Events in the year 1936 in India.
Incumbents Emperor of India – George V (until 20 January), Edward VIII (until 11 December), George VI Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon Viceroy of India – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (from 18 April)
Events National income – 28,912 million August 15 - India won the third consecutive hockey gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin). 15–18 October – Religious riots in Bombay.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263 12 November - Temple Entry Proclamation in Travancore. 27 December - Indian National Congress conducts its first rural session in Faizpur, Jalgaon district. 28 December – Indian National Congress rejected new constitution.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
Law 3 March – Legislative Assembly passed a motion to terminate the Ottawa trade agreement.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263 Payment of Wages Act Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act
Births 8 January – Jyotindra Nath Dixit, diplomat and politician (died 2005). 12 January – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, politician and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. (died 2016). 24 January – Gulam Noon, Baron Noon, businessman (died 2015). 1 April Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam (died 2020) Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist born in Bhopal (died 2021) 29 April – Zubin Mehta, conductor 4 June – Nutan, actress (died 1991) 14 June – M. S. Gill, politician and bureaucrat (died 2023) July 1 Mihir Rakshit, economist E. Ponnuswamy, politician 15 July – Prabhash Joshi, writer, editor and political analyst. (died 2009) 21 July – Rafi Usmani, Pakistani Muslim scholar. (died 2022) 3 August – Bannanje Govindacharya, Sanskrit scholar. (died 2020) 9 August – Satish Kumar, peace activist and editor. 13 August – Vyjayanthimala, award-winning actress and classical dancer. 8 September – Indu Jain, media executive and philanthropist (died 2021) 13 November – Suhail Zaheer Lari, Historian, author. (died 2020) 25 December – Ismail Merchant, film producer (died 2005).
Full date unknown Anand, writer. Narayanan Vaghul, banker and philanthropist (died 2024)
Deaths 28 February – Kamala Nehru, activist and spouse of Jawaharlal Nehru (born 1899). 13 August – Bhikaiji Cama, independence campaigner (born 1861). 19 September – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian classical musician (born 1860). 8 October – Premchand, writer in Hindi-Urdu literature and freedom fighter (born 1880).
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