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 Act

Births

• 15 April – Ajoy Mukherjee, politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
• 2 July – Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist.

Deaths

• 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer.
• 16 June – Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal