1906 in India

Events in the year 1906 in India.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * National income - ₹10,684 million
 * George, Prince of Wales, and Princess Mary tour India, 1905-06
 * 1 January – British India officially adopts Indian Standard Time.
 * 11 September – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-violence movement in South Africa.
 * 30 December – The All-India Muslim League, a political organization that represented the interests of Indian Muslims, is formed.
 * First fertilizer factory in India (Ranipet, Tamil Nadu)

Law

 * Mamlatdars Courts Act
 * Coinage Act

Births

 * 25 August – Kirupanandha Variyar, spiritual teacher and guru (died 1993).
 * 3 November – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor, director, thespian (died 1972).
 * 23 December – Edasseri Govindan Nair, poet, playwright and essayist (died 1974).

Deaths

 * 20 August - Anandamohan Bose, politician, academic and social reformer (born 1847)
 * 2 October - Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter.
 * 21 December - Acharya Rajendrasuri, reformer in Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism (born 1827).