1911 in India

Events in the year 1911 in India.

Incumbents

National income - 11,822 million
December 11 - Coronation ceremonies in new capital of India, New Delhi, site of Humayun's Tomb
18 February – Henri Pequet, flying a Humber biplane, carried mail from Allahabad to Naini junction which was the first flight in India.
29 July – Mohun Bagan was the first Indian team and the first Asian team to have defeated a foreign team when they won the 1911 IFA Shield defeating East Yorkshire Regiment 2–1 to lift the IFA Shield.
29 August – The Diocese of Kottayam was erected on this day for the Knanaya Catholic people of the Syro-Malabar Church. In 2005 the diocese was raised to the rank of Archdiocese.
11 December – Coronation in New Delhi of George V and Queen Mary as Emperor of India and Empress consort respectively.
12 December – The Delhi Durbar is held, formally announcing the coronation of George V, and his assumption of title Emperor of India.
12 December – The capital of India is shifted to New Delhi from Calcutta.
27 December – The Jana Gana Mana, which would become free India's national anthem, is sung for the first time, at the Indian National Congress annual convention at Calcutta.
The first Urdu language typewriter is made available.
The Tata family starts the first steel mill in Bihar.

1 April – Fauja Singh, centenarian marathon runner
24 July – Pannalal Ghosh, flute player and composer.
21 August – Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur, last ruling Maharaja of Jaipur.
11 September – Lala Amarnath, cricketer.
20 September – Shriram Sharma Acharya, seer, sage and Founder of the All World Gayatri Pariwar.
12 October – Vijay Merchant, cricketer.
13 October – Ashok Kumar, actor.
28 October – Piara Singh Gill, physicist.
6 December – Dinesh Gupta, freedom fighter and revolutionary, executed.