1880 in India
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Events in the year 1880 in India.
Incumbents
[edit]- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
- Viceroy of India – George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (from 8 June)
Events
[edit]- National income - ₹4,025 million
- 18 September – 151 people were buried in a landslip at Naini Tal following 36 inches (910 mm) of rain in 68 hours.[1][2]
Law
[edit]- Religious Societies Act
- Kazis Act
- East India Loan (East Indian Railway Debentures) Act (British statute)
- India Stock (Powers of Attorney) Act (British statute)
Births
[edit]- 16 March – Rajshekhar Basu, writer, chemist and lexicographer (died 27 April 1960).
- 31 July – Munshi Premchand, foremost Writer in Hindu-Urdu Literature and Indian Freedom fighter (died 8 October 1936).
- Abul Muhasin Muhammad Sajjad, scholar, freedom fighter and founder of Muslim Independent Party (died 1940).
References
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