1906 in India

Events in the year 1906 in India.

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Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Incumbents
  • Emperor of India – Edward VII
  • Viceroy of India – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto

Events
  • National income - ₹10,684 million
  • George, Prince of Wales, and Princess Mary tour India, 1905-06[1]
  • 1 January – British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time.
  • 11 September – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-violence movement in South Africa.
  • 30 December – The All-India Muslim League, a political organization that represented the interests of Indian Muslims, is formed.
  • First fertilizer factory in India (Ranipet, Tamil Nadu)

Law
  • Mamlatdars Courts Act[2]
  • Coinage Act

Births
  • 25 August – Kirupanandha Variyar, spiritual teacher and guru (died 1993).
  • 3 November – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor, director, thespian (died 1972).
  • 23 December – Edasseri Govindan Nair, poet, playwright and essayist (died 1974).

Deaths
  • 20 August - Anandamohan Bose, politician, academic and social reformer (born 1847)
  • 2 October - Raja Ravi Varma , Indian painter.
  • 21 December - Acharya Rajendrasuri, reformer in Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism (born 1827).

References
  1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
  2. "Mamlatdars Courts Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.


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