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1879 in India
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1879
Events in the year 1879 in India.
Incumbents
Empress of India – Queen Victoria
Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Events
National income - 4,083 million
The Bombay Dyeing & Mfg. Co. Ltd., a textile company, establishedBombay Dyeing https://bombaydyeing.com/bombay_dyeing.html 2024-01-16 bombaydyeing.com
Law
Elephants' Preservation Act
Legal Practitioners Act
Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Army) Act (British statute)
Indian Guaranteed Railways Act (British statute)
East Indian Railway (Redemption of Annuities) Act (British statute)
East India Loan Act (British statute)
Births
K. N. Sivaraja Pillai (1879–1941) Indian historian, dravidologist and professor (d. 1941).
Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) Indian political activist and poet
Periyar E.V. Ramasamy (1879–1973) Indian social activist and politician
1879
References
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Category:Years of the 19th century in India
Category:1879 in Asia
Category:1870s in India