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{{Year in India|1940}}<br />
Events in the year '''1940 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George VI]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow]]<br />
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== Events ==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}35,084 million<br />
* 24 March Lahore Session of AIML where ''Pakistan Resolution'' was proposed by Bengal PM Fazlul Haq and duly passed, hence the Jinnah-Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for the Indian Muslims openly for the first time here.<br />
* 8 Aug - Viceroy Lord Linlithgow's [[August Offer]] to seek support in war efforts which was rejected by the nationalist. <br />
* Re-entry of Gandhiji in political scene with organisation of individual satyagraha (chose 1500 members) to speak and protest against army entry, against working in ammunition factories etc. to withdraw world war 2 support. First such satyagrahi to be arrested was Vinoba Bhave.<br />
* Arrests by Govt including Netaji and Nehru. Latter was interned for 4 years for instigating peasants of UP.<br />
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==Law==<br />
* 19 November – The Central Legislative Assembly rejects the Finance Bill.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref><br />
* 21 December – The Finance Bill is certified by the Viceroy.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263</ref><br />
*Drugs and Cosmetics Act<br />
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==Births==<br />
*1 January – [[Asrani]], actor.<br />
*6 January – [[Narendra Kohli]], author (died 2021).<br />
*10 January - [[K. J. Yesudas]], playback singer.<br />
*20 January – [[Krishnam Raju]], actor (died 2022).<br />
*1 February – [[Ajmer Singh (athlete)|Ajmer Singh]], athlete and educator (died [[2010 in India|2010]]).<br />
*20 April - [[Kenneth Powell (sprinter)|Kenneth Powell]]. Olympic sprinter (died 2022).<br />
*10 May - [[Ibrahim Sutar]], social worker, poet and folk musician (died 2022).<br />
*15 June - [[Elvera Britto]], hockey player (died 2022).<br />
*24 June - [[Murali Mohan]], politician and member of parliament from [[Rajahmundry (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajahmundry]].<br />
*27 July – [[Bharati Mukherjee]], writer (died 2017).<br />
*28 July – [[Anil R. Joshi]], poet and essayist (died 2025).<br />
*1 August – [[Eunice de Souza]], [[poet]], [[literary critic]] and [[novelist]] (died 2017).<br />
*7 August – [[Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande]], physicist (died 2006).<br />
*8 August – [[Dilip Sardesai]], cricketer (died 2007).<br />
*13 August – [[M. K. Cheriyan]], retired college principal.<ref>{{cite web|title= Former Principals of Bishop Moore College|url= http://www.bishopmoorecollege.in/about_bmc.html|access-date= 23 June 2022|archive-date= 20 November 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111120225758/http://www.bishopmoorecollege.in/about_bmc.html|url-status= bot: unknown}}</ref><br />
*20 August – [[Rajendra K. Pachauri]], [[economist]] and [[Environmental science|environmental scientist]]. (died 2020).<br />
*5 September – [[Siddeshwar Swami]], spiritual leader (died 2023).<br />
*20 October – [[Yamini Krishnamurthy]], classical dancer (died 2024).<br />
*12 November – [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]], actor and director (died 1992).<br />
*7 December – [[Kumar Shahani]], film director and screenwriter (died 2024).<br />
*12 December – [[Sharad Pawar]], politician, [[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|chief minister of Maharashtra]].<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Sa. Kandasamy]], novelist (died 2020).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*20 November – [[Abul Muhasin Muhammad Sajjad]], scholar, freedom fighter and founder of [[Muslim Independent Party]] (born 1880).<br />
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==References==<br />
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