1900 in India explained

Events in the year 1900 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Events

• National income - 7,080 million
• India's first participation in the summer Olympics
• 1 out of every 100 residents of India die of cholera each year.^[1]

Law

• Prisoners Act^[2]

Births

• 28 January – Rajagopala Tondaiman, King of Pudukkottai (died 1950).
• 12 July – Chhabi Biswas, actor (died 1962).
• 2 October – Mahendra Lal Wadhwa, freedom fighter (died 1988).
• 29 December – Deenanath Mangeshkar, actor, musician and singer (died 1942).

Deaths

• Kavi Kalapi, poet (born 1874).

Notes and References

1. Book: Arnold, David. Colonizing the Body: State Medicine and Epidemic Disease in Nineteenth-Century India. 1993-08-12. University of California Press. 978-0-520-08295-3. en.
2. Web site: Prisoners Act . India Code . 29 March 2022 .