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 National income - 29,799 million Minor engagements on the North West Frontier throughout the year.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
Law December – Announcement that the Ottawa trade agreement would not be continued after 31 March 1939.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263 Good Conduct Prisoners' Probational Release Act Insurance Act Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act Cutchi Memons Act
Births 5 January – Sukumar Barua, Bangladeshi poet (died 2026) 7 January – B. Saroja Devi, actress (died 2025) 13 January Shivkumar Sharma, musician. (died 2022) Nabaneeta Dev Sen, novelist, children's author and poet (died 2019) 2 February – Qamruddin Ahmad Gorakhpuri, Islamic scholar (died 2024) 10 March – Ijaz Butt, Pakistani cricketer (died 2023) 18 March – Shashi Kapoor, Bollywood actor. (died 2017) 31 March – Sheila Dikshit, politician and Chief Minister of Delhi (died 2019) 9 April – Ahmad Kamal, Pakistani diplomat (died 2023) 23 April – S. Janaki, playback singer. 5 May – Chandrama Santha, politician (died 2021) 19 May – Girish Karnad, writer, playwright, actor and director. (died 2019) 10 June – Rahul Bajaj, businessman (died 2022) 12 June – Yesudasan, political cartoonist (died 2021) 1 July Hariprasad Chaurasia, classical flutist Durai Murugan, lawyer and politician 9 July – Sanjeev Kumar, actor (died 1985). 13 July – Thomas Savundaranayagam, Sri Lanka Tamil priest, former Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna 15 July – Pilot Baba, Indian Air Force fighter pilot, later guru (died 2024) 18 July – R. K. Krishna Kumar, business executive (died 2023). 19 July Dom Moraes, poet, writer and columnist (died 2004) Jayant Narlikar, astrophysicist (died 2025) 25 July – Sudhir Kakar, psychoanalyst and writer."A book of Memory: Confessions and Reflections" Sudhir Kakar, Viking Press (died 2024) 8 September – Poornachandra Tejaswi, writer and novelist (died 2007) 18 September – Amalendu Chakrabarti, Indian political cartoonist(died 2023) 24 September – Piloo Reporter, cricket umpire (died 2023) 2 October – Sajid Mir, Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar (died 2025) 13 October – Mahboob Shah, Pakistani cricket player and umpire 17 November – Shamim Hanafi, Urdu scholar (died 2021) 21 November – Helen, actress and dancer 11 December – T. S. R. Subramanian, politician (died 2018)
Full date unknown Shashi Deshpande, novelist. Manohar Singh, theatre director and actor. (died 2002)
Deaths 16 January – Sharat Chandra Chatterji, novelist (born 1876). 21 April - Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Poet, politician (born 1877 ) 14 November – Mahatma Hansraj, educationist, Arya Samaj leader (born 1864)
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