The following lists events that happened during

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

in Afghanistan. Kabul University is established. Initially, only a faculty of medicine exists.

Incumbents

* Monarch – Mohammed Nadir Shah * Prime Minister –

Mohammad Hashim Khan Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan (1884 – 26 October 1953) was a political figure in Afghanistan. Life He was the younger brother of King Mohammed Nadir Shah and the elder brother of Sardar Shah Mahmud Khan and Sardar Shah Wali Khan. Hashim put in ...

February 1932

Towards the end of the month, the new Fundamental Rules of the Afghan government are promulgated in an issue of the ''Islah'' of Kabul. These rules declare Afghanistan to be fully independent in both external and internal affairs, with Kabul as its capital.

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

is to be the country's official religion, and

Sharia Sharia (; ar, شريعة, sharīʿa ) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition. It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam and is based on the sacred scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and the H ...

(Islamic law) is to be binding. Afghan subjects are to enjoy liberty of person and freedom in all matters of trade, industry, and agriculture, while slavery and forced labour are prohibited. A Council of State (''Majlis-i-Shora-Milli'') consisting of 120 elected representatives from the provinces will review proposals for new laws. Additionally, there will be a 40-member Chamber of Notables (''Majlis-i-Ayan'') selected and appointed by the king.

Primary education Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first ...

is made compulsory, and foreign newspapers that do not offend the religion and policy of the state will be free to enter Afghanistan.

End of September 1932

Sardar Ala Gholam Nabi Khan, son of Abdor Rahman's famous general, Haidar Khan Charkhi, who was himself for many years Afghan minister at Moscow under King

Amanullah Amanullah or Amanallah is a male Muslim given name ( ar , أمان الله ) meaning the trust or protection of God. It may refer to: * Amānullāh Khān (1892–1960), ruler of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929 *Amanullah Khan (disambiguation), seve ...

, and made an abortive attempt to restore that monarch in May 1929, with Russian assistance, returns to Kabul from Berlin, where he had been living since the accession of

Nadir Khan The nadir (, ; ar, نظير, naẓīr, counterpart) is the direction pointing directly ''below'' a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface. The direct ...

. Early in November he is arrested on a charge of fomenting rebellion among the tribes of the southeast among whom his family has great influence, and of intriguing with the Soviet government, with a view to procuring the restoration of King Amanullah. He is brought to trial before the Loya jirga, or Great Assembly, early in November, and, incriminating documents being produced, he is condemned to death and shot. One of his brothers, Gholam Jilani Khan, who recently returned from Moscow, is also arrested, and another, Gholam Zaddiq Khan, who was minister in Berlin, is dismissed from his post. The king's brother, Sardar Shah Mahmud, takes energetic steps to combat disaffection in the south, where one or two pretenders have appeared. {{Year in Asia, 1932 Afghanistan Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan Afghanistan 1930s in Afghanistan