1916 in India

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

Incumbents[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

National income - ₹17,087 million
Indian National Congress Party hammer out an alliance – the Lucknow Pact – with All-India Muslim League

Law[edit | edit source]

Indian Medical Degrees Act
Hindu Disposition of Property Act^[1]

Births[edit | edit source]

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)
10 October – Samar Sen, Marxist poet (died 1987)^[2]
12 December - Maharaj Charan Singh, Fourth Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (died 1 June 1990).

Full date unknown[edit | edit source]

Kanan Devi, actress and singer (died 1992).

Deaths[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Hindu Disposition of Property Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
↑ "Sen, Samar". Banglapedia.

Years in India (1500–present)

Pre-British period

British India (1612–1950)

Republic of India (1950–present)

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