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{{Year in India|1914}}<br />
Events in the year '''1914 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 />
* In August India as the [[British colony]] sends troops to Europe to participate as the British fighting partner in [[World War I]] against Germany. This force was a part of the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|British Expeditionary Force]] sent to Belgium. In October they participated in the [[First Battle of Ypres]]. Soon more than 1.125 million Indians had volunteered to fight for Britain in the war.<br />
* 23 May – 376 British subjects (340 Sikhs, 12 Hindus and 24 Muslims) of Indian origin arrived at Burrard Inlet, Vancouver on May 23, 1914, from the Indian sub-continent on the ship ''Komagata Maru'' (Guru Nanak Jahaz), seeking to enter Canada. Due to the racist immigration policy of the Dominion of Canada, 352 of the passengers were denied entry and forced to depart on July 23, 1914.<br />
*In September a mixed division sent to East Africa; in Oct.-Nov. two divisions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry sent to Egypt; Indian forces cooperate with the Japanese at [[Siege of Tsingtao|Tsingtao]]; Indian forces in Mesopotamia from 31 Oct.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |year=1971 |edition=6 |pages=262}}</ref><br />
*[[Simla Accord (1914)]], an agreement concerning the boundaries of India and Tibet<br />
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==Births==<br />
*3 April – [[Sam Manekshaw]], first Field Marshal of the Indian Army (died [[2008 in India|2008]]).<ref>{{cite book|title=Field Marshal KM Kariappa Memorial Lectures, 1995-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eux31FCNj8MC&pg=PA21|year=2001|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=978-81-7062-119-5|pages=21}}</ref><br />
*22 April – [[Baldev Raj Chopra]], film director and producer (died [[2008 in India|2008]]).<br />
*14 May – [[Mir Gul Khan Nasir]], Baloch politician and poet (died [[1983 in Pakistan|1983]])<br />
*7 June – [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]], film director, novelist, [[screenwriter]] and [[journalist]] (died [[1987 in India|1987]]).<br />
*8 July – [[Jyoti Basu]], communist politician, former [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (died [[2010 in India|2010]]).<br />
*15 July – [[V. K. Rao]], Indian Civil Service officer (died [[2018 in India|2018]])<br />
*14 September – [[G. P. Sippy]], film producer and director (died [[2007 in India|2007]]).<br />
*17 September – [[Lambert Mascarenhas]], journalist, freedom activist and writer<br />
*24 October – [[Lakshmi Sahgal]], independence activist, politician and Minister(died [[2012 in India|2012]]).<br />
*26 December – [[Baba Amte]], [[social activist]] (died [[2008 in India|2008]]).<br />
*20 October - [[Acharya Shri Tulsi]], [[ 9th Acharya of Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Sect]]<br />
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*[[Sudha Roy]], Indian radical leader (died [[1987 in India|1987]])<br />
*[[Matthew Pothen Thekaekara]], scientist (died [[1974 in India|1974]]).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
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*[[Vasudevanand Saraswati]], Saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord [[Dattatreya]], (born [[1854 in India]])<br />
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