1927 in India
Events in the year 1927 in India.
Incumbents
Events
- National income – 32,890 million
- 18 January – Council House in New Delhi is opened.
- 20 March – Mahad Satyagraha lead by B. R. Ambedkar for Dalit rights.
- 14 April – The first formal meeting of Haj Committee of India held at Bombay.
- 28 September – Fatal communal riots in Dehra Dun, U.P.
- 12 November – Mahatma Gandhi made his first and last visit to Ceylon.
- The Simon Commission is formed to consider further steps toward self-rule of India. No Indian member is included.
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar started temple entry movement in 1927.
Law
- Indian Forest Act
- Light House Act
Births
- 24 January – J. Om Prakash, film producer.
- 30 January – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, dermatologist
- 3 February – Vasant Sarwate, cartoonist and writer
- 28 February – Krishan Kant, politician, Vice President of India
- 1 March – Adoor Bhasi, actor, writer, journalist, singer and film producer
- 3 June – M. Narasimham, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- 10 June – Altaf Fatima, novelist.
- 1 July – Chandra Shekhar, politician, 8th Prime Minister of India
- 3 July – Balivada Kantha Rao, novelist and playwright
- 12 July – Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani hammer thrower
- 20 July – Rajendra Kumar, actor and producer.
- 26 August
- * B. V. Doshi, architect
- * Bansi Lal, Haryana's four time chief minister, and defence minister of India during Indian Emergency (1975–77)
- 8 November – Lal Krishna Advani, politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of India
- 8 December – Parkash Singh Badal, politician and former Chief Minister of Punjab
- 25 December – Ram Narayan, sarangi player
Full date unknown
- K. T. Muhammed, playwright
Deaths
- 19 December – Ashfaqulla Khan, freedom fighter
- 19 December – Ram Prasad Bismil, freedom fighter