1937 in India

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Events in the year 1937 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George VI
• Viceroy of India - Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow

Events

• Provincial autonomy begins with Congress winning power in many states.
• 20 February - Completion of election to legislative assemblies.^[1]
• 1 April - Provincial autonomy began; Burma and Aden are separated from India.^[1]
• 13 September - The new Viceroy's speech is boycotted by Congress.^[1]

Establishment

• University of Kerla was set up.
• Bicameral legislature of Assam province came into existence in 1937.
• All India Football Federation was established

Births

January to June

• 2 January - Chandrashekhara Kambara, poet, playwright, folklorist and film director.
• 22 February - Sabitri Chatterjee, actress.
• 9 June - Ramchandra Gandhi, philosopher, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi (died 2007).
• 24 June - Anita Desai, novelist.

July to December

• 24 July - Manoj Kumar, actor and director.
• 6 November - Yashwant Sinha, politician and Minister.
• 8 November - Bharath Gopi, actor, director and producer (died 2008).
• 3 December - Binod Bihari Verma, writer (died 2003).
• 28 December - Ratan Tata, businessman, Chairman of the Tata Group.

Full date unknown

• Jasodhara Bagchi, feminist critic and activist.

Deaths

• 23 November - Jagadish Chandra Bose, physicist, biologist, botanist, archaeologist and science fiction writer (born 1858).

References