1925 in India

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
 * 27 September - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is founded.
 * 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)
 * 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

 * Raja Ramanna, nuclear scientist (died 2004)

Deaths

 * Gokulchandra Nag, writer and artist (born 1895).