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{{Year in India|1916}}<br />
Events in the year '''1916 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst]] <br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford]] (from 4 April)<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}17,087 million<br />
* [[Indian National Congress Party]] hammer out an alliance – the [[Lucknow Pact]] – with [[All-India Muslim League]]<br />
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==Law==<br />
*Indian Medical Degrees Act<br />
*Hindu Disposition of Property Act<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2357?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 |title= Hindu Disposition of Property Act |date= |website= India Code|publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}</ref><br />
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==Births==<br />
*13 February – [[Jagjit Singh Aurora]], military commander (died [[2005 in India|2005]]).<br />
*21 March – [[Bismillah Khan]], [[shehnai]] musician and [[Bharat Ratna]] winner (died [[2006 in India|2006]]).<br />
*23 March – [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]], former General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (died [[2008 in India|2008]]).<br />
*8 May – [[Chinmayananda]], spiritual leader (died [[1993 in India|1993]]).<br />
*16 September – [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]], [[Carnatic music|Carnatic singer]] (died [[2004 in India|2004]]).<br />
*25 September – [[Deen Dayal Upadhyaya]], [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] (died [[11 February 1968 in India|1968]])<br />
*10 October – [[Samar Sen (poet)|Samar Sen]], Marxist poet (died 1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sen, Samar |url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Sen,_Samar |website=Banglapedia}}</ref><br />
*12 December - [[Charan Singh (Sant)|Maharaj Charan Singh]], Fourth Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (died 1 June 1990).<br />
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===Full date unknown===<br />
*[[Kanan Devi]], actress and singer (died [[1992 in India|1992]]).<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
{{main|Deaths in 1916}}<br />
{{Further|Category:1916 deaths}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Year in Asia|1916}}<br />
[[Category:1916 in India| ]]<br />
[[Category:1916 by country|India]]<br />
[[Category:Years of the 20th century in India]]<br />
[[Category:1916 in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:1910s in India]]<br />
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