1909 in India

Events in the year 1909 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – Edward VII

Births

• 3 January - M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, actor and Carnatic singer (d.1959).
• 10 February - Pisharoth Rama Pisharoty, physicist and meteorologist (d.2002).
• 6 April - Alagappa Chettiar, businessman and philanthropist (d.1957).
• 16 July - Aruna Asaf Ali, independence fighter (d.1996).
• 19 July - Balamani Amma, poet (d.2004).
• 9 September - Leela Chitnis, actress (d.2003).
• 28 October - Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao, writer (d.1980).
• 20 December - Vakkom Majeed, freedom fighter and politician (d.2000).

Full date unknown

• V. K. Gokak, writer and scholar (d.1992).