* The reformist leader Mahadev Govind Ranade dies. 

* [[Tagore]] establishes the Brahmacharya Ashram, the nucleus of the Vishwabharati University of Shantiniketan. 

* Fakir Mohan Senapati publishes his Oriya historical novel, Lachama. 

* Vishnu Digambar Paluskar sets up the first music school, the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Lahore. 

* Edward VII is crowned following the death of Queen Victoria. 

* The North West Frontier Province is created. 

* 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).

* [[Hiralal Sen]]’s Royal Bioscope establishes film exhibition alongside the commercial theatre in Calcutta, filming extracts from plays. 

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* [[Bhatavdekar]] films the landing of Sir M. M. Bhownuggree and the arrival (returning from Cambridge University) of Sir Wrangler Mr R. P. Paranjpye.