'''1919: Key Events''' * The Government of India Act 1919 aka the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms, transfers selected areas of administration to Indian control. * The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, aka the Rowlatt Act, is designed to suppress all forms of nationalist protest. * 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. * 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. * The [[Kohinoor Film Co]]. is founded. * 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.