1908 in India

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Events in the year 1908 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – Edward VII

Births

January to June

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

July to December

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

Full date unknown

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

Deaths

• Kabibar Radhanath Ray, poet (born 1848).