1871 in India

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← 1870 1869 1868 1871 in India → 1872 1873 1874
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See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1871 in India.

Incumbents[]

• Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy

Events[]

• 12 October – Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 communities "Criminal Tribes", i.e. hereditary criminals. It was repealed in 1949, after Independence of India.

Births[]

• 7 August —Abanindranath Tagore, India writer and painter (died 1951).^[1]

References[]

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