1906 in India
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Events in the year 1906 in India
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India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Events
- 1 January - British India officially adopts Indian Standard TimeIndian Standard TimeIndian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...
. - 11 September - Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
coins the term SatyagrahaSatyagrahaSatyagraha , loosely translated as "insistence on truth satya agraha soul force" or "truth force" is a particular philosophy and practice within the broader overall category generally known as nonviolent resistance or civil resistance. The term "satyagraha" was conceived and developed by Mahatma...
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.
Births
- 10 October - R.K. Narayan, novelist (d.20012001 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January:* 1 January - Calcutta officially becomes Kolkata, reverting to its precolonial name....
). - 23 December - Edasseri Govindan NairEdasseri Govindan NairEdasseri Govindan Nair is a prominent Malayalam poet. His works include 19 books and over 300 poems in 10 anthologies, 6 books of plays and a collection of essays....
, poet, playwright and essayist (d.19741974 in India-Incumbents:* President of India – V. V. Giri until August 24, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed* Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi-Events:*January to May smallpox epidemic...
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Deaths
- Acharya RajendrasuriAcharya RajendrasuriAcharya Rajendrasuri was the major Svetambara Jain reformer of the 18th and 19th centuries. He was born on 3 December 1826 at Bharatpur, Rajasthan. In 1880, as the leader of the Tapa Gaccha, he led a movement to restore the orders of wandering monks, leading to near extinction of the Yati...
, reformer in Shvetambar sect of JainismJainismJainism is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state...
(b.18271827 in India-Births:*3 December - Acharya Rajendrasuri, reformer in Shvetambar sect of Jainism ....
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