1919 in India

Events in the year 1919 in India.

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Centuries:
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Incumbents
  • Emperor of India – George V
  • Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Events
  • National income - ₹26,966 million
  • 6 April – Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rowlatt Act.
  • 11 April – Serious riots in Ahmedabad.[1]
  • 13 April – At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs.
  • 15 April – Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and martial law in Punjab (back dated to 30 March);.[2][3]
  • 19 November – Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed by a group of Muslim scholars.

Law
  • 18 March - The British ram the repressive Rowlatt Act through India's Imperial Legislative Council
  • 23 December - Government of India Act 1919 establishes a dual administration: part Indian and elected, part British and authoritarian.
  • Poisons Act[4]

Births

January to June
  • 5 January – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan political theorist (d. 2012)
  • 14 January – Kaifi Azmi, Urdu poet and Padma Shree (d. 2002)
  • 19 January – Dharam Singh, field hockey player (died 2001).
  • 7 March – M. N. Nambiar, actor (died 2008).
  • 20 May – Jal Cursetji, Indian navy admiral (died 1991)

July to December
  • 18 July – Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, last Maharaja of Mysore, philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (died 1974).
  • 12 August – Vikram Sarabhai, physicist (died 1971).
  • 14 August – Dina Wadia.[5]
  • 31 August – Amrita Pritam, poet, novelist and essayist (died 2005).
  • 7 September – Muhammad Ajmal, academic psychologist (died 1994).
  • 4 December – Inder Kumar Gujral, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2012).
  • 9 December – E. K. Nayanar, politician and three times Chief Minister of Kerala (died 2004).
  • 16 December – Yadlapati Venkata Rao, politician (died 2022)
  • 25 December – Naushad Ali, musician and composer (died 2006).[6]

Full date unknown
  • Jamuna Baruah, actress (died 2005).
  • Pratap Chandra Chunder, Minister, educationalist and author (died 2008).
  • Mahipal, actor (died 2005).

References
  1. Dent, J.M. (1971). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates. p. 28.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 28
  2. Sayer, Derek (May 1991). "British Reaction to the Amritsar Massacre 1919-1920". Past and Present. 131 (131): 130–164. doi:10.1093/past/131.1.130 – via JSTOR.
  3. Dent, J.M. (1971). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates (6 ed.). p. 262.
  4. "Poisons Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. French, Patrick (1998). Liberty Or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division. Flamingo. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-00-655045-7.
  6. Bharatan, Raju (2013). Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad. p. 352. ISBN 9789381398630.


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