1908 in India

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – Edward VII
• Viceroy of India – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto

Events

• National income - 10,373 million
• March 17 – the Tinnevely riot breaks out in Tirunelveli
• May – the trial of the Alipore bomb case commences
• September 28 – the Great Musi flood kills 15,000 people
• The Diwan-Ballubhai School is established in Ahmedabad
• Mohmand incursions which are joined by the Afghans

Law

• Registration Act
• Indian Ports Act
• Limitation Act
• Code Of Civil Procedure
• Explosive Substances Act

Births

January to June

• 17 January – L. V. Prasad, actor, producer and director.
• 26 February – Leela Majumdar, writer.
• 2 March – Mahadeva Subramania Mani, entomologist.
• 5 April – Jagjivan Ram, freedom fighter and social reformer.

July to December

• 6 July – Anton Muttukumaru, Ceylonese Army officer
• 24 August – Shivaram Rajguru, revolutionary, executed.
• 30 October – Pasumpon U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian Freedom Fighter, Orator, Politician.
• 8 November – Raja Rao, novelist and short story writer.
• 29 November – N. S. Krishnan, comedian, actor, playback singer and writer.
• 15 December – Swami Ranganathananda, President of Ramakrishna Math.
• 31 December – Isha Basant Joshi, civil servant and writer.

Full date unknown

• David Abraham Cheulkar, actor.
• Sucheta Kriplani, freedom fighter, politician and in Uttar Pradesh became first woman to be elected Chief Minister of a state.

Deaths

• Kabibar Radhanath Ray, poet.
• Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.