1908 in India

Events in the year 1908 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – Edward VII

Events

Births

January to June

• 17 January - L. V. Prasad, actor, producer and director (d.1994).
• 26 February - Leela Majumdar, writer (d.2007).
• 2 March - Mahadeva Subramania Mani, entomologist (d.2003).
• 5 April - Jagjivan Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer (d.1986).

July to December

• 24 August - Shivaram Rajguru, revolutionary, executed (d.1931).
• 8 November - Raja Rao, novelist and short story writer (d.2006).
• 29 November - N. S. Krishnan, comedian, actor, playback singer and writer (d.1957).
• 15 December - Swami Ranganathananda, President of Ramakrishna Math (d.2005).
• 31 December - Isha Basant Joshi, civil servant and writer.

Full date unknown

• David Abraham Cheulkar, actor (d.1981).
• Sucheta Kriplani, freedom fighter, politician and in Uttar Pradesh became first woman to be elected Chief Minister of a state (d.1974).

Deaths

• Kabibar Radhanath Ray, poet (b.1848).