1927 in India explained

Events in the year 1927 in India.

Incumbents

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.

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)
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

Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
Web site: 2024-04-14 . On Ambedkar Jayanti, a look at the significance of the Mahad Satyagraha . 2024-04-23 . The Indian Express . en.
Web site: History - Haj Committee of India .
Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262-63