1919 in India
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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1919 in India.
Incumbents[edit]
- Emperor of India – George V
- Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Events[edit]
- National income - ₹27,438 million
- 13 April - Jallianwala Bagh massacre
- 15 April – Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and martial law in Punjab (back dated to 30 March);.[1][2]
- 6 April – Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rowlatt Act.
- 11 April – Serious riots in Ahmedabad.[3]
- 13 April – At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs.
- 19 November – Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed by a group of Muslim scholars.
Law[edit]
- 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[edit]
January to June[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 18 July – Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, last Maharaja of Mysore, philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (died 1974).
- 12 August – Vikram Sarabhai, physicist (died 1971).
- 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).[5]
Full date unknown[edit]
- Jamuna Baruah, actress (died 2005).
- Pratap Chandra Chunder, Minister, educationalist and author (died 2008).
- Mahipal, actor (died 2005).
References[edit]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Dent, J.M. (1971). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates (6 ed.). p. 262.
- ↑ Dent, J.M. (1971). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates. p. 28.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 28
- ↑ "Poisons Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ↑ Bharatan, Raju (2013). Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad. p. 352. ISBN 9789381398630.