1928 in India

← 1927 1926 1925 1928 in India → 1929 1930 1931
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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

• February – the Simon Commission lands in India^[1]
• May – India wins Hockey Gold Medal at the Amsterdam Olympics – Games of the IXth Olympiad.
• December – Board of Control for Cricket in India is formed.

Births

• 6 January – Vijay Tendulkar, playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist and social commentator (died 2008).
• 28 August – Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, physicist and policy maker.
• 12 September – M. V. Rajasekharan, politician and Minister.
• 31 December – Kongara 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).

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