• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

• National income - ₹26,966 million
• 6 April – Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rowlatt Act.
• 11 April – Serious riots in Ahmedabad.^[1]
• 13 April – At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs.
• 15 April – Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and martial law in Punjab (back dated to 30 March);.^[2][3]
• 19 November – Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed by a group of Muslim scholars.

• 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^[4]

January to June edit

• 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 edit

• 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.^[5]
• 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).^[6]

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• Jamuna Baruah, actress (died 2005).
• Pratap Chandra Chunder, Minister, educationalist and author (died 2008).
• Mahipal, actor (died 2005).