See also: 1930 in India, other events of 1931, 1932 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

Events

• 25 January - Mohandas Gandhi released again.
• 10 February - New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
• 4 March - British viceroy of India and Mohandas Gandhi negotiate.
• 23 March - Independent India leaders Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev are hanged by the British Government.
• 6 November - Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba arrives in America for the first time.

Births

• 4 January - Nirupa Roy, actress (d.2004).
• 16 May - K. Natwar Singh, politician and Minister.
• 27 May - O. N. V. Kurup, poet.
• 27 August - Sri Chinmoy, spiritual teacher and philosopher (d.2007).
• 16 September - George Sudarshan, physicist, author and professor.
• 15 October - Abdul Kalam, eleventh President of India.

Full date unknown

• Satyen Kappu, actor (d.2007).
• Romila Thapar, historian.

Deaths

• 23 March - Shivaram Rajguru, revolutionary, executed (b.1908).
• 23 March - Bhagat Singh, freedom fighter, executed (b.1907).
• 23 March - Sukhdev Thapar, revolutionary, executed (b.1907).
• 7 July - Dinesh Gupta, freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (b.1911).