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Events in the year1936 in India.

• Emperor of India –George V (until 20 January),Edward VIII (until 11 December),George VI
• Viceroy of India –The Earl of Willingdon
• Viceroy of India –Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (from 18 April)

• National income –₹ 28,912 million
• 15–18 October – Religious riots in Bombay.^[1]
• 28 December – Indian National Congress rejected new constitution.^[2]
• Temple Entry Proclamation

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

• 8 January –Jyotindra Nath Dixit, diplomat and politician (died 2005).
• 12 January –Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, politician and former Chief Minister ofJammu and Kashmir. (died 2016).
• 24 January –Gulam Noon, Baron Noon, businessman (died 2015).
• 1 April
  • Tarun Gogoi, former Chief Minister of Assam (died 2020)
  • Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistani nuclear scientist born inBhopal (died 2021)
• 4 June –Nutan, actress (died 1991)
• 14 June –M. S. Gill, politician and bureaucrat (died 2023)
• July 1
  • Mihir Rakshit, economist
  • E. Ponnuswamy, politician
• 15 July –Prabhash Joshi, writer, editor and political analyst. (died 2009)
• 21 July –Rafi Usmani, Pakistani Muslim scholar. (died 2022)
• 3 August –Bannanje Govindacharya, Sanskrit scholar. (died 2020)
• 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 (died 2021)
• 13 November –Suhail Zaheer Lari, Historian, author. (died 2020)
• 25 December –Ismail Merchant, film producer (died 2005).

• Anand, writer.
• Narayanan Vaghul, banker and philanthropist (died 2024)

• 28 February –Kamala Nehru, activist and spouse ofJawaharlal Nehru (born 1899).
• 13 August –Bhikaiji Cama, independence campaigner (born 1861).
• 19 September –Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian classical musician (born 1860).
• 8 October –Premchand, writer in Hindi-Urdu literature and freedom fighter (born 1880).

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