1897 in India

Events in the year 1897 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India — Queen Victoria

Events

Births

• 23 January — Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement (d.1945).
• 8 February — Zakir Hussain, politician and third President of India (d.1969).
• 19 April — Peter de Noronha, businessman, philanthropist and civil servant (d.1970).
• 3 May — V. K. Krishna Menon, nationalist and politician (d.1974).