1899 in India

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← 1898 1897 1896 1899 in India → 1900 1901 1902
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 1899 in India.

Incumbents[]

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
• Viceroy of India – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (from 6 January)

Events[]

Indian Stamp Act of 1899.

Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at Calcutta on 1 May.

Births[]

• 15 February – Mani Madhava Chakyar, master Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist (died 1990).
• 10 October – Baldev Upadhyaya, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic (died 1999).

Full date unknown[]

• Banaphool, author, playwright and poet (died 1979).

Deaths[]

Notable Works[]

• 31 December - The Sunset of the Century written by Rabindranath Tagore.

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