1916 in India

Incumbents

• Emperor of India – George V
• Viceroy of India – Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
• Viceroy of India – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

  Events

• The Indians leading the Indian National Congress Party hammer out an alliance – the Lucknow Pact – with India's Muslim League.

  Births

• 13 February – Jagjit Singh Aurora, military commander.
• 21 March – Bismillah Khan, shehnai musician and Bharat Ratna winner.
• 23 March – Harkishan Singh Surjeet, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of India .
• 8 May – Chinmayananda, spiritual leader.
• 16 September – M. S. Subbulakshmi, Carnatic singer.

  Full date unknown

• Kanan Devi, actress and singer.

  Deaths