1878 in India

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Events in the year 1878 in India.

Incumbents

• Empress of India – Queen Victoria
• Viceroy of India – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

Events

• National income - ₹3,960 million
• 20 September – The Hindu , an Indian newspaper, was founded.
• 26 December - Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1878 that opened up Goa to British Raj. ^[1]

Law

• Vernacular Press Act ^[2]
• Indian Treasure Trove Act
• Sea Customs Act
• Dentists Act (British statute)
• Elders' Widows' Fund (India) Act (British statute)
• Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act (British statute)

Births

• 21 February – The Mother (Mirra Alfassa), multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of Auroville in India (d. 1973)
• 27 November – Jatindramohan Bagchi, poet (d. 1948).
• 10 December – C. Rajagopalachari, Indian politician and freedom-fighter. (d. 1972)

References

1. "Age-old forested way linking Goa, Karnataka to be shut". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 15 September 2025.
2. "Vernacular Press Act". Britannica. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

Deaths

• 15 June - Shiv Dayal Singh, Founder and first Satguru of Radha Soami faith (born 1818).