1903 in India

Events in the year 1903 in India.

Incumbents

National income - {{INR}}8,926 million
1 January – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India.
20 March - Victoria Memorial Act passed for erection of Victoria Memorial, Kolkata.{{Cite web |title=Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata’s past, March 26, 1903 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/news/yesterdate-this-day-from-kolkatas-past-march-26-1903/cid/1925071 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}
15 May - Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam, the socio-religious reformation organization of the Ezhava community in Kerala, South India established by the trio, Narayana Guru, Dr Padmanabhan Palpu, and Kumaran Asan.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-07 |title=OPINION: Is Kerala Once Again Turning into a ‘Lunatic Asylum’? |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/opinion-kerala-once-again-turning-lunatic-asylum-180728 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}

Works Of Defence Act{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2337?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 |title= Works Of Defence Act |date= |website= India Code|publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}
Victoria Memorial Act{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2336?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 |title= Victoria Memorial Act |date= |website= India Code|publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}

3 April – Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, social reformer and freedom fighter (died 1988).
Gopi Krishna, yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer and writer (died 1984).
June 25 - George Orwell, author, wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm, and others (died 1950)

29 December - Baba Jaimal Singh, Founder of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (born 1839).