1901 in India

← 1900 1899 1898 1901 in India → 1902 1903 1904
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1901 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria until 22 January
• Emperor of India – Edward VII from 22 January
• Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Events

• National income - ₹7,666 million
• The first reliable census in India is taken.

Law

• Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act ^[1]

Births

• 15 April – Ajoy Mukherjee, politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1986)
• 2 July – Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist (died 1991).

Deaths

• 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (born 1842).
• 16 June – Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (born 1838)

References

1. "Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.