See also: 1939 in India, other events of 1940, 1941 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

[edit] Births

• 6 January - Narendra Kohli, author.
• 27 July - Bharati Mukherjee, writer.
• 7 August - Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande, physicist (d.2006).
• 8 August - Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (d.2007).
• 20 August - Rajendra K. Pachauri, economist and environmental scientist.
• 12 November - Amjad Khan, actor and director (d.1992).
• 12 December - Sharad Pawar, politician and Minister.

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• Bhim Singh Dahiya, historian and civil servant (d.2000).
• Eunice de Souza, poet, literary critic and novelist.
• Sa. Kandasamy, novelist.