1905 in India
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Events in the year 1905 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – Edward VII
- Viceroy of India - George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
- Viceroy of India - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (from 18 November)
Events
- 4 April - The 1905 Kangra earthquake kills 20,000.
- Partition of Bengal.
- George, Prince of Wales and Princess Mary tour India, 1905-06[1]
Births
- 2 January - Jainendra Kumar, novelist (died 1988).
- 16 January - Dr. Manubhai P. Vaidya, educationist and recipient of Best Teacher Award from Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the President of India (died 1966).
- 21 March - Kushal Konwar, Indian National Congress President of Golaghat, later on first martyr of Quit India Movement.Died on 15 June 1943 hanged till death by British.
- 10 May - Pankaj Mullick, singer and composer (died 1978).
- 29 August - Dhyan Chand, field hockey player (died 1979).
- 9 September - Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham and scholar (died 1981).
- 12 December - Mulk Raj Anand, novelist in English (died 2004).
Full date unknown
- Malti Bedekar, feminist author.
- Rashid Jahan, author, short story writer and playwright (died 1952).
Deaths
- 19 January - Debendranath Tagore, founder in 1848 of the Brahmo Religion (born 1817).
Full Date Unknown
- Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, Writer, Leader of the Brahmo Samaj( born in 1840)
References
- ↑ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
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