1901 in India

Events in the year 1901 in India.

Incumbents

 * Empress of India – Queen Victoria until 22 January
 * Emperor of India – Edward VII from 22 January
 * Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Events

 * National income - ₹7,666 million
 * The first reliable census in India is taken.

Law

 * Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act

Births

 * 2 July – Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist (died 1991).

Deaths

 * 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (born 1842).
 * 16 June – Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (born 1838)