1930 in India

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Events in the year 1930 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin

Events

Gandhi at Dandi, 6 April 1930, at the end of the Salt March

• National income - ₹31,987 million
• 26 January – The Indian National Congress declares January 26 as Independence Day, or the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence).
• 28 February - Sir C V Raman Received Nobel Prize in Physics.
• 2 March – Mohandas Gandhi informs British viceroy of India that civil disobedience would begin nine days later.
• 12 March – Mohandas Gandhi sets off to a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest the British monopoly on salt – more will join them during the Salt March that ends on 5 April.
• 6 April – In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and taking salt.
• 18 April – Chittagong armoury raid also known as Chittagong uprising.
• 30 April – The Vedaranyam Salt satyagraha led by Rajaji and Sardar Vedarathinam Pillai culminates in South India
• 4–5 May – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested again.
• October – First Round Table Conference opens in London.
• 28 December – Mohandas Gandhi leaves for Britain for negotiations

Law

• Publication of the report of the Simon Commission.

Births

• 6 June – Sunil Dutt, actor, producer, director and politician (died 2005).
• 7 June – Chitrananda Abeysekera, Sri Lankan veteran broadcaster (died 1992)
• 10 June – Satya Priya Mahathero, Bangladeshi Buddhist pundit, religious leader and social worker (died 2019)
• 26 June – Mehli Irani, cricketer (died 2021)
• 9 July – Kailasam Balachander, Producer, Director, Actor (died 2014).
• 11 July – Shafiqur Rahman Barq, politician
• 10 August – R. Nagaswamy, historian and archaeologist (died 2022).
• 5 November – Arjun Singh, politician and Minister (died 2011).
• 23 November – Geeta Dutt, playback singer (died 1972).

Full date unknown

• Bahadoor, actor (died 2000).
• Geeta Bali, actress (died 1965).

Deaths

• 12 May Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (born 1858)
• 16 September – Martial Paillot, French Roman Catholic missionary, history professor and parish priest
• 28 September – T K Madhavan, the architect of Vaikam Sayagraham and organizing secretary of SNDP Yogam.