1898 in India

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Events in the year 1898 in India

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]

Law

Code Of Criminal Procedure
Indian Post Office Act^[2]
Live-stock Importation Act^[3]

Births

1 January – Binay Ranjan Sen, diplomat, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (died 1993).
13 January – Samsa, playwright, poet and novelist (died 1939).
19 January – Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, writer (died 1976).
5 August – Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai, Tamil Carnatic music violinist (died 1970).
21 November – Rang Avadhoot, saint who is regarded as an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, (died 1968).
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.

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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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