1908 in India explained

Events in the year 1908 in India.

Incumbents

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

Events

• National income - 10,373 million
• March 17 – the Tinnevely riot breaks out in Tirunelveli
• May – the trial of the Alipore bomb case commences (and continues until 1909)
• September 28 – the Great Musi flood kills 15,000 people
• The Diwan-Ballubhai School is established in Ahmedabad
• Mohmand incursions which are joined by the Afghans^[1]

Law

• Registration Act
• Indian Ports Act
• Limitation Act
• Code Of Civil Procedure
• Explosive Substances Act^[2]

Births

January to June

• 17 January – L. V. Prasad, actor, producer and director (died 1994).
• 26 February – Leela Majumdar, writer (died 2007).
• 2 March – Mahadeva Subramania Mani, entomologist (died 2003).
• 5 April – Jagjivan Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer (died 1986).

July to December

• 6 July – Anton Muttukumaru, Ceylonese Army officer (died 2001)
• 24 August – Shivaram Rajguru, revolutionary, executed (died 1931).
• 30 October – Pasumpon U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian Freedom Fighter, Orator, Politician (died 1963).
• 8 November – Raja Rao, novelist and short story writer (died 2006).
• 29 November – N. S. Krishnan, comedian, actor, playback singer and writer (died 1957).
• 15 December – Swami Ranganathananda, President of Ramakrishna Math (died 2005).
• 31 December – Isha Basant Joshi, civil servant and writer.

Full date unknown

• David Abraham Cheulkar, actor (died 1981).
• Sucheta Kriplani, freedom fighter, politician and in Uttar Pradesh became first woman to be elected Chief Minister of a state (died 1974).

Deaths

• Kabibar Radhanath Ray, poet (born 1848).
• Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (born 1835).

Notes and References

1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
2. Web site: The Explosive Substances Act, 1908 India Code . 1908 . indiacode.nic.in . 29 March 2022 .