Events in the year 1901 in India.
Incumbents Empress of India – Queen Victoria until 22 January Emperor of India – Edward VII from 22 January Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Events National income - 7,666 million The first reliable census in India is taken.
Law Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act
Births 15 April – Ajoy Mukherjee, politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 1986) 2 July – Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist (died 1991).
Deaths 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (born 1842). 16 June – Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (born 1838)
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