1911 in India
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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 - ₹11,822 million
- December 11 - Coronation ceremonies in new capital of India, New Delhi, site of Humayun's Tomb
- 18 February – Allahabadto 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 Archdiocese.
- 11 December – Empress consortrespectively.
- 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 Calcutta (now Kolkata).
- 27 December – The 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 – ).
- 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
- Mahatma Gandhi, executed (died 1949).
- Rappal Sangameswaraier Krishnan, scientist and researcher (died 1999).
Deaths
- 31 August – 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.