1898 in India

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← 1897 1896 1895 1898 in India → 1899 1900 1901
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1898 in India

Incumbents[]

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

Events[]

• Frontier War of 1897–98^[1]
• Muslim Separatism in Post-Revolt India albeit Aligarh movement post Revolt of 1857 ^[2]
• Introduction of INDIAN POST OFFICE ACT, 1898^[3]

Births[]

• 19 January – Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, writer (died 1976).
• 21 November – , Saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, (died 1968 in India)
• 25 November – Debaki Bose, film director, writer and actor (died 1971).
• 2 December �� Indra Lal Roy, World War I flying ace, killed in action (died 1918).

Deaths[]

• 1 October – Manilal Dwivedi (b. 1858), regarded as one of the most influential Gujarati writer and thinker, died at premature age, 40.
• March 27, SA(Syed Ahmed)Khan (Islamist scholar, Founder of Two Nations Theory), Aligarh.
• June 27, Dwarkanath Ganguly , a great social reformer and husband of Kadambini Ganguly died. According to the sources, he was suffering from Hepatitis.

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