1911 in India

Incumbents

18 February – Henri Pequet, flying a Humber biplane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini junction which was the first flight in India.
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.
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.
11 December – Coronation in New Delhi of George V and Queen Mary as Emperor of India and Empress consort respectively.
12 December – The Delhi Durbar is held, formally announcing the coronation of George V, and his assumption of title Emperor of India.
12 December – The capital of India is shifted to New Delhi from Calcutta (now Kolkata).
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.

31 July – Pannalal Ghosh, flute (bānsurī) player and composer (died 1960).
21 August – Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, last ruling Maharaja of Jaipur (died 1970).
11 September – Lala Amarnath, cricketer (died 2000).
20 September – Shriram Sharma Acharya, seer, sage and Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar (died 1990).
12 October – Vijay Merchant, cricketer (died 1987).
13 October – Ashok Kumar, actor (died 2001).
28 October – Piara Singh Gill, physicist (died 2002).
6 December – Dinesh Gupta, freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed (died 1931).

Narayan Apte, accomplice in assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, executed (died 1949).
Rappal Sangameswaraier Krishnan, scientist and researcher (died 1999).