1938 in India

Events in the year 1938 in India. Indian independence – Government of India Act gives Indians a role in governing their provinces.

← 1937 1936 1935 1938 in India → 1939 1940 1941
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

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

• 7 January – B. Saroja Devi, actress.
• 13 January
  • Shivkumar Sharma, musician
  • Nabaneeta Dev Sen, novelist, children's author and poet.
• 18 March – Shashi Kapoor, legendary actor in Bollywood
• 31 March – Sheila Dikshit, politician and Chief Minister of Delhi.
• 19 May – Girish Karnad, writer, playwright, actor and director.
• 1 July – Durai Murugan, lawyer and politician
• 9 July – Sanjeev Kumar, actor (died 1985).
• 13 July – Thomas Savundaranayagam, Sri Lanka Tamil priest, former Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna
• 15 July – Pilot Baba, Indian Air Force fighter pilot, later guru
• 19 July – Dom Moraes, poet, writer and columnist (died 2004).
• 19 July – Jayant Narlikar, astrophysicist.
• 25 July – Sudhir Kakar, psychoanalyst and writer.[3]
• 8 September – Poornachandra Tejaswi, writer and novelist (died 2007).
• 11 December – T. S. R. Subramanian, politician (died 2018)

Full date unknown

• Shashi Deshpande, novelist.
• Manohar Singh, theatre director and actor.

Deaths

• 16 January – Sharat Chandra Chatterji, novelist (born 1876).

References

1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
2. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
3. "A book of Memory: Confessions and Reflections" Sudhir Kakar, Viking Press