1936 in India

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
 * 15–18 October – Religious riots in Bombay.
 * 28 December – Indian National Congress rejected new constitution.
 * Temple Entry Proclamation

Law

 * 3 March – Legislative Assembly passed a motion to terminate the Ottawa trade agreement.
 * 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)
 * 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 – Muhammad 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

 * 13 August – Bhikaiji Cama, independence campaigner (born 1861).
 * 19 September – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian classical musician (born 1860).
 * 8 October – Munshi Premchand, writer in Hindi-Urdu literature and Indian Freedom fighter (born 31 July 1880).