1927 in India

Events

National income – ₹ 32,890 million
18 January – Council House in New Delhi is opened.^[1]
20 March – Mahad Satyagraha lead by B. R. Ambedkar for Dalit rights.^[2]
14 April – The first formal meeting of Haj Committee of India held at Bombay.^[3]
28 September – Fatal communal riots in Dehra Dun, U.P.^[4]
12 November – Mahatma Gandhi made his first and last visit to Ceylon.
The Simon Commission is formed to consider further steps toward self-rule of India. No Indian member is included.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar started temple entry movement in 1927.

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Births

24 January – J. Om Prakash, film producer. (died 2019)
30 January – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, dermatologist (died 2005)
3 February – Vasant Sarwate, cartoonist and writer (died 2016)
28 February – Krishan Kant, politician, Vice President of India (died 2002)
1 March – Adoor Bhasi, actor, writer, journalist, singer and film producer (died 1990)
3 June – M. Narasimham, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (died 2021)
1 July – Chandra Shekhar, politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (died 2007)
3 July – Balivada Kantha Rao, novelist and playwright (died 2000)
12 July – Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani hammer thrower (died 1996)
20 July – Rajendra Kumar, actor and producer (died 1999).
26 August
- B. V. Doshi, architect (died 2023)
- Bansi Lal, Haryana's four time chief minister, and defence minister of India during Indian Emergency (1975–77) (died 2006)
8 November – Lal Krishna Advani, politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of India
8 December – Parkash Singh Badal, politician and former Chief Minister of Punjab (died 2023)
25 December – Ram Narayan, sarangi player (died 2024)

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