1904 in India

← 1903 1902 1901 1904 in India → 1905 1906 1907
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 1904 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – Edward VII
• Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Events

• National income - ₹8,840 million
• The gun carriage factory is established in Jabalpur
• 31 October – The Kumbakonam Bank Limited, is incorporated as a limited company (later known as the City Union Bank)
• The secret Abhinav Bharat Society is founded by extremist Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Law

• Raleigh Bill became Indian Universities Act
• 18 March, the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act is passed ^[1]

Births

• 28 March – V. Nagayya, actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer (died 1973).
• 29 July – J. R. D. Tata a French-born Indian aviator and businessman who became India's first licensed pilot (died 1993).
• 8 August – Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (died 1982).
• 26 August – C. R. Kesavan Vaidyar, social activist and industrialist (died 1999).
• 1 October – A. K. Gopalan, communist leader (died 1977).
• 2 October – Lal Bahadur Shastri, politician and 2nd Prime Minister of India (died 1966).
• 29 December – Kuvempu, poet, writer and playwright (died 1994).

Full date unknown

• Majnun Gorakhpuri, writer and literary critic (died 1988).
• Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar, writer (died 1991).
• Murad, actor (died 1989).

References

1. "Ancient Monuments Preservation Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.