1894 in India
Events in the year 1894 in India.
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Incumbents
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria[1]
- Viceroy of India – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
- Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (from 11 October)
Events
- National income - ₹4,869 million
- Punjab National Bank was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai
Law
- Prisons Act[2]
- Land Acquisition Act
Births
- 1 January – Satyendra Nath Bose, physicist (d.1974).
- 21 February – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, scientist (d.1955).
- 25 February – Meher Baba, mystic and spiritual master (d.1969).
- 10 April – Ghanshyam Das Birla, businessman (d.1983).
- 20 May – Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, 68th Jagadguru of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam (d.1994).
Full date unknown
- A.B. Purani, disciple and biographer of Sri Aurobindo (d.1965).
Deaths
References
- "Victoria - Life & Reign". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- "Prisons Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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