1888 in India

none December 2023 1888 Events in the year 1888 in India. Incumbents Empress of India – Queen Victoria Viceroy of India – The Earl of Dufferin Viceroy of India – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (from 10 December) Events National income - 4,773 million Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi left to study in London. Sree Narayana Guru, consecrated the first temple for the untouchables in Aruvippuram, Kerala, South India. Law Indian Reserve Forces Acthttps://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2314?view_type=search&sam_handle=123456789/1362 Indian Reserve Forces Act India Code 29 March 2022 Births 17 January – Babu Gulabrai, writer and historian (d.1963). 21 April - Charu Chandra Biswas,. 5 September – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, first Vice President of India and second President of India (d.1975). 7 November – C. V. Raman, physicist, awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics (d.1970). 11 November – J. B. Kripalani, Freedom Fighter, Congress President (d. 1982). 11 November – Abul Kalam Azad, Freedom Fighter (d.1958). 16 December – Harold Papworth, British educator, college principal and Indian civil service officer (d. 1953) unknown date – Ahmad Saeed Dehlavi, freedom fighter and first general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. (d. 1959). References 1888 India Category:Years of the 19th century in India Category:1888 in Asia Category:1880s in India