1925 in India
Events in the year 1925 in India.
Incumbents
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
- 12 March - Meeting and dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru.
- 16 June - Chittaranjan Das passes away
- 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 Act
- Indian Soldiers Act
- Provident Funds Act
- Coal Grading Board Act
- Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act
Births
- 1 January – Wahiduddin Khan, religious scholar and peace activist
- 19 January – Pradeep Kumar, actor
- 25 January – Kakarla Subba Rao, radiologist
- 8 May – G. S. Amur, writer and critic
- 9 July – Guru Dutt, film director, producer, and actor
- 22 July
- * Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu, poet and political activist
- * Govind Talwalkar, journalist
- 7 August – M. S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist
- 19 August – Madhav Dalvi, cricketer
- 31 August – Aarudhra, author, poet and historian
- 13 September – Namboothiri
- 24 September – Autar Singh Paintal, medical scientist
- 4 November – Ritwik Ghatak, film director
- 29 December – Keshav Dutt, hockey player
Full date unknown
Deaths
- Gokulchandra Nag, writer and artist.
- Chittaranjan Das, Freedom activist and leader of Swaraj Party