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1906 in India
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1906
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Centuries:
18th • 19th •
20th
• 21st
Decades:
1880s • 1890s •
1900s
• 1910s • 1920s
See also:
Other events of 1906
List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history
Events in the year
1906
in
India
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
3
Births
4
Deaths
Incumbents
Emperor of India
–
Edward VII
Events
1 January -
British India
officially adopts
Indian Standard Time
.
11 September -
Mahatma Gandhi
coins the term
Satyagraha
to characterize the
Non-Violence
movement in South Africa.
30 December - The
All-India Muslim League
, a political organization that represented the interests of Indian Muslims, is formed.
Births
10 October -
R.K. Narayan
, novelist (d.
2001
).
23 December -
Edasseri Govindan Nair
, poet, playwright and essayist (d.
1974
).
Deaths
Acharya Rajendrasuri
, reformer in
Shvetambar
sect of
Jainism
(b.
1827
).