1871 in India

← 1870 1869 1868 1871 in India → 1872 1873 1874
Centuries:	17th 18th 19th 20th 21st
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	List of years in India Timeline of Indian history

Events in the year 1871 in India.

Incumbents

• Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy

Events

• National income - ₹3,348 million

Law

• 12 October – Criminal Tribes Act enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 communities "Criminal Tribes", i.e. hereditary criminals. It was repealed in 1949.
• Pensions Act
• Cattle Trespass Act
• Limitation Act
• India Stock Dividends Act (British statute)

Births

• 7 August —Abanindranath Tagore, India writer and painter (died 1951). ^[1]

References

1. Roshen Dalal (23 August 2017). India at 70: snapshots since Independenc. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. pp. 40–. ISBN   978-93-86815-37-8.