1885 in India

none June 2018 March 2025 1885 Events in the year 1885 in India. Incumbents Empress of India – Queen VictoriaW & D Downey & Co.: London - Queen Victoria (1819–1901) as Empress of India https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/2105735/queen-victoria-1819-1901-as-empress-of-india royalcollection.org.uk 17 June 2018 en Viceroy of India – The Earl of DufferinKaminsky Arnold P. Long Roger D. Nationalism and Imperialism in South and Southeast Asia: Essays Presented to Damodar R.SarDesai 2016 Taylor & Francis 9781351997430 154 https://books.google.com/books?id=4CUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA154 en Events National income – 3,991 million 24 June – Lord Randolph Churchill becomes Secretary of State for India. 28 December – 72 Indian lawyers, academics and journalists gather at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay to form the Congress Party. First President of Indian National Congress – W. C. Banerjee; First Secretary of Indian National Congress – A. O. Hume; Dadabbhai Naoroji gave the name Indian National Congress Law Indian Telegraph Act Land Acquisition (Mines) Act East India Unclaimed Stock Act (British statute) East India Loan Act (British statute) Indian Army Pension Deficiency Act (British statute) Evidence By Commission Act (British statute) Births 14 February – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Muslim philosopher (died 1949). References 1885 India Category:Years of the 19th century in India Category:1885 in Asia Category:1880s in India