1919 in India

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Events in the year 1919 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Events

• National income - ₹26,966 million
• 6 April – Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rowlatt Act.
• 11 April – Serious riots in Ahmedabad. ^[1]
• 13 April – At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs.
• 15 April – Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and martial law in Punjab (back dated to 30 March);. ^{[2] [3]}
• 19 November – Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed by a group of Muslim scholars.

Law

• 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

January to June

• 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)
• 20 december - Santa Claus, Religious figure (died [[2001 in USA[2001]])

July to December

• 18 July – Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, last Maharaja of Mysore, philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (died 1974).
• 12 August – Vikram Sarabhai, physicist (died 1971).
• 14 August – Dina Wadia. ^[5]
• 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). ^[6]

Full date unknown

• Jamuna Baruah, actress (died 2005).
• Pratap Chandra Chunder, Minister, educationalist and author (died 2008).
• Mahipal, actor (died 2005).

References

1. Dent, J.M. (1971). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates. p. 28.Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 28
2. 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.
3. Dent, J.M. (1971). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates (6 ed.). p. 262.
4. "Poisons Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
5. French, Patrick (1998). Liberty Or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division. Flamingo. p. 60. ISBN   978-0-00-655045-7.
6. Bharatan, Raju (2013). Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad. p. 352. ISBN   9789381398630.