1906_in_India
1906 in India
India-related events during the year of 1906
Events in the year 1906 in India.
- Emperor of India – Edward VII
- Viceroy of India – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
- National income - ₹10,684 million
- George, Prince of Wales, and Princess Mary tour India, 1905-06[1]
- 1 January – British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time.
- 11 September – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-violence movement in South Africa.
- 30 December – The All-India Muslim League, a political organization that represented the interests of Indian Muslims, is formed.
- First fertilizer factory in India (Ranipet, Tamil Nadu)
- Mamlatdars Courts Act[2]
- Coinage Act
- 25 August – Kirupanandha Variyar, spiritual teacher and guru (died 1993).
- 3 November – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor, director, thespian (died 1972).
- 23 December – Edasseri Govindan Nair, poet, playwright and essayist (died 1974).
- 20 August - Anandamohan Bose, politician, academic and social reformer (born 1847)
- 2 October - Raja Ravi Varma , Indian painter.
- 21 December - Acharya Rajendrasuri, reformer in Shvetambar sect of Jainism (born 1827).
- Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
- "Mamlatdars Courts Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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