1917 in India

Events in the year 1917 in India.

Incumbents

 * Emperor of India – George V
 * Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Events

 * National income - ₹20,552 million
 * The Indian National Congress demands self-government for India.
 * 20 August – The secretary of state for India makes the announcement that British policy in India calls for the gradual development of self-governing institutions and the progressive realization of responsible government.
 * Champaran Satyagraha

Law

 * Inland Vessels Act
 * Post Office Cash Certificates Act
 * Destruction of Records Act

Births

 * 17 January – M. G. Ramachandran, Actor, Politician, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (died 1987).
 * 11 February – T. Nagi Reddy, communist politician (died 1976).
 * 11 July 1917 – Chandrakant T. Patel, cotton scientist (died 1990).
 * 3 September 1917 – G. V. Iyer, film director (died 2003).
 * 19 November – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, assassinated (died 1984).
 * 29 December – Ramanand Sagar, film director (died 2005).

Deaths

 * 30 June – Dadabhai Naoroji, founder, Indian National Congress and part of the Early Nationalists.