1938 in India
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Events in the year 1938 in India. Indian independence - Government of India Act gives Indians a role in governing their provinces.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George VI
- Viceroy of India - Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
Events
- Minor engagements on the North West Frontier throughout the year.[1]
- December - Announcement that the Ottawa trade agreement would not be continued after 31 March 1939.[2]
Births
- January 13 - Shivkumar Sharma, musician
- 18 March - Shashi Kapoor, legendary actor in Bollywood
- 27 March- B.M Sharma, leading Chemical Engineer
- 31 March - Sheila Dikshit, politician and Chief Minister of Delhi.
- 19 May - Girish Karnad, writer, playwright, actor and director.
- 9 July - Sanjeev Kumar, actor (died 1985).
- 19 July - Dom Moraes, poet, writer and columnist (died 2004).
- 19 July - Jayant Narlikar, astrophysicist.
- 8 September - Poornachandra Tejaswi, writer and novelist (died 2007).
Full date unknown
- Shashi Deshpande, novelist.
- B. Saroja Devi, actress.
- Jayan, actor (died 1980).
- Sudhir Kakar, psychoanalyst and writer.
- Nabaneeta Dev Sen, novelist, children's author and poet.
- Manohar Singh, theatre director and actor.
Deaths
- 16 January - Sharat Chandra Chatterji, novelist (born 1876).
References
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