1905 in India
Events in the year 1905 in India.
Incumbents
- Emperor of India – Edward VII
- Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
- Viceroy of India – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
Events
- National income - 9,910 million
- 4 April – The 7.8 Kangra earthquake shook the Kangra Valley with a maximum EMS-98 intensity of IX, killing more than 20,000 people
- 16 October - Partition of Bengal.
Dates unknown
- George, Prince of Wales and Princess Mary tour India, 1905–06
- Smarthavicharam of Kuriyedathu Thatri.
Law
- Indian Railway Board Act
Births
- 2 January – Jainendra Kumar, novelist.
- 16 January – Dr. Manubhai P. Vaidya, educationist and recipient of Best Teacher Award from Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the President of India.
- 18 March － Malti Bedekar, feminist author.
- 21 March – Kushal Konwar, Indian National Congress President of Golaghat, later on first martyr of Quit India Movement. Died on 15 June 1943 hanged till death by British.
- 10 May – Pankaj Mullick, singer and composer.
- 17 August – Bhudo Advani, actor.
- 29 August – Dhyan Chand, field hockey player.
- 9 September – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham and scholar.
- 5 November – Sajjad Zaheer, Urdu writer and revolutionary
- 12 December – Mulk Raj Anand, novelist in English.
Full date unknown
- Rashid Jahan, author, short story writer and playwright.
Deaths
- 19 January – Debendranath Tagore, founder in 1848 of the Brahmo Religion.
- Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, writer and leader of the Brahmo Samaj