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Events in the year '''1905 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[Edward VII]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto]] (from 18 November)<br />
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==Events==<br />
*4 April – The 7.8 {{M|s}} [[1905 Kangra earthquake|Kangra earthquake]] shook the [[Kangra Valley]] with a maximum [[European macroseismic scale|EMS-98 intensity]] of IX (''Destructive''), killing more than 20,000 people<br />
*[[Partition of Bengal (1905)|Partition of Bengal]].<br />
* George, Prince of Wales and Princess Mary tour India, 1905–06<ref>''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262</ref><br />
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==Births==<br />
*2 January – [[Jainendra Kumar]], novelist (died [[1988 in India|1988]]).<br />
*16 January – Dr. [[Manubhai P. Vaidya]], educationist and recipient of Best Teacher Award from Dr. [[S. Radhakrishnan]], the [[President of India]] (died [[1966 in India|1966]]).<br />
*18 March － [[Malti Bedekar]], [[feminist]] author(died [[2001 in India|2001]]).<br />
*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.<br />
*10 May – [[Pankaj Mullick]], singer and composer (died [[1978 in India|1978]]).<br />
*17 August – [[Bhudo Advani]], actor (died [[1985 in India|1985]]).<br />
*29 August – [[Dhyan Chand]], field hockey player (died [[1979 in India|1979]]).<br />
*9 September – [[Brahmarishi Hussain Sha]], seventh head of [[Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham]] and scholar (died [[1981 in India|1981]]).<br />
*12 December – [[Mulk Raj Anand]], [[Indian writing in English|novelist in English]] (died [[2004 in India|2004]]).<br />
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*[[Rashid Jahan]], author, short story writer and playwright (died [[1952 in India|1952]]).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*19 January – [[Debendranath Tagore]], founder in 1848 of the [[Brahmo]] Religion (born [[1817 in India|1817]]).<br />
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*[[Protap Chunder Mozoomdar]], writer and leader of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] (born in 1840)<br />
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