1897 in India
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Events in the year 1897 in India.many great leaders were killed and the revolt of 1897 was suppressed.This was called the biggest the revolt of Indian independence.
Incumbents[]
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
Events[]
- The Indian famine of 1896–97 comes to a close
- Scindia School is established in Gwalior
- Frontier War of 1897–98[1]
- Battle of Saragarhi
- 12 June – The 8.0 Mw Assam earthquake shook northeastern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 1,542.
- Construction of Indian education service 1897
Births[]
- 23 January – Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement (dies 1945).
- 8 February – Zakir Hussain, politician and third president of India (dies 1969).
- 19 April – Peter de Noronha, businessman and civil servant (dies 1970).
- 26 April – Nitin Bose, Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter (dies 1986)
- 3 May – V. K. Krishna Menon, nationalist and politician (dies 1974).
- 2 November – Sohrab Modi, Indian Parsi stage and film actor, director and producer (dies 1984)
- Sahana Devi Indian singer and niece of Chittaranjan Das is born (dies 1990)
Deaths[]
- Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar, trader and business person dies (born 1843)
References[]
- ^ Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
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