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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2013}}{{Refimprove|date=December 2013}}{{Year in India|1940}}Events in the year 1940 in India. Incumbents- Emperor of India – George VI
- Viceroy of India – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
Events - 24 March Lahore Session of AIML where 'Pakistan Resolution' was propose by Bengal PM Fazlul Haq and duly passed, hence the Jinnah-Muslim League demanded a separate homeland for the Indian Muslims openly for the first time here.
- 8 Aug - Viceroy Lord Linlithgow's August Offer to seek support in war efforts which was rejected by the nationalist.
- Re-entry of Gandhiji in political scene with organisation of individual satyagrah(chose 1500 members) to speak and protest against army entry,against working in ammunition factories etc to withdraw world war 2 support. First such satyagrahi to be arrested was Vinoba Bhave.
- Arrests by Govt including Netaji and Nehru.Latter was interned for 4 years for instigating peasants of UP.
- 19 November – The Central Legislative Assembly rejects the Finance Bill.[1]
- 21 December – The Finance Bill is certified by the Viceroy.[2]
Births- 6 January – Narendra Kohli, author.
- 27 July – Bharati Mukherjee, writer.
- 7 August – Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande, physicist (died 2006).
- 8 August – Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (died 2007).
- 20 August – Rajendra K. Pachauri, economist and environmental scientist.
- 12 November – Amjad Khan, actor and director (died 1992).
- 12 December – Sharad Pawar, politician and Minister.
Full date unknown- Eunice de Souza, poet, literary critic and novelist.
- Sa. Kandasamy, novelist.
References1. ^Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
2. ^Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 263
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