1897 in India

Template:Year in region Events in the year 1897 in India.many great leaders were killed and the revolt of 1897 was suppressed.This was called the biggest the revolt of Indian independence.

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

Events

• The Indian famine of 1896–97 comes to a close
• Scindia School is established in Gwalior
• Frontier War of 1897–98
• Battle of Saragarhi
• 12 June – The 8.0 M_w  Assam earthquake shook northeastern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 1,542.
• Construction of Indian education service 1897

Births

• 23 January – Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement (dies 1945).
• 8 February – Zakir Hussain, politician and third president of India (dies 1969).
• 19 April – Peter de Noronha, businessman and civil servant (dies 1970).
• 26 April – Nitin Bose, Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter (dies 1986)
• 3 May – V. K. Krishna Menon, nationalist and politician (dies 1974).
• 2 November – Sohrab Modi, Indian Parsi stage and film actor, director and producer (dies 1984)
• Sahana Devi Indian singer and niece of Chittaranjan Das is born (dies 1990)

Deaths

• Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar, trader and business person dies (born 1843)