1934 in India

Events in the year 1934 in India.

Incumbents

 * Emperor of India – George V
 * Viceroy of India – The Earl of Willingdon

Events

 * National income - ₹22,775 million
 * 15 January – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake shakes the Himalayas with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), leaving 6,000–10,700 dead.
 * 7 April – Mahatma Gandhi suspended his campaign of civil disobedience.
 * July – The Communist Party of India is declared unlawful.
 * September – Gandhi is successful in forcing the hand of the caste Hindus in favour of the depressed classes in the scheme of representation.
 * G. Edward Lewis discovers 'man-like ape' fossils in Northern India. They are named Ramapithecus and Sugrivapithecus, after Rama and Sugriva.
 * Unsuccessful attempts on the life of Sir John Anderson, Governor of Bengal.
 * Protection was granted to the steel industry till 31 March 1941 subject to preference for English steel under the Ottawa agreement.
 * Formation of Congress Socialist Party

Law

 * 54-hour week passed.
 * Reserve Bank of India Act passed
 * The graduates of Dehra Dun Academy could, by a new law, get the Governor-General's commission in the army and the Navy.
 * Sugarcane Act
 * Indian Aircraft Act
 * Petroleum Act
 * Dock Labourers Act

Births

 * 7 January – Jamila Massey, actress and writer.
 * 9 January – Mahendra Kapoor, playback singer (died 2008).
 * 22 January
 * Vijay Anand, filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor and actor (died 2004).
 * Sugathakumari, poet and activist (died 2020)
 * 2 February – Haripal Kaushik, field hockey player and commentator (died 2018)
 * 27 February – Manoj Das, writer (died 2021)
 * 15 March – Kanshi Ram, politician and founder of Bahujan Samaj Party (died 2006).
 * 21 March – Buta Singh, politician, Minister of Home Affairs (1986–1989), Governor of Bihar (2004–2006) and Chairman of NCSC (died 2021)
 * 29 March – Shahryar Khan, Pakistani diplomat and politician (died 2024)
 * 24 April – Jayakanthan, writer, essayist, journalist, pamphleteer, film-maker and critic (died 2015).
 * 16 May – Leela Nambudiripad, children's writer (died 2021)
 * 19 May – Ruskin Bond, children's writer.
 * 31 May – Bhagwatikumar Sharma, author and journalist (died 2018)
 * 1 June – Mohan Kumar, Indian director (died 2017)
 * 16 June – Kumari Kamala, dancer and actress
 * 23 June – Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
 * 12 July – May Routh, Indian-born British-American costume designer (died 2022)
 * 21 July – Chandu Borde, cricketer.
 * 8 August – Sudakshina Sarma, Ammamese singer (died 2023)
 * 4 November – Vijaya Mehta, theatre and film director and actress.
 * 5 November – Rashid Byramji, horse trainer (died 2022)
 * 18 November – C. N. Balakrishnan, Indian politician (died 2018)

Full date unknown

 * Kedarnath Singh, poet. (died 2018)
 * J. P. S. Uberoi, sociologist (died 2024)

Death

 * C. Sankaran Nair, former Indian National Congress president (b.1857)