See also: 1937 in India, other events of 1938, 1939 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

[edit] Births

• January 13 - Shivkumar Sharma, musician
• 31 March - Sheila Dikshit, politician and Chief Minister of Delhi.
• 19 May - Girish Karnad, writer, playwright, actor and director.
• 9 July - Sanjeev Kumar, actor (d.1985).
• 19 July - Dom Moraes, poet, writer and columnist (d.2004).
• 19 July - Jayant Narlikar, astrophysicist.
• 8 September - Poornachandra Tejaswi, writer and novelist (d.2007).

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• Shashi Deshpande, novelist.
• B. Saroja Devi, actress.
• Jayan, actor (d.1980).
• Sudhir Kakar, psychoanalyst and writer.
• Ramananda Prasad, translator and founder of the International Gita Society.
• Nabaneeta Dev Sen, novelist, children's author and poet.
• Manohar Singh, theatre director and actor.

[edit] Deaths

• 16 January - Sharat Chandra Chatterji, novelist (b.1876).

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