1928 in India

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – The Lord Irwin
• British officer John Saunders Murder 17 dec.

  Events

• February – the Simon Commission lands in India
• May – India wins Hockey Gold Medal at the Amsterdam Olympics – Games of the IXth Olympiad.
• December – Board of Control for Cricket in India is formed.

  Births

• 1 January – Khan Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer
• 5 January – Girish Chandra Saxena, politician
• 6 January – Vijay Tendulkar, playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist and social commentator.
• 28 August – Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon, physicist and policy maker.
• 12 September – M. V. Rajasekharan, politician and Minister.
• 31 December – Kongara Jaggayya, actor.

  Full date unknown

• J. V. Somayajulu, actor.

  Deaths

• 1 July – Nanda Kishore Bal, poet.
• Sree Narayana Guru attained eternity at Shivagiri Mutt, Varkala, Kollam in Kerala, South India.
• 17 Nov -Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian Punjabi author and politician.