1862 in India

Events in the year 1862 in India.

Incumbents

• Charles Canning, Viceroy
• James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy (from 21 March)

Events

• 2 July – Calcutta High Court is established under the High Courts Act, 1861.
• Fort George in Bombay (now Mumbai) is destroyed

Law

• Indian Stock Transfer Act (British statute)
• Habeas Corpus Act (British statute)
• Fine Arts Copyright Act (British statute)

Births

• Binodini Dasi, actress and writer (died 1941).

Deaths

• 7 November – Bahadur Shah II, the last Mughal emperor, dies in captivity in Rangoon, Burma

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