1921 in India
Events in the year 1921 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
- Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading
Events
- National income – 25,337 million
- June – the Madras province declared in a judgement that women also have the right to vote
- August - Malabar rebellion commenced.
- November - The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, arrives in India. Upon his arrival in Bombay there is widespread agitation. He was greeted with empty streets.
- 19 November - Prince of Wales riots
- 23 December – Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated.
Law
- 8 April – Permanent Advisory Council of Princes inaugurated; Council of State and Legislative Assembly inaugurated.
- Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act
Births And Deaths
January to June
- 9 January – Lister Sinclair, Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright
- 21 January – Jaswant Singh Marwah, journalist and author
- 24 February – Paulaseer, Indian preacher
- 8 March – Sahir Ludhianvi, Urdu poet and Hindi lyricist and songwriter
- 14 April – Subodh Mukherjee, filmmaker
- 2 May – Satyajit Ray, filmmaker
- 21 May – Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, philosopher, author, social revolutionary, poet, composer and linguist
- 2 May – B. B. Lal, archaeologist, Director-General Archaeological Survey of India
- 28 June – P. V. Narasimha Rao, politician, 12th Prime Minister of India
July to December
- 1 August – Devarakonda Balagangadhara Tilak, poet, novelist and short story writer
- 24 September – Dhulipala Seetharama Sastry, actor
- 7 December – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, leader of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha
- 11 September – Subramanya Bharathi, poet, independence fighter and reformer
- Ahmed Rida Khan, Sunni Muslim scholar and founder of Barelwi school of thought