1919 in India

← 1918 1917 1916 1919 in India → 1920 1921 1922
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Events in the year 1919 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India - Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Events

• April - Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and martial law in Punjab;.^[1]
• 11 April - Serious riots in Ahmedabad.^[2]
• 13 April - At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs.

Unknown dates

• Government of India Act 1919 establishes a dual administration: part Indian and elected, part British and authoritarian.
• The British ram the repressive Rowlatt Act through India's Imperial Legislative Council.

Births

January to June

• 19 January - Dharam Singh, field hockey player (died 2001).
• 7 March - M. N. Nambiar, actor (died 2008).

July to December

• 18 July - Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur, last Maharaja of Mysore, philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (died 1974).
• 12 August - Vikram Sarabhai, physicist (died 1971).
• 31 August - Amrita Pritam, poet, novelist and essayist (died 2005).
• 4 December - Inder Kumar Gujral, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2012).
• 9 December - E. K. Nayanar, politician and three times Chief Minister of Kerala (died 2004).
• 25 December - Naushad Ali, musician and composer (died 2006).

Full date unknown

• Jamuna Baruah, actress (died 2005).
• Pratap Chandra Chunder, Minister, educationalist and author (died 2008).
• Mahipal, actor (died 2005).

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