Events in the year 1925 in India.
Incumbents Emperor of India – George V Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading
Events National income - 31,179 million 3 February – The first ever electric train of India completes its journey from Victoria Terminus to Kurla on the Central Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway). 9 March – 1 May Pink's War; RAF operations against tribesmen in Waziristan 12 March - Meeting and dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru. 16 June - Chittaranjan Das dies 27 September - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is founded. 22 November - Periyar walks out of Congress in Provincial Conference held at Kanchipuram due to non-acceptances of resolution brought against Caste discrimination. 23 November - Vaikom Satyagraha ends with opening of all entrances of Vaikom Sree Mahadeva Temple except the East one for all castes. 26 December – Communist Party of India is founded at Kanpur. Dyarchy suspended in Bengal.
Law Indian Succession Act Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act Provident Funds Act Coal Grading Board Act Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act
Births 1 January – Wahiduddin Khan, religious scholar and peace activist (died 2021) 19 January – Pradeep Kumar, actor (died 2001) 25 January – Kakarla Subba Rao, radiologist (died 2021) 8 May – G. S. Amur, writer and critic (died 2020) 9 July – Guru Dutt, film director, producer, and actor (died 1964) 22 July Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu, poet and political activist (died 1987) Govind Talwalkar, journalist (died 2017)MANASE Biography of Govind Talwalkar by Raj Thackeray (Maharashtra NavNirman Sena) Retrieved 20 October 2011 7 August – M. S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist (died 2023) 19 August – Madhav Dalvi, cricketer (died 2012) 31 August – Aarudhra, author, poet and historian (died 1998) 13 September – Namboothiri (died 2023) 24 September – Autar Singh Paintal, medical scientist (died 2004) 4 November – Ritwik Ghatak, film director (died 1976) 29 December – Keshav Dutt, hockey player (died 2021)
Full date unknown A. T. M. Mustafa, lawyer, cricketer and politician (died 1966) Raja Ramanna, nuclear scientist (died 2004)
Deaths Gokulchandra Nag, writer and artist (born 1895). Chittaranjan Das, Freedom activist and leader of Swaraj Party
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