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 IndiaEveryman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263 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. 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 (d. 2024) 28 November – Bano Qudsia, Pakistani writer (d. 2017) 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). 20 September - 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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