1866 in India

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Events in the year 1866 in India.

Incumbents[]

  • Sir John Lawrence, Governor-General of India, 12 January 1864 – 12 January 1869
  • Colonel Edmund Haythorne, Adjutant-General of India, 22 June 1860–January 1866
  • Colonel Henry Errington Longden, Adjutant-General of India, January 1866–March 1869
  • Lord Napier, Governor of Madras, 1866-1872
  • Ram Singh II, Maharao of Kota State, 20 July 1828 – 27 March 1866
  • Chhatar Sal Singh II, Maharao of Kota State, 27 March 1866 – 11 June 1889
  • (Sagramji Bhanabhai), Thakur of Gondal State, 1851-14 December 1869
  • , Raja and Maharajah of Bijawar State, 23 November 1847 – 15 September 1899
  • , Raja of Chamba State, 1844-1870
  • , Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra State, 9 April 1843 – 16 October 1869
  • , Maharaja of Karauli State, 4 March 1854 – 16 August 1869
  • , Maharajah of Patna, 1848-August 1866
  • , Maharajah of Patna, 1866-1878
  • Cecil Beadon, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, 1862-1866
  • Afzal ad-Dawlah, Asaf Jah V, Nizam of Hyderabad, 16 May 1857 – 26 February 1869
  • Robert Milman, consecrated bishop of Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India
  • Charles Pelly, revenue member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1862-1866
  • William Reierson Arbuthnot, member of the Madras Legislative Council, 1866-1870

Events[]

  • East India Association, founded by Dadabhai Naoroji
  • 47 million people were affected by the Orissa famine of 1866
  • Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi established the Darul Uloom Deoband on 31 May 1866, founding the Deobandi movement
  • Nanotvi founded Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur in November
  • established Jamia-e-Imania on 15 December in Varanasi
  • Brahmoism split into the new Sadharan Brahmo Samaj sect
  • was passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • was passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • The Third Pre-Independence Law Commission passed the Draft Contract Law
  • The Viceroy's Executive Council, Sir Henry Maine and Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, passed the Indian Companies Act
  • The Viceroy's Executive Council passed the Native Converts Marriage Dissolution Act
  • The Viceroy's Executive Council passed the Trustees Act
  • The Viceroy's Executive Council passed the Trustees and Mortgage Powers Act
  • Allahabad High Court was established as the High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces at Agra on 17 March
  • Naga Hills was given district status[1]
  • British Indian administration established a post at Samaguting to end intertribal warfare and tribal raids on property and personnel in Nagaland
  • Government Victoria College, Palakkad was established in Kerala
  • Gossner Theological College Seminary was established in Jharkhand
  • St. Mary's Convent Inter College was established in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
  • Harish Chandra Postgraduate College opened on 1 April in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh
  • Christ Church College, Kanpur opened in Kanpur as part of the University of Calcutta
  • Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay published Kapalkundala, a Bengali novel
  • Nandshankar Tuljashankar Mehta published Karan Ghelo in Gujarati
  • Edward John Waring published Pharmacopoeia of India
  • and the create the Kolkata Police Force
  • Bajaur Scouts were created
  • Scinde Dawk stamps, the first adhesive stamps used in Asia, were discontinued in June
  • British Raj acquired Dalhousie Cantonment and Bakloh for 5,000 rupees as a convalescent depot for European troops
  • Douglas Hamilton published Report on the High Ranges of the Annamullay Mountains in Madras
  • Commercial Bank of India of Bombay, founded in 1845, failed in the Panic of 1866
  • United Bank of India was established
  • Grand Chord and the Howrah–Delhi main line were opened, connecting Delhi and Kolkata while the Kalka Mail entered into service
  • Sahibganj loop was opened, connecting Khana Junction and Kiul Junction
  • Mughalsarai–Kanpur section was opened, connecting Mughalsarai Junction and Kanpur Central
  • Nasik Road railway station was opened in Nashik
  • Manmad Junction railway station was opened in Nashik
  • Khandwa Junction railway station was opened
  • Mathura–Vadodara section was opened
  • Barharwa Junction railway station was opened
  • Kanpur–Delhi section was opened, connecting Kanpur Central and Delhi
  • Mokama–Barauni section, connecting Mokama Junction and Barauni in Bihar
  • Ghaziabad railway station opened
  • Laksar Junction opened in Laksar, Uttarakhand
  • Order of the Star of India was expanded to three classes
  • A supplement, the Pioneer Mail, consisting of "48 quarto-size pages," mostly of advertisements, was added to The Pioneer[2]
  • HMS Malabar, designed to carry troops between the United Kingdom and British India, is launched on 8 December
  • The meteorite Jamkheir fell in Maharashtra on 5 October
  • Madurai was constituted as a municipality.[3]
  • Coimbatore was constituted as a municipality.[4]
  • Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation was constituted as a municipality[5][6]
  • Kumbakonam was constituted as a municipality
  • Indian soldiers were first allowed promotions beyond subedar

Births[]

  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale, social and political leader in the Indian independence movement, on 9 May in Kothluk, Ratnagiri District, Bombay Presidency
  • Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Nizam of Hyderabad, on 17 August 1866 in Purani Haveli, Hyderabad
  • , Raja of Chamba State from 1873-1904
  • Raja of Panagal, zamindar of Kalahasti, born on 9 July
  • Khengarji III, Maharajah of Cutch State, born on 23 August
  • Syamadas Mukhopadhyaya, Indian mathematician who introduced the four-vertex theorem and Mukhopadhyaya's theorem in plane geometry, born on 22 June
  • Hiralal Sen, photographer who is generally considered one of India's first filmmakers

Deaths[]

  • Ram Singh II, Maharao of Kota State, on 27 March 1866
  • , Maharajah of Patna, August 1866
  • George Cotton, English educator and clergyman, known for his connections with British India and the public school system, on 6 October in Kushtia

References[]

  1. ^ Inato Yekheto Shikhu (2007). A Re-discovery and Re-building of Naga Cultural Values. Daya Books. pp. 53–55. ISBN 978-81-89233-55-6.
  2. ^ Das Gupta, Uma. 1977. "The Indian Press 1870-1880: A Small World of Journalism", Modern Asian Studies, 11(2):213-235. pp 233-234.
  3. ^ "Madurai Corporation Citizen's Charter". Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2015-12-31.
  4. ^ "Namma Kovai". The Hindu. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Masula, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram upgraded into corporations". The Hindu. Vijayawada. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Population Glitch for Masula to Turn into Corporation". Machilipatnam. 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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