1936 in India

Events in the year 1936 in India.

Incumbents

National income – 28,912 million
August 15 - India won the third consecutive hockey gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin).
15–18 October – Religious riots in Bombay.
12 November - Temple Entry Proclamation in Travancore.
27 December - Indian National Congress conducts its first rural session in Faizpur, Jalgaon district.
28 December – Indian National Congress rejected new constitution.

3 March – Legislative Assembly passed a motion to terminate the Ottawa trade agreement.
Payment of Wages Act
Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act

8 January – Jyotindra Nath Dixit, diplomat and politician.
12 January – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, politician and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir..
24 January – Gulam Noon, Baron Noon, businessman.
1 April
* Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam
* Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist born in Bhopal
29 April – Zubin Mehta, conductor
4 June – Nutan, actress
14 June – M. S. Gill, politician and bureaucrat
July 1
* Mihir Rakshit, economist
* E. Ponnuswamy, politician
15 July – Prabhash Joshi, writer, editor and political analyst.
21 July – Rafi Usmani, Pakistani Muslim scholar.
3 August – Bannanje Govindacharya, Sanskrit scholar.
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
13 November – Suhail Zaheer Lari, Historian, author.
25 December – Ismail Merchant, film producer.