Events in the year 1938 in India. Indian independence – Government of India Act gives Indians a role in governing their provinces. Incumbents Emperor of India – George VI Viceroy of India – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow Events National income - 29,799 million Minor engagements on the North West Frontier throughout the year. Law December – Announcement that the Ottawa trade agreement would not be continued after 31 March 1939. Good Conduct Prisoners' Probational Release Act Insurance Act Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act Cutchi Memons Act Births 7 January – B. Saroja Devi, actress. 13 January Shivkumar Sharma, musician. (died 2022) Nabaneeta Dev Sen, novelist, children's author and poet. (died 2019) 18 March – Shashi Kapoor, Bollywood actor. (died 2017) 31 March – Sheila Dikshit, politician and Chief Minister of Delhi. (died 2019) 23 April S. Janaki, playback singer. 19 May – Girish Karnad, writer, playwright, actor and director. (died 2019) 10 June – Rahul Bajaj, businessman (died 2022) 12 June – Yesudasan, political cartoonist (died 2021) 1 July Hariprasad Chaurasia, classical flutist Durai Murugan, lawyer and politician 9 July – Sanjeev Kumar, actor (died 1985). 13 July – Thomas Savundaranayagam, Sri Lanka Tamil priest, former Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna 15 July – Pilot Baba, Indian Air Force fighter pilot, later guru 19 July – Dom Moraes, poet, writer and columnist (died 2004). 19 July – Jayant Narlikar, astrophysicist. 25 July – Sudhir Kakar, psychoanalyst and writer. 8 September – Poornachandra Tejaswi, writer and novelist (died 2007). 17 November – Shamim Hanafi, Urdu scholar (died 2021) 11 December – T. S. R. Subramanian, politician (died 2018) Full date unknown Shashi Deshpande, novelist. R. K. Krishna Kumar, business executive. (died 2022) Manohar Singh, theatre director and actor. (died 2002) Deaths 16 January – Sharat Chandra Chatterji, novelist (born 1876). 14 November – Mahatma Hansraj, educationist, Arya Samaj leader (born 1864) References India Years of the 20th century in India