1908 in India

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Template:Year in region Events in the year 1908 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – Edward VII
• Viceroy of India – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto

Events

• March 17 – the Tinnevely riot breaks out in Tirunelveli
• May – the trial of the Alipore bomb case commences (and continues until 1909)
• September 28 – the Great Musi flood kills 15000 people
• the Diwan-Ballubhai School is established in Ahmedabad
• Mohmand incursions which are joined by the Afghans

Births

January to June

• 17 January – L. V. Prasad, actor, producer and director (died 1994).
• 26 February – Leela Majumdar, writer (died 2007).
• 2 March – Mahadeva Subramania Mani, entomologist (died 2003).
• 5 April – Jagjivan Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer (died 1986).

July to December

• 24 August – Shivaram Rajguru, revolutionary, executed (died 1931).
• 30 October – Pasumpon U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian Freedom Fighter, Orator, Politician (died 1963).
• 8 November – Raja Rao, novelist and short story writer (died 2006).
• 29 November – N. S. Krishnan, comedian, actor, playback singer and writer (died 1957).
• 15 December – Swami Ranganathananda, President of Ramakrishna Math (died 2005).
• 31 December – Isha Basant Joshi, civil servant and writer.

Full date unknown

• David Abraham Cheulkar, actor (died 1981).
• Sucheta Kriplani, freedom fighter, politician and in Uttar Pradesh became first woman to be elected Chief Minister of a state (died 1974).

Deaths

• Kabibar Radhanath Ray, poet (born 1848).
• Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (born 1835).