1897 in India

← 1896 1895 1894 1897 in India → 1898 1899 1900
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1897 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India — Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India - Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

Events

• The Indian famine of 1896–97 comes to a close
• Scindia School is established in Gwalior
• Frontier War of 1897-98
• Battle of Saragarhi

Births

• 23 January — Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement (dies 1945).
• 8 February — Zakir Hussain, politician and third President of India (dies 1969).
• 19 April — Peter de Noronha, businessman, philanthropist and civil servant (dies 1970).
• 26 April — Nitin Bose, Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter (dies 1986)
• 3 May — V. K. Krishna Menon, nationalist and politician (dies 1974).
• 2 November — Sohrab Modi, Indian Parsi stage and film actor, director and producer (dies 1984)
• Sahana Devi Indian singer and niece of Chittaranjan Das is born (dies 1990)

Deaths

• Abdul Ghani Saheb Saudagar, trader and business person dies (born 1843)