Events in the year 1919 in India.
Incumbents
Emperor of India – George V
Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Events
National income - 26,966 million
13 April - Jallianwala Bagh massacre
15 April – Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and martial law in Punjab (back dated to 30 March);. 6 April – Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rowlatt Act. 11 April – Serious riots in Ahmedabad. 13 April – At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs. 19 November – Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed by a group of Muslim scholars.
Law
18 March - The British ram the repressive Rowlatt Act through India's Imperial Legislative Council 23 December - Government of India Act 1919 establishes a dual administration: part Indian and elected, part British and authoritarian. Poisons Act
Births
January to June
5 January – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan political theorist (d. 2012) 14 January – Kaifi Azmi, Urdu poet and Padma Shree (d. 2002) 19 January – Dharam Singh, field hockey player (died 2001). 7 March – M. N. Nambiar, actor (died 2008). 20 May – Jal Cursetji, Indian navy admiral (died 1991)
July to December
18 July – Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, last Maharaja of Mysore, philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (died 1974). 12 August – Vikram Sarabhai, physicist (died 1971). 14 August – Dina Wadia. 31 August – Amrita Pritam, poet, novelist and essayist (died 2005). 7 September – Muhammad Ajmal, academic psychologist (died 1994). 4 December – Inder Kumar Gujral, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2012). 9 December – E. K. Nayanar, politician and three times Chief Minister of Kerala (died 2004). 16 December – Yadlapati Venkata Rao, politician (died 2022) 25 December – Naushad Ali, musician and composer (died 2006).
Full date unknown
Jamuna Baruah, actress (died 2005). Pratap Chandra Chunder, Minister, educationalist and author (died 2008). Mahipal, actor (died 2005).