| | 1 | '''1916: Key Events''' |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | * Annie Besant and B. G. Tilak start their Home Rule Leagues on the lines of the Irish Home Rulers. |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | * Coomaraswamy’s entire collection of South Asian art is moved to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and he becomes its curator: this move influences his subsequent opposition to progressive Indian nationalism and its modernising aspects. |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | * The South Indian Liberation Federation, aka Justice Party, is formed in Madras. |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | * Universal Pictures sets up Hollywood’s first Indian agency. |