1906 in India

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See also: 1905 in India, other events of 1906, 1907 in India and the Timeline of Indian history.

[edit] Events

• 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.

[edit] Births

• 10 October - R.K. Narayan, novelist (d.2001).
• 23 December - Edasseri Govindan Nair, poet, playwright and essayist (d.1974).

[edit] Deaths

• Acharya Rajendrasuri, reformer in Shvetambar sect of Jainism (b.1827).