1898 in India
Events in the year 1898 in India
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Incumbents
- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
Events
- National income - ₹6,227 million
- Frontier War of 1897–98[1]
Births
- 19 January – Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, writer (died 1976).
- 21 November – Shri Rang Avadhoot, Saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, (died 1968 in India)
- 25 November – Debaki Bose, film director, writer and actor (died 1971).
- 2 December – Indra Lal Roy, World War I flying ace, killed in action (died 1918).
Deaths
- 1 October – Manilal Dwivedi (b. 1858), regarded as one of the most influential Gujarati writer and thinker, died at premature age, 40.
- March 27, SA(Syed Ahmed)Khan (Islamist scholar, Founder of Two Nations Theory), Aligarh.
- June 27, Dwarkanath Ganguly , a great social reformer and husband of Kadambini Ganguly died. According to the sources, he was suffering from Hepatitis.
References
- Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 262
- "Indian Post Office Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- "Live-stock Importation Act". India Code. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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