1919 in India
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Events in the year 1919 in India.
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Events
- 13 April - At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in the Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Births
[edit] January to June
- 19 January - Dharam Singh, field hockey player (died 2001).
- 7 March - M. N. Nambiar, actor.
[edit] 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.
- 9 December - E. K. Nayanar, politician and three times Chief Minister of Kerala (died 2004).
- 25 December - Naushad, musician and composer (died 2006).
[edit] Full date unknown
- Jamuna Baruah, actress (died 2005).
- Pratap Chandra Chunder, Minister, educationalist and author (died 2008).
- Mahipal, actor (died 2005).
