1919 in India

← 1918 1917 1916 1919 in India → 1920 1921 1922
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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

• 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.

Unknown dates

• Government of India Act 1919 establishes a dual administration: part Indian and elected, part British and authoritarian.
• The British ram the repressive Rowlatt Act through India's Imperial Legislative Council.

Births

January to June

• 5 January – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan political theorist (d. 2012)
• 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

• 18 July – Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur, 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).
• 25 December – Naushad Ali, musician and composer (died 2006).[4]

Full date unknown

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

References

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