1918 in India
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Events in the year 1918 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Events
- National income - ₹26,105 million
- Oct 15 - Shirdi Sai Baba's death
- 1918 flu pandemic in India
- Kheda Satyagraha[1]
Law
- Usurious Loans Act
Births
- 4 February – Narayan Gangopadhyay, Bengali novelist and short story writer (died 1970)[2]
- 19 August – Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th president of India (died 1999)[3]
Deaths
- 22 July – Indra Lal Roy, World War I flying ace, killed in action (born 1898)
- 1 October – Gobindachandra Das, Bengali poet (born 1855).[4]
- 15 October – Sai Baba of Shirdi, guru, yogi and fakir (born 1835)[5]
