1906 in India

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← 1905 1904 1903 1906 in India → 1907 1908 1909
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1906 in India.

Incumbents[]

• Emperor of India – Edward VII
• Viceroy of India – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto

Events[]

• George, Prince of Wales, and Princess Mary tour India, 1905-06^[1]
• 1 January – British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time.
• 11 September – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.
• 30 December – The All-India Muslim League, a political organization that represented the interests of Indian Muslims, is formed.
• First fertilizer factory in India (Ranipet, Tamil Nadu)

Births[]

• 3 November – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor, director, thespian (died 1972)
• 23 December – Edasseri Govindan Nair, poet, playwright and essayist (died 1974).

Deaths[]

• 20 August - Anandamohan Bose, politician, academic and social reformer (born 1847)
• 21 December - Acharya Rajendrasuri, reformer in Shvetambar sect of Jainism (born 1827).

References[]

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