1924 in India explained

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.^[1]
• 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).^[2]
• 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)^[3]
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Kooiman . Dick . 1980 . Bombay Communists and the 1924 Textile Strike . Economic and Political Weekly . 15 . 29 . 1223–1236 . 4368873 . 0012-9976.
2. Book: Dr. Arjun R. Masal. Kamala Markandaya : A Literary Exploration. Lulu.com. 978-0-359-13447-2. 11.
3. Book: Hariśaṅkara Parasāī. Inspector Matadeen on the Moon: Selected Satires. 1994. Manas. 978-81-85938-26-4. 1.