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
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Law
*Prisoners Act
Births
*12 July –
Chhabi Biswas, actor (died
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
).
*2 October –
Mahendra Lal Wadhwa, freedom fighter (died
1988
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).
*29 December –
Deenanath Mangeshkar, actor, musician and singer (died
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
).
Deaths
*
Kavi Kalapi, poet (born
1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndas ...
).
References
India
Years of the 19th century in India
1900 in Asia
1900s in India
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