1842 in India

Events in the year 1842 in India.

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Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1820s
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

Incumbents
  • The Earl of Ellenborough, Governor-General, 1842-44.[1]

Events
  • 1st Afghan War, 1837-42.[2]

Law

Births
  • 16 January – Mahadev Govind Ranade, judge, author and reformer (died 1901).

Deaths
  • Undated
    • William Francis Thompson, British India civil servant, magistrate and philologist[3]

References
  1. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 264
  2. Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261
  3. University of Toronto, Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry, online at: https://jacksonbibliography.library.utoronto.ca/author/details/thompson-william-francis/21590.


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