1929 in India - Bharatpedia

{{#description2:India-related events during the year of 1929}} Template:Year in region Events in the year 1929 in India.

Incumbents

Emperor of India – George V
Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin

Events

6 January – Mother Teresa arrives Kolkata to work amongst India's poorest and diseased people
29 December – All India Congress in Lahore demands Indian independence.
- The radical nationalists, led by Jawaharlal Nehru, push through the National Congress a resolution calling for virtual independence within a year.
Bombay Flying Club is founded by JRD Tata.

Births

8 January – Saeed Jaffrey, actor (died 2015)
20 March – Muhammad Hamza, Pakistani politician, (died 2021).
24 March – Ataullah Mengal, Pakistani politician, (died 2021).
29 March – Utpal Dutt, actor, director and writer (died 1993).
24 April – Dr. Rajkumar, actor and singer (died 2006).
1 May – S. G. Neginhal, conservationist, (died 2021).
1 June – Nargis, actress (died 1981).
15 June – Suraiya, actress and singer (died 2004).
14 July – V. C. Kulandaiswamy, academic and author (died 2016)
20 July – Hosbet Suresh, judge (died 2020)
25 July – Somnath Chatterjee, politician and Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha (died 2018).
4 August – Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter (died 1987).
6 September – Yash Johar, film producer (died 2004).
Milkha Singh
28 September – Lata Mangeshkar, "Bharatratna", internationally acclaimed playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer.
29 September – Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Pakistani separatist leader (died 2021)
30 September – Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Pakistani judge and politician (died 2021)
20 November – Milkha Singh, Olympic sprinter (died 2021)

Full date unknown

Altaf Fatima, novelist.
P. Lal, poet, essayist, translator, professor and publisher (died 2010).

Deaths

20 February - Rattanbai Jinnah, wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan

Years in India (1500–present)

Pre-British period

British India (1612–1950)

Republic of India (1950–present)

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