1862 in India

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← 1861 1860 1859 1862 in India → 1863 1864 1865
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1862 in India.

Incumbents[]

• Charles Canning, Viceroy
• James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy (from 21 March)

Events[]

• 2 July – Calcutta High Court is established under the High Courts Act, 1861.
• Fort George in Bombay (now Mumbai) is destroyed

Births[]

• Binodini Dasi, actress and writer (died 1941).

Deaths[]

• 7 November – Bahadur Shah II, deposed King of Delhi, in Rangoon, Burma (born 24 October 1775)

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