1919 in India
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Events in the year 1919 in India.
Incumbents
Events
- National income - â¹26,966 million
- 6 April â Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rowlatt Act.
- 11 April â Serious riots in Ahmedabad.[1]
- 13 April â At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs.
- 15 April â Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and martial law in Punjab (back dated to 30 March);.[2][3]
- 19 November â 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 â Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan political theorist (d. 2012)
- 14 January â Kaifi Azmi, Urdu poet and Padma Shree (d. 2002)
- 19 January â Dharam Singh, field hockey player (died 2001).
- 7 March â M. N. Nambiar, actor (died 2008).
- 20 May â Jal Cursetji, Indian navy admiral (died 1991)
- 20 december - Santa Claus, Religious figure (died [[2001 in USA[2001]])
July to December
- 18 July â Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, last Maharaja of Mysore, philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (died 1974).
- 12 August â Vikram Sarabhai, physicist (died 1971).
- 14 August â Dina Wadia.[5]
- 31 August â Amrita Pritam, poet, novelist and essayist (died 2005).
- 7 September â Muhammad Ajmal, academic psychologist (died 1994).
- 4 December â Inder Kumar Gujral, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2012).
- 9 December â E. K. Nayanar, politician and three times Chief Minister of Kerala (died 2004).
- 16 December â Yadlapati Venkata Rao, politician (died 2022)
- 25 December â 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).
