1876 in India
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Events in the year 1876 in India.
Incumbents
- Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy[1]
- Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy (from 12 April)[2]
Events
- National income - ₹3,887 million
- Queen Victoria is proclaimed "Empress of India" and transfers powers from East India Company to the British Crown.[3]
- Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health was set up as Tezpur Lunatic Asylum in April, 1876.[4]
Law
- Royal Titles Act (British statute)
- Customs Consolidation Act (British statute)
- Slave Trade Act (British statute)
- Statute Law Revision (Substituted Enactments) Act (British statute)
Births
- 15 September – Sharat Chandra Chatterji, novelist (d. 1938).[5]
- 25 December – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Statesman and founder of Pakistan (d. 1948).[6]
References
- ^ "Thomas George Baring, 1st earl of Northbrook – British statesman". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors. Incorporating a Complete List of Knights Bachelors Dubbed in Ireland. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 305. ISBN 9780806304434.
- ^ "Victoria – Life & Reign". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "LGBRIMH". www.lgbrimh.gov.in. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ Experts, Disha (2018). The Fundamentals of General Knowledge for Competitive Exams – UPSC/ State PCS/ SSC/ Banking/ Insurance/ Railways/ BBA/ MBA/ Defence – 3rd Edition. Disha Publications. p. 88. ISBN 9789387421240.
- ^ "Historic Figures: Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948)". BBC – History. Retrieved 29 May 2018.