1918 in India

← 1917 1916 1915 1918 in India → 1919 1920 1921
Centuries:	18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1918 in India.

Incumbents

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

Events

• National income - ₹26,105 million
• Oct 15 - Shirdi Sai Baba's death
• 1918 flu pandemic in India
• Kheda Satyagraha^[1]

Law

• Usurious Loans Act

Births

• 19 August – Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th president of India (died 1999)^[2]

Deaths

• 22 July – Indra Lal Roy, World War I flying ace, killed in action (born 1898).
• 15 October – Sai Baba of Shirdi, guru, yogi and fakir (born 1835).^[3]

References

1. "100 years of Kheda Satyagraha and Gandhi's journey from Mohandas to Mahatma | India News". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
2. "DR. SHANKER DAYAL SHARMA: A PROFILE" (PDF). The Journal of Parliamentary Information. XXXVIII (3): 339. September 1992. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
3. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2021. Shirdi Sai Baba, also called Sai Baba of Shirdi, (born 1838?—died October 15, 1918), spiritual leader dear to Hindu and Muslim devotees throughout India and in diaspora communities as far flung as the United States and the Caribbean. The name Sai Baba comes from sai, a Persian word used by Muslims to denote a holy person, and baba, Hindi for father.