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← 1935 1934 1933 1936 in India → 1937 1938 1939
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Events in the year 1936 in India .

Incumbents [ edit ]

• Emperor of India ? George V (until 20 January), Edward VIII (until 11 December), George VI
• Viceroy of India ? The Earl of Willingdon
• Viceroy of India ? Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (from 18 April)

Events [ edit ]

• National income ? ? 28,912 million
• 15?18 October ? Religious riots in Bombay. ^[1]
• 28 December ? Indian National Congress rejected new constitution. ^[2]
• Temple Entry Proclamation

Law [ edit ]

• 3 March ? Legislative Assembly passed a motion to terminate the Ottawa trade agreement. ^[3]
• Payment of Wages Act
• Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act

Births [ edit ]

• 8 January ? Jyotindra Nath Dixit , diplomat and politician (died 2005).
• 12 January ? Mufti Mohammad Sayeed , politician and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir . (died 2016).
• 24 January ? Gulam Noon, Baron Noon , businessman (died 2015).
• 1 April
  • Tarun Gogoi , former Chief Minister of Assam (died 2020)
  • Abdul Qadeer Khan , Pakistani nuclear scientist born in Bhopal (died 2021)
• 4 June ? Nutan , actress (died 1991)
• 14 June ? M. S. Gill , politician and bureaucrat (died 2023)
• July 1
  • Mihir Rakshit , economist
  • E. Ponnuswamy , politician
• 15 July ? Prabhash Joshi , writer, editor and political analyst. (died 2009)
• 21 July ? Muhammad Rafi Usmani , Pakistani Muslim scholar. (died 2022)
• 3 August ? Bannanje Govindacharya , Sanskrit scholar. (died 2020)
• 9 August ? Satish Kumar , peace activist and editor.
• 13 August ? Vyjayanthimala , award-winning actress and classical dancer.
• 8 September ? Indu Jain , media executive and philanthropist (died 2021)
• 13 November ? Suhail Zaheer Lari , Historian, author. (died 2020)
• 25 December ? Ismail Merchant , film producer (died 2005).

Full date unknown [ edit ]

• Anand , writer.
• Narayanan Vaghul , banker and philanthropist (died 2024)

Deaths [ edit ]

• 13 August ? Bhikaiji Cama , independence campaigner (born 1861).
• 19 September ? Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande , Indian classical musician (born 1860).
• 8 October ? Munshi Premchand , writer in Hindi-Urdu literature and Indian Freedom fighter (born 31 July 1880).

References [ edit ]

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