1931 in India

Events in the year 1931 in India.

Incumbents

 * Emperor of India – George V
 * Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin
 * Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon (from 18 April)

Events

 * National income - ₹26,389 million
 * 25 January – Mohandas Gandhi released again.
 * January – The All-Asian Women's Conference (AAWC) takes place in Lahore.
 * 13 February – New Delhi becomes the capital of India.
 * 27 February – Chandrasekhar Azad martyrdom in an encounter with the British in Allahabad.
 * 4 March – British viceroy of India and Mohandas Gandhi negotiate.
 * 23 March – Independent India leaders Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev are hanged by the British Government.
 * October, November – Mohandas Gandhi visits England.
 * 4 November – Inauguration of the Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway station by the Maharaja of Travancore Sree Chithira Thirunal
 * 6 November – Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba arrives in America for the first time.
 * 2nd Round Table Conference
 * Charka was adopted on centre of the flag by INC (Indian National Congress)

Law

 * 5 March – Gandhi Irwin Pact
 * Bijni Succession Act
 * Indian Tolls (Amendment) Act
 * Provisional Collection of Taxes Act

Births

 * 4 January – Nirupa Roy, actress (died 2004).
 * 28 January – S. Venkitaramanan, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (died 2023).
 * 3 February – Imtiaz Qureshi, chef (died 2024).
 * 3 February – Charanjit Singh, hockey player (died 2022).
 * 10 May – M. Chidananda Murthy, historian (died 2020).
 * 16 May – K. Natwar Singh, politician and Minister.
 * 27 May – O. N. V. Kurup, poet (died 2016).
 * 20 June – Zia Mohyeddin, Pakistani actor and broadcaster (died 2023).
 * 25 June – V. P. Singh, Prime Minister of India (died 2008).
 * 17 July – B. V. Nimbkar, agricultural scientist and social worker (died 2021).
 * 26 July – S. L. Bhyrappa, novelist.
 * 27 August – Sri Chinmoy, spiritual teacher and philosopher (died 2007).
 * 16 September – E. C. George Sudarshan, physicist, author and professor (died 2018).
 * 26 September – Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (died 1983)
 * 12 October – Padma Desai, economist (died 2023)
 * 15 October – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, eleventh President of India.(died 2015)
 * 21 October – Shammi Kapoor, actor (died 2011).
 * 11 December - Rajneesh, spiritual guru.

Full date unknown

 * Satyen Kappu, actor (died 2007).
 * Romila Thapar, historian

Deaths

 * 23 March – Shivaram Rajguru, revolutionary, executed (born 1908).
 * 23 March – Bhagat Singh, freedom fighter, executed (born 1907).
 * 23 March – Sukhdev Thapar, revolutionary, executed (born 1907).
 * 7 July – Dinesh Gupta, freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (born 1911).