1928 in India

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 India
 * 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
 * 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).
 * 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).