1922 in India
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Events in the year 1922 in India
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Events
- February - The Chauri Chaura incident occurs, where a mob of about 3000 kills some policemen. With the Non-cooperation movementNon-cooperation movementThe non-cooperation movement was a significant phase of the Indian struggle for freedom from British rule which lasted for years. This movement, which lasted from September 1920 to February 1922 and was led by Mohandas Gandhi, and supported by the Indian National Congress. It aimed to resist...
(NCM) taking an increasingly violent form, this is the last straw to Gandhi's sense of discipline. He immediately calls for suspension of the NCM, leaving many Congress activists disappointed. - 11 March - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay for seditionSeditionIn law, sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal authority to tend toward insurrection against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent to lawful authority. Sedition may include any...
. - 13 March - HRH Prince of WalesPrince of WalesPrince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
Edward VIII inaugurates the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College in DehradunDehradun- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...
, India marking a capitulation of the British Empire to growing pressure for Indianization of the Officer Cadre of the British Indian Army. - 18 March - Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for seditionSeditionIn law, sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal authority to tend toward insurrection against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent to lawful authority. Sedition may include any...
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Births
- 9 January - Har Gobind Khorana, molecular biologist, shared Nobel PrizeNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
in 1968. - 27 January - Ajit Khan, actor (d.19981998 in IndiaEvents in the year 1998 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan* Prime Minister of India – Inder Kumar Gujral until 19 March, Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January to March:...
). - 15 February - Lakshmi Kant Verma, author.
- 4 March - Dina PathakDina PathakDina Pathak or Deena Pathak was a veteran actor and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was also a woman activist and remained the President of the 'National Federation of Indian Women'...
, actress and activist (d.20022002 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan until July 25, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January:*9 January - The government announces that it is laying landmines along the entire length of its 2,800-km border with Pakistan.*10 January - 800 protesters...
). - 2 July - Mohammed FazalMohammed FazalMohammed Fazal was the Governor of Maharashtra from October 10, 2002 to December 5, 2004.He is known for his controversial suggestion to the then Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Sushilkumar Shinde to legalise prostitution....
, former Governor of MaharashtraMaharashtraMaharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
. - 30 September - Hrishikesh MukherjeeHrishikesh MukherjeeHrishikesh Mukherjee ) was a famous Indian film director known for a number of films, including Satyakam, Chupke Chupke, Anupama, Anand, Abhimaan, Guddi, Gol Maal, Aashirwad, Bawarchi, and Namak Haraam.Popularly known as Hrishi-da, he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades,...
, film director (d.20062006 in IndiaEvents in the year 2006 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – [Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam]* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-Events:* January 2 – Rajnath Singh assumes office as Bharatiya Janata Party chief....
). - 1 October - Allu Rama LingaiahAllu Rama LingaiahAllu Rama Lingaiah , commonly known as Allu, was an Indian Telugu language comedic actor from Palakollou, India who appeared in over one thousand Tollywood films.- Film career :...
, actor (d.20042004 in IndiaEvents in the year 2004 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee until 22 May, Manmohan Singh-Events:...
). - 11 December - Dilip KumarDilip KumarDilip Kumar , is an Indian actor and a former Member of Parliament.He lives in Pali Hill, Bandra in Mumbai, India. He is commonly known as "Tragedy King",and is described as "the ultimate method actor" by Satyajit Ray....
, actor and politician. - 4 February - Bhimsen JoshiBhimsen JoshiPandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi ; February 4, 1922 - January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana , he is renowned for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music...
, Hindustani classical Singer (d.20112011 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – Prathiba Patil* Prime Minister of India – Dr Manmohan Singh-January:* January 1** Union Home Ministry winds up the Srikrishna committee on Telangana following submission of its report...
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- ChandrashekharChandrashekharChandrashekhar is a prolific Indian film actor working in the Bollywood film industry.He has appeared in some 112 films since his 1954 in Aurat Teri Yehi Kahani .In 1984 he appeared in Sharaabi....
, actor. - O. MadhavanO. MadhavanO. Madhavan was an Indian theatre director and actor. He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India in Kerala. He is considered as one of the great masters of the theatre, he has made major contributions for the evolution of theatre in Kerala...
, director and actor (d.20052005 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam* Prime Minister of India – Manmohan Singh-Events:* 10 January - The Delhi High Court says that a "high claim ratio" cannot be grounds to turn down medical insurance contract renewal requests. The court said that medical policies were liable to...
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