← 1924 1923 1922 1925 in India → 1926 1927 1928
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1925 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – The Earl of Reading

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).^[1]
• 9 March – 1 May Pink's War; RAF operations against tribesmen in Waziristan
• 27 September - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is founded.
• 26 December – Communist Party of India is founded at Kanpur.
• Dyarchy suspended in Bengal.^[2]

Law

• Indian Succession Act
• Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
• Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act
• Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act
• Provident Funds Act
• Coal Grading Board Act
• Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act

Births

• 1 January – Wahiduddin Khan, religious scholar and peace activist (died 2021)
• 19 January – Pradeep Kumar, actor (died 2001)
• 25 January – Kakarla Subba Rao, radiologist (died 2021)
• 8 May – G. S. Amur, writer and critic (died 2020)
• 9 July – Guru Dutt, film director, producer, and actor (died 1964)
• 22 July – Daasarathi Krishnamacharyulu, poet and political activist (died 1987)
• 7 August – M. S. Swaminathan, agricultural scientist (died 2023)
• 19 August – Madhav Dalvi, cricketer (died 2012)
• 31 August – Aarudhra, author, poet and historian (died 1998)
• 13 September – Namboothiri (died 2023)
• 24 September – Autar Singh Paintal, medical scientist (died 2004)
• 4 November – Ritwik Ghatak, film director (died 1976)^[3]
• 29 December – Keshav Dutt, hockey player (died 2021)

Full date unknown

• Raja Ramanna, nuclear scientist (died 2004)^{[citation needed]}

Deaths

• Gokulchandra Nag, writer and artist (born 1895).