| | 1 | * The reformist leader Mahadev Govind Ranade dies. |
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| | 3 | * Tagore establishes the Brahmacharya Ashram, the nucleus of the Vishwabharati University of Shantiniketan. |
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| | 5 | * Fakir Mohan Senapati publishes his Oriya historical novel, Lachama. |
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| | 7 | * Vishnu Digambar Paluskar sets up the first music school, the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Lahore. |
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| | 9 | * Edward VII is crowned following the death of Queen Victoria. |
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| | 11 | * The North West Frontier Province is created. |
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| | 13 | * Ramananda Chattopadhyay starts editing Prabasi, a high-profile, extensively illustrated Bengali literary monthly which pioneers the popular mix of book excerpts, poetry and one-act plays alongside reviews and essays (occasionally on film); its serialised fiction includes Rabindranath Tagore’s Gora (1907-1909). |
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| | 15 | * Hiralal Sen’s Royal Bioscope establishes film exhibition alongside the commercial theatre in Calcutta, filming extracts from plays. |
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| | 17 | * Bhatavdekar films the landing of Sir M. M. Bhownuggree and the arrival (returning from Cambridge University) of Sir Wrangler Mr R. P. Paranjpye. |
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