1914 in India

Events in the year 1914 in India.

Incumbents

National income - 12,557 million
In August India as the British colony sends troops to Europe to participate as the British fighting partner in World War I against Germany. This force was a part of the British Expeditionary Force sent to Belgium. In October they participated in the First Battle of Ypres. Soon more than 1.125 million Indians had volunteered to fight for Britain in the war.
23 May – 376 British subjects of Indian origin arrived at Burrard Inlet, Vancouver on May 23, 1914, from the Indian sub-continent on the ship Komagata Maru, seeking to enter Canada. Due to the racist immigration policy of the Dominion of Canada, 352 of the passengers were denied entry and forced to depart on July 23, 1914.
22 September - India's first recorded Motor car accident occurred in Travancore claiming life of Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran.
In September, a mixed division sent to East Africa; in Oct.-Nov. two divisions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry sent to Egypt; Indian forces cooperate with the Japanese at Tsingtao; Indian forces in Mesopotamia from 31 Oct.

3 April – Sam Manekshaw, first Field Marshal of the Indian Army.
22 April – Baldev Raj Chopra, film director and producer.
14 May – Mir Gul Khan Nasir, Baloch politician and poet
7 June – Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, film director, novelist, screenwriter and journalist.
8 July – Jyoti Basu, communist politician, former Chief Minister of West Bengal.
15 July – V. K. Rao, Indian Civil Service officer
14 September – G. P. Sippy, film producer and director.
17 September – Lambert Mascarenhas, journalist, freedom activist and writer.
24 October – Lakshmi Sahgal, independence activist, politician and Minister.
26 December – Baba Amte, social activist.
20 October - Acharya Shri Tulsi, 9th Acharya of Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Sect

Vasudevanand Saraswati, Saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya,