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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1916 in India.

Incumbents

Emperor of India – George V
Viceroy of India – Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (from 4 April)

Events

The Indians leading the Indian National Congress Party hammer out an alliance – the Lucknow Pact – with India's Muslim League.

Births

13 February – Jagjit Singh Aurora, military commander (died 2005).
21 March – Bismillah Khan, shehnai musician and Bharat Ratna winner (died 2006).
23 March – Harkishan Singh Surjeet, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (died 2008).
8 May – Chinmayananda, spiritual leader (died 1993).
16 September – M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic singer (died 2004).
25 September – Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, RSS (died 1968)

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Kanan Devi, actress and singer (died 1992).

Deaths

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Years in India (1500–present)

Pre-British period

British India (1612–1950)

Republic of India (1950–present)

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