1898 in India
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Events in the year 1898 in India
Incumbents
[edit]- Empress of India – Queen Victoria
- Viceroy of India – Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
Events
[edit]- National income - ₹6,227 million
- Frontier War of 1897–98[1]
Law
[edit]Births
[edit]- 1 January – Binay Ranjan Sen, diplomat, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (died 1993).
- 11 January – Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, writer (died 1976).
- 13 January – Samsa, playwright, poet and novelist (died 1939).
- 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).
Date unknown
[edit]- I. K. Taimni, chemist (died 1978).
Deaths
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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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