1936 in India

Incumbents

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 – Template:INR 28,912 million
August 15 - India won the third consecutive hockey gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin).
15–18 October – Religious riots in Bombay.<ref>Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
12 November - Temple Entry Proclamation in Travancore.
27 December - Indian National Congress conducts its first rural session in Faizpur, Jalgaon district.
28 December – Indian National Congress rejected new constitution.<ref>Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>

3 March – Legislative Assembly passed a motion to terminate the Ottawa trade agreement.<ref>Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
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 of Jammu 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 in Bhopal (died 2021)
29 April – Zubin Mehta, conductor
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).

28 February – Kamala Nehru, activist and spouse of Jawaharlal 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).