1928 in India explained

Events in the year 1928 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin
• British officer John Saunders Murder 17 dec.

Events

• National income - 33,517 million
• February – the Simon Commission lands in India^[1]
• May – India wins Hockey Gold Medal at the Amsterdam Olympics – Games of the IXth Olympiad.
• 28 - 30 July - Ganapathi Galabhe the first recorded communal clash of Bangalore took place.^[2]
• 28 August - Nehru Report
• December – Board of Control for Cricket in India is formed.
• Undated – Kherwadi Social Welfare Association is founded.

Births

• 1 January – Khan Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2009)
• 5 January – Girish Chandra Saxena, politician (d. 2017)
• 6 January – Vijay Tendulkar, playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist and social commentator (died 2008).
• 27 March – Rajagopalan Krishnamurthy, cotton researcher
• 10 April – Ashok Mitra, economist and politician (d. 2018)
• 28 June – Chennaveera Kanavi, Kannada poet and author (d. 2022)
• 1 July – Ram Naresh Yadav, politician (d. 2016)
• 8 July – Balakh Sher Mazari, Pakistani politician, interim prime minister (d. 2022)
• 14 July – Bedabrata Barua, politician
• 15 July – Viramachaneni Vimla Devi, Indian parliamentarian (d. 1967)
• 19 July – Lal Chand, long-distance runner
• 24 July – Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician (d. 2020)
• 5 August – Dinesh Chandra Joarder, Indian politician (d. 2018)
• 28 August – Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, physicist and policymaker. (died 2016)
• 12 September – M. V. Rajasekharan, politician and Minister. (died 2020)
• 1 October – Sivaji Ganesan, actor (died 2001)
• 12 October – Dilbagh Singh Athwal, geneticist, agriculturist (d. 2017)
• 27 October – Datta Gaekwad, cricketer
• 28 November – Bano Qudsia, Pakistani writer (d. 2017)^[3]
• 20 December – Motilal Vora, politician, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (d. 2020)
• 22 December – Naresh Kumar, tennis player (d. 2022)
• 31 December – Jaggayya, actor (died 2004).

Full date unknown

• J. V. Somayajulu, actor (died 2004).

Deaths

• 1 July – Nanda Kishore Bal, poet (born 1875).
• Sree Narayana Guru attained eternity (born 1956) at Shivagiri Mutt, Varkala, Kollam in Kerala, South India.
• 17 Nov -Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian Punjabi author and politician (born 28 January 1865).

Notes and References

1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
2. Web site: Nair . Janaki . When did Bengaluru turn ‘Communal’? . 2024-02-05 . Deccan Herald . en.
3. Web site: Famous writer Bano Qudsia turns 88 . The News . 28 November 2016 . 6 February 2017.