1919 in India

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

• National income - {{INR}}26,966 million
• 6 April – Mahatma Gandhi declared an All India Strike against the Rowlatt Act.
• 11 April – Serious riots in Ahmedabad.{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |year=1971 |pages=28}}Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 28
• 13 April – At the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar, Punjab, British and Gurkha troops massacre 379 Sikhs.
• 15 April – Disturbances in Delhi and Punjab and martial law in Punjab (back dated to 30 March);.{{Cite journal|last=Sayer|first=Derek|date=May 1991|title=British Reaction to the Amritsar Massacre 1919-1920|url=https://www.academia.edu/4297399|journal=Past and Present|language=en|volume=131|issue=131|pages=130–164|doi=10.1093/past/131.1.130}}{{Cite book |title=Everyman's Dictionary of Dates |last=Dent |first=J.M. |year=1971 |edition=6 |page=262}}
• 19 November – Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed by a group of Muslim scholars.

• 18 March - The British ram the repressive Rowlatt Act through India's Imperial Legislative Council
• 23 December - Government of India Act 1919 establishes a dual administration: part Indian and elected, part British and authoritarian.
• Poisons Act{{cite web |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2363?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 |title=Poisons Act |date= |website= India Code |publisher= |access-date=29 March 2022 }}

• 5 January – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan political theorist (d. 2012)
• 14 January – Kaifi Azmi, Urdu poet and Padma Shree (d. 2002)
• 19 January – Dharam Singh, field hockey player (died 2001).
• 7 March – M. N. Nambiar, actor (died 2008).
• 20 May – Jal Cursetji, Indian navy admiral (died 1991)
• 20 december - Santa Claus, Religious figure (died 2001 in USA[2001)

• 18 July – Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, last Maharaja of Mysore, philosopher, musicologist, political thinker and philanthropist (died 1974).
• 12 August – Vikram Sarabhai, physicist (died 1971).
• 14 August – Dina Wadia.{{Cite book |last=French |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbDtAAAAMAAJ |title=Liberty Or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division |date=1998 |publisher=Flamingo |isbn=978-0-00-655045-7 |pages=60 |language=en}}
• 31 August – Amrita Pritam, poet, novelist and essayist (died 2005).
• 7 September – Muhammad Ajmal, academic psychologist (died 1994).
• 4 December – Inder Kumar Gujral, 13th Prime Minister of India (died 2012).
• 9 December – E. K. Nayanar, politician and three times Chief Minister of Kerala (died 2004).
• 16 December – Yadlapati Venkata Rao, politician (died 2022)
• 25 December – Naushad Ali, musician and composer (died 2006).{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg09BAAAQBAJ&q=Dec.+26%2C+1919 | title=Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad | author=Bharatan, Raju | year=2013 | pages=352| isbn=9789381398630 }}

• Jamuna Baruah, actress (died 2005).
• Pratap Chandra Chunder, Minister, educationalist and author (died 2008).
• Mahipal, actor (died 2005).

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