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{{Year in India|1919}}<br />
Events in the year '''1919 in India'''.<br />
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==Incumbents==<br />
* [[Emperor of India]] – [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]]<br />
* Viceroy of India – [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford]]<br />
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==Events==<br />
* National income - {{INR}}27,438 million<br />
* 13 April - [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]]<br />
* 15 April – Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and [[martial law]] in Punjab (back dated to 30 March);.<ref name=Sayer1991>{{Cite journal|last=Sayer|first=Derek|date=May 1991|title=British Reaction to the Amritsar Massacre 1919-1920|url=https://www.academia.edu/4297399|journal=[[Past & Present (journal)|Past and Present]]|language=en|volume=131|issue=131|pages=130–164|doi=10.1093/past/131.1.130|via=JSTOR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |year=1971 |edition=6 |page=262}}</ref><br />
* 6 April – Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rowlatt Act.<br />
* 11 April – Serious riots in [[Ahmedabad]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |year=1971 |pages=28}}''Everyman's Dictionary of Dates''; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 28</ref><br />
* 13 April – At the [[Jallianwala Bagh Massacre]] in Amritsar, [[Punjab region|Punjab]], [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Gurkha]] [[troop]]s [[Wiktionary:massacre|massacre]] 379 Sikhs.<br />
* 19 November – [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind]] was formed by a group of Muslim scholars.<br />
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==Law==<br />
* 18 March - The British ram the repressive [[Rowlatt Act]] through India's [[Imperial Legislative Council]]<br />
* 23 December - [[Government of India Act 1919]] establishes a dual administration: part Indian and elected, part British and authoritarian.<br />
*Poisons Act<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2363?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 |title=Poisons Act |date= |website= India Code |publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}</ref><br />
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==Births==<br />
===January to June===<br />
*5 January &ndash; [[Hector Abhayavardhana]], Sri Lankan political theorist (d. [[2012]])<br />
*14 January – [[Kaifi Azmi]], Urdu poet and Padma Shree (d. [[2002 in India|2002]])<br />
*19 January – [[Dharam Singh (field hockey)|Dharam Singh]], field hockey player (died [[2001 in India|2001]]).<br />
*7 March – [[M. N. Nambiar]], actor (died [[2008 in India|2008]]).<br />
*20 May – [[Jal Cursetji]], Indian navy admiral (died [[1991 in India|1991]])<br />
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===July to December===<br />
*18 July – [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar]], last [[Maharaja]] of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]], philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (died [[1974 in India|1974]]).<br />
*12 August – [[Vikram Sarabhai]], [[physicist]] (died [[1971 in India|1971]]).<br />
*31 August – [[Amrita Pritam]], poet, novelist and essayist (died [[2005 in India|2005]]).<br />
*7 September &ndash; [[Muhammad Ajmal]], academic psychologist (died [[1994 in India|1994]]).<br />
* 4 December – [[Inder Kumar Gujral]], 13th [[Prime Minister of India]] (died [[2012 in India|2012]]).<br />
*9 December – [[E. K. Nayanar]], politician and three times [[Chief Minister]] of [[Kerala]] (died [[2004 in India|2004]]).<br />
*16 December – [[Yadlapati Venkata Rao]], politician (died [[2022 in India|2022]])<br />
*25 December – [[Naushad Ali]], musician and composer (died [[2006 in India|2006]]).<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg09BAAAQBAJ&q=Dec.+26%2C+1919 | title=Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad | author=Bharatan, Raju | year=2013 | pages=352| isbn=9789381398630 }}</ref><br />
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*[[Jamuna Baruah]], actress (died [[2005 in India|2005]]).<br />
*[[Pratap Chandra Chunder]], Minister, educationalist and author (died [[2008 in India|2008]]).<br />
*[[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]], actor (died [[2005 in India|2005]]).<br />
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