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{{Year in India|1939}}
Events in the year '''1939 in India'''.

==Incumbents==
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George VI]]
* Viceroy of India – [[Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow]]

==Events==
* National income - {{INR}}31,845 million
* [[World War II]] breaks out and political dead lock in India
* 2 January – The Muslim League at Patna disapproves the Federation scheme which has already been disapproved by Congress.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 29 January – [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] is reelected president of Congress at Bombay (a victory for opponents of Federation).<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 22 February – Thirteen right-wing members of the working committee, including Pandit Nehru, resign from Congress.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 3 March – In [[Bombay]], [[Mohandas Gandhi]] begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.
* 12 March – Congress at Tripuri passes a resolution of adherence to the party of Gandhi.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 29 April – S. C. Bose resigns as president of Congress and is succeeded by [[Rajendra Prasad]].<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 1 May – New Congress working committee announced.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 3 May – S. C. Bose announces the formation of a [[All India Forward Bloc|new left bloc]] under his leadership.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 8–14 September – Congress debates its attitude to the war; Gandhi calls upon the British to implement their declarations of faith in democracy.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 18 September – The Muslim League declares that the Federal scheme, now suspended, should be altogether abandoned.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 17 October – The Viceroy states the Allied objectives in the war and announces that at the end of the war the Government would consult the several communities, parties and interests in India.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 27–31 October – Congress working committee resolved that the Viceroy's statement was wholly unsatisfactory and asked for a statement of war aims; the ministries of Bombay, Madras and Bihar resign.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 3 November – Resignation of the ministry of the United Provinces.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 5 November – Resignation of the ministry of Orissa; the Viceroy announces that the parties having met have failed to agree.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 9 November – Resignation of the ministry of Central Provinces.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 23 November – At Allahabad the Congress working committee reaffirms its demand for "recognition of India's independence".<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 2 December - Jinnah's call for observing 22nd as Day of Deliverance in favour of resignation and end of congress ministries in provinces.
* 27 December – The first contingent of Indian troops reaches France.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>

==Law==
* 28 February – The budget is presented to the Legislative Assembly in which the duty on raw cotton is doubled.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 13 March – The Chamber of Princes approves its own reorganization.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 20 March – A new trade agreement with the UK till 31 March 1942 is signed after two years of negotiations.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 15 April – The new tariff bill is rejected by the Central Legislature.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
* 18 April – The Council of State passes the new tariff bill a second time.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref>
*Registration Of Foreigners Act
*Portuguese Code of Civil Procedure
*Commercial Documents Evidence Act
*Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act
*Limitation Act

==Births==
*11 March – [[Bani Basu]], author, essayist, critic and poet.
*19 May {{ndash}} [[Balu Mahendra]], film director and cinematographer (d. 2014).
*27 June – [[R. D. Burman]], composer, singer (died [[1994 in India|1994]])
*7 July – [[Satya Prakash Agarwal]], politician
*20 July – [[Walter Devaram]], retired Indian Police Service officer
*25 July – [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]], Indian film director, screenwriter and actor (d. [[2019 in India|2019]])
*1 August – [[Jambuwantrao Dhote]], Indian politician (d. [[2017 in India|2017]]).
*16 August {{ndash}} [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]], actress.
*17 August – [[Farooq Feroze Khan]], Pakistani air chief marshal (d. [[2021 in Pakistan|2021]])
*29 October – [[Malay Roy Choudhury]], poet and novelist
*22 November – [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], politician and former Chief Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]] (died [[2022 in India|2022]])
*12 December – [[Swadesh Bharati]], poet, novelist and literary critic.
*14 December – [[Mythili Sivaraman]], activist (d. [[2021 in India|2021]])

===Full date unknown===
*[[Arun Joshi]], novelist (died [[1993 in India|1993]]).

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