1861 in India
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Events in the year 1862
in India:
Incumbents[]
- Charles Canning, Viceroy
Events[]
- , is founded.
- The Delhi Department of Police is founded.
- Indian Councils Act 1861
- Indian Civil Services Act, 1861
Births[]
- 27 January: , Sufi, saint, healer (died 1925).
- 7 May: Rabindranath Tagore, poet, artist, playwright, novelist and composer (died 1941).
- 24 September: Bhikaiji Cama, independence campaigner (died 1936).
- Date unknown: Devaki Nandan Khatri, first author of mystery novels in Hindi (died 1913).
- 18 July:Kadambini Ganguly,1st female medical practitioner and one of the first female graduates of the then Indian subcontinent(died:1923).
Categories:
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