1905 in India

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – Edward VII
• Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
• Viceroy of India – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto

  Events

• 4 April - The 7.8 Kangra earthquake shook the Kangra Valley with a maximum EMS-98 intensity of IX, killing more than 20,000 people
• Partition of Bengal.
• George, Prince of Wales and Princess Mary tour India, 1905-06

  Births

• 2 January – Jainendra Kumar, novelist.
• 16 January – Dr. Manubhai P. Vaidya, educationist and recipient of Best Teacher Award from Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the President of India.
• 18 March － Malti Bedekar, feminist author.
• 21 March – Kushal Konwar, Indian National Congress President of Golaghat, later on first martyr of Quit India Movement. Died on 15 June 1943 hanged till death by British.
• 10 May – Pankaj Mullick, singer and composer.
• 17 August - Bhudo Advani, actor.
• 29 August – Dhyan Chand, field hockey player.
• 9 September – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, seventh head of Sri Viswa Viznana Vidya Adhyatmika Peetham and scholar.
• 12 December – Mulk Raj Anand, novelist in English.

  Full date unknown

• Rashid Jahan, author, short story writer and playwright.

  Deaths

• 19 January – Debendranath Tagore, founder in 1848 of the Brahmo Religion.

• Protap Chunder Mozoomdar, writer and leader of the Brahmo Samaj