1939 in India

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Centuries:	18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
Decades:	1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1939 List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1939 in India.

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Births
- 3.1 Full date unknown

Incumbents

Emperor of India – George VI

Events

3 March - In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.
3 May - The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
World War II breaks out in 1939 and political dead lock in India.

Births

27 June Rahul Dev Burman,composer,singer
21 November - Mulayam Singh Yadav, politician and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
12 December - Swadesh Bharati, poet, novelist and literary critic.

Full date unknown

Bani Basu, author, essayist, critic and poet.
Arun Joshi, novelist (d.1993).