1929 in India
Events in the year 1929 in India.
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Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin
Events
- National income - ₹35,663 million
- 6 January – Mother Teresa arrives in Kolkata to work amongst poor and sick
- 29 December – All India Congress in Lahore demands 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.
- 8 April - Batukeshwar Dutt and Bhagat Singh throw bombs in the Assembly chamber, New Delhi.
Law
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).
- 4 June – Kapil Narayan Tiwari, activist and politician (died 2022).
- 10 June – Altaf Fatima, novelist. (died 2018)
- 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).
- 28 September – Lata Mangeshkar, "Bharatratna", internationally acclaimed playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer. (died 2022)
- 29 September – Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Pakistani separatist leader (died 2021)
- 30 September – Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Pakistani judge and politician (died 2021)
- 29 October – Rabey Hasani Nadwi, Sunni Muslim scholar (died 2023)
- 31 October – Muktha Srinivasan, film director and producer (died 2018)
- 2 November – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, politician and jurist, 9th President of Pakistan (died 2022)
- 20 November – Milkha Singh, Olympic sprinter (died 2021)
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- P. Lal, poet, essayist, translator, professor and publisher (died 2010).
Deaths
- 20 February - Rattanbai Jinnah, wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
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