1869 in India

Events in the year 1869 in India.

Incumbents

• Sir John Lawrence, Viceroy
• Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, Viceroy (from 12 January)

Events

• La Martinière Girls' School is founded in Lucknow.

Law

• Divorce Act
• East India Irrigation and Canal Act (British statute)
• East India Loan Act

Births

• 11 April – Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (died 1944).
• 2 October – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, political and spiritual leader in India and the Indian independence movement, born (died 1948).

Deaths

• 15 February - Ghalib, Persian and Urdu poet. (b. 27 December 1797)

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