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* Re-enactment with modifications of the Seditious Meetings Act<ref>{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |year=1971 |edition=6 |pages=262}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/15420?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/2489 |title= Seditious Meetings Act |date= |website= India Code|publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}</ref> |
* Re-enactment with modifications of the Seditious Meetings Act<ref>{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |year=1971 |edition=6 |pages=262}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/15420?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/2489 |title= Seditious Meetings Act |date= |website= India Code|publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}</ref> |
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Events in the year 1911 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
Events
- National income - ₹12,030 million
- December 11 - Coronation ceremonies in new capital of India, New Delhi, site of Humayun's Tomb
- 18 February – Henri Pequet, 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 and Queen Mary as Emperor of India and Empress consort respectively.
- 12 December – The Delhi Durbar is held, formally announcing the coronation of 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.
- The first Urdu language typewriter is made available.[citation needed]
- The Tata family starts the first steel mill in Bihar.
Law
- Re-enactment with modifications of the Seditious Meetings Act[1][2]
- Geneva Convention Act (British statute)
Births
- 31 July – Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (died 1960).
- 21 August – Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, last ruling Maharaja of Jaipur (died 1970).
- 11 September – Lala Amarnath, cricketer (died 2000).
- 20 September – Shriram Sharma Acharya, seer, sage and Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar (died 1990).
- 12 October – Vijay Merchant, cricketer (died 1987).
- 13 October – Ashok Kumar, actor (died 2001).
- 28 October – Piara Singh Gill, physicist (died 2002).
- 6 December – Dinesh Gupta, freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (died 1931).
Full date unknown
- Narayan Apte, accomplice in assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (died 1949).
- Rappal Sangameswaraier Krishnan, scientist and researcher (died 1999).
Deaths
- 31 August – Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, sixth Nizam of Hyderabad (born 1866).
References
- ^ Dent, J.M. (1971). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates (6 ed.). p. 262.
- ^ "Seditious Meetings Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.