1938 in India

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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1938 in India. Indian independence - Government of India Act gives Indians a role in governing their provinces.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George VI
• Viceroy of India - Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow

Events

• Minor engagements on the North West Frontier throughout the year.
• December - Announcement that the Ottawa trade agreement would not be continued after 31 March 1939.

Births

• January 13 - Shivkumar Sharma, musician
• 18 March - Shashi Kapoor, legendary actor in Bollywood
• 27 March- B.M Sharma, leading Chemical Engineer
• 31 March - Sheila Dikshit, politician and Chief Minister of Delhi.
• 19 May - Girish Karnad, writer, playwright, actor and director.
• 9 July - Sanjeev Kumar, actor (died 1985).
• 19 July - Dom Moraes, poet, writer and columnist (died 2004).
• 19 July - Jayant Narlikar, astrophysicist.
• 8 September - Poornachandra Tejaswi, writer and novelist (died 2007).

Full date unknown

• Shashi Deshpande, novelist.
• B. Saroja Devi, actress.
• Jayan, actor (died 1980).
• Sudhir Kakar, psychoanalyst and writer.
• Nabaneeta Dev Sen, novelist, children's author and poet.
• Manohar Singh, theatre director and actor.

Deaths

• 16 January - Sharat Chandra Chatterji, novelist (born 1876).