1863 in India
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Events in the year 1863 in India.
Incumbents
[edit]- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy (till 20 November)[1]
- Sir Robert Napier, acting Viceroy (21 November – 2 December)[1]
- Sir William Denison, acting Viceroy (from 2 December)[1]
Events
[edit]- 20 November - James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Viceroy of India died due to Cardiac arrest on his journey from Simla to Dharamshala.
Dates unknown
[edit]- Syed Ahmad Khan set up Victoria School at Ghazipur, precursor to Aligarh Movement
Law
[edit]- Religious Endowments Act
- India Stock Certificate Act (British statute)
- Colonial Letters Patent Act (British statute)
Births
[edit]- 12 January – Swami Vivekananda, chief disciple of Ramakrishna and founder of Ramakrishna Mission (died 1902).[2]
- 13 July – Margaret Murray, Anglo-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist (died 1963 in the United Kingdom)[3]
- 28 August – Mahatma Ayyankali, was a social reformer who worked for the advancement of those people in the then princely state of Travancore, British India, who were treated as untouchables (died 1941).
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Office, Great Britain India (1819). The India List and India Office List for ... Harrison and Sons. p. 116.
- ^ Paranjape, Makarand R. (2015). Swami Vivekananda: A Contemporary Reader. Routledge. p. 45. ISBN 9781317446378.
- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 926. ISBN 9780415920407.
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