1944 in India

Events in the year 1944 in India.

← 1943 1942 1941 1944 in India → 1945 1946 1947
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George VI
• Viceroy of India – The Viscount Wavell

Events

• National income - ₹76,509 million
• 8 March – 3 July - Battle of Imphal against Operation U-Go.
• 20-26 March – Battle of Sangshak
• 4 April – 22 June - Battle of Kohima
• 14 April - INA hoisted the Indian tricolor for the first time on mainland India at Moirang in Manipur.^[1]
• 14 April – Bombay Explosion (1944)
• 25 April - Birth of Vinod Duggal S/O Shri Hussan Lal and Shrimati Sushila Duggal
• 5 May – Mohandas Gandhi released
• 7 November - Lakshmikanthan murder case and ensuing arrest of various prominent figures from Tamil cinema.

Dates unknown

• March to June – Operation U-Go; Japanese defeated in Manipur.^[2]
• April - National Conference under the leadership of Sheikh Abdullah submits a memorandum named Naya Kashmir before Hari Singh.

Law

• Public Debt Act
• Cocoanut Committee Act
• Central Excises and Salt Act

Births

• 11 January
  • Shibu Soren, politician and Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
  • Jagdish Tytler, politician.
• 18 February - Gurmeet Bawa, folk singer (died 2021)
• 23 February - J. C. Diwakar Reddy, politician and member of parliament from Anantapur.
• 9 April – Ronen Sen, diplomat and ambassador to the United States of America.
• 1 May – Suresh Kalmadi, politician and businessman.
• 10 May – Antonette Mendes, singer and actress (died 2024)
• 1 June - Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy, politician and former member of parliament from Nellore.
• 20 August – Rajiv Gandhi, politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (died 1991)
• 23 August – Saira Banu, actress.
• 1 September – C. M. Gupta, scientist.
• 3 November – Debasis Mitra, mathematician.
• 8 December – Sharmila Tagore, actress.

Deaths

• 22 February – Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (born 1869).
• 9 November – C. N. Lakshmikanthan, Tamil film journalist