Events in the year 1901 in India.

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria until 22 January
• Emperor of India – Edward VII from 22 January
• Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

• National income - ₹7,666 million
• The first reliable census in India is taken.

• Indian Tolls (Army & Air Force) Act^[1]

• 2 July – Kalindi Charan Panigrahi, poet, novelist, story writer, dramatist and essayist (died 1991).

• 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (born 1842).
• 16 June – Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (born 1838)