1856 in India

none August 2026 July 2019 1856 Events in the year 1856 in India. Incumbents Queen Victoria, Monarch of United Kingdom. James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India (since 12 January 1848) Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, Governor-General of India (till 21 March 1862) Events 11 February– Nawab Wajid Ali Shah deposed. He was last King of Oudh State, reigned 13 February 1847 – 11 February 1856. Annexation of the Kingdom of OudhDigital Library Of India http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.14558 The Administration Of Avadh 28 February – End the tenure of Governor-General of India James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie.Hunter, W. W. (1890). The Marquess of Dalhousie and the Final Development of the Company's Rule. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 28 February – Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning became Governor-General of India (till 21 March 1862) 25 July – Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 Law Indian Bills of Lading ActLegislative Council of India (1856), Act No. IX of 1856, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act (British statute) Births 4 March – Toru Dutt, poet (died 1877).Toru Dutt Biography Research Starters EBSCO Research https://www.ebsco.com/ 2026-08-10 EBSCO en 1 April – Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Goan physician (died 1933)Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Haffkine Institute Historical Archives (Role of Dr. A. G. Viegas in the 1896 Bombay Plague). 14 June – Ahmed Rida Khan, Sunni Muslim scholar and founder of Barelwi school of thought (died 1921).https://www.simonandschuster.co.in/books/Ahmad-Riza-Khan-Barelwi/Usha-Sanyal/Makers-of-the-Muslim-World/9781780741895 Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi 2012-12-01 978-1-78074-189-5 en 23 July – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, nationalist, social reformer and independence fighter (died 1920).Wolpert, Stanley A. (1962). Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India. University of California Press. 20 August – Narayana Guru (died 1928)Sanoo, M. K. (1978). Narayana Guru: A Biography. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. References 1856 India Category:Years of the 19th century in India