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{{Year in India|1944}}<br />
Events in the year '''1944 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George VI]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell|The Viscount Wavell]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}76,509 million<br />
* March to June – [[Operation U-Go]]; Japanese defeated in Manipur.<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 507</ref><br />
* 8 March – 3 July - [[Battle of Imphal]] against [[Operation U-Go]].<br />
* 20-26 March – [[Battle of Sangshak]]<br />
* 4 April – 22 June - [[Battle of Kohima]]<br />
* 14 April - [[Indian National Army|INA]] hoisted the Indian tricolour for the first time on mainland India at Moirang in Manipur.<br />
* 14 April – [[Bombay Explosion (1944)]]<br />
* 5 May – [[Mohandas Gandhi]] released<br />
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==Law==<br />
*Public Debt Act<br />
*Cocoanut Committee Act<br />
*Central Excises and Salt Act<br />
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==Births==<br />
*11 January<br />
** [[Shibu Soren]], politician and Chief Minister of [[Jharkhand]].<br />
** [[Jagdish Tytler]], politician.<br />
*18 February - [[Gurmeet Bawa]], folk singer (died 2021)<br />
*23 February - [[J. C. Diwakar Reddy]], politician and member of parliament from [[Anantapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantapur]].<br />
*9 April – [[Ronen Sen]], diplomat and [[ambassador]] to the [[United States of America]].<br />
*1 May – [[Suresh Kalmadi]], politician and businessman.<br />
*1 June - [[Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy]], politician and former member of parliament from [[Nellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nellore]].<br />
*23 August – [[Saira Banu]], actress.<br />
*1 September – [[C. M. Gupta]], scientist.<br />
*3 November – [[Debasis Mitra]], mathematician.<br />
*8 December – [[Sharmila Tagore]], actress.<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*22 February – [[Kasturba Gandhi]], wife of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] (born [[1869 in India|1869]]).<br />
* 9 November – [[Lakshmikanthan murder case|C. N. Lakshmikanthan]], Tamil film journalist<br />
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