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{{Year in India|1926}}<br />
Events in the year '''1926 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|The Earl of Reading]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|The Lord Irwin]] (from 3 April)<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}33,959 million<br />
* April – Hindu-Muslim strike in Calcutta.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262</ref><br />
* 15 July – [[Bombay Electric Supply and Transport|BEST]] buses make its début in [[Bombay]].<br />
* 24 November – [[Sri Aurobindo]] retires, leaving [[Mirra Alfassa|the Mother]] to run the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry.<br />
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==Law==<br />
* 1 October − Public Service Commission established, it was later reconstituted as [[Federal Public Service Commission]] by the [[Government of India Act 1935]] only to be renamed as today's Union Public Service Commission after the independence.<br />
*Trade Unions Act<br />
*Good Conduct Prisoners Probational Release Act<br />
*Indian Bar Councils Act<br />
*Cotton Industry (Statistics) Act<br />
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==Births==<br />
===January to June===<br />
*8 January – [[Kelucharan Mohapatra]], [[Odissi]] dancer and guru (died [[2004 in India|2004]]).<br />
*16 January – [[O. P. Nayyar]], film music director and composer (died [[2007 in India|2007]]).<br />
*20 January <br />
** [[Jamiluddin Aali]], poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar. (died [[2015 in India|2015]])<br />
** [[Qurratulain Hyder]], novelist and short story writer, academic and journalist (died [[2007 in India|2007]]).<br />
*21 January – [[Laxman Pai]], artist (died [[2021 in India|2021]])<br />
*26 May – [[Sukumar Azhikode]], teacher, critic and orator. (died [[2012 in India|2012]])<br />
*6 June – [[Sunil Dutt]], Bollywood actor and producer (died [[2005 in India|2005]])<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*15 August – [[Sukanta Bhattacharya]], poet (died [[1947 in India|1947]]).<br />
*3 September – [[Uttam Kumar]], actor (died [[1980 in India|1980]]).<br />
*8 October – [[Raaj Kumar]], actor (died [[1996 in India|1996]]).<br />
*21 November – [[Prem Nath]], actor (died [[1992 in India|1992]]).<br />
*23 November-((Sathya Sai Baba)),<br />
Indian guru,philanthropist, educator (died[[2011 in India|2011]]).<br />
*26 November – [[Yash Pal]], scientist and educator.<br />
*31 December – [[Zahoor Qasim]], marine scientist.<br />
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*[[J. P. Chandrababu]], comedian-actor, singer and dancer (died [[1974 in India|1974]]).<br />
*[[Nalini Jaywant]], actress.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
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