1935 in India

Incumbents

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

  Events

• 31 May – The 7.7 Quetta earthquake shook British India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X, killing 30,000–60,000.
• 2 August – Government of India Bill, 1935, became law; it provided for development of a popular constitution.

  Births

• 2 January – Syed Jahangir, Bangladeshi painter
• 8 January – Supriya Devi, Bengali actress.
• 19 January – Soumitra Chatterjee, actor.
• 24 January – Shivabalayogi, Indian yogi
• 17 March – Muhammad Ashiq, Pakistani cyclist
• 3 May – Sujatha Rangarajan, author, short story writer and playwright.
• 7 June
• *Thomas Kailath, Indian-American engineer, author, and educator
• *Shyama, actress
• 21 June – Pratap Chauhan, cricketer
• 25 June – Udey Chand, wrestler and wrestling coach
• 2 July
• * Guruvayur Dorai, percussionist
• * Amar Singh Sokhi, cyclist
• 10 July – P. K. Gurudasan, politician
• 18 July – Jayendra Saraswathi, Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham.
• 1 August – Mohinder Pratap Chand, writer and poet.
• 23 September – Prem Chopra, actor.
• 24 November – Salim Khan, actor and scriptwriter.
• 8 December – Dharmendra, actor.
• 11 December – Pranab Mukherjee, politician and Minister.

  Full date unknown

• Khalish Dehlavi, poet.