1911 in India
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Events in the year 1911 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India â George V
- Viceroy of India â Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
Events
- National income - â¹11,822 million
- December 11 - Coronation ceremonies in new capital of India, New Delhi, site of Humayun's Tomb
- 18 February â Henri Pequet, flying a Humber biplane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini junction which was the first flight in India.
- 29 July â 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 2â1 to lift the IFA Shield.
- 29 August â The Diocese of Kottayam was erected on this day (Kerala, India) for the Knanaya Catholic people of the Syro-Malabar Church. In 2005 the diocese was raised to the rank of Archdiocese.
- 11 December â Coronation in New Delhi of George V and Queen Mary as Emperor of India and Empress consort respectively.
- 12 December â The Delhi Durbar is held, formally announcing the coronation of George V, and his assumption of title Emperor of India.
- 12 December â The capital of India is shifted to New Delhi from Calcutta (now Kolkata).
- 27 December â The Jana Gana Mana, which would become free India's national anthem, is sung for the first time, at the Indian National Congress annual convention at Calcutta.
- The first Urdu language typewriter is made available.[citation needed]
- The Tata family starts the first steel mill in Bihar.
Law
Births
- 1 April â Fauja Singh, centenarian marathon runner (died 2025)
- 11 April â Malik Sher Bahadur, Pakistani army officer
- 24 July â Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bÄnsurÄ«) player and composer (died 1960).
- 21 August â Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, last ruling Maharaja of Jaipur (died 1970).
- 11 September â Lala Amarnath, cricketer (died 2000).
- 20 September â Shriram Sharma Acharya, seer, sage and Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar (died 1990).
- 12 October â Vijay Merchant, cricketer (died 1987).
- 13 October â Ashok Kumar, actor (died 2001).
- 28 October â Piara Singh Gill, physicist (died 2002).
- 6 December â Dinesh Gupta, freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (died 1931).
Full date unknown
- Narayan Apte, accomplice in assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (died 1949).
- Rappal Sangameswaraier Krishnan, scientist and researcher (died 1999).
Deaths
- 31 August â Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, sixth Nizam of Hyderabad (born 1866).
