1897 in India

Events in the year 1897 in India.

Incumbents

 * Empress of India – Queen Victoria
 * Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

Events

 * National income - ₹5,561 million
 * The Indian famine of 1896–97 comes to a close
 * Scindia School is established in Gwalior
 * Frontier War of 1897–98
 * Battle of Saragarhi
 * 12 June – The 8.0 Assam earthquake shook northeastern India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 1,542.
 * Construction of Indian education service

Law

 * Epidemic Diseases Act
 * General Clauses Act
 * Indian Fisheries Act

Births

 * 23 January – Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement (dies 1945).
 * 8 February – Zakir Husain, politician and third president of India (dies 1969).
 * 19 April – Peter de Noronha, businessman and civil servant (dies 1970).
 * 26 April – Nitin Bose, Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter (dies 1986).
 * 3 May – V. K. Krishna Menon, nationalist and politician (dies 1974).
 * 15 October – Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer, Carnatic singer and musicologist (dies 1975).
 * 2 November – Sohrab Modi, Indian Parsi stage and film actor, director and producer (dies 1984).
 * Sahana Devi Indian singer and niece of Chittaranjan Das is born (dies 1990).

Deaths

 * Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar, trader and business person dies (born 1843)