1901 in India

Events in the year 1901 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria until 22 January
• Emperor of India – Edward VII from 22 January
• Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Events

• National income - 7,666 million
• The first reliable census in India is taken.

Law

• Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act

Births

• 15 April – Ajoy Mukherjee, politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1986)
• 2 July – Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist (died 1991).

Deaths

• 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (born 1842).
• 16 June – Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (born 1838)

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