1918 in India

Events in the year 1918 in India.

Incumbents

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

Events

• National income - 26,105 million
• Oct 15 - Shirdi Sai Baba's death
• 1918 flu pandemic in India
• Kheda Satyagraha

Law

• Usurious Loans Act

Births

• 4 February – Narayan Gangopadhyay, Bengali novelist and short story writer (died 1970)
• 19 August – Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th president of India (died 1999)

Deaths

• 22 July – Indra Lal Roy, World War I flying ace, killed in action (born 1898)
• 1 October – Gobindachandra Das, Bengali poet (born 1855).
• 15 October – Sai Baba of Shirdi, guru, yogi and fakir (born 1835)

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