Bruce McRae, American stage and early silent film actor, on 15 January Champat Rai Jain, founder of the Jain mission in London, is born on 6 August in Delhi Harry Bard, secretary of the Pan American Society of the United States, on 27 August[3] M. V. Dhurandhar, painter and postcard artist, born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra[4][5] Mahashankar Vishwanath Thaker, Chief Treasurer of the Princely State of Limbdi under Jhala Rajput rule, born in Wadhwan, Gujarat Edward Vere Levinge, administrator in the Indian Civil Service who rose to serve as acting Lieutenant-Governor of the British Raj, born on 24 May in Cuttack Sankaradas Swamigal, Tamil writer, actor, playwright, songwriter and drama producer, born in Tuticorin Maud Diver, English author who wrote novels, short stories, biographies and journalistic pieces, born on 9 September in Murree