| | 1 | '''1919: Key Events''' |
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| | 3 | * The Government of India Act 1919 aka the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms, transfers selected areas of administration to Indian control. |
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| | 5 | * The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, aka the Rowlatt Act, is designed to suppress all forms of nationalist protest. |
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| | 7 | * The massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, commanded by General R. E. H. Dyer on 13 April. Rabindranath Tagore, knighted in 1915, returns his knighthood in protest following Jallianwala Bagh. |
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| | 9 | * The All-India Khilafat Conference, uniting conservative Muslims in support of the defeated Caliph of Turkey, is supported by the Congress Party. It influences the non-co-operation movement the following year as well as the Moplah rebellion of 1921. Modern Indian shipping launched with the Scindia Steam Navigation Co.’s Liberty. |
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| | 11 | * The Kohinoor Film Co. is founded. |
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| | 13 | * Release of the Maharashtra Film Co.’s début film, Sairandhri. Bilwamangal aka Bhagat Surdas, sometimes presented as the first Bengali feature, by Rustomji Dotiwala for Madan Theatres. |