1597 in India
Events from the year 1597 in India. Events
 Amar Singh I becomes Maharana of Mewar, Udaipur and rules until his death in 1620. Dom Francisco de Gama becomes viceroy of India (until 1600)

Births

Deaths
 19 January – Maharana Pratap, Hindu Rajput ruler of Mewar (born 1540)
 5 February – Gonsalo Garcia, Roman Catholic Franciscan friar from India (born 1556)

