1900 in India
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Events in the year 1900 in India.
Incumbents
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Events
- National income - ₹7,080 million
- India's first participation in the summer Olympics
- 1 out of every 100 residents of India die of cholera each year.[1]
Law
- Prisoners Act[2]
Births
- 28 January – Rajagopala Tondaiman, King of Pudukkottai (died 1950).
- 12 July – Chhabi Biswas, actor (died 1962).
- 2 October – Mahendra Lal Wadhwa, freedom fighter (died 1988).
- 29 December – Deenanath Mangeshkar, actor, musician and singer (died 1942).
Deaths
- Kavi Kalapi, poet (born 1874).
