Archived from the original on 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^ "History of the IAF". Official Website. Webmaster IAF – Air Headquarters. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
^ "Air India needs JRD Tata's legacy once again to get back in shape". @businessline. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
^ "The Tata Airmail Service". Flight Global. 14 September 1933. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (1994). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. p. 502. ISBN 0851704557.
^ "Ex-minister M Shamsul Islam dies at 87". www.unb.com.bd. Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2022.