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{{Year in India|1929}}<br />
Events in the year '''1929 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|The Lord Irwin]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* 6 January – [[Mother Teresa]] arrives [[Kolkata]] to work amongst India's poorest and diseased people <br />
* 29 December – All India Congress in [[Lahore]] demands Indian [[independence]].<br />
** The radical nationalists, led by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], push through the National Congress a resolution calling for virtual independence within a year.<br />
* [[Bombay Flying Club]] is founded by [[JRD Tata]].<br />
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==Births==<br />
*8 January – [[Saeed Jaffrey]], actor (died [[2015 in the United Kingdom|2015]])<br />
*20 March – [[Muhammad Hamza]], Pakistani politician, (died [[2021 in Pakistan|2021]]).<br />
*24 March – [[Ataullah Mengal]], Pakistani politician, (died [[2021 in Pakistan|2021]]).<br />
*29 March – [[Utpal Dutt]], actor, director and writer (died [[1993 in India|1993]]).<br />
*24 April – [[Dr. Rajkumar]], actor and singer (died [[2006 in India|2006]]).<br />
*1 May – [[S. G. Neginhal]], conservationist, (died [[2021 in India|2021]]).<br />
*1 June – [[Nargis]], actress (died [[1981 in India|1981]]).<br />
*15 June – [[Suraiya]], actress and singer (died [[2004 in India|2004]]).<br />
*14 July – [[V. C. Kulandaiswamy]], academic and author (died [[2016 in India|2016]])<br />
*20 July – [[Hosbet Suresh]], judge (died [[2020 in India|2020]])<br />
*25 July – [[Somnath Chatterjee]], politician and [[Speaker of Lok Sabha|Speaker]] of the 14th [[Lok Sabha]] (died [[2018]]).<br />
*4 August – [[Kishore Kumar]], playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter (died [[1987 in India|1987]]).<br />
*6 September – [[Yash Johar]], film producer (died [[2004 in India|2004]]).[[File:Milkha Singh 1 (headshot).png|thumb|120px|[[Milkha Singh]]]]<br />
*28 September – [[Lata Mangeshkar]], "Bharatratna", internationally acclaimed playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer.<br />
*29 September – [[Syed Ali Shah Geelani]], Pakistani separatist leader (died [[2021 in India|2021]])<br />
*30 September – [[Mir Hazar Khan Khoso]], Pakistani judge and politician (died [[2021 in Pakistan|2021]])<br />
*20 November – [[Milkha Singh]], Olympic sprinter (died [[2021 in India|2021]])<br />
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*[[Altaf Fatima]], novelist.<br />
*[[P. Lal]], poet, essayist, translator, professor and publisher (died 2010).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*20 February - [[Rattanbai Jinnah]], wife of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], founder of [[Pakistan]]<br />
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