1899 in India
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Events in the year1899 in India.
Incumbents
[edit]- 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
[edit]- National income -₹6,715 million
- 4 January -Firefrom a quarantined Indian made vessel gutted 300 homes and numerousBritish owned factoriesinFort Kochi.[1][2]
- 1 May -Swami Vivekanandafounded theRamakrishna MissionatCalcutta.
- 6 June -Sivakasi riots of 1899betweenNadarandMaravarcommunities.[3]
- 31 December - The Sunset of the Century written by Rabindranath Tagore.
Dates unknown
[edit]Law
[edit]Births
[edit]- 15 February –Mani Madhava Chakyar,masterChakyar KoothuandKoodiyattamartist (died1990).
- 10 October –Baldev Upadhyaya,Sanskritscholar, literaryhistorian,essayistandcritic(died1999).
- 26 December -Udham Singh,freedom fighter (died 1940).
- 30 March -Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay,an unparalleled Bengali story writer, novelist and a pioneer in the genre of historical fiction in Bengali literature.
Full date unknown
[edit]Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Column of fire".The Hindu.1 January 2014.ISSN0971-751X.Retrieved25 June2024.
- ^Service, Express News (5 January 2016)."It's 127 Years Since 'Chandrabhanu' Gutted 'Cochi'".The New Indian Express.Retrieved25 June2024.
- ^"RIOTS IN MADRAS PRESIDENCY. (Hansard, 15 June 1899)".api.parliament.uk.Retrieved25 June2024.
- ^"Indian Stamp Act".India Code.Retrieved29 March2022.
- ^"Government Buildings Act".India Code.Retrieved29 March2022.
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