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Events in the year 1929 in India .

Incumbents [ edit ]

• Emperor of India ? George V
• Viceroy of India ? The Lord Irwin

Events [ edit ]

• National income - ? 35,663 million
• 6 January ? Mother Teresa arrives in Kolkata to work amongst poor and sick
• 29 December ? All India Congress in Lahore demands independence
  • The radical nationalists, led by Jawaharlal Nehru , push through the National Congress a resolution calling for virtual independence within a year.
• Bombay Flying Club is founded by JRD Tata .
• 8 April - Batukeshwar Dutt and Bhagat Singh throw bombs in the Assembly chamber, New Delhi.

Law [ edit ]

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Births [ edit ]

• 1 January ? Latif-ur Rehman , hockey player (died 1987 ).
• 8 January ? Saeed Jaffrey , actor (died 2015 ).
• 2 February ? Dalit Bandhu N. K. Jose , historian (died 2024 ).
• 7 February ? Sartaj Aziz , Pakistani economist and politician (died 2024 ).
• 28 February ? Rangaswamy Srinivasan , Indian-born American chemist and inventor.
• 20 March ? Muhammad Hamza , Pakistani politician, (died 2021 ).
• 24 March ? Ataullah Mengal , Pakistani politician, (died 2021 ).
• 29 March ? Utpal Dutt , actor, director and writer (died 1993 ).
• 24 April ? Dr. Rajkumar , actor and singer (died 2006 ).
• 1 May ? S. G. Neginhal , conservationist, (died 2021 ).
• 29 May ? Dwijen Sharma , Bangladeshi naturalist (died 2017 )
• 1 June ? Nargis , actress (died 1981 ).
• 4 June ? Kapil Narayan Tiwari , activist and politician (died 2022 ).
• 10 June ? Altaf Fatima , novelist. (died 2018)
• 15 June ? Suraiya , actress and singer (died 2004 ).
• 14 July ? V. C. Kulandaiswamy , academic and author (died 2016 )
• 20 July ? Hosbet Suresh , judge (died 2020 )
• 25 July ? Somnath Chatterjee , politician and Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha (died 2018 ).
• 4 August ? Kishore Kumar , playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter (died 1987 ).
• 28 August ? Purushottama Lal , poet, essayist, translator, professor and publisher (died 2010).
• 6 September ? Yash Johar , film producer (died 2004 ).

  

• 28 September ? Lata Mangeshkar , "Bharatratna", internationally acclaimed playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer. (died 2022)
• 29 September ? Syed Ali Shah Geelani , Pakistani separatist leader (died 2021 )
• 30 September ? Mir Hazar Khan Khoso , Pakistani judge and politician (died 2021 )
• 29 October ? Rabey Hasani Nadwi , Sunni Muslim scholar (died 2023 )
• 31 October ? Muktha Srinivasan , film director and producer (died 2018 )
• 2 November ? Muhammad Rafiq Tarar , politician and jurist, 9th President of Pakistan (died 2022 )
• 20 November ? Milkha Singh , Olympic sprinter (died 2021 )

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• Swami Smaranananda , monk (died 2024 ).

Deaths [ edit ]

• 20 February - Rattanbai Jinnah , wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah , founder of Pakistan