1908 in India

Events in the year 1908 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 - ₹10,373 million
  • March 17 – the Tinnevely riot breaks out in Tirunelveli
  • May – the trial of the Alipore bomb case commences (and continues until 1909)
  • September 28 – the Great Musi flood kills 15,000 people
  • The Diwan-Ballubhai School is established in Ahmedabad
  • Mohmand incursions which are joined by the Afghans[1]

Law
  • Registration Act
  • Indian Ports Act
  • Limitation Act
  • Code Of Civil Procedure
  • Explosive Substances Act[2]

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
  • 6 July – Anton Muttukumaru, Ceylonese Army officer (died 2001)
  • 24 August – Shivaram Rajguru, revolutionary, executed (died 1931).
  • 30 October – Pasumpon U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian Freedom Fighter, Orator, Politician (died 1963).
  • 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

References
  1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
  2. "The Explosive Substances Act, 1908 India Code". indiacode.nic.in. 1908. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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