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Decades:	1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1940 List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1940 in India.

Contents

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Births
- 3.1 Full date unknown

Incumbents

Emperor of India – George VI

Events

Births

6 January - Narendra Kohli, author.
27 July - Bharati Mukherjee, writer.
7 August - Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande, physicist (d.2006).
8 August - Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (d.2007).
20 August - Rajendra K. Pachauri, economist and environmental scientist.
12 November - Amjad Khan, actor and director (d.1992).
12 December - Sharad Pawar, politician and Minister.

Full date unknown

Bhim Singh Dahiya, historian and civil servant (d.2000).
Eunice de Souza, poet, literary critic and novelist.
Sa. Kandasamy, novelist.