1933 in India

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Events in the year 1933 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon

Events

• January – Extensive prosecutions of Communists for treason.[1]
• Pakistan Declaration published
• Indian National Congress meeting at Calcutta prevented by the police.[2]
• 1 May – Gandhi released.[3]
• 8 May – Mohandas Gandhi begins a 3-week hunger strike because of the mistreatment of the lower castes.
• 1 August – Rearrest of Gandhi; released on 24 August.[4]
• Gandhi transfers charge of Congress to Nehru.[5]

Births

• 14 February – Madhubala, actress (died 1969).
• 18 February – Nimmi, actress.
• 4 April – Balan K. Nair, actor (died 2000).
• 27 September – Nagesh, comedian actor (died 2009).
• 3 November – Amartya Sen, economist, philosopher and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998.
• 28 December – Dhirubhai Ambani, business tycoon (died 2002).

Full date unknown

• Supriya Devi, actress.

Deaths

References

1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
2. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
3. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
4. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
5. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263