1929 in India

← 1928 1927 1926 1929 in India → 1930 1931 1932
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

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

• 29 March – Utpal Dutt, actor, director and writer (died 1993).
• 24 April – Rajkumar, actor and singer (died 2006).
• 1 June – Nargis, actress (died 1981).
• 6 June – Sunil Dutt, Bollywood actor and producer (died 2005)
• 15 June – Suraiya, actress and singer (died 2004).
• 14 July – V. C. Kulandaiswamy, academic and author (died 2016)
• 20 July – Rajendra Kumar, actor and producer (died 1999).
• 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.
• Qasim Ali Qureshi – Born 28 November 1929 in Bilaspur UP India, joined British High Commission, Delhi, Lahore, Islamabad. He moved with his family to London. Deceased in London on 8 July 1978 and was buried in Lahore.

Full date unknown

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

Deaths