1942 in India

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Events in the year 1942 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George VI

Events

• March - Freedom fighter Jawaharlal Nehru's daughter Indira marries a Parsi lawyer and freedom fighter, Feroze Gandhi against her father's wishes.
• 8 August - Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which led to the start of a historical civil disobedience movement across India.
• 9 August - Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces.
• August - Newly married couple Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi are arrested for their participation in Quit India movement.
• 16 October - Hurricane and flooding in Bombay - 40,000 dead.

Births

• 14 January - Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal, Chief Justice of India.
• 10 February - Madhabi Mukherjee, actress.
• 21 February - Jayshree Gadkar, actress (died 2008).
• 11 March - Amarinder Singh, politician and former Chief Minister of Punjab.
• 2 April - Roshan Seth, actor.
• 19 August - Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath, actor.
• 2 October - Asha Parekh, actress, director and producer.
• 11 October - Amitabh Bachchan, actor.
• 29 December - Rajesh Khanna, actor.

Deaths

• 24 April - Deenanath Mangeshkar, actor, musician and singer (b.1900).