1917 in India

Incumbents

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

  Events

• 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 of 1917

  Births

• 17 January – M. G. Ramachandran, Actor, Politician, FormerChief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• 11 February – T. Nagi Reddy, communist politician.
• 11 July 1917 – Chandrakant T. Patel, cotton scientist.
• 3 September 1917 – G. V. Iyer, film director.
• 19 November – Indira Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India, assassinated.
• 29 December – Ramanand Sagar, film director.

  Full date unknown

Deaths

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