1851 in India

none 1851 Events in the year 1851 in India. Incumbents James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India, 1848 to 1856 Vyankatrao I Raje Ghorpade, Raja of Mudhol State, 20 February 1818-December 1854 Muhammad Said Khan, Nawab of Rampur from 1840 to 1855, died on 1 April Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan, Nawab of the Carnatic, 1825-1855 Chintaman Rao I "Appa Sahib", founder and Rao of Sangli State, 1782–15 July 1851 Dhundi Rao Chintaman Rao "Tatya Sahib", Rao of Sangli State, 15 July 1851-12 December 1901 Gumansinhji, Maharawal of Chhota Udaipur State, 1822-1851 Jitsinhji, Maharawal of Chhota Udaipur State, 1851-1881 Ram Baksh, Prime Minister of Hyderabad, September 1849–April 1851 Ganesh Rao, April 1851–June 1851 Ratan Singh, Maharajah of Bikaner State, 25 March 1828-7 August 1851 Sardar Singh, Maharajah of Bikaner State, 7 August 1851–16 May 1872 Events The first experimental electric telegraph line, between Calcutta and Diamond Harbour, is opened for the British East India Company Oriental Bank Corporation chartered to allow competition with the East India Company's opium billing monopoly Naga raided the East India Company from 1851 to 1865 The first train in India becomes operational on 22 December, for localised hauling of canal construction material in RoorkeeFirst train ran between Roorkee and Piran Kaliyar The Hindu 10 August 2002 http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/08/10/stories/2002081000040800.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20021110142916/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/08/10/stories/2002081000040800.htm dead November 10, 2002 British Indian Association, a pan-nationalist political group, established on 31 October Dadabhai Naoroji foundesthe Rahnumae Mazdayasne Sabha (Guides on the Mazdayasne Path) on 1 August Mongnawng State gained independence from Hsenwi State Murree established in the Punjab Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hyderabad established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hyderabad from the Apostolic Vicariate of Madras Holy Trinity Church, Bangalore built Government Museum, Chennai established Law The British Parliament passes the Lunatics Removal (India) Act 1851 and the Marriages, India Act 1851 Indian Tolls Act Court of Chancery Act 1851 (British statute) Births Mahmud al-Hasan, a Deobandi scholar who actively campaigned against Britain's rule in India, born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Jaswant Singh of Bharatpur, ruled Bharatpur State, born in Deeg on 1 March Henry George Impey Siddons, an Indian educationist, born in Indore Harry Charles Purvis Bell, British civil servant and a commissioner in the Ceylon Civil Service Henry Stephens Salt, British writer and social reformer, born on 20 September Deaths Ayya Vaikundar, also known as Historical Vaikundar, who effectively founded the Ayyavazhi religion, died on 3 June Chintaman Rao I "Appa Sahib", founder of Sangli State, died on 15 July 1851 Ratan Singh, Maharajah of Bikaner State, died on 7 August 1851 John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, Anglo-Indian lawyer and a pioneer in promoting women's education, died on 12 August in Kolkata References 1851 India Category:Years of the 19th century in India