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{{Year in India|1911}}<br />
Events in the year '''1911 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
[[File:Tomb of Humayun, Delhi.jpg|thumb|400px|right| '''December 11''': [[Coronation]] ceremonies in new capital of India, [[New Delhi]], site of [[Humayun's Tomb]]]]<br />
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*18 February – [[Henri Pequet]], flying a [[Humber-Sommer biplane|Humber biplane]], carried mail from [[Allahabad]] to Naini junction which was the first flight in India.<br />
*29 July – [[Mohun Bagan]] was the first Indian team and the first Asian team to have defeated a foreign team when they won the 1911 IFA Shield defeating [[East Yorkshire Regiment]] 2–1 to lift the IFA Shield.<br />
*29 August – The [[Diocese of Kottayam]] was erected on this day ([[Kerala]], India) for the [[Knanaya]] Catholic people of the [[Syro-Malabar Church]]. In 2005 the diocese was raised to the rank of [[Archdiocese]].<br />
*11 December – [[Coronation]] in [[New Delhi]] of [[George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] as [[Emperor of India]] and [[Empress consort]] respectively.<br />
*12 December – The [[Delhi Durbar]] is held, formally announcing the coronation of [[George V]], and his assumption of title [[Emperor of India]].<br />
*12 December – The capital of India is shifted to [[New Delhi]] from [[Calcutta]] (now [[Kolkata]]).<br />
*27 December – The ''[[Jana Gana Mana]]'', which would become free India's [[National Anthem]], is sung for the first time, at the [[Indian National Congress]] annual convention at [[Calcutta]].<br />
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* The first [[Urdu]] language typewriter is made available.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}<br />
* The [[Tata family]] starts the first [[steel mill]] in [[Bihar]].<br />
* Reenactment with modifications of the Seditious Meetings Act, 1907<ref>{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |year=1971 |edition=6 |pages=262}}</ref><br />
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==Births==<br />
*31 July – [[Pannalal Ghosh]], flute ([[Bansuri|bānsurī]]) player and composer (died [[1960 in India|1960]]).<br />
*21 August – [[Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur]], last ruling [[Maharaja]] of [[Jaipur]] (died [[1970 in India|1970]]).<br />
*11 September – [[Lala Amarnath]], cricketer (died [[2000 in India|2000]]).<br />
*20 September – [[Shriram Sharma Acharya]], seer, sage and Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar (died [[1990 in India|1990]]).<br />
*12 October – [[Vijay Merchant]], cricketer (died [[1987 in India|1987]]).<br />
*13 October – [[Ashok Kumar]], actor (died [[2001 in India|2001]]).<br />
*28 October – [[Piara Singh Gill]], [[physicist]] (died [[2002 in India|2002]]).<br />
*6 December – [[Dinesh Gupta]], freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (died [[1931 in India|1931]]).<br />
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*[[Narayan Apte]], accomplice in assassination of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahatma Gandhi]], executed (died [[1949 in India|1949]]).<br />
*[[Rappal Sangameswaraier Krishnan]], scientist and researcher (died [[1999 in India|1999]]).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
*31 August – [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]], sixth [[Nizam]] of Hyderabad (born [[1866 in India|1866]]).<br />
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