1911 in India

← 1910 1909 1908 1911 in India → 1912 1913 1914
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year1911 in India.

Incumbents

• Emperor of India–George V
• Viceroy of India –Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

Events

• National income -₹11,822 million
• December 11 -Coronationceremonies in new capital of India,New Delhi,site ofHumayun's Tomb
• 18 February –Henri Pequet,flying aHumber biplane,carried mail fromAllahabadto Naini junction which was the first flight in India.
• 29 July –Mohun Baganwas the first Indian team and the first Asian team to have defeated a foreign team when they won the 1911 IFA Shield defeatingEast Yorkshire Regiment2–1 to lift the IFA Shield.
• 29 August – TheDiocese of Kottayamwas erected on this day (Kerala,India) for theKnanayaCatholic people of theSyro-Malabar Church.In 2005 the diocese was raised to the rank ofArchdiocese.
• 11 December –CoronationinNew DelhiofGeorge VandQueen MaryasEmperor of IndiaandEmpress consortrespectively.
• 12 December – TheDelhi Durbaris held, formally announcing the coronation ofGeorge V,and his assumption of titleEmperor of India.
• 12 December – The capital of India is shifted toNew DelhifromCalcutta(nowKolkata).
• 27 December – TheJana Gana Mana,which would become free India'snational anthem,is sung for the first time, at theIndian National Congressannual convention atCalcutta.
• The firstUrdulanguage typewriter is made available.
• TheTata familystarts the firststeel millinBihar.

Law

• Re-enactment with modifications of the Seditious Meetings Act
• Geneva Convention Act (British statute)

Births

• 31 July –Pannalal Ghosh,flute (bānsurī) player and composer (died1960).
• 21 August –Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur,last rulingMaharajaofJaipur(died1970).
• 11 September –Lala Amarnath,cricketer (died2000).
• 20 September –Shriram Sharma Acharya,seer, sage and Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar (died1990).
• 12 October –Vijay Merchant,cricketer (died1987).
• 13 October –Ashok Kumar,actor (died2001).
• 28 October –Piara Singh Gill,physicist(died2002).
• 6 December –Dinesh Gupta,freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (died1931).

Full date unknown

• Narayan Apte,accomplice in assassination ofMahatma Gandhi,executed (died1949).
• Rappal Sangameswaraier Krishnan,scientist and researcher (died1999).

Deaths

• 31 August –Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI,sixthNizamof Hyderabad (born1866).