1924 in India

none September 2020 1924 Events in the year 1924 in India. Incumbents Emperor of India – George V Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading Events National income - 29,930 million 12 January – Gopinath Saha shoots a man he erroneously thinks is a Police commissioner of Calcutta, Charles Augustus Tegart – he is arrested soon after. January - Bombay textile mill strike by communists began.Kooiman Dick 1980 Bombay Communists and the 1924 Textile Strike https://www.jstor.org/stable/4368873 Economic and Political Weekly 15 29 1223–1236 4368873 0012-9976 February – Mohandas Gandhi is released prematurely on medical grounds. 30 March - Commencement of Vaikom Satyagraha (the first ever struggle against apartheid in the World) designed by T K Madhavan and Sree Narayana Guru in Kerala, South India. 14 -20 July - Great flood of 99 in Travancore, Kingdom of Cochin and Malabar District. 9–11 September – 1924 Kohat riots. 17 September - 21 days long fasting by Mahatma Gandhi for Hindu - Muslim unity. 4 December – The Gateway of India in Bombay, built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in December 1911, is opened by the Viceroy, the Earl of Reading. Reorganization of the Muslim League by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Births 1 January – Kamala Markandaya, novelist and journalist (died 2004).Dr. Arjun R. Masal Kamala Markandaya : A Literary Exploration https://books.google.com/books?id=O6V2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 Lulu.com 978-0-359-13447-2 11 4 January – Sebastian Kappen, priest and theologian (died 1993) 27 January – Sabu Dastagir, actor (died 1963). 21 February – Krishna Prakash Bahadur, writer (died 2000). 24 February - Talat Mahmood, playback singer and actor (died 1998). 2 March – Gulshan Rai, film producer and distributor (died 2004). 19 March – F. C. Kohli, industrialist (died 2020) 3 June - M. Karunanidhi, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, poet, orator (died 7 August 2018 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India). 6 June – S. R. Bommai, politician and Chief Minister of Karnataka (died 2007). 1 July – Jan Azam, Pakistani sports shooter 3 July – Arjun Naidu, first-class cricketer (died 2000) 6 July – Mahim Bora, Indian writer and educationist (died 2016) 22 August – Harishankar Parsai, Hindi satirist and humorist (died 1995)Hariśaṅkara Parasāī Inspector Matadeen on the Moon: Selected Satires https://books.google.com/books?id=aqNlAAAAMAAJ 1994 Manas 978-81-85938-26-4 1 18 September – M. R. Schunker, naval officer (died 2021) 13 October – Moturu Udayam, women's activist (died 2002) 29 November – Parassala B. Ponnammal, Carnatic musician (died 2021) 14 December – Raj Kapoor, actor and director (died 1988). 24 December – Narayan Desai, pacifist and writer. (died 2015) 25 December - Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Poet, reporter, Former PM of India (died 2018) 24 December – Nissim Ezekiel, poet, playwright and art critic (died 2004). 24 December – Mohammed Rafi, playback singer (died 1980). unknown date Mahendra Raj, structural engineer (died 2022) P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar, agricultural scientist (died 1996). Deaths Chattampi Swamikal, Hindu sage and social reformer (born 1853). Kumaran Asan, a poet of Malayalam – the language of Kerala – attained eternity in a boat accident at Pallana river, near Thrikkunnappuzha, Harippad, in Kerala, Southern India. References 1924 India Category:Years of the 20th century in India Category:1924 in Asia Category:1920s in India