1929 in India
Events in the year 1929 in India. Incumbents
 Emperor of India – George V
 Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin

Events
 National income - 35,663 million
 6 January – Mother Teresa arrives in Kolkata to work amongst poor and sick
 29 December – All India Congress in Lahore demands independence
 The radical nationalists, led by Jawaharlal Nehru, push through the National Congress a resolution calling for virtual independence within a year. Bombay Flying Club is founded by JRD Tata. 8 April - Batukeshwar Dutt and Bhagat Singh throw bombs in the Assembly chamber, New Delhi. Law

Births
8 January – Saeed Jaffrey, actor (died 2015). 20 March – Muhammad Hamza, Pakistani politician, (died 2021). 24 March – Ataullah Mengal, Pakistani politician, (died 2021). 29 March – Utpal Dutt, actor, director and writer (died 1993). 24 April – Dr. Rajkumar, actor and singer (died 2006). 1 May – S. G. Neginhal, conservationist, (died 2021). 1 June – Nargis, actress (died 1981). 4 June – Kapil Narayan Tiwari, activist and politician (died 2022). 10 June – Altaf Fatima, novelist. (died 2018)
15 June – Suraiya, actress and singer (died 2004). 14 July – V. C. Kulandaiswamy, academic and author (died 2016)
20 July – Hosbet Suresh, judge (died 2020)
25 July – Somnath Chatterjee, politician and Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha (died 2018). 4 August – Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter (died 1987). 6 September – Yash Johar, film producer (died 2004). 28 September – Lata Mangeshkar, "Bharatratna", internationally acclaimed playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer. (died 2022)
29 September –  Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Pakistani separatist leader (died 2021)
30 September – Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, Pakistani judge and politician (died 2021)
29 October – Rabey Hasani Nadwi, Sunni Muslim scholar (died 2023)
31 October – Muktha Srinivasan, film director and producer (died 2018)
2 November – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, politician and jurist, 9th President of Pakistan (died 2022)
20 November – Milkha Singh, Olympic sprinter (died 2021)

Full date unknown
P. Lal, poet, essayist, translator, professor and publisher (died 2010). Deaths
20 February - Rattanbai Jinnah, wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan

 
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