1919 in India

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See also:	List of years in India; Timeline of Indian history

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.

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[Sayer1991-1] 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.

[2] Dent, J.M. (1971). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates (6 ed.). p. 262.

[3] Dent, J.M. (1971). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates. p. 28.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 28

[4] "Poisons Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[5] Bharatan, Raju (2013). Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad. p. 352. ISBN 9789381398630.

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