1863 in India

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1863
in
India

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1863 in India.

Incumbents[]

  • 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[]

Wahabi Movement

Births[]

  • 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[]

  1. ^ a b c Office, Great Britain India (1819). The India List and India Office List for ... Harrison and Sons. p. 116.
  2. ^ Paranjape, Makarand R. (2015). Swami Vivekananda: A Contemporary Reader. Routledge. p. 45. ISBN 9781317446378.
  3. ^ 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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