1876 in India

Events in the year 1876 in India.

←

 1876
in
India

→

Centuries:
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
See also:List of years in India
Timeline of Indian history

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
  1. "Thomas George Baring, 1st earl of Northbrook – British statesman". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. "Victoria – Life & Reign". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. "LGBRIMH". www.lgbrimh.gov.in. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  5. 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.
  6. "Historic Figures: Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948)". BBC – History. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.