1904 in India

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – Edward VII
• Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

  Events

• 18 March, the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act is passed
• the gun carriage factory is established in Jabalpur
• 31 October – The Kumbakonam Bank Limited, is incorporated as a limited company
• the secret Abhinav Bharat Society is founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

  Births

• 28 March – Chittor V. Nagaiah, actor, composer, director, producer, writer and playback singer.
• 29 July – J. R. D. Tata a French-born Indian aviator and businessman who became India's first licensed pilot.
• 8 August – Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
• 26 August – C. R. Kesavan Vaidyar, social activist and industrialist.
• 1 October – A. K. Gopalan, communist leader.
• 2 October – Lal Bahadur Shastri, politician and 2nd Prime Minister of India.

  Full date unknown

• Majnun Gorakhpuri, writer and literary critic.
• Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar, writer.
• Murad, actor.

  Deaths