1911 in India

1911
in
India

Centuries:	18th • 19th • 20th • 21st
Decades:	1890s • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1911 List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1911 in India.

Incumbents

18 February - Henry Piquet, flying a Humber biplane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini junction which was the first flight in India.
29 July - Mohun Bagan was the first Indian team and the first Asian team to have defeated a foreign team when they won the 1911 IFA Shield defeating East Yorkshire Regiment 2-1 to lift the IFA SHIELD.
29 August - The Diocese of Kottayam was erected on this day (Kerala, India) for the Knanaya Catholic people of the Syro-Malabar Church. In 2005 the diocese was raised to the rank of Archdiocese.
11 December - Coronation in New Delhi of George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck as Emperor of India and Empress consort respectively.
12 December - The Delhi Durbar is held, formally announcing the coronation of King George V, and his assumption of title Emperor of India.
12 December - The capital of India is shifted to New Delhi from Calcutta (now Kolkata).
27 December - The Jana Gana Mana, which would become free India's National Anthem, is sung for the first time, at the Indian National Congress annual convention at Calcutta.

26 July - Akhandanand, exponent of Shrimad Bhagvata and scholar (d.1987).
31 July - Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (d.1960).
21 August - Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, last ruling Maharaja of Jaipur (d.1970).
11 September - Lala Amarnath, cricketer (d.2000).
20 September - Shriram Sharma Acharya, seer, sage and Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar (d.1990).
12 October - Vijay Merchant, cricketer (d.1987).
13 October - Ashok Kumar, actor (d.2001).
28 October - Piara Singh Gill, physicist (d.2002).
6 December - Dinesh Gupta, freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (d.1931).